{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-19-820","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 56-19-820","heading":"Owners of lienholders may report thefts or conversions; Department of Motor Vehicles may disregard report; recovery to be reported.","body":"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.","path":["Title 56 - MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 19 Protection of Titles to and Interests in Motor Vehicles","ARTICLE 7 Stolen, Converted, or Unclaimed Vehicles"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t56c019.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:53:19Z","sha256":"1c51a660908d09f22e169ef54de2662aefce6b74d01b35f7f3e3777cc1cc221b","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-19-810","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-19-830"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}