Vehicle Licenses

Within 45 days of moving to South Carolina, you must register your vehicle with the South Carolina DMV. Within 90 days you must obtain a South Carolina Drivers license. Below is a step-by-step procedure, which will save you valuable time and frustration.

1. Pay Personal Property Tax for Each Vehicle:
Take your title or current registration to the auditor's office in the county in which you reside. They will figure out your tax based on the assessed value of the vehicle. If the vehicle has excessive high mileage, you will want to take your odometer reading with you.

Office Locations:
Charleston County Auditor Peggy Moseley 101 Meeting Street, Suite 105 Charleston, South Carolina 29401 843-958-4200 Open 8:30-5:00 Mon.-Fri.	Berkeley County Auditor 223 North Live Oak Drive Moncks Corner, South Carolina 29461 843-719-4309 or 576-3136 x.4309	Dorchester County Auditor 201 Johnston Street St. George, S.C. 29477 843-832-0118/0055 Open 8:30 -5:00 Mon.-Fri.

2.Getting Your License Plate:
Take the following with you to one of the offices listed below:
A. Odometer reading
B. Name of insurer
C. Personal property tax receipt
D. Current registration
E. Title or name and address of lien holder
F. $24.00 cash or check for South Carolina registration (good for 2 years) and $5.00 cash or check for South Carolina title transfer. G. Power of attorney form if vehicle is leased.
*Ask about the senior citizen discount.

Office Locations:
180 Lockwood Blvd. Charleston, South Carolina 843-740-6168	3790 Leeds Avenue N. Charleston, South Carolina 843-740-6168	1189 Iron Bridge Mt.Pleasant, South Carolina 843-884-9760

Drivers Licenses
If you have a valid driver's license issued by the state from which you are moving, you can use it for 90 days. Then you must qualify for a South Carolina license by passing the vision portion of the driver's examination. Take your license and social security card ( or legal document showing your social security number) to one of the above offices.