New South Carolina Law

Originally Posted by stephenholseberg

YUP i just got mine friday,you take your liscence and registration to the sherrifs office,they take your picture and copy your liscence and registration,enter you in the data base and send you on your way two hours later,i am #821 in my county,hows that for compitition.

Regardless of buying/selling, do you transport outside of your county? If so, are they going to require the permit for every county you may travel through? Been told yes and no, but would rather hear from someone who is really involved with the transport end of things.

Uh, are you saying that(for example an average joe shmo) if I'm driving through the next town to get to my town with 30lbs of copper in my car because I'm redoing pipes at my house I'd have to have a permit if I lived in SC? Does that mean I'd a hve to go get a permit to take to say Home Depot that allows me to buy that much copper and transport it back home? I can understand the buying/selling part maybe if it discourages thievery but what about the average non scrapper? This applies to them too?

Originally Posted by newattitude

Uh, are you saying that(for example an average joe shmo) if I'm driving through the next town to get to my town with 30lbs of copper in my car because I'm redoing pipes at my house I'd have to have a permit if I lived in SC? Does that mean I'd a hve to go get a permit to take to say Home Depot that allows me to buy that much copper and transport it back home? I can understand the buying/selling part maybe if it discourages thievery but what about the average non scrapper? This applies to them too?

This has been my main question, the answer to which depends on who you talk to. Don't waste time talking to dispatchers at your county sheriff's department. The most clear answer I got as to how the law relates for transporting through the state, not buying or selling, came from Master Deputy Bennett. He is in charge of Code Enforcement for Environmental Regulatory Investigations in York County. Very helpful and understands the pitfalls with the transport portion of the bill. He can be contacted at the York County Sheriff's Dept. Don't have the number handy, but information can give it to you.
Here is a link to the bill in question, 16-17-685:

http://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t16c017.htm#16-17-685

Originally Posted by Ir0nman1

Regardless of buying/selling, do you transport outside of your county? If so, are they going to require the permit for every county you may travel through? Been told yes and no, but would rather hear from someone who is really involved with the transport end of things.

You are required to get a "Permit" from your home county or in the case of someone from out of state purchasing, from the county you are buying it in.