§ 56-31-10 Application of chapter
§ 56-31-20 Definitions
§ 56-31-30 Rental rates; permitted and prohibited charges; waiver prohibited
§ 56-31-40 Violations; application for restraining order; penalties
§ 56-31-50 Motor vehicle rental fees; definitions; good faith estimates; disclosures; excess fees; taxes
§ 56-31-60 Heavy equipment rental fees; definitions; applicability and exemptions; tax exemption
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 56 > Chapter 31 - Rental of Private Passenger Automobiles

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damage: means a loss or damage to a rented vehicle or rental vehicle including the loss of use and costs and expenses incident to the damage, loss, and loss of use. See South Carolina Code 56-31-20
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Rental agreement: means a written agreement setting forth the terms and conditions governing the use of a private passenger automobile or rental vehicle provided by a rental company. See South Carolina Code 56-31-20
  • Rental company: means a person in the business of providing private passenger automobiles or rental vehicles to the public under the terms of a rental agreement. See South Carolina Code 56-31-20
  • Rental vehicle: means a truck under 26,001 pounds gross vehicle weight and used in the transportation of personal property that is rented without a driver, and is not used by the customer for business purposes, or a trailer with a gross weight of not more than 6,000 pounds. See South Carolina Code 56-31-20
  • Renter: means a person obtaining the use of a private passenger automobile or rental vehicle from a rental company under the terms of a rental agreement. See South Carolina Code 56-31-20
  • vehicle: means a private passenger motor vehicle including passenger vans and minivans that are intended primarily for the transport of persons. See South Carolina Code 56-31-20