{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-5-5620","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-5620","heading":"Duty of sheriffs and police officers to remove vehicles; storage; personnel, equipment, and facilities for removing and storing.","body":"(a) It shall be the duty of every police officer having knowledge of an abandoned motor vehicle to seize it and have it removed for safekeeping to such place as may be designated by the sheriff of the county, or the chief of police of the municipality, in which it was found, who shall be charged with its custody and disposition as provided in this article.\n(b) A sheriff or chief of police may employ his own personnel, equipment, and facilities or hire persons, equipment, and facilities for the purpose of removing, preserving and storing abandoned motor vehicles.","path":["Title 56 - MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 5 Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways","ARTICLE 39 Disposition of Abandoned Motor Vehicles on Highways"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t56c005.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:52:34Z","sha256":"6e6b0f024e60e6d9df068147288f09812998a853aa9f95e851bf70dae88bdc0c","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-5-5310","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-5-5630"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}