Vehicle registration plates of South Carolina

The state of South Carolina began requiring its citizens to register their vehicles and display license plates on their cars in 1917.

Passenger baseplates 1990 to present

Image	Dates issued	Design	Slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
	1990 to December 1997	Carolina Wren (state bird). Dated "91" in right sticker box.	none	ABC 123	AAA 101 to ?	Awarded "Plate of the Year" for best new license plate of 1990 by the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association, the first and, to date, only time South Carolina has been so honored.
	January 1998 to summer 2008	Sabal palmetto (state tree). Dated "99" in right sticker box.	Smiling Faces. Beautiful Places.	123 ABC	101 AAA to present	Numbers 101 to 900 issued for each letter series. Serials were initially embossed but were surface-printed beginning at around the X series, and extended to number 999.
	2003 to present	Black on light blue with national and state flags.	In God We Trust	123 4AB	101 1AA to present	No-cost optional plate. Serials were initially embossed but were later surface-printed.
	Summer 2008 to present	Black on multicolored sunset background with state flag motif at center.	TRAVEL2SC.COM	ABC 123	AAA 101 to present	Serials are surface-printed.

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State of South Carolina

Columbia (capital)

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