Multa diaria por falta de seguro de responsabilidad civil en Carolina del Sur

Explicación Simple

Si no tienes seguro de auto y te pillan, tendrás que pagar una multa diaria de cinco dólares. Pero si puedes demostrar que no usaste el coche por razones especiales, podrías evitar la multa.

Es como si olvidaras llevar el paraguas en un día nublado. Si te mojas, te pueden cobrar cinco dólares por cada día que no llevaste el paraguas, a menos que puedas probar que no saliste de casa.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan se olvidó de renovar el seguro de su coche. Un día, la policía lo detuvo y le confiscó las placas. Al presentar el nuevo seguro días después, Juan se entera de que debe pagar cinco dólares por cada día que estuvo sin cobertura, a menos que pueda demostrar que no usó el coche por estar enfermo.

Penalidades

Multa diaria de cinco dólares por cada día sin seguro, hasta un máximo de doscientos dólares por vehículo.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

SECTION 56-10-245. Per diem fine for lapse in required coverage. Whenever a person furnishes proof of liability insurance, or surrenders or has his registration or license tags confiscated for failure to produce proof of insurance, after the Department of Motor Vehicles receives notice of the lapse or termination of the required liability insurance, the department shall compare the effective date of the lapse or termination with the date of the proof of insurance or the date of the confiscation or surrender. If the department determines there was a lapse in the required coverage, the department shall assess, in addition to other fines or penalties imposed by the law, a per diem fine in the amount of five dollars. The fine provided for in this section and the two hundred dollar reinstatement fee pursuant to Section 56-10-240 must not be assessed if the person furnishes proof, as documented by his sworn statement, that the motor vehicle upon which the coverage has lapsed or been terminated has not been operated upon the roads, streets, or highways of this State during the lapse or termination, and the lapse or termination is due to military service or illness as documented by a signed physician's statement. The total amount of the fine provided for in this section may not exceed two hundred dollars per vehicle for a first offense. Revenue generated by the fine imposed pursuant to this section must be placed by the Comptroller General into the State Highway Fund as established by Section 57-11-20, to be distributed as provided in Section 11-43-167. HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 148, SECTION 36; 1990 Act No. 324, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1480; 2016 Act No. 275 (S.1258), SECTION 79, eff July 1, 2016; 2023 Act No. 51 (S.549), SECTION 4, eff May 18, 2023. Effect of Amendme