Get SC Disabled Placard & Plate Fact Sheet 2013-2024

Renewing a South Carolina Disabled Placard All placards can be renewed by submitting a new application form, along with updated medical certification, to a local SC DMV office.

All placards can be renewed by submitting a new application form, along with updated medical certification, to a local SC DMV office.

Customers can make application for disabled placards in any SCDMV branch office, but the placard itself will be processed at SCDMV headquarters and issued to customers by mail within 10 business days of application.

Qualifying Disabilities in South Carolina An inability to ordinary walk 100 feet without aggravating an existing medical condition, which includes increased pain; An inability to ordinarily walk with assistance from a wheelchair, cane, brace, crutch, Zimmer frame, prosthetic device, or other person;

If you have a license, permit, registration or handicap placard that is set to expire between March 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020, it's valid through June. Extensions have been put in place due to pandemic. You have a little time to renew and will not be fined as long as you take care of it by June 30, 2020.

If a licensed doctor certified that you have a disability, you are eligible for a parking placard. If you're interested in applying for a placard you must have a current South Carolina beginner's permit, driver's license, or identification card.

The placards are good for five years but there's no grace period. It's different if you get a disabled license plate. You do have a 15-day grace period if the license plate expires.

Visitors from any other US state may use their parking placard in South Carolina. You may park in metered spaces free-of-charge with no time limit, except at times when the stopping, parking, or standing of all vehicles is prohibited, or in areas reserved for special types of vehicles.