Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.098 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4511 / § 4511.098
§ 4511.098. Rights of those ticketed
Status: in_force

July 3, 2019 House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly (A) A person or entity who receives a ticket for a civil violation sent in compliance with section 4511.097 of the Revised Code shall elect to do one of the following: (1) In accordance with instructions on the ticket, pay the civil penalty, thereby admitting liability and waiving the opportunity to contest the violation; (2)(a) Within thirty days after receipt of the ticket, provide the municipal court or county court with jurisdiction over the civil action with either of the following affidavits: (i) An affidavit executed by the registered owner stating that another person was operating the vehicle of the registered owner at the time of the violation, identifying that person as a designated party who may be held liable for the violation, and containing at a minimum the name and address of the designated party; (ii) An affidavit executed by the registered owner stating that at the time of the violation, the motor vehicle or the license plates issued to the motor vehicle were stolen and therefore were in the care, custody, or control of some person or entity to whom the registered owner did not grant permission to use the motor vehicle. In order to demonstrate that the motor vehicle or the license plates were stolen prior to the traffic law violation and therefore were not under the control or possession of the registered owner at the time of the violation, the registered owner shall submit proof that a report about the stolen motor vehicle or license plates was filed with the appropriate law enforcement agency prior to the violation or within forty-eight hours after the violation occurred. (b) A registered owner is not responsible for a traffic law violation if, within thirty days after the date of mailing of the ticket, the registered owner furnishes an affidavit specified in division (A)(2)(a)(i) or (ii) of this section to the court with jurisdiction in a form established by the court and the following conditions are met: (i) If the registered owner submits an affidavit as specified in division (A)(2)(a)(i) of this section, the designated party either accepts liability for the violation by paying the civil penalty or by failing to request a court hearing within thirty days or is determined liable in a court hearing; (ii) If the registered owner submits an affidavit as specified in division (A)(2)(a)(ii) of this section, the affidavit is supported by a stolen vehicle or stolen license plate report as required in that division. (3) If the registered owner is a motor vehicle leasing dealer or a motor vehicle renting dealer, notify the court with jurisdiction of the name and address of the lessee or renter of the motor vehicle at the time of the traffic law violation. The court shall establish the form of the notice. A motor vehicle leasing dealer or motor vehicle renting dealer who receives a ticket for an alleged traffic law violation detected by a traffic law photo-monitoring device is not liable for a ticket issued for a motor vehicle that was in the care, custody, or control of a lessee or renter at the time of the alleged violation. The dealer shall not pay such a ticket and subsequently attempt to collect a fee or assess the lessee or renter a charge for any payment of such a ticket made on behalf of the lessee or renter. (4) If the vehicle involved in the traffic law violation is a commercial motor vehicle and the ticket is issued to a corporate entity, provide to the court with jurisdiction an affidavit in a form established by the court, sworn to or affirmed by an agent of the corporate entity, that provides the name and address of the employee who was operating the motor vehicle at the time of the alleged violation and who is the designated party. (5) Contest the ticket by filing a written request for a court hearing to review the ticket in a form established by the court. The person or entity shall file the written request not later than thirty days after receipt of the ticket. The failure to request a hearing within this time period constitutes a waiver of the right to contest the violation and ticket, and is deemed to constitute an admission of liability and waiver of the opportunity to contest the violation. (B) A court with jurisdiction that receives an affidavit described in division (A)(2)(a)(i) or (A)(4) of this section or a notification under division (A)(3) of this section from a registered owner may proceed to notify the local authority to send a ticket that conforms with division (B) of section 4511.097 of the Revised Code to the designated party. The local authority shall send the ticket to the designated party by ordinary mail not later than twenty-one days after receipt of the notification.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4585.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4585 / § 4585.13
§ 4585.13. Appeals
Status: in_force

January 9, 1961 House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly Parties to any action before a county court judge, as permitted by section 4585.12 of the Revised Code, shall have the same right of appeal as in other cases. If the judgment is against the watercraft by name or description, the owner, master, steward, consignee, or other agent, may appeal therefrom by entering into bond as in other cases.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4519.521 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4519 / § 4519.521
§ 4519.521. Selling motorcycle or vehicle where physical certificate of title has not been issued
Status: in_force

October 31, 2001 Senate Bill 59 - 124th General Assembly (A)(1) If a person who is not an electronic dealer owns an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle for which a physical certificate of title has not been issued by a clerk of a court of common pleas and the person sells the motorcycle or vehicle to an electronic dealer, the person is not required to obtain a physical certificate of title to the motorcycle or vehicle in order to transfer ownership to the dealer. The person shall present the dealer, in a manner approved by the registrar of motor vehicles, with sufficient proof of the person's identity and complete and sign a form prescribed by the registrar attesting to the person's identity and assigning the motorcycle or vehicle to the dealer. The electronic dealer then shall inform a clerk of a court of common pleas via electronic means of the sale of the motorcycle or vehicle and assignment of ownership of the motorcycle or vehicle to the dealer. The clerk shall enter the information relating to the assignment into the automated title processing system, and ownership of the motorcycle or vehicle passes to the dealer when the clerk enters this information into the system. The dealer is not required to obtain a certificate of title to the motorcycle or vehicle in the dealer's name. (2) A clerk shall charge and collect from a dealer a fee of five dollars for each motorcycle or vehicle assigned to the dealer under division (A)(1) of this section. The fee shall be distributed in accordance with section 4519.59 of the Revised Code. (B) If a person who is not an electronic dealer owns an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle for which a physical certificate of title has not been issued by a clerk of a court of common pleas and the person sells the motorcycle or vehicle to a person who is not an electronic dealer, the person shall obtain a physical certificate of title to the motorcycle or vehicle in order to transfer ownership of the vehicle to the person who is not an electronic dealer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4507.1612 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4507 / § 4507.1612
§ 4507.1612. Reinstatement fee before restoration of license
Status: in_force

July 1, 2017 House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly The registrar of motor vehicles shall not restore any operating privileges or reissue a probationary driver's license, restricted license, driver's license, or probationary commercial driver's license suspended under section 2923.122 of the Revised Code until the person whose license was suspended pays a reinstatement fee of thirty dollars to the registrar or an eligible deputy registrar. In addition, each deputy registrar shall collect a service fee of ten dollars to compensate the deputy registrar for services performed under this section. The deputy registrar shall retain eight dollars of the service fee and shall transmit the reinstatement fee, plus two dollars of the service fee, to the registrar in the manner the registrar shall determine. The bureau of motor vehicles shall pay all fees collected under this section into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created by section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4510.73 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4510 / § 4510.73
§ 4510.73. Litigation of all issues concerning driver's licenses
Status: in_force

September 17, 2010 House Bill 338 - 128th General Assembly (A) It is the intent of this section to allow all issues concerning driver's licenses to be litigated in a single forum, not to eliminate any forum venue in existence on the effective date of this section. (B) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, any court whose jurisdiction has been invoked under this chapter or any other chapter of the Revised Code regarding a driver's license matter, other than a matter involving a commercial driver's license, is hereby conferred concurrent jurisdiction to adjudicate all issues and appeals regarding that driver's license matter, including issues of validity, suspension, and, with regard to any suspension imposed by the bureau of motor vehicles, driving privileges. Nothing in this section shall be construed as applying to any issue involving a commercial driver's license, except that a court may adjudicate an issue that does not relate to a commercial driver's license but involves a holder of a commercial driver's license so long as the court does not alter the status of that holder's commercial driver's license. In the event that another court has obtained jurisdiction over one or more driver's license suspensions imposed by the bureau involving the same driver's license holder, that jurisdiction may not be divested by an action filed under this section unless that court transfers its jurisdiction over that holder's driver's license issue by issuance of a court order. (C)(1) The court's jurisdiction over a particular driver's license issue may be invoked by a motion, appeal, or petition filed by a holder of a driver's license. Any such motion, appeal, or petition shall state the issue with respect to which the court's jurisdiction is invoked. (2) When a court's jurisdiction over a driver's license issue is properly invoked, that court shall adjudicate all issues and appeals brought before the court regarding that issue, unless the motion, appeal, or petition is withdrawn. (D) Any court whose jurisdiction is invoked under this section shall have the discretionary authority to issue a stay of any suspension pending resolution of the matters before the court. This provision does not alter or eliminate any automatic stay provision provided for elsewhere in the Revised Code. (E) Any court whose jurisdiction is invoked under this section, in its discretion, may order the bureau to renew the holder's driver's license pending resolution of the matters before the court, provided that the license is not more than six months expired prior to the date of application for renewal. The court, in its discretion, also may order the bureau to renew the holder's driver's license in its final judgment, provided that the license is not more than six months expired prior to the date of application for renewal. (F) If jurisdiction is invoked under this section in a court of common pleas or county court, the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the case is pending shall represent the registrar in the proceedings; provided, that if the driver's license holder resides in a municipal corporation that lies within the jurisdiction of a county court, the city director of law, village solicitor, or similar chief legal officer of the municipal corporation shall represent the registrar in the proceedings. In a municipal court, the registrar shall be represented in the resulting proceedings as provided in section 1901.34 of the Revised Code. At the election of the registrar, the attorney general may enter the proceedings at any time and henceforth represent the registrar in the case. (G) Either party may appeal the final judgment of the court. Any such appeal shall be taken as provided in section 1901.30 or 1907.30 of the Revised Code and shall conform with Chapter 2505. of the Revised Code. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4501.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4501 / § 4501.36
§ 4501.36. Appeal of registrar's order
Status: in_force

January 1, 2004 Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly A proceeding to obtain the reversal, vacation, or modification of an order of the registrar of motor vehicles shall be by appeal. Any party to the proceedings before the registrar shall file notice of the appeal in the court of common pleas on or before the expiration of thirty days from date of entry of the order. The court shall set the appeal for hearing and take any testimony as is necessary to decide the matter. The court shall give the registrar at least ten days' notice of the time and place of the hearing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4504.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4504 / § 4504.10
§ 4504.10. Preemption of right to levy
Status: in_force

July 3, 2019 House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the levy of any excise, license, income, or property tax by the state or by any political subdivision thereof shall not be construed as preempting the power of a county to levy a county motor vehicle license tax pursuant to section 4504.02 , 4504.15 , 4504.16 , or 4504.24 of the Revised Code, of a township to levy a township motor vehicle license tax pursuant to sections 4504.18 and 4504.181 of the Revised Code, or of a municipal corporation to levy a municipal motor vehicle license tax pursuant to section 4504.06 , 4504.17 , 4504.171 , 4504.172 , or 4504.173 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4516.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4516 / § 4516.13
§ 4516.13. Construction of chapter
Status: in_force

January 15, 2020 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly Nothing in this chapter does any of the following: (A) Limits the liability of the peer-to-peer car sharing program for any act or omission of the program itself that results in death, bodily injury, or property damage to any person as a result of the use of a shared vehicle through the program. (B) Limits the ability of the program to, by contract, seek indemnification from the shared vehicle owner or the shared vehicle driver for economic loss sustained by the program resulting from a breach of the terms and conditions of the peer-to-peer car sharing agreement. (C) Creates, implies, or otherwise grants insurance coverage not found in any motor-vehicle liability policy or other policy of insurance. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4510.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4510 / § 4510.33
§ 4510.33. Insufficient age person using license to purchase intoxicating liquor or beer
Status: in_force

January 1, 2004 Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly (A) No person of insufficient age to purchase intoxicating liquor or beer, contrary to division (A) or (C) of section 4507.30 of the Revised Code, shall display as proof that the person is of sufficient age to purchase intoxicating liquor or beer, a driver's or commercial driver's license, knowing the same to be fictitious, altered, or not the person's own. The registrar of motor vehicles shall impose a class C suspension of the person's driver's license, probationary driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit for the period of time specified in division (B)(3) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code upon the offender and shall not issue or reissue a license or permit of that type to the offender during the suspension period. (B) In any prosecution, or in any proceeding before the liquor control commission, in which the defense authorized by section 4301.639 of the Revised Code is sustained, the clerk of the court in which the prosecution was had, or the clerk of the liquor control commission, shall certify to the registrar the facts ascertainable from the clerk's records evidencing violation of division (A) or (C) of section 4507.30 of the Revised Code by a person of insufficient age to purchase intoxicating liquor or beer, including in the certification the person's name and residence address. (C) The registrar, upon receipt of the certification, shall suspend the person's license or permit to drive subject to review as provided in this section, and shall mail to the person, at the person's last known address, a notice of the suspension and of the hearing provided in division (D) of this section. (D) Any person whose license or permit to drive has been suspended under this section, within twenty days of the mailing of the notice provided above, may file a petition in the municipal court or county court, or in case the person is under the age of eighteen years, in the juvenile court, in whose jurisdiction the person resides, agreeing to pay the cost of the proceedings, and alleging error by the registrar in the suspension of the license or permit to drive, or in one or more of the matters within the scope of the hearing as provided in this section, or both. The petitioner shall notify the registrar of the filing of the petition and send the registrar a copy thereof. The scope of the hearing shall be limited to whether a court of record did in fact find that the petitioner displayed, or, if the original proceedings were before the liquor control commission, whether the petitioner did in fact display, as proof that the person was of sufficient age to purchase intoxicating liquor or beer, a driver's or commercial driver's license knowing the same to be fictitious, altered, or not the person's own, and whether the person was at that time of insufficient age legally to make a purchase of intoxicating liquor or beer. (E) In any hearing authorized by this section, the registrar shall be represented by the prosecuting attorney of the county where the petitioner resides. (F) If the court finds from the evidence submitted that the person has failed to show error in the action by the registrar or in one or more of the matters within the scope of the hearing as limited in division (D) of this section, or both, the court shall assess the cost of the proceeding against the person and shall impose the suspension provided in divisions (A) and (C) of this section. If the court finds that the person has shown error in the action taken by the registrar, or in one or more of the matters within the scope of the hearing as limited in division (B) of this section, or both, the cost of the proceeding shall be paid out of the county treasury of the county in which the proceedings were held, and the suspension provided in divisions (A) and (C) of this section shall not be imposed. The court shall inform the registrar in writing of the action taken.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4503.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4503 / § 4503.07
§ 4503.07. Church bus registration fee
Status: in_force

July 1, 2017 House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly (A) In lieu of the schedule of rates for commercial cars fixed in section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, the fee shall be ten dollars for each church bus used exclusively to transport members of a church congregation to and from church services or church functions or to transport children and their authorized supervisors to and from any camping function sponsored by a nonprofit, tax-exempt, charitable or philanthropic organization. A church within the meaning of this section is an organized religious group, duly constituted with officers and a board of trustees, regularly holding religious services, and presided over or administered to by a properly accredited ecclesiastical officer, whose name and standing is published in the official publication of the officer's religious group. (B) If an application for registration renewal is not applied for prior to the expiration date of the registration or within thirty days after that date, the registrar or deputy registrar shall collect a fee of ten dollars for the issuance of the vehicle registration, but may waive the fee for good cause shown if the application is accompanied by supporting evidence as the registrar may require. The fee shall be in addition to all other fees established by this section. A deputy registrar shall retain fifty cents of the fee and shall transmit the remaining amount to the registrar at the time and in the manner provided by section 4503.10 of the Revised Code. The registrar shall deposit all moneys received under this division into the public safety - highway purposes fund established in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code. (C) The application for registration of such bus shall be accompanied by the following, as applicable: (1) An affidavit, prescribed by the registrar of motor vehicles and signed by either the senior pastor, minister, priest, or rabbi of the church making application or by the head of the governing body of the church making application, stating that the bus is to be used exclusively to transport members of a church congregation to and from church services or church functions or to transport children and their authorized supervisors to and from any camping function sponsored by a nonprofit, tax-exempt, charitable, or philanthropic organization; (2) A certificate from the state highway patrol stating that the bus involved is safe for operation in accordance with such standards as are prescribed by the state highway patrol if the bus meets either of the following: (a) It originally was designed by the manufacturer to transport sixteen or more passengers, including the driver; (b) It has a gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand one pounds or more. (D) The form of the license plate and the manner of its attachment to the vehicle shall be prescribed by the registrar.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4509.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4509 / § 4509.27
§ 4509.27. Security deposit fund
Status: in_force

