{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-19-840","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 56-19-840","heading":"Unclaimed vehicles in garages and certain other places to be reported; loss of storage lien for failure to report.","body":"A proprietor, an owner, or an operator of any towing company, storage facility, garage, or repair shop or any person who repairs or furnishes any material for the repair of a vehicle, where a vehicle remains unclaimed for a period of thirty days, must report the vehicle as unclaimed to the Department of Motor Vehicles within five days after the expiration of the thirty-day period. The report must be on a form prescribed by the department. The form may be submitted before the thirty-day period expires.\nA vehicle is considered \"unclaimed\" when the owner of the vehicle has not reclaimed it within thirty days after notification pursuant to Sections 29-15-10 and 56-5-5630. A person who fails to report a vehicle as unclaimed in accordance with this section forfeits all claims, liens, or costs associated with the towing and storage.","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":"aaa1da3dd72e746e498655a55a21fe7b50e142f893a14b2f3f7cc344f8935ee7","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-19-830","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-19-850"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}