Alert
The SCDMV will be performing scheduled maintenance on Sunday, Sept. 15, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. All DMV services, including online services and kiosks, will be unavailable during this time.
The National Criminal Report
The agency is currently transitioning from issuing plates in the branch offices (BO) to issuing plates on-demand. This process will ensure a seamless changeover for the upcoming (EDRP) implementation. Effective immediately, please prepare for the changes in issuance of your dealership decals and registration cards and new plates and registration cards. Review changes here.
You may be denied a dealer license if you have any of the following on your National Criminal Report:
- Convicted of any law violation involving the acquisition or transfer of a title to a motor vehicle or of any violation of law involving tampering with, altering, or removing motor vehicle identification numbers or markings
- Found, by a court of competent jurisdiction, to have violated any federal or state law regarding the disconnecting, resetting, altering, or other unlawful tampering with a motor vehicle odometer
It may take a minimum of three to five business days to receive the report via email. The minimum cost is $43.01.
Please reference the below South Carolina Code of Laws for additional disqualifying convictions of a dealer's license.