# S.C. Code Ann. § 50-23-380: SECTION 50-23-380. Transfer of registration upon change of ownership; fee

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T50_C23_A3_S50-23-380

## Section

- **Citation:** S.C. Code Ann. § 50-23-380
- **Heading:** SECTION 50-23-380. Transfer of registration upon change of ownership; fee
- **Jurisdiction:** South Carolina
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** SC Code / Title 50 / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 50-23-380

## Text

(A) Upon the transfer of ownership of a watercraft, the purchaser shall file an application for transfer of a registration at a cost of six dollars. The application for transfer must be made by the purchaser within thirty days from date of purchase. The purchaser may operate the watercraft for not more than sixty days on a temporary certificate of number. (B) The provisions of this section for the transfer charge do not apply to watercraft owned by volunteer rescue squads used exclusively for the purposes of the squads. Editor's Note 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1614 provides as follows: "Notwithstanding any permanent or temporary provision of law, any enactment, or portion thereof, of the General Assembly in 1993 in conflict with any provision of this act shall be suspended as to its force and effect until March 1, 1994. Where there is no conflict the provisions of any other enactments shall supersede the provisions of this act. For the purposes of this section, "conflict" shall not include: "(1) where provisions of the Code of Laws of 1976, as amended, are repeated herein so as to incorporate only changes in the names of agencies, divisions or departments, except so far as such change in name conflicts with another enactment or a portion of another enactment, or. "(2) where provisions of the Code of Laws of 1976, as amended, are repeated herein so as to incorporate only changes in the governance or structure of an agency, division or department except so far as such governance or structure is in conflict with another enactment or some portion of another enactment." 1999 Act No. 124, SECTION 2T, provided for the transfer of the sections from Article 3, Chapter 21 where this section was numbered SECTION 50-21-380. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment, is subsection (A), in the first sentence deleted "card" following "registration".

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