S.C. Code Ann. § 56-1-340
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SECTION 56-1-340. Reports of convictions and records may be sent to other states; fees.
Official statutory text
The Department of Motor Vehicles may, upon receiving a record of the conviction in this State of a nonresident driver of a motor vehicle of any offense under the motor vehicle laws of this State, forward a certified copy of such record to the motor vehicle administrator in the state wherein the person so convicted is a resident. Whenever the department receives a request for a driver's record from another state, the record shall be forwarded without charge.
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