S.C. Code Ann. § 56-19-270
The Department of Motor Vehicles shall refuse issuance of a certificate of title if any required fee is not paid or if it has reasonable grounds to believe that:
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.6; 1957 (50) 595.
Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2003 Act No. 51, Section 18, "Department of Motor Vehicles" was substituted for "department".