July 1, 2005 House Bill 68 - 126th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the security deposit fund. All security deposits that the registrar of motor vehicles requires to be paid under section 4509.12 of the Revised Code and that the registrar receives shall be deposited into the fund. Moneys in the fund shall be applied only to the payment of a judgment for damages arising out of an accident as provided in section 4509.28 of the Revised Code and to the return of security deposits as provided in sections 4509.25 and 4509.29 of the Revised Code. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the roadwork development fund created by section 122.14 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4503.66 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4503 / § 4503.66
§ 4503.66. Rules
Status: in_force

March 31, 1997 House Bill 210 - 122nd General Assembly Without limitation, the registrar of motor vehicles may adopt rules governing the following: (A) The temporary registration of vehicles pending receipt of the apportioned license plate and registration card; (B) The initial application for apportioned registration; (C) The addition of declared jurisdictions throughout the registration year; (D) The apportioned registration of vehicles leased to motor carriers including the issuance of trip permits and temporary registration permits for owner operators not operating as lessors; (E) The apportioned registration of vehicular equipment leased to a carrier for a single interjurisdictional movement; (F) The apportioned registration of rental vehicles; (G) The apportioned registration of vehicular equipment leased by household goods carriers; (H) The registration of buses; (I) The issuance of trip permits; (J) The issuance of hunters' permits; (K) The registration under this chapter of vehicles based in jurisdictions that are not members of the international registration plan.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4503.902 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4503 / § 4503.902
§ 4503.902. Cleveland St. Ignatius High School license plates
Status: in_force

June 30, 2021 House Bill 74 - 134th General Assembly (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of motor vehicles may apply to the registrar for the registration of the vehicle and issuance of "Cleveland St. Ignatius High School" license plates. An application made under this section may be combined with a request for a special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the completed application and compliance by the applicant with divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the registrar shall issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle registration and a set of "Cleveland St. Ignatius High School" license plates and a validation sticker, or a validation sticker alone when required by section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed on the license plates, "Cleveland St. Ignatius High School" license plates shall be inscribed with words and markings selected and designed by representatives of Cleveland St. Ignatius high school and that are approved by the registrar. "Cleveland St. Ignatius High School" license plates shall display county identification stickers that identify the county of registration as required under section 4503.19 of the Revised Code. (B) "Cleveland St. Ignatius High School" license plates and a validation sticker, or validation sticker alone, shall be issued upon receipt of a contribution as provided in division (C)(1) of this section and upon payment of the regular license tax as prescribed under section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, any applicable motor vehicle license tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, any applicable additional fee prescribed by section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code, a bureau of motor vehicles administrative fee of ten dollars, and compliance with all other applicable laws relating to the registration of motor vehicles. (C)(1) For each application for registration and registration renewal notice the registrar receives under this section, the registrar shall collect a contribution of thirty dollars. The registrar shall transmit this contribution into the state treasury to the credit of the license plate contribution fund created in section 4501.21 of the Revised Code. (2) The registrar shall deposit the bureau administrative fee of ten dollars, the purpose of which is to compensate the bureau for additional services required in the issuing of "Cleveland St. Ignatius High School" license plates, into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code. Last updated April 9, 2021 at 3:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4507.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4507 / § 4507.45
§ 4507.45. Reinstatement fee
Status: in_force

July 1, 2017 House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly If a person's driver's license, commercial driver's license, or nonresident operating privilege is suspended, disqualified, or canceled for an indefinite period of time or for a period of at least ninety days, and if at the end of the period of suspension, disqualification, or cancellation the person is eligible to have the license or privilege reinstated, the registrar of motor vehicles or an eligible deputy registrar shall collect a reinstatement fee of forty dollars when the person requests reinstatement. In addition, each deputy registrar shall collect a service fee of ten dollars to compensate the deputy registrar for services performed under this section. The deputy registrar shall retain eight dollars of the service fee and shall transmit the reinstatement fee, plus two dollars of the service fee, to the registrar in the manner the registrar shall determine. However, the registrar or an eligible deputy registrar shall not collect the fee prescribed by this section if a different driver's license, commercial driver's license, or nonresident operating privilege reinstatement fee is prescribed by law. The registrar shall deposit ten dollars of each forty-dollar fee into the state treasury to the credit of the indigent defense support fund created by section 120.08 of the Revised Code and thirty dollars of each fee into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created by section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4505.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4505 / § 4505.04
§ 4505.04. Certificate of title as evidence of ownership - harm to leased motor vehicle
Status: in_force

October 31, 2001 Senate Bill 59 - 124th General Assembly (A) No person acquiring a motor vehicle from its owner, whether the owner is a manufacturer, importer, dealer, or any other person, shall acquire any right, title, claim, or interest in or to the motor vehicle until there is issued to the person a certificate of title to the motor vehicle, or there is delivered to the person a manufacturer's or importer's certificate for it, or a certificate of title to it is assigned as authorized by section 4505.032 of the Revised Code; and no waiver or estoppel operates in favor of such person against a person having possession of the certificate of title to, or manufacturer's or importer's certificate for, the motor vehicle, for a valuable consideration. (B) Subject to division (C) of this section, no court shall recognize the right, title, claim, or interest of any person in or to any motor vehicle sold or disposed of, or mortgaged or encumbered, unless evidenced: (1) By a certificate of title, an assignment of a certificate of title made under section 4505.032 of the Revised Code, a manufacturer's or importer's certificate, or a certified receipt of title cancellation to an exported motor vehicle issued in accordance with sections 4505.01 to 4505.21 of the Revised Code; (2) By admission in the pleadings or stipulation of the parties; (3) In an action by a secured party to enforce a security interest perfected under Chapter 1309. of the Revised Code in accordance with division (A) of section 4505.13 of the Revised Code, by an instrument showing a valid security interest. (C)(1) As used in division (C) of this section: (a) "Harm" means damage or other loss. (b) "Lease agreement" includes a sublease agreement as defined in division (C)(1)(d) of this section. (c) "Lessee" includes a sublessee under a sublease agreement, but only if the sublessee is a motor vehicle leasing dealer licensed under Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code. (d) "Sublease agreement" means a lease of a motor vehicle between a motor vehicle leasing dealer licensed under Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code and a second such duly licensed motor vehicle leasing dealer. (e) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for harm to a motor vehicle, other than a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons. (2) Notwithstanding divisions (A) and (B) of this section, if a motor vehicle that is the subject of a lease agreement sustains harm during the term of that agreement and if all of the following conditions are satisfied, the lessee may commence a tort action in the lessee's own name to recover damages for the harm from the person allegedly responsible for it: (a) The lessee shall file with and attach to the complaint in the tort action a copy of the lease agreement pursuant to which the lessee is responsible for damage to the motor vehicle, for purposes of establishing the ownership of the motor vehicle and the interest of the lessee in it. (b) The harm to the motor vehicle shall be such that, under the lease agreement, the lessee bringing the action is legally responsible for the repair of the harm. (c) The lessee shall cause a copy of the complaint in the tort action to be served upon the owner of the motor vehicle and upon any other lessee of the vehicle in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4503.192 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4503 / § 4503.192
§ 4503.192. Retention of personalized license plate letters and numbers
Status: in_force

July 1, 2017 House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, any person who is replacing vehicle license plates, upon request and payment of a fee of ten dollars, may retain the distinctive combination of letters and numerals on license plates previously issued to that person. A person who is replacing license plates specifically created by law for which the registrar collects a contribution or additional fee, may retain the distinctive combination of letters and numerals on license plates previously issued to that person upon request and payment of a fee of ten dollars, but the person also shall be required to pay the contribution or additional fee required under the Revised Code section authorizing issuance of the license plate. (2) The registrar of motor vehicles shall charge and collect the ten-dollar fee under this section only when a new set of license plates are issued. The fee is in addition to the license tax established by this chapter and, where applicable, Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code. A deputy registrar who receives an application under this section shall retain one dollar of the ten-dollar fee and shall transmit the remaining nine dollars to the registrar in a manner determined by the registrar. The registrar shall deposit the fees received under this section into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created under section 4501.06 of the Revised Code and shall be used by the bureau of motor vehicles to pay the expenses of producing license plates and validation stickers, including the cost of materials, manufacturing, and administrative costs for required replacement of license plates. (B) This section does not apply to either of the following: (1) A person who is replacing license plates originally obtained under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. Such a person shall pay the additional fee required under the applicable section to retain the distinctive license plates previously issued. (2) A person who is replacing a single, duplicate license plate due to the loss, mutilation, or destruction of a license plate.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4503.83 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4503 / § 4503.83
§ 4503.83. Company logo license plates
Status: in_force

June 30, 2021 House Bill 74 - 134th General Assembly (A) The owner or lessee of a fleet of apportioned vehicles may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for the registration of any apportioned vehicle, commercial trailer, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar and issuance of company logo license plates. The initial application shall be for not less than fifty eligible vehicles. The applicant shall provide the registrar the artwork for the company logo plate in a format designated by the registrar. The registrar shall approve the artwork or return the artwork for modification in accordance with any design requirements reasonably imposed by the registrar. Upon approval of the artwork and receipt of the completed application and compliance with divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the registrar shall issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle registration and the appropriate number of company logo license plates. In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed on license plates, company logo license plates shall be inscribed with words and markings requested by the applicant and approved by the registrar. (B) A company logo license plate shall be issued upon payment of the applicable regular license tax prescribed in section 4503.042 or 4503.65 of the Revised Code for the registration of a vehicle in this state, any applicable fees prescribed in section 4503.10 of the Revised Code, any applicable motor vehicle tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, a bureau of motor vehicles fee of six dollars when a company logo license plate actually is issued, and compliance with all other applicable laws relating to the registration of motor vehicles. If a company logo plate is issued to replace an existing license plate for the same vehicle, the replacement license plate fees prescribed in division (A) of section 4503.19 of the Revised Code shall not apply. (C) The registrar shall deposit the bureau of motor vehicles fee specified in division (B) of this section, the purpose of which is to compensate the bureau for the additional services required in issuing company logo license plates, in the public safety - highway purposes fund created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code. Last updated April 9, 2021 at 3:02 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4517.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4517 / § 4517.15
§ 4517.15. Appeal of denial of license to motor vehicle dealers board
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 238 - 135th General Assembly Any person who has been denied a license under section 4517.12 or 4517.13 of the Revised Code may appeal from the action of the registrar of motor vehicles to the motor vehicle dealers board in the manner provided in section 4517.33 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4517.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4517 / § 4517.06
§ 4517.06. Application for motor vehicle leasing dealer's license
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Each person applying for a motor vehicle leasing dealer's license shall biennially, before the first day of April, make out and deliver to the registrar of motor vehicles, upon a blank to be furnished by the registrar for that purpose, a separate application for license for each county in which the business of leasing motor vehicles, as described in division (M) of section 4517.01 of the Revised Code, is to be conducted. The application shall be in the form prescribed by the registrar, shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant, and, in addition to such other information as is required by the registrar, shall include the information specified in divisions (A) to (H) of section 4517.04 of the Revised Code. The application shall be accompanied by a photograph, as prescribed by the registrar, of each place of business operated, or to be operated, by the applicant. Last updated September 25, 2023 at 10:06 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4509.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4509 / § 4509.60
§ 4509.60. Filing of bond constitutes lien
Status: in_force

August 1, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly Upon acceptance of a bond with individual sureties, the registrar of motor vehicles shall forward to the county recorder of the county in which the sureties' real estate is located a notice of such deposit and pay the recorder a base fee of five dollars for filing and indexing the notice and a housing trust fund fee of five dollars pursuant to section 317.36 of the Revised Code. The recorder shall receive and file such notice and keep and index the same. Such bond shall constitute a lien in favor of the state upon the real estate so scheduled or any surety, and the lien shall exist in favor of any holder of a final judgment against the person who has filed the bond, for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damage because of injury to property, including the loss of use thereof, resulting from the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle after such bond was filed, upon the filing of notice to that effect by the registrar with the county recorder as provided in this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4503.959 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4503 / § 4503.959
§ 4503.959. Dublin City Schools license plates
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 Senate Bill 163 - 135th General Assembly (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of motor vehicles may apply to the registrar for the registration of the vehicle and issuance of "Dublin City Schools" license plates. The application for "Dublin City Schools" license plates may be combined with a request for a special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the completed application and compliance with division (B) of this section, the registrar shall issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle registration and a set of "Dublin City Schools" license plates with a validation sticker or a validation sticker alone when required by section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed thereon, "Dublin City Schools" license plates shall display words and markings selected by representatives of the Dublin city school district and that are approved by the registrar. "Dublin City Schools" license plates shall display county identification stickers that identify the county of registration as required under section 4503.19 of the Revised Code. (B) "Dublin City Schools" license plates and a validation sticker, or a validation sticker alone, shall be issued upon receipt of an application for registration of a motor vehicle under this section; payment of the regular license tax as prescribed under section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, any applicable motor vehicle tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, any applicable additional fee prescribed by section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code, an additional administrative fee of ten dollars, and the contribution as provided in division (C)(1) of this section; and compliance with all other applicable laws relating to the registration of motor vehicles. (C)(1) For each application for registration and registration renewal notice the registrar receives under this section, the registrar shall collect a contribution of twenty-five dollars. The registrar shall deposit this contribution into the state treasury to the credit of the license plate contribution fund created in section 4501.21 of the Revised Code. (2) The registrar shall deposit the administrative fee of ten dollars, the purpose of which is to compensate the bureau of motor vehicles for additional services required in issuing "Dublin City Schools" license plates, into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4510.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4510 / § 4510.16
§ 4510.16. Driving under financial responsibility law suspension or cancellation; driving under a nonpayment of judgment suspension
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 29 - 135th General Assembly (A) No person, whose driver's or commercial driver's license or temporary instruction permit or nonresident's operating privilege has been suspended or canceled pursuant to Chapter 4509. of the Revised Code, shall operate any motor vehicle within this state, or knowingly permit any motor vehicle owned by the person to be operated by another person in the state, during the period of the suspension or cancellation, except as specifically authorized by Chapter 4509. of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon a highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking in this state if the person's driver's or commercial driver's license or temporary instruction permit or nonresident operating privilege has been suspended pursuant to section 4509.37 or 4509.40 of the Revised Code for nonpayment of a judgment. (C) Upon the request or motion of the prosecuting authority, a noncertified copy of the law enforcement automated data system report or a noncertified copy of a record of the registrar of motor vehicles that shows the name, date of birth, and social security number of a person charged with a violation of division (A) or (B) of this section may be admitted into evidence as prima-facie evidence that the license of the person was under either a financial responsibility law suspension at the time of the alleged violation of division (A) of this section or a nonpayment of judgment suspension at the time of the alleged violation of division (B) of this section. The person charged with a violation of division (A) or (B) of this section may offer evidence to rebut this prima-facie evidence. (D) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of driving under financial responsibility law suspension or cancellation and shall be punished as provided in divisions (D)(1) to (3) of this section. Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of driving under a nonpayment of judgment suspension and shall be punished as provided in divisions (D)(1) to (3) of this section. (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (D)(2) of this section, the offense is an unclassified misdemeanor. When the offense is an unclassified misdemeanor, the offender shall be sentenced pursuant to sections 2929.21 to 2929.28 of the Revised Code, except that the offender shall not be sentenced to a jail term; the offender shall not be sentenced to a community residential sanction pursuant to section 2929.26 of the Revised Code; notwithstanding division (A)(2)(a) of section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, the offender may be fined up to one thousand dollars; and, notwithstanding division (A)(3) of section 2929.27 of the Revised Code, the offender may be ordered pursuant to division (C) of that section to serve a term of community service of up to five hundred hours. The failure of an offender to complete a term of community service imposed by the court may be punished as indirect criminal contempt under division (A) of section 2705.02 of the Revised Code that may be filed in the underlying case. (2) If, within three years of the offense, the offender previously was convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more violations of this section, or any combination of two violations of this section or section 4510.11 or 4510.111 of the Revised Code, or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the offense is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (3) The offender shall provide the court with proof of financial responsibility as defined in section 4509.01 of the Revised Code. If the offender fails to provide that proof of financial responsibility, then in addition to any other penalties provided by law, the court may order restitution pursuant to section 2929.28 of the Revised Code in an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars for any economic loss arising from an accident or collision that was the direct and proximate result of the offender's operation of the vehicle before, during, or after committing the offense for which the offender is sentenced under this section. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4513.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4513 / § 4513.04
§ 4513.04. Headlights
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, and every trackless trolley shall be equipped with at least two headlights with at least one near each side of the front of the motor vehicle or trackless trolley. Every motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two headlights. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4561.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4561 / § 4561.17
§ 4561.17. License tax on aircraft - exceptions
Status: in_force

