{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-1-1720","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 56-1-1720","heading":"Licensing requirement; minimum age; violations and penalties.","body":"(A) To operate a moped on public highways, a person must possess a valid driver's license issued under Article 1 of this chapter or a valid moped operator's license issued under this article. The department may issue a moped operator's license to a person who is fifteen years of age or older.\n(B) A person younger than sixteen years of age with a moped operator's license may operate a moped:\n(1) alone during daylight hours only; and\n(2) during nighttime hours when accompanied by a licensed driver twenty-one years of age or older who has had at least one year of driving experience. The accompanying driver must be a passenger or within a safe viewing distance of the operator when the operator is operating a moped.\n(C) A person sixteen years of age or older with a moped license may drive a moped alone any time.\n(D) A person who operates a moped in violation of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction of a first offense, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars and, upon conviction of a second or subsequent offense, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars.","path":["Title 56 - MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 1 Driver's License","ARTICLE 9 Operation of Mopeds"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t56c001.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:52:19Z","sha256":"c9da2d90954ad6ba4862548aaa504671141d4c17080a59cadd6c02f4e804c235","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-1-1710","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-1-1730"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}