OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) - The Oconee County Sheriff's Office announced that a new law focusing on golf carts has now gone into effect in the state of South Carolina.

Here are the main takeaways of South Carolina's new golf cart law: • To operate a golf cart on a highway, the owner must obtain a permit and registration certificate from the Department of Motor Vehicles. • A person must be at least 16-years-old to operate a golf cart, must hold a valid driver’s license, and must have the cart's registration certificate and proof of liability insurance when operating the golf cart. • During daylight hours, a permitted golf cart may be operated within four miles of the address on the registration certificate, or within four miles of a gated community, and only on a secondary highway o

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