July 1, 2009 Senate Bill 9 (GA 126), House Bill 2 (GA 128), House Bill 66 (GA 126) (A) To provide revenue for administering sections 4561.17 to 4561.22 of the Revised Code relative to the registration of aircraft, for the surveying of and the establishment, checking, maintenance, and repair of aviation air marking and of air navigation facilities, for airport capital improvements, for the acquiring, maintaining, and repairing of equipment necessary for those purposes, and for the cost of creating and distributing Ohio aeronautical charts and Ohio airport and landing field directories, an annual license tax is hereby levied upon all aircraft based in this state for which an aircraft worthiness certificate issued by the federal aviation administration is in effect except the following: (1) Aircraft owned by the United States or any territory of the United States; (2) Aircraft owned by any foreign government; (3) Aircraft owned by any state or any political subdivision of a state; (4) Aircraft owned by aircraft manufacturers or aircraft engine manufacturers and operated only for purposes of testing, delivery, or demonstration; (5) Aircraft operated for hire over regularly scheduled routes within the state. (B) The license tax this section requires shall be at the rates specified in section 4561.18 of the Revised Code, and shall be paid to and collected by the director of transportation at the time of making application as provided in that section. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated February 18, 2022 at 1:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4503.499 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4503 / § 4503.499
§ 4503.499. Pediatric brain tumor awareness license plates
Status: in_force

July 1, 2017 House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of motor vehicles may apply to the registrar for the registration of the vehicle and issuance of pediatric brain tumor awareness license plates. An application made under this section may be combined with a request for a special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the completed application and compliance by the applicant with divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the registrar shall issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle registration and a set of pediatric brain tumor awareness license plates and a validation sticker, or a validation sticker alone when required by section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed on the license plates, pediatric brain tumor awareness license plates shall be inscribed with identifying words or markings that are designed by the children's glioma cancer foundation and are approved by the registrar. Pediatric brain tumor awareness license plates shall display county identification stickers that identify the county of registration as required under section 4503.19 of the Revised Code. (B) The pediatric brain tumor awareness license plates and a validation sticker, or validation sticker alone, shall be issued upon receipt of a contribution as provided in division (C) of this section and upon payment of the regular license tax as prescribed under section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, any applicable motor vehicle license tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, any applicable additional fee prescribed by section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code, a fee of ten dollars for the purpose of compensating the bureau of motor vehicles for additional services required in the issuing of pediatric brain tumor awareness license plates, and compliance with all other applicable laws relating to the registration of motor vehicles. (C) For each application for registration and registration renewal notice the registrar receives under this section, the registrar shall collect a contribution of thirty-five dollars. The registrar shall transmit this contribution to the treasurer of state for deposit in the license plate contribution fund created in section 4501.21 of the Revised Code. The registrar shall transmit the additional fee of ten dollars paid to compensate the bureau for the additional services required in the issuing of pediatric brain tumor awareness license plates to the treasurer of state for deposit into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created by section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4501.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4501 / § 4501.041
§ 4501.041. Distribution of county license taxes
Status: in_force

June 30, 2017 House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly Except as provided in section 4501.042 of the Revised Code, all moneys received under section 4504.09 of the Revised Code with respect to counties levying county motor vehicle license taxes pursuant to section 4504.02 , 4504.15 , 4504.16 , or 4504.24 of the Revised Code and paid into the state treasury under section 4501.031 of the Revised Code shall be distributed to the respective counties levying such taxes for allocation and distribution as provided in section 4504.05 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4510.102 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4510 / § 4510.102
§ 4510.102. Permanent driver's license reinstatement fee debt reduction and amnesty program
Status: in_force

September 15, 2020 House Bill 285 - 133rd General Assembly Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the director of public safety shall establish a permanent driver's license reinstatement fee debt reduction and amnesty program. The program shall have two phases. The eligibility for phase one is described in section 4510.103 of the Revised Code and the eligibility for phase two is described in section 4510.104 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4582.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4582 / § 4582.36
§ 4582.36. Effect on other laws
Status: in_force

May 17, 2000 Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly Nothing contained in sections 4582.25 to 4582.59 of the Revised Code shall: (A) Impair the provisions of law or ordinance directing the payment of revenues derived from public property into sinking funds or dedicating those revenues to specific purposes; (B) Impair the powers of any county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision to develop or improve port and terminal facilities except as restricted by section 4582.42 of the Revised Code; (C) Enlarge, alter, diminish, or affect in any way, any lease or conveyance made, or action taken prior to the creation of a port authority in accordance with section 4582.22 of the Revised Code by any municipal corporation under the provisions of sections 721.04 to 721.11 of the Revised Code, or by any county under the provisions of section 307.65 of the Revised Code; (D) Impair or interfere with the exercise of any permit for the removal of sand or gravel, or other similar permits issued by this state or the United States; (E) Impair or contravene applicable federal regulations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4503.541 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4503 / § 4503.541
§ 4503.541. "Dolly Parton's Imagination Library" license plates
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of motor vehicles may apply to the registrar for the registration of the vehicle and issuance of "Dolly Parton's Imagination Library" license plates. The application may be combined with a request for a special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the completed application and compliance by the applicant with divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the registrar shall issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle registration and a set of "Dolly Parton's Imagination Library" license plates and a validation sticker, or a validation sticker alone when required by section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed on the license plates, "Dolly Parton's Imagination Library" license plates shall display an appropriate logo and words that are selected by representatives of the Dolly Parton's imagination library and approved by the registrar. (B) "Dolly Parton's Imagination Library" license plates and a validation sticker, or validation sticker alone, shall be issued upon receipt of an application for registration of a motor vehicle under this section; payment of the regular license tax as prescribed under section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, any applicable motor vehicle license tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, any applicable additional fee prescribed by section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code, an additional administrative fee of ten dollars, and a contribution as provided in division (C)(1) of this section; and compliance with all other applicable laws relating to the registration of motor vehicles. (C)(1) For each application for registration and registration renewal notice the registrar receives under this section, the registrar shall collect a contribution of twenty-five dollars. The registrar shall deposit this contribution into the state treasury to the credit of the license plate contribution fund created in section 4501.21 of the Revised Code. (2) The registrar shall deposit the administrative fee of ten dollars, the purpose of which is to compensate the bureau of motor vehicles for additional services required in the issuing of "Dolly Parton's Imagination Library" license plates, into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) Section 4503.78 of the Revised Code does not apply to license plates issued under this section. (2) County identification stickers are not required for license plates issued under this section. Last updated February 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4517.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4517 / § 4517.14
§ 4517.14. Limitation on motor vehicle salesperson's employment
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 238 - 135th General Assembly No person shall act as salesperson for more than one licensed motor vehicle dealer at the same time, except that a salesperson may act as a salesperson at any licensed dealership owned or operated by the same company, regardless of the county in which the dealership's facility is located. Last updated February 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4501.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4501 / § 4501.37
§ 4501.37. Procedure for changing order of registrar
Status: in_force

September 29, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly (A) No court may reverse, suspend, or delay any order made by the registrar of motor vehicles, or enjoin, restrain, or interfere with the registrar or a deputy registrar in the performance of official duties, except as provided in this chapter and Chapter 4507. or 4510. of the Revised Code. (B) A court shall not order the bureau of motor vehicles to delete a record of conviction unless the court finds that deletion of the record of conviction is necessary to correct an error. The bureau shall not comply with a court order that directs the deletion of a record of conviction unless the order states that the record of conviction is being deleted in order to correct an error.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4561.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4561 / § 4561.53
§ 4561.53. Office of Aviation UAV resources
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 77 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of transportation's office of aviation shall provide information and resources on the office's web site regarding the laws, regulations, and proper use of an unmanned aerial vehicle and unmanned aerial vehicle system. The information shall pertain to public, commercial, and recreational use of an unmanned aerial vehicle. (B) The office shall provide picture examples of a critical facility on the office's web site. The pictures and any related information provided are designed to provide unmanned aerial vehicle operators guidelines on what is considered a critical facility. Any picture or written description shall not identify the owner, operator, or location of the critical facility. Last updated March 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4519.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4519 / § 4519.61
§ 4519.61. Surrender and cancelling certificate
Status: in_force

September 16, 2004 House Bill 230 - 125th General Assembly (A) Each owner of an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle and each person mentioned as owner in the last certificate of title, when the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle is dismantled, destroyed, or changed in such manner that it loses its character as an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, or changed in such manner that it is not the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle described in the certificate of title, shall surrender the certificate of title to a clerk of a court of common pleas, and the clerk, with the consent of the holders of any liens noted on the certificate of title, then shall enter a cancellation upon the clerk's records and shall notify the registrar of motor vehicles of the cancellation. Upon the cancellation of a certificate of title in the manner prescribed by this section, any clerk and the registrar may cancel and destroy all certificates and all memorandum certificates in that chain of title. (B) If an Ohio certificate of title or salvage certificate of title to an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle is assigned to a salvage dealer, the dealer shall not be required to obtain an Ohio certificate of title or a salvage certificate of title to the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle in the dealer's own name if the dealer dismantles or destroys the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, completes the assignment on the certificate of title or salvage certificate of title, indicates the number of the dealer's motor vehicle salvage dealer's license on it, marks "FOR DESTRUCTION" across the face of the certificate of title or salvage certificate of title, and surrenders the certificate of title or salvage certificate of title to a clerk of a court of common pleas as provided in division (A) of this section. If the salvage dealer retains the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle for resale, the salvage dealer shall make application for a salvage certificate of title to the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle in the salvage dealer's own name as provided in division (C)(1) of this section. (C)(1) When an insurance company declares it economically impractical to repair the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle and has paid an agreed price for the purchase of the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle to any insured or claimant owner, the insurance company shall receive the certificate of title and off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle and proceed as follows. Within thirty days, the insurance company shall deliver the certificate of title to a clerk of a court of common pleas and shall make application for a salvage certificate of title. The clerk shall issue the salvage certificate of title on a form, prescribed by the registrar, that shall be easily distinguishable from the original certificate of title and shall bear the same information as the original certificate of title except that it may bear a different number from that of the original certificate of title. Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, the salvage certificate of title shall be assigned by the insurance company to a salvage dealer or any other person for use as evidence of ownership upon the sale or other disposition of the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, and the salvage certificate of title shall be transferable to any other person. The clerk of the court of common pleas shall charge a fee of four dollars for the cost of processing each salvage certificate of title. (2) If an insurance company considers an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle as described in division (C)(1) of this section to be impossible to restore to normal operation, the insurance company may assign the certificate of title to the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle to a salvage dealer or scrap metal processing facility and send the assigned certificate of title to the clerk of the court of common pleas of any county. The insurance company shall mark the face of the certificate of title "FOR DESTRUCTION" and shall deliver a photocopy of the certificate of title to the salvage dealer or scrap metal processing facility for its records. (3) If an insurance company declares it economically impractical to repair an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, agrees to pay to the insured or claimant owner an amount in settlement of a claim against a policy of motor vehicle insurance covering the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, and agrees to permit the insured or claimant owner to retain possession of the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, the insurance company shall not pay the insured or claimant owner any amount in settlement of the insurance claim until the owner obtains a salvage certificate of title to the vehicle and furnishes a copy of the salvage certificate of title to the insurance company. (D) When a self-insured organization, rental or leasing company, or secured creditor becomes the owner of an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle that is burned, damaged, or dismantled and is determined to be economically impractical to repair, the self-insured organization, rental or leasing company, or secured creditor shall do one of the following: (1) Mark the face of the certificate of title to the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle "FOR DESTRUCTION" and surrender the certificate of title to a clerk of a court of common pleas for cancellation as described in division (A) of this section. The self-insured organization, rental or leasing company, or secured creditor then shall deliver the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, together with a photocopy of the certificate of title, to a salvage dealer or scrap metal processing facility and shall cause the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle to be dismantled, flattened, crushed, or destroyed. (2) Obtain a salvage certificate of title to the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle in the name of the self-insured organization, rental or leasing company, or secured creditor, as provided in division (C)(1) of this section, and then sell or otherwise dispose of the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle. If the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle is sold, the self-insured organization, rental or leasing company, or secured creditor shall obtain a salvage certificate of title to the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle in the name of the purchaser from a clerk of a court of common pleas. (E) If an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle titled with a salvage certificate of title is restored for operation, application shall be made to a clerk of a court of common pleas for a certificate of title after inspection by the state highway patrol. The inspection shall include establishing proof of ownership and an inspection of the motor number and vehicle identification number of the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle and of documentation or receipts for the materials used in restoration by the owner of the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle being inspected, which documentation or receipts shall be presented at the time of inspection. Upon successful completion of the inspection, the state highway patrol shall issue to the owner a completed inspection form. The clerk, upon submission of the completed inspection form and surrender of the salvage certificate of title, shall issue a certificate of title for a fee prescribed by the registrar. The certificate of title shall be in the same form as the original certificate of title and shall bear the words "REBUILT SALVAGE" in black boldface letters on its face. Every subsequent certificate of title, memorandum certificate of title, or certified copy of a certificate of title or memorandum certificate of title issued for the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle also shall bear the words "REBUILT SALVAGE" in black boldface letters on its face. The exact location on the face of the certificate of title of the words "REBUILT SALVAGE" shall be determined by the registrar, who shall develop an automated procedure within the automated title processing system to comply with this division. The clerk shall use reasonable care in performing the duties imposed on the clerk by this division in issuing a certificate of title pursuant to this division, but the clerk is not liable for errors or omissions of the clerk of courts, the clerk's deputies, or the automated title processing system in the performance of such duties. A fee of fifty dollars shall be assessed by the state highway patrol for each inspection made pursuant to this division. (F) No off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle the certificate of title to which has been marked "FOR DESTRUCTION" and surrendered to a clerk of a court of common pleas shall be used for anything except parts and scrap metal.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4551.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4551 / § 4551.01
§ 4551.01. Requiring bill of sale or invoice
Status: in_force

August 23, 1965 House Bill 301 - 106th General Assembly Except in trucks and trailers licensed for and engaged in interstate commerce, any person who operates a truck, trailer, or other vehicle upon any public highway, road, or street in this state for the purpose of transporting five or more cut trees, or one hundred pounds or more of boughs, of any species of pine, spruce, fir, hemlock, or other narrow-leafed or broad-leafed evergreen tree or shrub, shall have upon his person during such transporting a bill of sale or invoice for such trees or boughs signed by the owner or custodian of the lands from which such trees or boughs were cut and removed. Such bill of sale or invoice shall state: (A) The date of sale; (B) The number and species of trees, or pounds and species of boughs, being transported; (C) The name of the township, county, and state where such lands are situated; (D) The proper postal address of the landowner or custodian. If such trees or boughs have been obtained from a dealer in such goods, the bill of sale or invoice need only show his name and the place of business from which the trees or boughs were obtained. This section does not apply to the transportation of trees or boughs by or for the owner or custodian of lands from which such trees or boughs were cut or removed, or by or for an agent of either.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4509.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4509 / § 4509.74
§ 4509.74. Prohibition against failure to report accident
Status: in_force

