§ 12-37-2810 Definitions
§ 12-37-2815 Provisions not applicable to small commercial motor vehicles
§ 12-37-2820 Assessment of motor vehicles
§ 12-37-2830 Determination of value according to apportionment factor
§ 12-37-2840 Road use fees due at the same time as registration fees
§ 12-37-2840 v2 Road use fees due at the same time as registration fees
§ 12-37-2842 Omitted
§ 12-37-2850 Assessment of road use fees; distribution of fees
§ 12-37-2850 v2 Assessment of road use fees; distribution of fees
§ 12-37-2860 Property tax exemptions; one-time fees
§ 12-37-2865 Distribution of revenues from road use and one-time fee assessments
§ 12-37-2870 Distribution formula
§ 12-37-2880 Fair market value of large commercial motor vehicles subject to road use fee; certain vehicles and buses exempt from certain taxes
§ 12-37-2890 Omitted

Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 12 > Chapter 37 > Article 23 - Motor Carriers

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Bus: means every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than sixteen passengers and used for the transportation of persons, for compensation, other than a taxicab or intercity bus. See South Carolina Code 12-37-2810
  • clerk: as used in this title , signifies the clerk of the court where the action is pending and, in the Supreme Court or the court of appeals, the clerk of the county mentioned in the title of the complaint or in another county to which the court may have changed the place of trial, unless otherwise specified. See South Carolina Code 15-1-60
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Commercial motor vehicle: means a motor propelled vehicle used for the transportation of property on a public highway, except for farm vehicles using FM tags as allowed by the Department of Motor Vehicles. See South Carolina Code 12-37-2810
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Highway: means all public roads, highways, streets, and ways in this State, whether within a municipality or outside of a municipality. See South Carolina Code 12-37-2810
  • individual: means a human being. See South Carolina Code 12-2-20
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Large commercial motor vehicle: means a commercial motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of greater than twenty-six thousand pounds that is registered under the International Registration Plan or used on a highway for the transportation of property. See South Carolina Code 12-37-2810
  • Motor carrier: means a person or legal entity who owns, controls, operates, manages, or leases a commercial motor vehicle, or bus for the transportation of property or persons in intrastate or interstate commerce except for scheduled intercity bus service and farm vehicles using FM tags as allowed by the Department of Motor Vehicles. See South Carolina Code 12-37-2810
  • Person: means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, company or association, and includes a guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, receiver, conservator, or a person acting in a fiduciary capacity. See South Carolina Code 12-37-2810
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • property: as used in this Title , includes both real and personal property. See South Carolina Code 15-1-50
  • Semitrailers: means every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and constructed so that a part of its weight and of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle. See South Carolina Code 12-37-2810
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • South Carolina apportionment factor: means the ratio of miles operated by a fleet of vehicles in South Carolina to the miles operated by the fleet of vehicles everywhere, which is used to apportion the registration fees of the fleet under the International Registration Plan. See South Carolina Code 12-37-2810
  • Trailers: means every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and constructed so that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle. See South Carolina Code 12-37-2810
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.