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SCDMV customers should be aware that text messages from anyone claiming to be the SCDMV collecting money for upaid tickets or tolls are fake. SCDMV does not use texts to collect such payments.
MORE ON FAKE TEXTSNon-Franchise Dealers Pre-Licensing Course
If you're applying for a retail dealer license and are not a franchise dealer, you must attend an eight-hour pre-licensing course before you're issued a dealer license. The original certificate of course completion must be submitted with your application.
This requirement does not apply to the following dealers:
- Franchise
- Wholesale
- Recreational vehicle
- Motorcycle
- Wholesale auction
- Non-franchised dealers owned and operated by franchised dealers
- Non-franchised dealers whose primary business is salvage
- Non-franchised dealers whose primary business objective and majority of business activity is the rental of motor vehicles
There are three providers that teach this course:
Carolina Independent Automobile Dealer Association (CIADA)
Phone: 704-455-2117
Better Dealer Training
Phone: 704-473-5258
Carolina Dealer Training
Phone: 704-918-4138