January 1, 2004 Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly (A) No person shall fail to report a motor vehicle accident as required under the laws of this state. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4509.66 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4509 / § 4509.66
§ 4509.66. Suspension for inadequate proof of financial responsibility
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 29 - 135th General Assembly Whenever any proof of financial responsibility filed under sections 4509.01 to 4509.78 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, no longer fulfills the purposes for which required, the registrar of motor vehicles shall require other proof and shall suspend the license or the nonresident's operating privilege pending the filing of such other proof. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4503.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4503 / § 4503.21
§ 4503.21. Display of license plates and validation stickers or temporary license registration
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) Subject to section 4503.211 of the Revised Code, no person who is the owner or operator of a motor vehicle shall fail to display in plain view on the rear of the motor vehicle a license plate that displays the distinctive number and registration mark assigned to the motor vehicle by the director of public safety, including any county identification sticker and any validation sticker when required by and issued under sections 4503.19 and 4503.191 of the Revised Code. However, a commercial tractor shall display the license plate on the front of the commercial tractor. (2) The license plate shall be securely fastened so as not to swing, and shall not be covered by any material that obstructs its visibility. (3) Subject to section 4503.211 of the Revised Code, no person to whom a temporary motor vehicle license registration has been issued for the use of a motor vehicle under section 4503.182 of the Revised Code, and no operator of that motor vehicle, shall fail to display the temporary motor vehicle license registration in plain view from the rear of the vehicle either in the rear window or on an external rear surface of the motor vehicle. (4) No person shall cover a temporary motor vehicle license registration by any material that obstructs its visibility. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (C) The offenses established under division (A) of this section are strict liability offenses and section 2901.20 of the Revised Code does not apply. The designation of these offenses as strict liability offenses shall not be construed to imply that any other offense, for which there is no specified degree of culpability, is not a strict liability offense. Last updated April 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4510.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4510 / § 4510.10
§ 4510.10. Reinstatement fees payment plan or payment extension plan
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 Senate Bill 68 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Reinstatement fees" means the fees that are required under section 4507.1612 , 4507.45 , 4509.101 , 4509.81 , 4511.191 , 4511.951 , or any other provision of the Revised Code, or under a schedule established by the bureau of motor vehicles, in order to reinstate a driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege of an offender under a suspension. (2) "Indigent" means a person who is a participant in any of the following programs: (a) The supplemental nutrition assistance program administered by the department of job and family services pursuant to section 5101.54 of the Revised Code; (b) The medicaid program pursuant to Chapter 5163. of the Revised Code; (c) The Ohio works first program administered by the department of job and family services pursuant to section 5107.10 of the Revised Code; (d) The supplemental security income program pursuant to 20 C.F.R. 416.1100; (e) The United States department of veterans affairs pension benefit program pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1521. (B) Reinstatement fees are those fees that compensate the bureau of motor vehicles for suspensions, cancellations, or disqualifications of a person's driving privileges and to compensate the bureau and other agencies in their administration of programs intended to reduce and eliminate threats to public safety through education, treatment, and other activities. The registrar of motor vehicles shall not reinstate a driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege of a person until the person has paid all reinstatement fees and has complied with all conditions for each suspension, cancellation, or disqualification incurred by that person. (C) When a municipal court or county court determines in a pending case involving an offender that the offender cannot reasonably pay reinstatement fees due and owing by the offender relative to one or more suspensions that have been or will be imposed by the bureau of motor vehicles or by a court of this state, the court, by order, may do either of the following: (1) Undertake an installment payment plan or a payment extension plan for the payment of reinstatement fees due and owing to the bureau in that pending case. The court shall establish an installment payment plan or a payment extension plan in accordance with the requirements of divisions (D)(1) and (2) of this section. (2) Authorize the offender to perform community service in lieu of payment of the reinstatement fees. A court that authorizes an offender to perform community service in lieu of paying reinstatement fees under this division shall provide the offender with documentation indicating completion of the court-ordered community service when the offender has completed that community service. In addition to complying with all other applicable requirements for reinstatement, other than payment of reinstatement fees, the offender shall provide the documentation of completion to the registrar when seeking reinstatement. (D) Independent of the provisions of division (C) of this section, an offender who cannot reasonably pay reinstatement fees due and owing by the offender relative to a suspension that has been imposed on the offender may file a petition in the municipal court, county court, or, if the person is under the age of eighteen, the juvenile division of the court of common pleas in whose jurisdiction the person resides or, if the person is not a resident of this state, in the Franklin county municipal court or juvenile division of the Franklin county court of common pleas for an order that does either of the following, in order of preference: (1) Establishes a reasonable payment plan of not less than fifty dollars per month, to be paid by the offender to the registrar of motor vehicles or an eligible deputy registrar, in all succeeding months until all reinstatement fees required of the offender are paid in full. If the person is making payments to a deputy registrar, the deputy registrar shall collect a service fee of ten dollars each time the deputy registrar collects a payment to compensate the deputy registrar for services performed under this section. The deputy registrar shall retain eight dollars of the service fee and shall transmit the reinstatement payments, plus two dollars of each service fee, to the registrar in the manner the registrar shall determine. (2) If the offender, but for the payment of the reinstatement fees, otherwise would be entitled to operate a vehicle in this state or to obtain reinstatement of the offender's operating privileges, permits the offender to operate a motor vehicle, as authorized by the court, until a future date upon which date all reinstatement fees must be paid in full. A payment extension granted under this division shall not exceed one hundred eighty days, and any operating privileges granted under this division shall be solely for the purpose of permitting the offender occupational or "family necessity" privileges in order to enable the offender to reasonably acquire the delinquent reinstatement fees due and owing. (E) If a municipal court, county court, or juvenile division enters an order of the type described in division (C) or division (D)(1) or (2) of this section, the court, at any time after the issuance of the order, may determine that a change of circumstances has occurred and may amend the order as justice requires, provided that the amended order also shall be an order that is permitted under division (C) or division (D)(1) or (2) of this section. (F) If a court enters an order of the type described in division (C), (D)(1), (D)(2), or (E) of this section, during the pendency of the order, the offender in relation to whom it applies is not subject to prosecution for failing to pay the reinstatement fees covered by the order. (G)(1) In addition to divisions (A) to (F) of this section, the registrar, with the approval of the director of public safety and in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt rules that do both of the following: (a) Permit a person to pay reinstatement fees in installments in accordance with division (G)(2) of this section; (b) Permit a person who is indigent to apply for and receive a waiver of all reinstatement fees in accordance with division (G)(3) of this section. (2) The rules governing the bureau of motor vehicles installment plan may contain any of the following provisions: (a) A schedule establishing a minimum monthly payment amount; (b) If the person otherwise would have valid driving privileges but for the payment of the reinstatement fees, the registrar may record the person's driving privileges as "valid" so long as the person's installments are current. (c) If the person's installments are not current, the registrar may record the person's driving privileges as "suspended" or "failure to reinstate," as appropriate. (d) Any other provision the registrar reasonably may prescribe. (3) The rules governing the bureau of motor vehicles waiver plan may establish any of the following: (a) The form of the application; (b) The documentation required of a person to prove that the person is indigent; (c) A process for recording the person's driving privileges as "valid" after the waiver of the reinstatement fees; (d) Any other requirements or procedures the registrar determines are necessary for implementation of the waiver plan. (H) Reinstatement fees are debts that may be discharged in bankruptcy.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4508.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4508 / § 4508.031
§ 4508.031. Commercial driver's license training
Status: in_force

March 24, 2022 House Bill 169 - 134th General Assembly A licensed driver training school shall comply with the requirements of 49 C.F.R. 380, subpart F and all applicable appendices, if the school provides commercial driver's license education courses that train drivers in the operation of commercial trucks, commercial cars, buses, and commercial tractors, trailers, and semitrailers. Last updated January 18, 2022 at 11:55 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4517.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4517 / § 4517.22
§ 4517.22. Motor vehicle shows
Status: in_force

July 18, 2022 House Bill 95 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "General market area" means the contiguous geographical area established by a motor vehicle show sponsor that is based upon the size of the show and that does not unreasonably exclude any licensed new motor vehicle dealer. (2) "Gross vehicle weight rating" means the maximum weight while loaded at which a motor vehicle can safely operate as rated by its manufacturer. (3) "Livestock trailer" means a new or used trailer designed by its manufacturer to be used to transport horses or to transport animals generally used for food or in the production of food, including cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits, poultry, swine, and any other animals included by the director of agriculture in rules adopted under section 901.72 of the Revised Code. (4) "Major livestock show" means any show of livestock that is held at the Ohio state fairgrounds, is national in scope, and that continues for more than ten consecutive days. (5) "Motor vehicle show" means a display of new motor vehicles that lasts not more than ten days by more than one new motor vehicle dealer dealing in competitive types of motor vehicles and that is authorized by the registrar of motor vehicles primarily to allow the general public an opportunity to compare and inspect a variety of makes and models simultaneously, test drive vehicles, and gain an understanding of new technology and available features. (B) Any group of licensed new motor vehicle dealers may display motor vehicles at a motor vehicle show within the general market area assigned by the sponsor if, not less than thirty days before the planned opening date of the motor vehicle show, the sponsor executes and files with the registrar an affidavit, in a form prescribed by the registrar, that certifies that all requirements of this section have been or will be met, as applicable. If the registrar approves the affidavit, the registrar shall grant the sponsor permission to conduct the motor vehicle show. If the registrar determines that there is a deficiency in the affidavit, the registrar shall inform the sponsor of the deficiency as soon as possible after the registrar receives the affidavit so that the sponsor has the opportunity to remedy the deficiency. The registrar also shall describe with specificity the measures the sponsor is required to take in order to cure the deficiency. The sponsor shall return the corrected affidavit to the registrar not later than before the planned opening date of the motor vehicle show in order for the sponsor to be eligible to hold the show. If the registrar finds that the deficiency has been cured in the corrected affidavit, the registrar shall grant the sponsor permission to conduct the motor vehicle show. If the registrar finds that the deficiency has not been cured, the registrar shall deny the sponsor permission to conduct the motor vehicle show. (C) No contracts shall be signed, deposits taken, or sales consummated at the location of a motor vehicle show. (D) Any sponsor of a motor vehicle show or the sponsor's representative shall offer by mail an invitation to all new motor vehicle dealers dealing in competitive types of motor vehicles in the general market area to participate and display motor vehicles in the show. The sponsor or representative may offer a similar invitation to manufacturers or distributors. A copy of each invitation shall be retained by the sponsor for one year after the show. (E) A manufacturer or distributor may hold in any public place a motor vehicle show at which only one motor vehicle is displayed, but no such single unit show shall be held unless the manufacturer or distributor executes and files with the registrar not less than thirty days before the show an affidavit, in a form prescribed by the registrar, that certifies that all requirements of this section have been or will be met, as applicable, and subsequently receives approval of that affidavit from the registrar. (F) The registrar shall not grant permission for any motor vehicle show to be held, unless it is proven to the registrar's satisfaction that no attempt is being made to circumvent the provisions of sections 4517.01 to 4517.45 of the Revised Code. (G) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the taking of orders for nonmotorized recreational vehicles as defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code at sports or camping shows. (H) No motor vehicle dealer, motor vehicle leasing dealer, motor vehicle auction owner, or distributor licensed under sections 4517.01 to 4517.45 of the Revised Code shall display a motor vehicle at any place except the dealer's, owner's, or distributor's licensed location, unless the dealer, owner, or distributor first obtains permission from the registrar and complies with the applicable rules of the motor vehicle dealers board or the display is authorized pursuant to section 4517.221 of the Revised Code. (I) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the display of, the taking of orders for, or the sale of, livestock trailers at livestock and agricultural shows, including county fairs. Notwithstanding section 4517.03 of the Revised Code, livestock trailers may be sold at livestock and agricultural shows, including county fairs, as permitted by this division. (J) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, for a period not to exceed thirty days, contracts may be signed, deposits taken, and sales consummated at the location of a motor vehicle show if all of the following apply: (1) The motor vehicles involved are horse trailers or motor vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight rating of six thousand eight hundred pounds or more. (2) The motor vehicle show is being held as part of or in connection with a major livestock show. (3) The licensed new motor vehicle dealers involved have complied with the applicable requirements of this section. (4) The registrar has granted permission for the motor vehicle show in accordance with division (F) of this section. (K)(1) Notwithstanding division (H) of this section, if, pursuant to division (B) of this section, the registrar has granted a show representative permission to hold a motor vehicle show at the annual fair of a county or independent agricultural society and if the society files a certification under division (K)(2) of this section, a new motor vehicle dealer may display motor vehicles at that annual fair even if no other new motor vehicle dealer displays competitive makes and models at the fair. (2) To obtain a waiver under division (K)(1) of this section, a county or independent agricultural society shall certify all of the following: (a) That an invitation was sent to all new motor vehicle dealers within the county where the fair is held; (b) That the terms of the invitation were reasonable and nondiscriminatory; (c) That only one new motor vehicle dealer accepted the invitation. (L)(1) Until six months after March 23, 2015, whoever violates this section or section 4517.221 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (2) The board shall adopt rules establishing the amount of a penalty for a violation of this section or section 4517.221 of the Revised Code, which shall not exceed one thousand dollars for each violation. (3) Beginning six months after March 23, 2015, after finding, pursuant to adjudication conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, that a person has violated this section or section 4517.221 of the Revised Code, the board may order the person to pay an administrative penalty described in division (L)(2) of this section for each violation in accordance with the rule adopted by the board. (4) For purposes of the administrative penalties described in divisions (L)(2) and (3) of this section, each sale that occurs in violation of this section or section 4517.221 of the Revised Code and each day that a violation occurs or continues to occur constitutes a separate violation. (5) All penalties collected pursuant to division (L)(3) of this section shall be paid to the title defect rescission fund established in section 1345.52 of the Revised Code. Last updated April 20, 2022 at 11:15 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4511 / § 4511.07
§ 4511.07. Local traffic regulations
Status: in_force

September 21, 2006 House Bill 389 - 126th General Assembly (A) Sections 4511.01 to 4511.78 , 4511.99 , and 4513.01 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code do not prevent local authorities from carrying out the following activities with respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of the police power: (1) Regulating the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles, trackless trolleys, and streetcars; (2) Regulating traffic by means of police officers or traffic control devices; (3) Regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on the highways; (4) Designating particular highways as one-way highways and requiring that all vehicles, trackless trolleys, and streetcars on the one-way highways be moved in one specific direction; (5) Regulating the speed of vehicles, streetcars, and trackless trolleys in public parks; (6) Designating any highway as a through highway and requiring that all vehicles, trackless trolleys, and streetcars stop before entering or crossing a through highway, or designating any intersection as a stop intersection and requiring all vehicles, trackless trolleys, and streetcars to stop at one or more entrances to the intersection; (7) Regulating or prohibiting vehicles and trackless trolleys from passing to the left of safety zones; (8) Regulating the operation of bicycles; provided that no such regulation shall be fundamentally inconsistent with the uniform rules of the road prescribed by this chapter and that no such regulation shall prohibit the use of bicycles on any public street or highway except as provided in section 4511.051 of the Revised Code; (9) Requiring the registration and licensing of bicycles, including the requirement of a registration fee for residents of the local authority; (10) Regulating the use of certain streets by vehicles, streetcars, or trackless trolleys. (B) No ordinance or regulation enacted under division (A)(4), (5), (6), (7), (8), or (10) of this section shall be effective until signs giving notice of the local traffic regulations are posted upon or at the entrance to the highway or part of the highway affected, as may be most appropriate. (C) Every ordinance, resolution, or regulation enacted under division (A)(1) of this section shall be enforced in compliance with section 4511.071 of the Revised Code, unless the local authority that enacted it also enacted an ordinance, resolution, or regulation pursuant to division (A) of section 4521.02 of the Revised Code that specifies that a violation of it shall not be considered a criminal offense, in which case the ordinance, resolution, or regulation shall be enforced in compliance with Chapter 4521. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4503.495 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4503 / § 4503.495
§ 4503.495. Pancreatic Cancer Awareness license plates
Status: in_force

July 1, 2017 House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of motor vehicles may apply to the registrar for the registration of the vehicle and issuance of "Pancreatic Cancer Awareness" license plates. An application made under this section may be combined with a request for a special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the completed application and compliance by the applicant with divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the registrar shall issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle registration and a set of "Pancreatic Cancer Awareness" license plates and a validation sticker, or a validation sticker alone when required by section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed on the license plates, "Pancreatic Cancer Awareness" license plates shall be inscribed with identifying words or markings that promote pancreatic cancer awareness and are approved by the registrar. "Pancreatic Cancer Awareness" license plates shall display county identification stickers that identify the county of registration as required under section 4503.19 of the Revised Code. (B) "Pancreatic Cancer Awareness" license plates and a validation sticker, or validation sticker alone, shall be issued upon receipt of a contribution as provided in division (C)(1) of this section and upon payment of the regular license tax as prescribed under section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, any applicable motor vehicle license tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, any applicable additional fee prescribed by section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code, a bureau of motor vehicles administrative fee of ten dollars, and compliance with all other applicable laws relating to the registration of motor vehicles. (C)(1) For each application for registration and registration renewal notice the registrar receives under this section, the registrar shall collect a contribution of twenty-five dollars. The registrar shall transmit this contribution into the state treasury to the credit of the license plate contribution fund created in section 4501.21 of the Revised Code. (2) The registrar shall deposit the bureau administrative fee of ten dollars, the purpose of which is to compensate the bureau for additional services required in the issuing of "Pancreatic Cancer Awareness" license plates, into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4517.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4517 / § 4517.31
§ 4517.31. Board to be part of department of public safety
Status: in_force

