Alert
All SCDMV branches will be closed Monday, Jan. 20, for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Branches will reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Online services and SCDMV Express kiosks are available.
Non-Franchise Dealers Pre-Licensing Course
If you're applying for a retail dealer license and are not a franchise dealer, you must attend an eight-hour pre-licensing course before you're issued a dealer license. The original certificate of course completion must be submitted with your application.
This requirement does not apply to the following dealers:
- Franchise
- Wholesale
- Recreational vehicle
- Motorcycle
- Wholesale auction
- Non-franchised dealers owned and operated by franchised dealers
- Non-franchised dealers whose primary business is salvage
- Non-franchised dealers whose primary business objective and majority of business activity is the rental of motor vehicles
There are three providers that teach this course:
Carolina Dealer Training
Phone: 704-918-4138
Carolina Independent Automobile Dealer Association (CIADA)
Phone: 704-455-2117
Better Dealer Training
Phone: 704-473-5258