How to fill out South Carolina MC-25

This is not the form you are looking for, and it is here because it is the one a search finds. It is the SCDMV's only downloadable power of attorney and it belongs entirely to Motor Carrier Services: it authorises somebody to run an established IRP or IFTA trucking account. It cannot be used to sign a certificate of title, and it says on its own face that it cannot even open the account it governs.

Written against MC-25 (08/2022), issued under The International Registration Plan and the International Fuel Tax Agreement. Notice what the existence of this form proves about the rest of the set. It is the only SCDMV vehicle form with a notary block on it, and it is a trucking-account document - which is the clearest evidence that nothing in an ordinary South Carolina car sale is notarised.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank MC-25 from the dmv.sc.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.

Step 1 · the form itself Blank MC-25 — Power of Attorney Authorization Form PDF at dmv.sc.gov · new tab

Filled in

What a completed one looks like

This is all 2 pages of the actual MC-25, rendered from the PDF the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles publishes and completed end to end: letterhead, every field, and the blocks at the foot.

Amber — you write it
Grey — not yours to fill
Numbered — explained below

South Carolina form MC-25 filled in as the motor-carrier document it is: Ravenel Hauling LLC appoints Roland P. Dellinger of Palmetto Compliance Services, Columbia, as attorney-in-fact for IFTA and IRP matters, signed by Delphine R. Ravenel as owner on 8 October 2026 against IRP customer number 4471982, with the notarial acknowledgement block left empty for the notary to complete. — Page 1 of 2. The information sheet the SCDMV puts in front of the form, including the sentence that it cannot be used to establish a new IFTA or IRP account.

Field by field

Every line, in the order you meet it

1
You fill this in
Read the scope before anything else
The paragraph fixing the appointment to IFTA fuel taxes, licensing, decal orders, fuel tax reports and IRP licensing.
Watch out: If your question is about a car, stop here. This form has no application to a certificate of title and attaching it to one will not make it fit.
2
You fill this in
Company name and individual's name
The attorney-in-fact, named as both a company and a person, with a mailing address and phone number.
Watch out: Motor Carrier Services will only accept its own form, so a solicitor's general power of attorney does not substitute for this on a trucking account.
3
You fill this in
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I ___
The licensee's own name written into the sentence, then the day, month and year.
Watch out: The licensee is the account holder, which for a one-truck operation is usually the same person signing below - but the form asks for both because often it is not.
4
You fill this in
Signature, title and customer number
The owner or legal representative signs, gives a title, and writes the IRP or IFTA customer number.
Watch out: Without the customer number the form cannot be matched to an account, and an account is the only thing it can be matched to.
5
Somebody else fills this in
The acknowledgement
A notary completes the state, county, date, personally appeared line, signature and commission expiry.
Watch out: An out-of-state power of attorney has to carry that state's own notarial authentication, and the form says plainly that one without will be returned without action.
6
You fill this in
What to use instead, for a car
An ordinary power of attorney naming the individual, the attorney-in-fact, and the vehicle by VIN, year, make and model, signed by the individual and by a witness.
Watch out: The SCDMV publishes no form for it and does not need to - its stated rule is that there is no standard format, and copies are acceptable.

At a glance

What goes where

On the form	What to put in it
The information sheet	A full page before the form itself, explaining when the document is required, that Motor Carrier Services will only accept the SCDMV Power of Attorney form, and that a new MC-25 must be filed whenever the selection changes.
The limiting sentence	Printed twice, on the sheet and on the form: the Power of Attorney cannot be used to establish a new IFTA or IRP account.
The appointment	The undersigned principal and licensee appoints a named company and individual, with a mailing address and phone number, to act as attorney-in-fact.
The scope	A printed paragraph fixing what the appointment covers: all matters related to IFTA fuel taxes including licensing, decal orders, fuel tax reports; IRP licensing and discussing all required documents with any employee of the SCDMV.
Execution	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I ___ have set my hand this ___ day of ___, 20__, then a signature of owner or legal representative, a title, and an IRP/IFTA customer number.
Acknowledgement	A full notarial block - state and county, the day and year, a personally appeared line, a Notary Public rule and a commission expiry.
The out-of-state warning	A paragraph at the foot: a power of attorney submitted from another state must bear the impression, seal or other authentication of a notary of the state, and forms without such authentication will be returned without action.

What gets this one rejected

•Attached to a title application. That application accepts a power of attorney, but not this one - its printed scope covers IFTA and IRP matters and nothing else.
•Used to sign an assignment on a certificate of title. Nothing in its scope reaches a title, and the SCDMV's own rules for signing a title on somebody's behalf describe a different document entirely.
•Filed to open an account. The prohibition is printed twice on the document.
•Sent unnotarised. Unlike everything else in a South Carolina vehicle transaction, this one does carry an acknowledgement block, and it is expected to be completed.
•An out-of-state power of attorney with no seal. The paragraph at the foot says such forms will be returned without action.
•Left in place after the arrangement changes. It continues to be honoured until written notification is received, which means an obsolete one is still live.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

•The one a private seller actually needs is not published. Where somebody signs a South Carolina title for an owner, the SCDMV's own rule is that there is no standard format, but the document must name the individual, the attorney-in-fact and the vehicle by VIN, year, make and model, and carry the individual's signature and a witness signature.
•The dealer's version is a secure document. The Secured Power of Attorney for odometer disclosure, numbered 5047 in the SCDMV's dealer training, is limited to a title being held for a lien or lost with a duplicate pending. It is used by dealers, wholesalers, auctions and insurance companies, and it is not published for download.

Every line here was read off MC-25 (08/2022) itself — the PDF is here — and off the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles pages. This is plain-language help with a form, not legal advice, and where our wording and the agency's differ, theirs governs.

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How to fill out South Carolina MC-25

What a completed one looks like

Every line, in the order you meet it

Read the scope before anything else

Company name and individual's name

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I ___

Signature, title and customer number

The acknowledgement

What to use instead, for a car

What goes where

What gets this one rejected

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

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