November 12, 1992 Senate Bill 98 - 119th General Assembly The motor vehicle dealers board shall be a part of the department of public safety for administrative purposes in the following respects: (A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall be ex officio secretary and executive officer of the board, but he may designate any employee of the bureau of motor vehicles as acting secretary to perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary of the board. (B) All clerical, inspection, and other agencies for the execution of the powers and duties vested in the board shall be in the bureau of motor vehicles, which shall provide the necessary employees as authorized by section 4501.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4519.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4519 / § 4519.46
§ 4519.46. Reporting of accident
Status: in_force

July 1, 1999 House Bill 611 - 122nd General Assembly The operator of a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle involved in any accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person, or damage to the property of any person in excess of one hundred dollars, shall report the accident within forty-eight hours to the state highway patrol, the sheriff of the county within which the accident occurred, or the chief of police, if the accident occurred within a municipal corporation, and, within thirty days, shall forward a written report of the accident to the registrar of motor vehicles on a form prescribed by the registrar. If the operator is physically incapable of making the reports and there is another participant in the accident not so incapacitated, the participant shall make the reports. In the event there is no other participant, and the operator is other than the owner, the owner, within the prescribed periods of time, shall make the reports. Any law enforcement officer, or other person authorized by sections 4519.42 and 4519.43 of the Revised Code, who investigates or receives information of an accident involving a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle, shall forward to the registrar a written report of the accident within forty-eight hours. The registrar shall maintain a file of all reports received by the registrar of accidents involving a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle. The reports shall be for the confidential use of the director of public safety and the director of natural resources in the development of equipment and operating regulations, and of programs relating to the safe use of snowmobiles, off-highway motorcycles, and all-purpose vehicles, except that the registrar shall furnish a copy of such report to any person claiming to have been injured or damaged in such accident, or the person's attorney, upon the payment of a fee of one dollar.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4582.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4582 / § 4582.42
§ 4582.42. Limitations on county and municipal powers as to harbor or waterfront improvements
Status: in_force

July 9, 1982 House Bill 439 - 114th General Assembly No municipal corporation or county creating or participating in the creation of a port authority in accordance with section 4582.22 of the Revised Code may, during the time the port authority is in existence, exercise the rights and powers provided in sections 307.65 or 721.04 to 721.11 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4503.957 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4503 / § 4503.957
§ 4503.957. John F. Kennedy Catholic school license plates
Status: in_force

October 22, 2020 Senate Bill 163 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of motor vehicles may apply to the registrar for the registration of the vehicle and issuance of "John F. Kennedy Catholic School" license plates. The application may be combined with a request for a special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the completed application and compliance by the applicant with divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the registrar shall issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle registration and a set of "John F. Kennedy Catholic School" license plates and a validation sticker, or a validation sticker alone when required by section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed on the license plates, "John F. Kennedy Catholic School" license plates shall display an appropriate logo and words that are selected by representatives of John F. Kennedy Catholic school located in Warren and approved by the registrar. "John F. Kennedy Catholic School" license plates shall display county identification stickers that identify the county of registration as required under section 4503.19 of the Revised Code. (B) "John F. Kennedy Catholic School" license plates and a validation sticker, or validation sticker alone, shall be issued upon receipt of an application for registration of a motor vehicle under this section; payment of the regular license tax as prescribed under section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, any applicable motor vehicle license tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, any applicable additional fee prescribed by section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code, an additional administrative fee of ten dollars, and a contribution as provided in division (C)(1) of this section; and compliance with all other applicable laws relating to the registration of motor vehicles. (C)(1) For each application for registration and registration renewal notice the registrar receives under this section, the registrar shall collect a contribution of twenty dollars. The registrar shall deposit this contribution into the state treasury to the credit of the license plate contribution fund created in section 4501.21 of the Revised Code. (2) The registrar shall deposit the administrative fee of ten dollars, the purpose of which is to compensate the bureau of motor vehicles for additional services required in the issuing of "John F. Kennedy Catholic School" license plates, into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4582.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4582 / § 4582.54
§ 4582.54. Investing excess funds
Status: in_force

July 1, 2005 House Bill 431 - 125th General Assembly Moneys in the funds of the port authority, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its port authority revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the same, in excess of current needs, may be invested as permitted by sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code or invested in linked deposit programs established by resolution of the board of directors in accordance with section 135.80 of the Revised Code. Income from all investments of moneys in any fund shall be credited to funds as the port authority determines, subject to the provisions of any such resolution or trust agreement, and the investments may be sold at any time the port authority determines.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4503.104 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4503 / § 4503.104
§ 4503.104. Contribution to save our sight fund
Status: in_force

July 1, 1999 House Bill 698 - 122nd General Assembly In addition to the fees collected under sections 4503.10 and 4503.102 of the Revised Code, the registrar of motor vehicles or deputy registrar shall ask each person applying for or renewing a motor vehicle registration whether the person wishes to make a one-dollar voluntary contribution to the save our sight fund established under section 3701.21 of the Revised Code. Every application for registration or renewal notice shall state whether the owner of the motor vehicle wishes to make a one-dollar voluntary contribution to the save our sight fund established under section 3701.21 of the Revised Code. The registrar or deputy registrar shall also make available to each person applying for or renewing a motor vehicle registration informational materials on the importance of eye care and safety provided by the director of health under division (C)(2) of section 3701.21 of the Revised Code. All donations collected under this section during each calendar quarter shall be forwarded by the registrar to the treasurer of state, who shall deposit them into the save our sight fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4511 / § 4511.72
§ 4511.72. Following an emergency or public safety vehicle too closely
Status: in_force

October 29, 2018 House Bill 95 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The driver of any vehicle, other than an emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle on official business, shall not follow any emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle traveling in response to an alarm closer than five hundred feet, or drive into or park such vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm, unless directed to do so by a police officer or a firefighter. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. If the offender commits the offense while distracted and the distracting activity is a contributing factor to the commission of the offense, the offender is subject to the additional fine established under section 4511.991 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.763 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4511 / § 4511.763
§ 4511.763. Licensing by department of public safety
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly (A) No person, partnership, association, or corporation shall transport pupils to or from school on a school bus or enter into a contract with a board of education of any school district for the transportation of pupils on a school bus, without being licensed by the department of public safety. Notwithstanding the requirements for a license issued under this division, the director shall issue a license in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to a person if either of the following applies: (1) The person holds a license or certificate in another state. (2) The person has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter transporting pupils on a school bus in a state that does not issue that license or certificate. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 6:45 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4503.182 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4503 / § 4503.182
§ 4503.182. Temporary motor vehicle license registration
Status: in_force

June 30, 2021 House Bill 74 - 134th General Assembly (A) A purchaser of a motor vehicle, upon application and proof of purchase of the vehicle, may be issued a temporary motor vehicle license registration for the motor vehicle. The purchaser of a motor vehicle that was previously issued a license plate during the current registration year that can legally transfer the license plate to that motor vehicle shall not be issued a temporary motor vehicle license registration. A temporary motor vehicle license registration shall be issued only for the applicant's use of the motor vehicle to enable the applicant to legally operate the motor vehicle while proper title, license plates, and a certificate of registration are being obtained, and shall be displayed on no other motor vehicle. A temporary motor vehicle license registration issued under division (A) of this section is valid for a period of forty-five days from date of issuance and is not transferable or renewable. The fee for a temporary motor vehicle license registration issued under this section is two dollars plus a service fee equal to the amount established under section 4503.038 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The registrar of motor vehicles may issue temporary motor vehicle license registrations to an Ohio motorized bicycle dealer or a licensed motor vehicle dealer to be issued to purchasers for use on motor vehicles sold by the dealer, in accordance with rules prescribed by the registrar. An Ohio motorized bicycle dealer or a licensed motor vehicle dealer shall issue temporary motor vehicle license registrations by electronic means via computer equipment purchased and maintained by the dealer unless otherwise authorized by the registrar. (2) The fee for each temporary motor vehicle license registration issued by the registrar to a dealer is two dollars, in addition to the fees charged under division (D) of this section. (3) When a dealer issues a temporary motor vehicle license registration to a purchaser, the dealer shall collect and retain the fees established under divisions (A) and (D) of this section. (C) The registrar of motor vehicles, at the registrar's discretion, may issue a temporary motor vehicle license registration in the case of extreme hardship encountered by a citizen from this state or another state who has attempted to comply with all registration laws, but for extreme circumstances is unable to properly register the citizen's vehicle. A temporary motor vehicle license registration issued under division (C) of this section is valid for a period of thirty days from the date of issuance and is not transferable or renewable. (D) In addition to the fees charged under divisions (A) and (B) of this section, the registrar and each deputy registrar shall collect a fee of thirteen dollars for each temporary motor vehicle license registration issued. The additional fee is for the purpose of defraying the department of public safety's costs associated with the administration and enforcement of the motor vehicle and traffic laws of Ohio. At the time and in the manner provided by section 4503.10 of the Revised Code, the deputy registrar shall transmit to the registrar the fees collected under this section. The registrar shall deposit all moneys received under this division into the public safety - highway purposes fund established in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code. (E) The registrar may adopt rules, in accordance with division (B) of section 111.15 of the Revised Code, to specify the procedures for reporting the information from applications for temporary motor vehicle license registrations and for providing the information from these applications to law enforcement agencies. (F) Temporary motor vehicle license registrations issued under this section shall bear a distinctive combination of seven letters, numerals, or letters and numerals, and shall incorporate a security feature that, to the greatest degree possible, prevents tampering with any of the information that is entered upon it when it is issued. (G) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (H) As used in this section, "motorized bicycle dealer" means any person engaged in the business of selling at retail, displaying, offering for sale, or dealing in motorized bicycles who is not subject to section 4503.09 of the Revised Code. Last updated April 14, 2021 at 2:24 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4505.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4505 / § 4505.05
§ 4505.05. Manufacturer's or importer's certificate
Status: in_force

September 17, 1996 House Bill 353 - 121st General Assembly No manufacturer, importer, dealer, or other person shall sell or otherwise dispose of a new motor vehicle to a dealer to be used by the dealer for purposes of display and resale, without delivering to the dealer a manufacturer's or importer's certificate executed in accordance with this chapter, and with such assignments thereon as are necessary to show title in the buyer thereof. No dealer shall purchase or acquire a new motor vehicle without obtaining from the seller thereof a manufacturer's or importer's certificate as prescribed by the registrar of motor vehicles.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.104 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4511 / § 4511.104
§ 4511.104. Participation in tourist-oriented directional sign program
Status: in_force

November 1, 1995 House Bill 217 - 121st General Assembly (A) The operator of any tourist-oriented activity who wishes to participate in the tourist-oriented directional sign program established under sections 4511.102 to 4511.105 of the Revised Code shall forward a completed application, as provided in section 4511.103 of the Revised Code, to the director of transportation or person holding a contract under division (B) of section 4511.103 of the Revised Code. If the director or person finds the application to be complete and determines that the activity constitutes an eligible attraction, the director or person shall so notify the applicant in writing. Upon receipt of the notice, the applicant shall forward to the director or person, in a manner determined by the director, the amount of the fee due and thereupon shall execute an advertising agreement in a form prescribed by the director. (B) The operator of any eligible attraction for which an advertising agreement is in effect under this section immediately shall forward the advertising agreement to the director or person holding a contract under division (B) of section 4511.103 of the Revised Code for cancellation if the eligible attraction ceases to be such an attraction. (C) The director, when having reasonable cause to believe that an eligible attraction for which an advertising agreement is in effect has ceased to be such an attraction, immediately and without conducting an adjudication shall issue an order canceling the advertising agreement and forward notice of the cancellation in writing to the operator of the attraction together with information that the cancellation may be appealed in accordance with section 119.12 of the Revised Code. If no appeal is entered within the period specified in that section or if an appeal is entered but cancellation of the advertising agreement subsequently is affirmed, the director shall order the removal of the signs relating to the former eligible attraction. (D) Any person holding a contract under division (B) of section 4511.103 of the Revised Code, when having reasonable cause to believe that an eligible attraction for which an advertising agreement is in effect has ceased to be such an attraction, immediately shall notify the director in writing of that fact. Upon receipt of the notice, the director shall proceed in accordance with division (C) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4511 / § 4511.57
§ 4511.57. Passing on left side of streetcar
Status: in_force

October 29, 2018 House Bill 95 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The driver of a vehicle shall not overtake and pass upon the left nor drive upon the left side of any streetcar proceeding in the same direction, whether such streetcar is in motion or at rest, except: (1) When so directed by a police officer or traffic control device; (2) When upon a one-way street; (3) When upon a street where the tracks are so located as to prevent compliance with this section; (4) When authorized by local authorities. (B) The driver of any vehicle when permitted to overtake and pass upon the left of a streetcar which has stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any passenger shall accord pedestrians the right of way. (C) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. If the offender commits the offense while distracted and the distracting activity is a contributing factor to the commission of the offense, the offender is subject to the additional fine established under section 4511.991 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.432 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4511 / § 4511.432
§ 4511.432. Stop signs on private road
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly (A) The owner of a private road located in a private residential area containing twenty or more dwelling units may erect stop signs at places where the road intersects with another private road in the residential area, in compliance with all of the following requirements: (1) The stop sign is sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person and meets the specifications of and is placed in accordance with the manual adopted by the department of transportation pursuant to section 4511.09 of the Revised Code. (2) The owner has posted a sign at the entrance of the private road that is in plain view and clearly informs persons entering the road that they are entering private property, stop signs have been posted and must be obeyed, and the signs are enforceable by law enforcement officers under state law. The sign required by division (A)(2) of this section, where appropriate, may be incorporated with the sign required by division (A)(2) of section 4511.211 of the Revised Code. (B) Division (A) of section 4511.43 and section 4511.46 of the Revised Code shall be deemed to apply to the driver of a vehicle on a private road where a stop sign is placed in accordance with division (A) of this section and to a pedestrian crossing such a road at an intersection where a stop sign is in place. (C) When a stop sign is placed in accordance with division (A) of this section, any law enforcement officer may apprehend a person found violating the stop sign and may stop and charge the person with violating the stop sign. (D) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (E) As used in this section, and for the purpose of applying division (A) of section 4511.43 and section 4511.46 of the Revised Code to conduct under this section: (1) "Intersection" means: (a) The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two private roads which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different private roads joining at any other angle may come in conflict. (b) Where a private road includes two roadways thirty feet or more apart, then every crossing of two roadways of such private roads shall be regarded as a separate intersection. (2) "Roadway" means that portion of a private road improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel and parking lanes, not including the berm, sidewalk, or shoulder, even if the berm, sidewalk, or shoulder is used by a person operating a bicycle or other human-powered vehicle. If a private road includes two or more separate roadways, the term "roadway" means any such roadway separately but not all such roadways collectively. (3) "Owner" and "private residential area containing twenty or more dwelling units" have the same meanings as in section 4511.211 of the Revised Code. Last updated May 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4516.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4516 / § 4516.08
§ 4516.08. Legislative intent regarding insurers
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) It is not the intent of the general assembly that any provision in Chapter 4516. of the Revised Code be interpreted as either limiting or restricting an insurer's ability to exclude insurance coverage from any insurance policy or an insurer's ability to underwrite any insurance policy. (B) An insurer's ability to exclude or limit coverage and to otherwise underwrite a policy of insurance includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: (1) Liability coverage for bodily injury and property damage; (2) Uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage; (3) Medical payments coverage; (4) Comprehensive physical damage coverage; (5) Collision physical damage coverage; (6) Loss of earnings coverage. (C) Nothing in this chapter is intended to invalidate or limit an exclusion contained in a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance, including any insurance policy that is in use or that is approved for use that excludes coverage while a motor vehicle is made available for rent, share, hire, or during any business use. Last updated September 25, 2023 at 9:12 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4513.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4513 / § 4513.35
§ 4513.35. Disposition of traffic fines
Status: in_force

