{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-39-75-20","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 39-75-20","heading":"Requirements applicable to sale of regrooved or regroovable tires.","body":"(A) Except as permitted in subsection (B) of this section, a person shall not sell, offer for sale, or introduce or deliver for introduction into commerce regrooved tires produced by removing rubber from the surface of a worn tire tread to generate a new tread pattern. A person who regrooves tires and leases them to owners or operators of motor vehicles and a person who regrooves his own tires for use on motor vehicles is considered to be a person delivering for introduction into commerce within the meaning of this section.\n(B) A regrooved tire may be sold, offered for sale, or introduced for sale or delivered for introduction into commerce only if it conforms to each of the following requirements:\n(1) The tire being regrooved is a regroovable tire.\n(2) After regrooving, cord material below the grooves must have a protective covering of tread material at least 3⁄32 -inch thick.\n(3) After regrooving, the new grooves generated into the tread material and residual original molded tread groove which is at or below the new regrooved depth must have a minimum of ninety linear inches of tread edges for each linear foot of the circumference.\n(4) After regrooving, the new groove width generated into the tread material must be a minimum of 3⁄16 -inch and a maximum of 5⁄16 -inch.\n(5) After regrooving, all new grooves cut into the tread must provide unobstructed fluid escape passages.\n(6) After regrooving, the tire must not contain any of the following defects, as determined by a visual examination of the tire either mounted on the rim or dismounted:\n(a) cracking which extends to the fabric;\n(b) groove cracks or wear extending to the fabric; or\n(c) evidence of ply, tread, or sidewall separation.\n(7) If the tire is siped by cutting the tread surface without removing rubber, the tire cord material may not be damaged as a result of the siping process, and a sipe may not be deeper than the original or retread groove depth.\n(C) A person shall not sell, offer for sale, or introduce for sale or deliver for introduction into commerce a regroovable tire that has been siped by cutting the tread surface without removing rubber if the tire cord material is damaged as a result of the siping process, or if the tire is siped deeper than the original or retread groove depth.","path":["Title 39 - TRADE AND COMMERCE","CHAPTER 75 Tires","ARTICLE 1 Regrooved and Regroovable Tires"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t39c075.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:19:34Z","sha256":"5b4b06bb24dc5cb189165093e792d873caedc3ed5509d0c9ffdd8b2d9c1513a0","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-39-75-10","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-39-75-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}