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.
The National Criminal Report
Starting Tuesday, October 15, 2024, the SCDMV fully transitions to online Dealer License and Demonstration Plate Renewals only. Monday, October 14, 2024, is the last date that dealer license renewal applications will be accepted and processed by a branch office or by mail (must be postmarked by October 14, 2024). More information can be found on the Renewing a Dealer License page of our website.
You may be denied a dealer license if you have any of the following on your National Criminal Report:
- Convicted of any law violation involving the acquisition or transfer of a title to a motor vehicle or of any violation of law involving tampering with, altering, or removing motor vehicle identification numbers or markings
- Found, by a court of competent jurisdiction, to have violated any federal or state law regarding the disconnecting, resetting, altering, or other unlawful tampering with a motor vehicle odometer
It may take a minimum of three to five business days to receive the report via email. The minimum cost is $43.01.
Please reference the below South Carolina Code of Laws for additional disqualifying convictions of a dealer's license.