September 23, 2022 House Bill 206 - 134th General Assembly (A) All fines collected under sections 4511.01 to 4511.78 , 4511.99 , and 4513.01 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the county treasury and, with the exception of that portion distributed under section 307.515 of the Revised Code, shall be placed to the credit of the fund for the maintenance and repair of the highways within that county, except that: (1) All fines for violations of division (B) of section 4513.263 shall be delivered to the treasurer of state as provided in division (E) of section 4513.263 of the Revised Code. (2) All fines collected from, or moneys arising from bonds forfeited by, persons apprehended or arrested by state highway patrol troopers shall be distributed as provided in section 5503.04 of the Revised Code. (3)(a) Subject to division (E) of section 4513.263 of the Revised Code and except as otherwise provided in division (A)(3)(b) of this section, one-half of all fines collected from, and one-half of all moneys arising from bonds forfeited by, persons apprehended or arrested by a township constable or other township police officer shall be paid to the township treasury to be placed to the credit of the general fund. (b) All fines collected from, and all moneys arising from bonds forfeited by, persons apprehended or arrested by a township constable or other township police officer pursuant to division (B)(2) or (C) of section 4513.39 of the Revised Code for a violation of section 4511.21 of the Revised Code or any other law, ordinance, or regulation pertaining to speed that occurred on a highway that is part of the interstate system or otherwise part of the national highway system, shall be paid into the county treasury and be credited as provided in the first paragraph of this section. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or of any other section of the Revised Code: (1) All fines collected from, and all moneys arising from bonds forfeited by, persons arrested under division (E)(1) or (2) of section 2935.03 of the Revised Code are deemed to be collected, and to arise, from arrests made within the jurisdiction in which the arresting officer is appointed, elected, or employed, for violations of one of the sections or chapters of the Revised Code listed in division (E)(1) of that section and shall be distributed accordingly. (2) All fines collected from, and all moneys arising from bonds forfeited by, persons arrested under division (E)(3) of section 2935.03 of the Revised Code are deemed to be collected, and to arise, from arrests made within the jurisdiction in which the arresting officer is appointed, elected, or employed, for violations of municipal ordinances that are substantially equivalent to one of the sections or one of the provisions of one of the chapters of the Revised Code listed in division (E)(1) of that section and for violations of one of the sections or one of the provisions of one of the chapters of the Revised Code listed in division (E)(1) of that section, and shall be distributed accordingly. Last updated July 14, 2022 at 12:33 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4582.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4582 / § 4582.021
§ 4582.021. Contracting with county prosecuting attorney for legal services
Status: in_force

November 2, 2018 House Bill 34 - 132nd General Assembly The board of directors of a port authority created under section 4582.02 of the Revised Code may contract with the prosecuting attorney of a county, as provided in section 309.09 of the Revised Code, to obtain legal services from the prosecuting attorney.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4503.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4503 / § 4503.64
§ 4503.64. Issuance of license plate and registration card
Status: in_force

July 17, 1990 House Bill 831 - 118th General Assembly Upon receipt of an application pursuant to division (J) of section 4503.10 of the Revised Code for apportioned registration under the international registration plan and payment of all taxes or fees due on the vehicle, the registrar of motor vehicles shall issue a license plate as provided in section 4503.19 of the Revised Code and a registration card for each vehicle registered under the international registration plan. The registration card shall identify the vehicle for which it is issued, list the jurisdictions in which the vehicle has been apportioned, the weight and classification for which the vehicle has been registered, and any other information the registrar may require by rule. The registration card shall, at all times, be carried in or upon the vehicle for which it has been issued.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4582.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4582 / § 4582.17
§ 4582.17. Contract powers - acquiring property
Status: in_force

May 17, 2000 Senate Bill 137 - 123rd General Assembly (A) A port authority created in accordance with section 4582.02 of the Revised Code may enter into such contracts or other arrangements with the United States government, or any department thereof, with persons, railroads, or other corporations, with public corporations, with public utilities, and with the state government of this or other states, with governments of foreign countries, with counties, municipalities, townships, or other governmental agencies created by or under the authority of the laws of this state, other states, or governments of foreign countries, including sewerage, drainage, conservation, conservancy, or other improvement districts in this or other states as may be necessary or convenient for the exercise of powers granted by sections 4582.01 to 4582.16 of the Revised Code, including the making of surveys, investigations, or reports thereon; provided that the contracts or arrangements shall not be in violation of Article VIII of the Ohio Constitution. The port authority may purchase, lease, or acquire land or other property in any county of this state and in adjoining states for the accomplishment of authorized purposes of the port authority, or for the improvement of the harbor and port facilities over which the port authority may have jurisdiction, and may let contracts or spend money for those purposes, including the development of port facilities in adjoining states. The authority granted in this section to enter into contracts or other arrangements with the United States government or any department thereof, includes the power to enter into any contracts, arrangements, or agreements as may be necessary to hold and save harmless the United States from damages due to the construction and maintenance by the United States of works the United States undertakes. Any political subdivision that has participated in the creation of a port authority pursuant to section 4582.02 of the Revised Code, or is within or adjacent to, the jurisdiction of the port authority, may enter into an agreement, which may be amended or supplemented, with the port authority to accomplish any of the authorized purposes of the port authority. The agreement may set forth the extent to which the port authority shall act as the agent of the political subdivision. (B) A port authority may enter into an agreement with one or more contracting subdivisions, whereby the port authority or any contracting subdivision undertakes, and is authorized by the port authority or any contracting subdivision, to exercise any power, perform any function, or render any service, on behalf of the port authority or a contracting subdivision, which the port authority or the contracting subdivision is authorized to exercise, perform, or render. Upon the execution of such an agreement, and within the limitations prescribed by the agreement, the port authority and any contracting subdivision shall possess and may exercise the same powers and may perform the same functions and render the same services, as are possessed and are authorized to be exercised, or to be performed or rendered by the port authority or any contracting subdivision that is a party to the agreement, which, by such agreement, the port authority or a contracting subdivision undertakes to exercise, perform, or render, and all powers necessary or incidental thereto, as amply as such powers may be possessed and are authorized to be exercised, or those functions are authorized to be performed or those services are authorized to be rendered, by the port authority or any contracting subdivision directly. The exercise of those powers, performance of those functions, and rendering of those services by the port authority or any contracting subdivision shall be governed by any procedures applicable to the port authority or contracting subdivision on behalf of which the powers are being exercised, the functions are being performed, or the services are being rendered. Any such agreement shall not suspend the possession by the port authority or a contracting subdivision of, or its authority to exercise, any powers, or its authority to perform any function or render any service. A port authority or any contracting subdivision shall not acquire by virtue of any agreement entered into under this section any power to levy or exempt taxes or any power to exercise eminent domain within, and on behalf of, any other subdivision unless approved by a majority of the electors of that contracting subdivision.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4509.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4509 / § 4509.37
§ 4509.37. Suspension of license and registration, and nonresident's operating privilege - civil penalties
Status: in_force

January 1, 2004 Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly (A) The registrar of motor vehicles upon receipt of a certified copy of a judgment, shall impose a class F suspension for the period of time specified in division (B)(6) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code of the license and registration and any nonresident's operating privilege of any person against whom such judgment was rendered, except as provided in sections 4509.01 to 4509.78 of the Revised Code. Such certified copy of a judgment shall include the last known address, the social security number, if known, and the operator's license number, of the judgment debtor. (B) The registrar shall also impose the civil penalties specified in division (A)(2) of section 4509.101 of the Revised Code unless either of the following applies: (1) The judgment debtor presents proof of financial responsibility to the registrar proving that the judgment debtor was covered, at the time of the motor vehicle accident out of which the cause of action arose, by proof of financial responsibility in compliance with section 4509.101 of the Revised Code. (2) The judgment debtor proves to the registrar that the judgment debtor's registration and license have been previously suspended under section 4509.101 of the Revised Code by reason of the judgment debtor's failure to prove that the judgment debtor was covered, at the time of the motor vehicle accident out of which the cause of action arose, by proof of financial responsibility.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4503.514 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4503 / § 4503.514
§ 4503.514. University of Notre Dame license plates
Status: in_force

July 1, 2017 House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, motorcycle, cab-enclosed motorcycle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of motor vehicles, and, effective January 1, 2017, the owner or lessee of any motor-driven cycle or motor scooter may apply to the registrar for the registration of the vehicle and issuance of "University of Notre Dame" license plates. The application for "University of Notre Dame" license plates may be combined with a request for a special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the completed application and compliance with division (B) of this section, the registrar shall issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle registration and a set of "University of Notre Dame" license plates with a validation sticker, or a validation sticker alone when required by section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed thereon, "University of Notre Dame" license plates shall bear words and markings selected by the university of Notre Dame. The registrar shall approve the final design. "University of Notre Dame" license plates shall bear county identification stickers that identify the county of registration as required under section 4503.19 of the Revised Code. (B) "University of Notre Dame" license plates and validation stickers shall be issued upon payment of the regular license tax as prescribed under section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, any applicable motor vehicle tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, a bureau of motor vehicles administrative fee of ten dollars, the contribution specified in division (C) of this section, and compliance with all other applicable laws relating to the registration of motor vehicles. If the application for "University of Notre Dame" license plates is combined with a request for a special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code, the license plates and validation sticker shall be issued upon payment of the contribution, fees, and taxes contained in this division and the additional fee prescribed under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) For each application for registration and registration renewal submitted under this section, the registrar shall collect a contribution of thirty dollars. The registrar shall pay this contribution into the state treasury to the credit of the license plate contribution fund created in section 4501.21 of the Revised Code. (2) The registrar shall pay the ten-dollar bureau administrative fee, the purpose of which is to compensate the bureau for additional services required in issuing "University of Notre Dame" license plates, into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4501.045 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4501 / § 4501.045
§ 4501.045. Distributing tax receipts from commercial vehicles
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) All moneys received from the tax imposed by section 4503.02 of the Revised Code on commercial cars and buses that are registered in this state and that are not apportionable and to which the rates provided under divisions (A)(8) to (21) of section 4503.042 of the Revised Code apply, shall be distributed as follows: (1) First, forty-two and six-tenths per cent shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created by section 4501.06 of the Revised Code, to be used solely for the purposes set forth in that section; (2) Second, the balance remaining after distribution under division (A)(1) of this section shall be deposited to the credit of the auto registration distribution fund for distribution in the manner provided in sections 4501.03 and 4501.04 of the Revised Code. (B) All moneys received from the tax imposed by section 4503.02 of the Revised Code on commercial cars and buses that are registered in this state and that are not apportionable and to which the rates provided under divisions (A)(1) to (7) and division (B) of section 4503.042 of the Revised Code apply, shall be deposited to the credit of the auto registration distribution fund for distribution in the manner provided in sections 4501.03 and 4501.04 of the Revised Code. (C) All moneys received from the tax imposed by section 4503.02 of the Revised Code on trailers and semitrailers shall be deposited to the credit of the auto registration distribution fund for distribution in the manner provided in sections 4501.03 and 4501.04 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.202 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4511 / § 4511.202
§ 4511.202. Operation without being in reasonable control of vehicle, trolley, or streetcar
Status: in_force

October 18, 2007 House Bill 9 - 127th General Assembly (A) No person shall operate a motor vehicle, trackless trolley, streetcar, agricultural tractor, or agricultural tractor that is towing, pulling, or otherwise drawing a unit of farm machinery on any street, highway, or property open to the public for vehicular traffic without being in reasonable control of the vehicle, trolley, streetcar, agricultural tractor, or unit of farm machinery. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of operating a motor vehicle or agricultural tractor without being in control of it, a minor misdemeanor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4561.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4561 / § 4561.35
§ 4561.35. Specifying terms and conditions of permits
Status: in_force

October 15, 1991 House Bill 15 - 119th General Assembly The department of transportation shall specify all of the following in each permit granted under section 4561.34 of the Revised Code: (A) The terms and conditions regarding the height and location of the structure or object of natural growth that the department considers necessary to ensure the safety of aircraft in landing or taking off at any airport, the safety of persons occupying or using such area, and the security of property, including any modifications to the height or location of the structure or object of natural growth set forth in the permit application. If the department modifies the location of all or part of a proposed structure or object, it shall provide notice of the relocation to the municipal corporation or township and the county to which the structure or object is being relocated, and the persons residing in the area of the relocation, by whatever means the department considers appropriate. (B) The obstruction markers, markings, lighting, or other visual or aural identification, if any, that must be installed on or in the vicinity of the structure or object of natural growth as a condition of the permit. Any such identification shall conform as much as practicable to federal guidelines and standards. As a condition of the permit, the department shall require that any required lighting be maintained in operable condition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4563.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4563 / § 4563.17
§ 4563.17. Markers and lights to indicate airport hazards
Status: in_force

October 5, 1955 House Bill 812 - 101st General Assembly In granting any permit under section 4563.12 of the Revised Code by the administrative agency or under section 4563.16 of the Revised Code by the airport zoning board of appeals, such agency may so condition such permit, if they deem such action advisable and reasonable in the circumstances, to require the owner of the structure or object of natural growth in question to permit the political subdivision, owning the airport, at its own expense, to install, operate, and maintain thereon such markers and lights as may be necessary to indicate the presence of an airport hazard.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4549.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4549 / § 4549.52
§ 4549.52. Criminal action to enforce odometer violations
Status: in_force

January 1, 2004 Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly The prosecuting attorney of the county in which a violation of any provision of sections 4549.41 to 4549.51 of the Revised Code occurs, or the attorney general, may bring a criminal action to enforce the provisions of sections 4549.41 to 4549.51 of the Revised Code. The attorney general and the prosecuting attorney of the county in which a person licensed or granted a permit under Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of any provision of sections 4549.41 to 4549.46 of the Revised Code shall report the conviction or guilty plea to the registrar of motor vehicles within five business days of the conviction or plea.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4503.517 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4503 / § 4503.517
§ 4503.517. University of Alabama license plates
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 House Bill 291 - 134th General Assembly (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of motor vehicles may apply to the registrar for the registration of the vehicle and issuance of "University of Alabama" license plates. The application may be combined with a request for a special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the completed application and compliance by the applicant with divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the registrar shall issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle registration and a set of "University of Alabama" license plates and a validation sticker, or a validation sticker alone when required by section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed on the license plates, "University of Alabama" license plates shall display an appropriate logo and words, selected by representatives of the university of Alabama and approved by the registrar. "University of Alabama" license plates shall display county identification stickers that identify the county of registration as required under section 4503.19 of the Revised Code. (B) "University of Alabama" license plates and a validation sticker, or validation sticker alone, shall be issued upon receipt of an application for registration of a motor vehicle under this section; payment of the regular license tax as prescribed under section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, any applicable motor vehicle license tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, any applicable additional fee prescribed by section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code, an additional administrative fee of ten dollars, and a contribution as provided in division (C)(1) of this section; and compliance with all other applicable laws relating to the registration of motor vehicles. (C)(1) For each application for registration and registration renewal notice the registrar receives under this section, the registrar shall collect a contribution of thirty dollars. The registrar shall deposit this contribution into the state treasury to the credit of the license plate contribution fund created in section 4501.21 of the Revised Code. (2) The registrar shall deposit the administrative fee of ten dollars, the purpose of which is to compensate the bureau of motor vehicles for additional services required in the issuing of "University of Alabama" license plates, into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code. Last updated April 29, 2022 at 11:46 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4549.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4549 / § 4549.41
§ 4549.41. Odometer rollback and disclosure act definitions
Status: in_force

