see Boards and Commissions here
see Judicial-related here
Elected Officials:
Constitutional Officers
First issue: 19??
19??-1975 Followed passenger colors
1976-1978 Bicentennial passenger design
1979-1989 followed non-passenger color scheme/design
1990-2009 - red letters/white background; has logo of State Seal on the
left (screenprinted red); serial number on the right. Year embossed on
bottom.
variation with no embossed border 1992,1993
year screenprinted 1997,2005
2010 - flat (fully screenprinted red) same design as 2000-2009
2013 - flat (fully screenprinted black) Governor's Office Seal on the left1 - Governor
Former Governor; valid without serial number
2 - Lieutenant Governor
3 - Secretary of State
4 - Treasurer
5 - Attorney General
6 - Comptroller General
7 - Superintendent of Education
8 - Adjutant General
9 - Agriculture Commissioner
State Legislature
First issue: 19??
Number refers to member's seniority, not district number;
letters represent 2nd (or 3rd, etc) vehicle
State Senate 19?? - 1965 unknown  1966 white/blue"SC STATE/SENATOR 66" bottom  1967 blue/white"SC STATE/SENATOR 67" bottom 1968 unknown 1969 white/blue "SOUTH CAROLINA/STATE SENATOR" top "19 69" bottom corners 1970 white/green "SOUTH CAROLINA/STATE SENATOR" top "19 70" bottom corners  "SOUTH CAROLINA/STATE SENATOR" top "19 71" bottom corners  "SOUTH CAROLINA/STATE SENATOR" top; "19 72" bottom corners  "SOUTH CAROLINA/STATE SENATOR" top; "19 73" bottom corners  "SOUTH CAROLINA/STATE SENATOR" top; "19 74" bottom corners 1975 white/red "SOUTH CAROLINA/STATE SENATOR" top; "19 75" bottom corners 
"STATE SENATOR" in left serial field; serial right; passenger stickers 77, 78  "STATE SENATOR" left, serial, right; "1979" bottom  "19 SENATOR 80" top; embossed border  "19 SENATOR 81" bottom; embossed border  - Legislator has logo of State Seal on the left (early: heat applied decal; later: screenprinted) - serial number on the right - "yy SENATOR yy" bottom (yy = year) after 1992 - letter colors varied on white base (see below) - embossed border 1982-1990 
  blue odd "NOV. 30" variety   red, embossed border   reddish brown, no border Senator begins using State Seal, 1993
 red/white, embossed border
2006 Legislator: year screenprinted, else embossed
 header and footer flat; only serial is embossed 
fully screenprinted red  standard specialty design
stickered for multi-year use; however, 2016 screenprinted "20" "16" in bottom corners.
Speaker Pro-Tem of the Senate first issue 19?? same design, marked "SPEAKER PRO-TEM"? serial "1" | State Representative   screenprinted text variation 
 
  "HOUSE MEMBER" and "STATE LEGISL'R" both used 
 
 
"REPRESENTATIVE" used 2010-2013 "LEGISLATOR" used 2014  
Speaker of the House first issue 19?? same design, marked "HOUSE SPEAKER"; serial "1"  
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U.S. House/U.S. Senate
19??-1981 - same colors and style as State Senator/Legislator
"U.S. SENATE" or "U.S. CONGRESS" used; "MEMBER U.S...." used 1970's
1982-current uses Personalized colors and designs (excluding 1989 yellow)
County Council Member; Municipal Council Member
Authorized by Legislature 7/8/1987 (HB2590)
First issue 19??
blue letters/white background
"SOUTH CAROLINA" embossed top
"xxx COUNCIL" embossed left; serial right (xxx = COUNTY or MUNICIPAL)
passenger month and year stickers used.
decal with name of County or City/Town applied bottom center (decal is white letters/blue decal)
hidden CC or MC prefix. numbering started at 1001
extra fee
2008-2015
blue letters/white background
same design/layout as above, but all flat/screenprinted. Seen without county or municipal name.
Redesign effective 5/1/2015
Full replacement complete by 4/30/2017 blue and red stripes, top
black letters/white background
Mayor
black/white. "MY" prefix
Redesign effective 5/1/2015
Full replacement complete by 4/30/2017Former Elected Officials
Authorized by Legislature ????
Revised by Legislature 2/7/2008 (HB3131)
First Issue 2006?
Former Legislator
"FL" stacked prefix; "FORMER MEMBER" bottom
design revised effective 5/1/2015
First Issue ????
"UC" stacked prefix; "U.S. Congress" left
Others:
First Lady (non-elected)
little information - same design as Constitutional Officers
possibly only made on request
Clerk of Court
first year: 19??
same design/style as Senator/Legislator; uses political stickers. annual issue.
serial number is county number. letters indicated 2nd vehicle (A=second; B=third; etc)
County Coroner
first issue: ?
serial number is county number. letters indicated 2nd vehicle (A=second; B=third; etc)
uses political stickers
Circuit Solicitor (known as District Attorney in other states)
first year: 19??
same design/style as Senator/Legislator; uses political stickers. annual issue.
serial number is District Number. letters indicated 2nd vehicle (A=second; B=third; etc)
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Others:
First Lady (non-elected)
little information - same design as Constitutional Officers
possibly only made on request
Clerk of Court
first year: 19??
same design/style as Senator/Legislator; uses political stickers. annual issue.
serial number is county number. letters indicated 2nd vehicle (A=second; B=third; etc)
Redesign to 'standard desgin base' effective 5/1/2015
Full replacement complete by 4/30/2017County Coroner
first issue: ?
serial number is county number. letters indicated 2nd vehicle (A=second; B=third; etc)
uses political stickers
Redesign seen in 2013, all white with green letters. Unknown when change occurred.
Plate shown has a frame around it. "SOUTH CAROLINA" at top
Redesign 'standard desgin base' effective 5/1/2015
Full replacement complete by 4/30/2017Circuit Solicitor (known as District Attorney in other states)
first year: 19??
same design/style as Senator/Legislator; uses political stickers. annual issue.
serial number is District Number. letters indicated 2nd vehicle (A=second; B=third; etc)
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