{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-23-440","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 50-23-440","heading":"Outboard motor registration exemptions.","body":"(A) An outboard motor is not required to be registered under this chapter if the vessel it is attached to is:\n(1) covered by a federally approved watercraft numbering system of another state. However, this vessel must not be held or used in this State for more than sixty consecutive days;\n(2) from a country other than the United States and temporarily using the waters of this State;\n(3) a vessel whose owner is the United States except recreational type vessels;\n(4) a vessel whose owner is the United States, a state, or political subdivision to a state used for governmental purposes and which is clearly identifiable as such;\n(5) a vessel's lifeboat if the boat is used solely for lifesaving purposes;\n(6) a vessel's tender;\n(7) a boat designed, constructed, and used for racing;\n(8) a vessel belonging to a class of boats which has been exempted from numbering by the department after the department has found that the federal government has exempted the vessel or class of vessels from their numbering provisions or as otherwise permitted by the federal government;\n(9) documented by the United States Coast Guard or a federal agency successor to it; or\n(10) used under authority of a valid temporary registration number issued by the department.","path":["Title 50 - FISH, GAME AND WATERCRAFT","CHAPTER 23 Watercraft and Outboard Motors","ARTICLE 3 Numbering"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t50c023.php","current_through":"2026 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-25T04:21:25Z","sha256":"cf6b99182518ce7ac8a768577cfa55327be86969f398273503ab3d328264e66c","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-23-430","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-23-450"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}