July 23, 2002 House Bill 345 - 124th General Assembly As used in sections 4549.41 to 4549.51 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" includes an individual, corporation, government, governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, or cooperative or any other legal entity, whether acting individually or by their agents, officers, employees, or representatives. (B) "Motor vehicle" means any vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power for use on the public streets, roads, or highways. (C) "Odometer" means an instrument for measuring and recording the total distance that a motor vehicle travels while in operation, including any cable, line, or other part necessary to make the instrument function properly. Odometer does not include any auxiliary odometer designed to be reset by the operator of a motor vehicle for the purpose of recording mileage on trips. (D) "Transfer" means to change ownership of a motor vehicle by purchase, by gift, or, except as otherwise provided in this division, by any other means. A "transfer" does not include a change of ownership as a result of a bequest, under the laws of intestate succession, as a result of a surviving spouse's actions pursuant to section 2106.18 or 4505.10 of the Revised Code, as a result of the operation of section 2131.12 or 2131.13 of the Revised Code, or in connection with the creation of a security interest. (E) "Transferor" means the person involved in a transfer, who transfers ownership of a motor vehicle. (F) "Transferee" means the person involved in a transfer, to whom the ownership of a motor vehicle is transferred. (G) "Service" means to repair or replace an odometer that is not properly functioning.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4511 / § 4511.45
§ 4511.45. Right-of-way of public safety or coroner's vehicle
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 123 - 131st General Assembly (A)(1) Upon the approach of a public safety vehicle or coroner's vehicle, equipped with at least one flashing, rotating or oscillating light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of the vehicle and the driver is giving an audible signal by siren, exhaust whistle, or bell, no driver of any other vehicle shall fail to yield the right-of-way, immediately drive if practical to a position parallel to, and as close as possible to, the right edge or curb of the highway clear of any intersection, and stop and remain in that position until the public safety vehicle or coroner's vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer. (2) Upon the approach of a public safety vehicle or coroner's vehicle, as stated in division (A)(1) of this section, no operator of any streetcar or trackless trolley shall fail to immediately stop the streetcar or trackless trolley clear of any intersection and keep it in that position until the public safety vehicle or coroner's vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer. (B) This section does not relieve the driver of a public safety vehicle or coroner's vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons and property upon the highway. (C) This section applies to a coroner's vehicle only when the vehicle is operated in accordance with section 4513.171 of the Revised Code. As used in this section, "coroner's vehicle" means a vehicle used by a coroner, deputy coroner, or coroner's investigator that is equipped with a flashing, oscillating, or rotating red or blue light and a siren, exhaust whistle, or bell capable of giving an audible signal. (D) Except as otherwise provided in this division or in section 4511.454 of the Revised Code, whoever violates division (A)(1) or (2) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense. On a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree, and, on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4507.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4507 / § 4507.50
§ 4507.50. Issuance of identification card or temporary identification card
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) The registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar shall issue an identification card to a person when all of the following apply: (a) The registrar or deputy registrar receives an application completed in accordance with section 4507.51 of the Revised Code and, if the person is under seventeen years of age, payment of the applicable fees. (b) The person is a resident or a temporary resident of this state. (c) The person is not licensed as an operator of a motor vehicle in this state or another licensing jurisdiction. (d) The person does not hold an identification card from another jurisdiction. (2)(a) The registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar may issue a temporary identification card when all of the following apply: (i) The registrar or deputy registrar receives an application completed in accordance with section 4507.51 of the Revised Code and payment of the applicable fees. (ii) The person is a resident or temporary resident of this state. (iii) The person's Ohio driver's or commercial driver's license has been suspended or canceled. (iv) The person does not hold an identification card from another jurisdiction. (b) The temporary identification card shall be identical to an identification card, except that it shall be printed on its face with a statement that the card is valid for a temporary period. The temporary period shall be in accordance with the expiration dates specified in section 4507.501 of the Revised Code. (c) The cardholder shall surrender the temporary identification card to the registrar or any deputy registrar before the cardholder's driver's or commercial driver's license is restored or reissued. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, an applicant who is under seventeen years of age shall pay the following fees prior to issuance of an identification card or a temporary identification card: (a) A fee of three dollars and fifty cents if the card will expire on the applicant's birthday four years after the date of issuance or a fee of six dollars if the card will expire on the applicant's birthday eight years after the date of issuance; (b) A fee equal to the amount established under section 4503.038 of the Revised Code if the card will expire on the applicant's birthday four years after the date of issuance or twice that amount if the card will expire on the applicant's birthday eight years after the date of issuance; (c) A fee of one dollar and fifty cents if the card will expire on the applicant's birthday four years after the date of issuance or three dollars if the card will expire on the applicant's birthday eight years after the date of issuance, for the authentication of the documents required for processing an identification card or temporary identification card. A deputy registrar that authenticates the required documents shall retain the entire amount of the fee. (2) The fees collected for issuing an identification card under this section, except for any fees allowed to the deputy registrar, shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code. (C) A person seventeen years of age or older may apply to the registrar or a deputy registrar for the issuance to that person of an identification card or a temporary identification card under this section without payment of any fee prescribed in division (B) of this section. (D) A resident who is permanently or irreversibly disabled and who is under seventeen years of age may apply to the registrar or a deputy registrar for the issuance of an identification card under this section without payment of any fee as prescribed in division (B) of this section. A resident who is in the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction or the department of youth services and who is under seventeen years of age may apply to the registrar for the issuance of an identification card under this section without payment of any fee as prescribed in division (B) of this section. As used in this section, "permanently or irreversibly disabled" means a condition of disability from which there is no present indication of recovery. An application made under division (D) of this section shall be accompanied by such documentary evidence as the registrar may require by rule. (E)(1) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall submit an application for an identification card or temporary identification card, as applicable, to the registrar on behalf of an individual who is a prisoner at a state correctional institution and who has completed that application in accordance with section 5120.59 of the Revised Code. (2) The department of youth services shall submit an application for an identification card or a temporary identification card, as applicable, to the registrar on behalf of an individual who is in the custody of the department at a juvenile correctional facility and who has completed that application in accordance with section 5139.511 of the Revised Code. (3) The registrar may establish a separate application and process by which the departments shall submit any applications to the registrar in accordance with this division and section 4507.51 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4503.763 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4503 / § 4503.763
§ 4503.763. Ohio Battleflag license plates
Status: in_force

July 1, 2017 House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of motor vehicles may apply to the registrar for the registration of the vehicle and issuance of "Ohio Battleflag" license plates. An application made under this section may be combined with a request for a special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the completed application and compliance by the applicant with divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the registrar shall issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle registration and a set of "Ohio Battleflag" license plates and a validation sticker, or a validation sticker alone when required by section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed on the license plates, "Ohio Battleflag" license plates shall be inscribed with the words "In God We Trust" and markings, including a United States flag and Ohio burgee flag, that are designed by the Ohio history connection and approved by the registrar. "Ohio Battleflag" license plates shall display county identification stickers that identify the county of registration as required under section 4503.19 of the Revised Code. (B) "Ohio Battleflag" license plates and a validation sticker, or validation sticker alone, shall be issued upon receipt of a contribution as provided in division (C)(1) of this section and upon payment of the regular license tax as prescribed under section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, any applicable motor vehicle license tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, any applicable additional fee prescribed by section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code, a bureau of motor vehicles administrative fee of ten dollars, and compliance with all other applicable laws relating to the registration of motor vehicles. (C)(1) For each application for registration and registration renewal notice the registrar receives under this section, the registrar shall collect a contribution of fifteen dollars. The registrar shall transmit this contribution into the state treasury to the credit of the license plate contribution fund created in section 4501.21 of the Revised Code. (2) The registrar shall deposit the bureau administrative fee of ten dollars, the purpose of which is to compensate the bureau for additional services required in the issuing of "Ohio Battleflag" license plates, into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4582.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4582 / § 4582.53
§ 4582.53. Property and funds held in trust
Status: in_force

July 9, 1982 House Bill 439 - 114th General Assembly All moneys, funds, properties, and assets acquired by the port authority under sections 4582.22 to 4582.59 of the Revised Code, whether as proceeds from the sale of port authority revenue bonds or as revenues, or otherwise, shall be held by it in trust for the purposes of carrying out its powers and duties, shall be used and reused as provided in such sections, and shall at no time be part of other public funds. Such funds, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing its port authority revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the same, or except when invested pursuant to section 4582.54 of the Revised Code, shall be kept in depositories selected by the port authority in the manner provided in Chapter 135. of the Revised Code, and the deposits shall be secured as provided in that chapter. The resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds of any issue or the trust agreement securing such bonds shall provide that any officer to whom, or any bank or trust company to which, such moneys are paid shall act as trustee of such moneys and hold and apply them for the purposes hereof, subject to such conditions as such chapter and such resolutions or trust agreement provide.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4504.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4504 / § 4504.16
§ 4504.16. Second supplemental county license tax
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly For the purpose of paying the costs of enforcing and administering the tax provided for in this section; for the various purposes stated in section 4504.02 of the Revised Code; and to supplement revenue already available for those purposes, any county that currently levies the tax authorized by section 4504.15 of the Revised Code may, by resolution adopted by its board of county commissioners, levy an annual license tax, that shall be in addition to the tax levied by that section and by sections 4503.02 , 4503.07 , and 4503.18 of the Revised Code, upon the operation of motor vehicles upon the public roads and highways. The tax shall be at the rate of five dollars per motor vehicle on all motor vehicles the district of registration of which, as defined in section 4503.10 of the Revised Code, is located in the county levying the tax but is not located within any municipal corporation levying the tax authorized by section 4504.171 of the Revised Code, and shall be in addition to the taxes at the rates specified in sections 4503.04 and 4503.16 of the Revised Code, subject to reductions in the manner provided in section 4503.11 of the Revised Code and the exemptions provided in sections 4503.16 , 4503.17 , 4503.171 , 4503.41 , and 4503.43 of the Revised Code. Prior to the adoption of any resolution under this section, the board of county commissioners shall conduct two public hearings thereon, the second hearing to be not less than three nor more than ten days after the first. Notice of the date, time, and place of such hearings shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, once a week for two consecutive weeks. The second publication shall be not less than ten nor more than thirty days prior to the first hearing. No resolution under this section shall become effective sooner than thirty days following its adoption, and such resolution is subject to a referendum as provided in sections 305.31 to 305.41 of the Revised Code, unless the resolution is adopted as an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, in which case it shall go into immediate effect. The emergency measure must receive an affirmative vote of all of the members of the board of county commissioners, and shall state the reasons for the necessity. A resolution may direct the board of elections to submit the question of levying the tax to the electors of the county at the next primary or general election occurring not less than ninety days after the resolution is certified to the board; no such resolution shall go into effect unless approved by a majority of those voting upon it. Nothing in this section or in section 4504.15 of the Revised Code shall be interpreted as preventing a county from levying the county motor vehicle license taxes authorized by such sections in a single resolution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4503.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4503 / § 4503.14
§ 4503.14. License plates with radio or television call letters
Status: in_force

August 21, 1997 House Bill 224 - 122nd General Assembly Owners and lessees of motor vehicles who are residents of this state and hold an unrevoked and unexpired official amateur radio station license or commercial radio broadcasting station or commercial television broadcasting station license issued by the federal communications commission, upon application, accompanied by proof of ownership of such license, upon complying with the motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and upon payment of the regular license fee, as prescribed under sections 4503.04 and 4503.10 of the Revised Code, and the payment of an additional fee of ten dollars, which shall be for the purpose of compensating the bureau of motor vehicles for additional services required in the issuing of license plates under this section, shall be issued a validation sticker and license plates, or a validation sticker alone when required by section 4503.191 of the Revised Code, for passenger cars and other vehicles of a class approved by the registrar. Such license plates, in lieu of the numbers as prescribed by law, shall be inscribed with the official call letters of the applicant as assigned by the federal communications commission. The application and payment of fees shall be filed by the applicant at a time determined by the registrar of motor vehicles.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4510.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4510 / § 4510.06
§ 4510.06. Suspension or cancellation of license by federal court
Status: in_force

January 1, 2004 Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly If a United States district court whose jurisdiction lies within this state suspends or cancels the driver's or commercial driver's license, permit, or nonresident operating privileges of any person pursuant to the "Assimilative Crimes Act," 102 Stat. 4381 (1988), 18 U.S.C.A. 13, as amended, that suspension or cancellation is deemed to have the same effect throughout this state as if it were imposed under the laws of this state. In that type of case, if the United States district court observes the procedures prescribed by the Revised Code and utilizes the forms prescribed by the registrar of motor vehicles, the bureau of motor vehicles shall make the appropriate notation or record and shall take any other action that is prescribed or permitted by the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4509.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4509 / § 4509.51
§ 4509.51. Requirements for owner's liability insurance
Status: in_force

December 22, 2013 House Bill 278 - 129th General Assembly Subject to the terms and conditions of an owner's policy, every owner's policy of liability insurance: (A) Shall designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference all motor vehicles with respect to which coverage is thereby granted; (B) Shall insure the person named therein and any other person, as insured, using any such motor vehicles with the express or implied permission of the insured, against loss from the liability imposed by law for damages arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of such vehicles within the United States or Canada, subject to monetary limits exclusive of interest and costs, with respect to each such motor vehicle, as follows: (1) Twenty-five thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident; (2) Fifty thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident; (3) Twenty-five thousand dollars because of injury to property of others in any one accident.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.216 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4511 / § 4511.216
§ 4511.216. Traveling from one farm field to another for agricultural purposes
Status: in_force

