How to fill out South Carolina TI-014A

The end of a South Carolina car's life without a title. Where the certificate is faulty, lost or destroyed and the vehicle is old enough and dead enough, this affidavit lets a scrapyard take it - but only if all four statutory conditions are true at once, and the seller is the one swearing they are.

Written against TI-014A (1/13), issued under S.C. Code Ann. 56-5-5670. The penalties on this form are on the demolisher, and they escalate to a felony on a second offence. That is why a yard will read Section 3 carefully and turn away a vehicle that fails any one of the four conditions - it is not being difficult.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank TI-014A from the dmv.sc.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.

Step 1 · the form itself Blank TI-014A — Affidavit of Disposal of Vehicle to a Demolisher/Secondary Metals Recycler (SMR) PDF at dmv.sc.gov · new tab

Filled in

What a completed one looks like

This is the actual TI-014A, 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 TI-014A filled in: a 2003 Toyota Camry, vehicle identification number 4T1BE32K03U627154, disposed of by Delphine R. Ravenel of 214 Meeting House Rd, Summerville, SC 29483, driver's licence 108243756, who attests that the vehicle is lawfully in her possession, is twelve model years old or older, has no valid registration plate affixed and is totally inoperable, with her name printed under the attestation. — The seller's three sections completed and the recycler's fourth greyed, because that half carries its own certifications and its own criminal penalties. The seventeen VIN boxes are the SCDMV's own comb, one character to a cell. Every one of the four conditions in Section 3 has to be true - the affidavit is not a menu.

Field by field

Every line, in the order you meet it

1
You fill this in
Section 1, the vehicle
VIN, make, year and model, in black ink.
Watch out: The VIN is the whole of the yard's ability to run a theft check, and it will run one. A vehicle whose plate has rusted off needs the number found somewhere else before the paperwork starts.
2
You fill this in
Section 2, the seller
Your name, driver's licence number, address and a phone number where you have one.
Watch out: The DL on File tick beside the licence number is the yard's, not yours. It records that they saw the licence rather than took the number on trust.
3
You fill this in
Condition (a) - how you come to have it
One of three: it was abandoned on your property, it is in your possession, or you own it and the title is faulty, lost or destroyed.
Watch out: This is the only part of the attestation with alternatives in it. Everything under (b) has to be true at the same time.
4
You fill this in
Condition (b) - the four tests
Lawfully in your possession, twelve model years old or older, no valid registration plate affixed, and no engine or otherwise totally inoperable.
Watch out: Count the model years properly. Twelve from a 2003 vehicle is satisfied comfortably; from a 2016 one it is not, and a yard that takes it anyway is risking a misdemeanour of its own.
5
You fill this in
Print, sign, date
Your printed name with a company if there is one, a signature and a date, under the felony warning and the perjury declaration.
Watch out: No notary. The warning above the line is doing the work a notary would do elsewhere, and it says fraudulent and falsified documents are considered a felony under South Carolina law.
6
Somebody else fills this in
Section 4 belongs to the yard
The SCDMV theft check with its reference number, the company name, two certifications, and the representative's printed name, signature, title and date.
Watch out: They also have to report the vehicle to NMVTIS by the end of the day and wait three business days before touching it. If a yard offers to crush it while you watch, something has gone wrong.
7
You fill this in
Then deal with the plate
Nothing on this form touches the registration. The tag is still yours and the registration card is still live.
Watch out: Send the plate turn-in application and the plate itself to Blythewood. On a car being scrapped the property tax refund for the remaining months of the year is the last money the vehicle will ever produce.

At a glance

What goes where

On the form	What to put in it
The heading condition	One line under the title: may only be used by demolisher in accordance with SC Code of Law 56-5-5670.
Section 1, vehicle information	A seventeen-box comb for the vehicle identification number, one character to a cell, then make, year and model on rules of their own. The heading asks for black ink.
Section 2, seller information	Seller name, driver's licence number with a DL on File tick beside it, seller's address, and a telephone number marked if available.
Section 3, attestation - condition (a)	The vehicle was abandoned upon my property, is in my possession, or I am the owner of the vehicle and the vehicle's title certificate is faulty, lost, or destroyed.
Section 3, attestation - condition (b)	Four sub-conditions, all of which must hold: the vehicle is lawfully in my possession; is twelve model years old or older; does not have a valid registration plate affixed; and has no engine or is otherwise totally inoperable.
The warning and signature	A line reading that fraudulent and falsified documents are considered a felony under South Carolina law, a perjury declaration, then a printed name of seller and company if applicable, a signature and a date.
Section 4, demolisher verification	The recycler's half: a printed paragraph forbidding it to wreck, dismantle, demolish or otherwise dispose of the vehicle until at least three business days after the transaction, requiring it to verify with the SCDMV whether the vehicle has been reported stolen, and requiring a report to the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System no later than the end of the day of the transaction.
The verification cells	SCDMV check, reference number, a no-record-found box, a date and the demolisher or recycler's company name, then two certifications - that the vehicle description is correct and that the VIN was verified not stolen through SCDMV - and a printed name, signature, title and date.
The penalty paragraph	A block across the foot: a first offence is a misdemeanour with a fine of up to five hundred dollars per offence to a maximum of five thousand, or up to sixty days; a second or subsequent offence is a felony with fines up to one thousand dollars each to a maximum of ten thousand, or up to three years.

What gets this one rejected

•A vehicle newer than twelve model years. It is one of four conditions and all four have to be true.
•A plate still on the car. Condition (b)(iii) is that the vehicle does not have a valid registration plate affixed - which in South Carolina it should not, because the plate belongs to the owner.
•A car that still runs. Condition (b)(iv) is no engine or otherwise totally inoperable, and a vehicle that drives onto the truck does not qualify.
•Used where the title exists and is fine. The route is only open where the certificate is faulty, lost or destroyed.
•Section 4 completed by the seller. The verification half belongs to the demolisher or secondary metals recycler, and it carries its own criminal penalties.
•Scrapped the same afternoon. The recycler may not dismantle the vehicle until at least three business days after the transaction.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

•The seller swears, the recycler verifies. Sections 1 to 3 are the owner's; Section 4 is the yard's, including the theft check and the NMVTIS report on the day of the transaction.
•The plate is still yours afterwards. Scrapping a car does not deal with the tag. It comes off, and it is returned or transferred on the plate turn-in application like any other sale.

Every line here was read off TI-014A (1/13) 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 TI-014A

What a completed one looks like

Every line, in the order you meet it

Section 1, the vehicle

Section 2, the seller

Condition (a) - how you come to have it

Condition (b) - the four tests

Print, sign, date

Section 4 belongs to the yard

Then deal with the plate

What goes where

What gets this one rejected

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

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