S.C. Code Ann. § 56-19-820: Owners of lienholders may report thefts or conversions; Department of Motor Vehicles may disregard report; recovery to be reported.

An owner or a lienholder may report the theft of a vehicle, or its conversion if a crime, to the Department of Motor Vehicles, but the Department may disregard the report of a conversion unless a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a person charged with the conversion. A person who has so reported the theft or conversion of a vehicle shall forthwith after learning of its recovery report the recovery to the Department.