{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-1-790","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 56-1-790","heading":"Reports of out-of-state, federal or court-martial convictions; recording against drivers.","body":"The Department of Motor Vehicles may enter into a reciprocal agreement with the proper agency of any other state for the purpose of reporting convictions in one state by a person holding a driver's license in the other state. Such convictions in another state of a violation therein which, if committed in this State, would be a violation of the traffic laws of this State, may be recorded against a driver the same as if the conviction had been made in the courts of this State. When a resident of this State has been convicted of a motor vehicle violation in another state for which there is no corresponding offense in this State, excluding the offenses listed in Section 56-1-650(A), the conviction must not be recorded on the person's driving record in this State.\nGuilty pleas, failure to respond to charges or convictions by courts-martial or post or base commanders of any of the various branches of the Armed Forces of the United States or by a United States Commissioner of a violation either on or off government property which, if committed in this State, would be a violation of the laws of this State, may, in the discretion of the department, be recorded against a driver the same as if the plea of guilty, forfeiture of bond, or conviction had been made in the courts of this State.","path":["Title 56 - MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 1 Driver's License","ARTICLE 3 Point System for Evaluating Operating Records of Drivers"],"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":"926e029a1c0f764b8fdc6ee1a9145f400c0dc027d4aeae64f3f2ee6a6e76e334","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-1-780","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-1-800"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}