August 31, 2022 House Bill 30 - 134th General Assembly Notwithstanding sections 4511.214 and 4511.215 of the Revised Code, a person may operate a utility vehicle on any public roads or right-of-way, other than a freeway, when traveling from one farm field to another for agricultural purposes if the vehicle is displaying a triangular slow-moving vehicle emblem as described in section 4513.112 of the Revised Code. Last updated June 28, 2022 at 2:53 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4510.036 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4510 / § 4510.036
§ 4510.036. Records of bureau of motor vehicles - points assessed
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 House Bill 56 - 135th General Assembly (A) The bureau of motor vehicles shall record within ten days of conviction or bail forfeiture and shall keep at its main office, all abstracts received under this section or section 4510.03 , 4510.031 , 4510.032 , or 4510.034 of the Revised Code and shall maintain records of convictions and bond forfeitures for any violation of a state law or a municipal ordinance regulating the operation of vehicles, streetcars, and trackless trolleys on highways and streets, except a violation related to parking a motor vehicle. (B) Every court of record or mayor's court before which a person is charged with a violation for which points are chargeable by this section shall assess and transcribe to the abstract of conviction that is furnished by the bureau to the court the number of points chargeable by this section in the correct space assigned on the reporting form. A United States district court that has jurisdiction within this state and before which a person is charged with a violation for which points are chargeable by this section may assess and transcribe to the abstract of conviction report that is furnished by the bureau the number of points chargeable by this section in the correct space assigned on the reporting form. If the federal court so assesses and transcribes the points chargeable for the offense and furnishes the report to the bureau, the bureau shall record the points in the same manner as those assessed and transcribed by a court of record or mayor's court. (C) A court shall assess the following points for an offense based on the following formula: (1) Aggravated vehicular homicide, vehicular homicide, vehicular manslaughter, aggravated vehicular assault, or vehicular assault when the offense involves the operation of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley on a highway or street __________ 6 points (2) A violation of section 2921.331 of the Revised Code or any ordinance prohibiting the willful fleeing or eluding of a law enforcement officer __________ 6 points (3) A violation of section 4549.02 or 4549.021 of the Revised Code or any ordinance requiring the driver of a vehicle to stop and disclose identity at the scene of an accident __________ 6 points (4) A violation of section 4511.251 of the Revised Code or any ordinance prohibiting street racing, stunt driving, or street takeover __________ 6 points (5) A violation of section 4510.037 of the Revised Code or any ordinance prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while the driver's or commercial driver's license is under a twelve-point suspension __________ 6 points (6) A violation of section 4510.14 of the Revised Code, or any ordinance prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle upon the public roads or highways within this state while the driver's or commercial driver's license of the person is under suspension and the suspension was imposed under section 4511.19 , 4511.191 , or 4511.196 of the Revised Code or section 4510.07 of the Revised Code due to a conviction for a violation of a municipal OVI ordinance or any ordinance prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while the driver's or commercial driver's license is under suspension for an OVI offense __________ 6 points (7) A violation of division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, any ordinance prohibiting the operation of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or a combination of them, or any ordinance substantially equivalent to division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code prohibiting the operation of a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol, a controlled substance, or a metabolite of a controlled substance in the whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine __________ 6 points (8) A violation of section 2913.03 of the Revised Code that does not involve an aircraft or motorboat or any ordinance prohibiting the operation of a vehicle without the consent of the owner __________ 6 points (9) Any offense under the motor vehicle laws of this state that is a felony, or any other felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle was used __________ 6 points (10) A violation of division (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or any ordinance substantially equivalent to that division prohibiting the operation of a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine __________ 4 points (11) A violation of section 4511.20 of the Revised Code or any ordinance prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle in willful or wanton disregard of the safety of persons or property __________ 4 points (12) A violation of any law or ordinance pertaining to speed: (a) Notwithstanding divisions (C)(12)(b) and (c) of this section, when the speed exceeds the lawful speed limit by thirty miles per hour or more __________ 4 points (b) When the speed exceeds the lawful speed limit of fifty-five miles per hour or more by more than ten miles per hour __________ 2 points (c) When the speed exceeds the lawful speed limit of less than fifty-five miles per hour by more than five miles per hour __________ 2 points (d) When the speed does not exceed the amounts set forth in divisions (C)(12)(a), (b), or (c) of this section __________ 0 points (13) A violation of division (A) of section 4511.204 of the Revised Code or any substantially similar municipal ordinance: (a) For a first offense within any two-year period __________ 2 points (b) For a second offense within any two-year period __________ 3 points (c) For a third or subsequent offense within any two-year period __________ 4 points. (14) Operating a motor vehicle in violation of a restriction imposed by the registrar __________ 2 points (15) A violation of section 4510.11 , 4510.111 , 4510.16 , or 4510.21 of the Revised Code or any ordinance prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while the driver's or commercial driver's license is under suspension __________ 2 points (16) With the exception of violations under section 4510.12 of the Revised Code where no points shall be assessed, all other moving violations reported under this section __________ 2 points (D) Upon receiving notification from the proper court, including a United States district court that has jurisdiction within this state, the bureau shall delete any points entered for a bond forfeiture if the driver is acquitted of the offense for which bond was posted. (E) If a person is convicted of or forfeits bail for two or more offenses arising out of the same facts and points are chargeable for each of the offenses, points shall be charged for only the conviction or bond forfeiture for which the greater number of points is chargeable, and, if the number of points chargeable for each offense is equal, only one offense shall be recorded, and points shall be charged only for that offense. Last updated February 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4519.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4519 / § 4519.04
§ 4519.04. Vehicles to be issued distinctive number, certificate of registration and registration sticker
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) Upon the filing of an application for registration of a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle and the payment of the tax therefor, the registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar shall assign to the snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle a distinctive number and issue and deliver to the owner in such manner as the registrar may select, a certificate of registration, in such form as the registrar shall prescribe. Any number so assigned to a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle shall be a permanent number, and shall not be issued to any other snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle. (B)(1) In addition to the certificate of registration, the registrar or deputy registrar also shall issue to the owner of a snowmobile or off-highway motorcycle two decal registration stickers. The registrar shall prescribe the color and size of the stickers and the combination of numerals and letters displayed on them. The placement of the decal stickers shall be one on either side of the forward cowling or fuel tank. (2) The registrar or deputy registrar also shall issue to the owner of an all-purpose vehicle, in addition to the certificate of registration, one license plate and a validation sticker, or a validation sticker alone when applicable upon a registration renewal. The license plate and validation sticker shall be displayed on the all-purpose vehicle so that they are distinctly visible, in accordance with such rules as the registrar adopts. The validation sticker shall indicate the expiration date of the registration period of the all-purpose vehicle. During each succeeding registration period following the issuance of the license plate and validation sticker, upon the filing of an application for registration and payment of the fee specified in division (C) of this section, a validation sticker alone shall be issued. (C) Unless previously canceled, each certificate of registration issued for a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle expires upon the thirty-first day of December in the third year after the date it is issued. Application for renewal of a certificate may be made not earlier than ninety days preceding the expiration date, and shall be accompanied by a fee of thirty-one dollars and twenty-five cents. Notwithstanding section 4519.11 of the Revised Code, of each thirty-one dollar and twenty-five-cent fee collected for the registration of an all-purpose vehicle, the registrar shall retain not more than five dollars to pay for the licensing and registration costs the bureau of motor vehicles incurs in registering the all-purpose vehicle. The remainder of the fee shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the state recreational vehicle fund created by section 4519.11 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4583.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4583 / § 4583.08
§ 4583.08. Court to fix rate of ferriage
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly At the time it grants a license to keep a ferry, the court of common pleas shall fix the rate of ferriages which the ferrykeeper may demand and receive for the transportation of persons and property. The clerk of the court of common pleas shall furnish a person taking out a license to keep a ferry with a list of the rate of ferriages. The ferrykeeper shall post such list at the door of his ferryhouse, or at a conspicuous place convenient to the ferry.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4519.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4519 / § 4519.58
§ 4519.58. Issuing duplicate certificate
Status: in_force

June 29, 2005 House Bill 68 - 126th General Assembly (A) When the clerk of a court of common pleas issues a physical certificate of title, the clerk shall issue the certificate of title on a form and in a manner prescribed by the registrar of motor vehicles. The clerk shall file a copy of the physical evidence for the creation of the certificate of title in a manner prescribed by the registrar. A clerk may retain digital images of documents used as evidence for issuance of a certificate of title. Certified printouts of documents retained as digital images shall have the same evidentiary value as the original physical documents. The record of the issuance of the certificate of title shall be maintained in the automated title processing system. The clerk shall sign and affix the clerk's seal to the original certificate of title and, if there are no liens on the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, shall deliver the certificate to the applicant or the selling dealer. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if there are one or more liens on the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, the certificate of title shall be delivered to the holder of the first lien. If the certificate of title is obtained by a dealer on behalf of the applicant and there are one or more liens on the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, the clerk shall issue a certificate of title and may issue a memorandum certificate of title. The certificate of title and memorandum certificate of title, if issued, shall be delivered to the holder of the first lien or the selling dealer, who shall deliver the certificate of title to the holder of the first lien and the memorandum certificate of title to the applicant. The selling dealer also may make arrangements with the clerk to have the clerk deliver the memorandum certificate of title to the applicant. (B) The registrar shall prescribe a uniform method of numbering certificates of title. The numbering shall be in such manner that the county of issuance is indicated. Numbers shall be assigned to certificates of title in the manner prescribed by the registrar. The clerk shall file all certificates of title according to the rules to be prescribed by the registrar, and the clerk shall maintain in the clerk's office indexes for the certificates of title. The clerk need not retain on file any current certificates of title, current duplicate certificates of title, current memorandum certificates of title, or current salvage certificates of title, or supporting evidence of them, covering any off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle for a period longer than seven years after the date of their filing; thereafter, the documents and supporting evidence may be destroyed. The clerk need not retain on file any inactive records, including certificates of title, duplicate certificates of title, or memorandum certificates of title, or supporting evidence of them, including the electronic record described in section 4519.55 of the Revised Code, covering any off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle for a period longer than five years after the date of their filing; thereafter, the documents and supporting evidence may be destroyed. The automated title processing system shall contain all active records and an index of the active records, and shall contain a record and index of all inactive titles for ten years, and a record and index of all inactive titles for manufactured and mobile homes for thirty years. If the clerk provides a written copy of any information contained in the database, the copy shall be considered the original for purposes of the clerk certifying the record of such information for use in any legal proceedings. (C) Except as provided in this division, the clerk shall issue a physical certificate of title to an applicant unless the applicant specifically requests the clerk not to issue a physical certificate of title and instead to issue an electronic certificate of title. In the case of a title application that is submitted electronically to the clerk, the clerk shall issue an electronic certificate of title unless the applicant requests the issuance of a physical certificate of title. The fact that a physical certificate of title is not issued for an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle does not affect ownership of the motorcycle or vehicle. In that case, when the clerk completes the process of entering certificate of title application information into the automated title processing system, the effect of the completion of the process is the same as if the clerk actually issued a physical certificate of title for the motorcycle or vehicle. (D) An electronic dealer who applies for a certificate of title on behalf of a customer who purchases an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle from the dealer may print a non-negotiable evidence of ownership for the customer if the customer so requests. The authorization to print the non-negotiable evidence of ownership shall come from the clerk with whom the dealer makes application for the certificate of title for the customer, but the printing by the dealer does not create an agency relationship of any kind between the dealer and the clerk. (E) The owner of the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle may apply at any time to a clerk of a court of common pleas for a non-negotiable evidence of ownership for the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4582.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4582 / § 4582.26
§ 4582.26. Contiguous political subdivision may join port authority
Status: in_force

January 1, 2026 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly After a port authority has been created, any municipal corporation, township, county, or other political subdivision, acting by ordinance or resolution, which is contiguous to any municipal corporation, township, county, or other political subdivision which participated in the creation of such port authority or to any municipal corporation, township, county, or other political subdivision which proposes to join the port authority at the same time and is contiguous to any municipal corporation, township, county, or other political subdivision which participated in the creation of such port authority, may join such port authority, and thereupon the jurisdiction and territory of the port authority includes the municipal corporation, county, township, or other political subdivision so joining. If more than one such political subdivision is to be joined to the port authority at the same time, then each such ordinance or resolution shall designate the political subdivisions which are to be so joined. Any territory or municipal corporation not included in a port authority and which is annexed to a municipal corporation included within the jurisdiction and territory of a port authority shall, on such annexation and without further proceedings, be annexed to and be included in the jurisdiction and territory of the port authority. Before such political subdivision or subdivisions are joined to a port authority, other than by annexation to a municipal corporation, the political subdivision or subdivisions theretofore comprising such port authority shall agree upon the terms and conditions pursuant to which such political subdivision or subdivisions are to be joined. For all purposes of sections 4582.21 to 4582.59 of the Revised Code, such political subdivision or subdivisions shall be considered to have participated in the creation of such port authority, except that the initial term of any director of the port authority appointed by such a political subdivision shall be four years. After each ordinance or resolution proposing joinder to the port authority has become effective and the terms and conditions of joinder have been agreed to, the board of directors of the port authority shall by resolution either accept or reject such joinder. Such joinder shall be effective upon adoption of the resolution accepting such joinder, unless the port authority to which a political subdivision or subdivisions, including a county within which such port authority is located, are to be joined, has authority under section 4582.40 of the Revised Code to levy a tax on property within its jurisdiction, then such joinder shall not be effective until approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the electors voting on the question of the joinder. If more than one political subdivision is to be joined to the port authority, then the electors of such subdivisions shall vote as a district and the majority affirmative vote shall be determined by the vote cast in such district as a whole. If a tax on property is to be levied, the board of directors of the port authority and the county auditor shall proceed in the manner as required for a tax levy under section 5705.03 of the Revised Code, except that the levy's annual collections shall be estimated assuming that the additional subdivision or subdivisions have joined the port authority. The election shall be called by the board of directors of the port authority and shall be held, canvassed, and certified in the manner provided for the submission of tax levies under section 5705.191 of the Revised Code except that the question appearing on the ballot shall read: "Shall _________________________________________________ (Name or names of political subdivisions to be joined) ________________________________________________________________ be joined to _____________________________ (Name) port authority and the existing tax levy (levies) of such port authority, that the county auditor estimates will collect $_____ annually, at a rate not exceeding _______________ mill(s) for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $________ (effective rate) for each $100,000 of the county auditor's market value, be authorized to be levied against properties within ____________________________________________________________?" (Name or names of political subdivisions to be joined) If the question is approved the joinder becomes immediately effective and the port authority is authorized to extend the levy of such tax against all the taxable property within the political subdivision or political subdivisions which have been joined. If such question is approved at a general election, then the port authority may amend its budget and resolution adopted pursuant to section 5705.34 of the Revised Code and such levy shall be placed on the current tax list and duplicate and collected as other taxes are collected from all taxable property within the port authority including the political subdivision or political subdivisions joined as a result of the election. As used in this section, "the county auditor's market value" and "effective rate" have the same meanings as in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4509.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4509 / § 4509.62
§ 4509.62. Proof of financial responsibility evidenced by certificate of treasurer of state
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly A person may effectuate proof of financial responsibility by depositing with the registrar of motor vehicles thirty thousand dollars in money. The registrar shall not accept any such deposit unless it is accompanied by evidence that there are no unsatisfied judgments against the depositor in the county where the depositor resides. The financial responsibility custodial fund is created, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state but shall not be part of the state treasury. All money deposited under this section shall be credited to that fund. Last updated September 6, 2023 at 2:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4501.044 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4501 / § 4501.044
§ 4501.044. International registration plan distribution fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) All moneys received under section 4503.65 of the Revised Code from the tax imposed by section 4503.02 of the Revised Code on vehicles that are apportionable shall be paid into the international registration plan distribution fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury, and distributed as follows: (1) First, to make payments to other states that are members of the international registration plan of the portions of registration taxes the states are eligible to receive because of the operation within their borders of apportionable vehicles that are registered in Ohio; (2) Second, two and five-tenths per cent of all the moneys received from apportionable vehicles under section 4503.65 of the Revised Code that are collected from other international registration plan jurisdictions shall be deposited into the public safety - highway purposes fund established in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code; (3) Third, forty-two and six-tenths per cent of the moneys received from apportionable vehicles registered in this state under divisions (A)(8) to (21) of section 4503.65 and forty-two and six-tenths per cent of the balance remaining from the moneys received from apportionable vehicles under section 4503.65 of the Revised Code that are collected from other international registration plan jurisdictions after distribution under division (A)(2) of this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created by section 4501.06 of the Revised Code; (4) Fourth, an amount estimated as the annual costs that the department of taxation will incur in conducting audits of persons who have registered motor vehicles under the international registration plan, one-twelfth of which amount shall be paid by the registrar of motor vehicles into the international registration plan auditing fund created by section 5703.12 of the Revised Code by the fifteenth day of each month; (5) Fifth, to the public safety - highway purposes fund established in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code, to offset operating expenses incurred by the bureau of motor vehicles in administering the international registration plan; (6) Any moneys remaining in the international registration plan distribution fund after distribution under divisions (A)(1) to (5) of this section shall be distributed in accordance with division (B) of this section. (B)(1) Moneys received under section 4503.65 from the tax imposed by section 4503.02 of the Revised Code on vehicles that are apportionable vehicles registered in this state shall be distributed and used in the manner provided in section 4501.04 of the Revised Code and rules adopted by the registrar of motor vehicles for moneys deposited to the credit of the auto registration distribution fund. (2) Moneys received from apportionable vehicles under section 4503.65 of the Revised Code that are collected from other international registration plan jurisdictions shall be distributed under divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section. Each county, township, and municipal corporation shall receive an amount such that the ratio that the amount of moneys received by that county, township, or municipal corporation under division (B)(1) of this section from apportionable vehicles registered in Ohio and under section 4503.65 of the Revised Code from apportionable vehicles registered in other international registration plan jurisdictions bears to the total amount of moneys received by all counties, townships, and municipal corporations under division (B)(1) of this section from apportionable vehicles registered in Ohio and under section 4503.65 of the Revised Code from apportionable vehicles registered in other international registration plan jurisdictions equals the ratio that the amount of moneys that the county, township, or municipal corporation would receive from apportionable vehicles registered in Ohio were the moneys from such vehicles distributed under section 4501.04 of the Revised Code, based solely on the weight schedules contained in section 4503.65 of the Revised Code, bears to the total amount of money that all counties, townships, and municipal corporations would receive from apportionable vehicles registered in Ohio were the moneys from such vehicles distributed under section 4501.04 of the Revised Code, based solely on the weight schedules contained in section 4503.65 of the Revised Code. No county, township, or municipal corporation shall receive under division (B)(2) of this section an amount greater than the amount of money that that county, township, or municipal corporation would receive from apportionable vehicles registered in Ohio were the money from the taxation of such vehicles distributed under section 4501.04 of the Revised Code based solely on the weight schedules contained in section 4503.65 of the Revised Code. (3) If, at the end of the distribution year, the total of all moneys received under section 4503.65 of the Revised Code for apportionable vehicles registered in another international registration plan jurisdiction exceeds the total moneys subject to distribution under division (B)(2) of this section, the registrar shall distribute to each county, township, and municipal corporation a portion of the excess. The excess shall be distributed to counties, townships, and municipal corporations in the same proportion that the revenues received by each county, township, and municipal corporation from collections under section 4503.02 of the Revised Code for apportionable vehicles registered in this state and from collections under section 4503.65 of the Revised Code for apportionable vehicles registered in another international registration plan jurisdiction during that distribution year bears to the total revenues received by counties, townships, and municipal corporations from taxes levied under section 4503.02 of the Revised Code for apportionable vehicles registered in this state and from collections under section 4503.65 of the Revised Code for apportionable vehicles registered in another international registration plan jurisdiction during that distribution year. (C) All moneys received from the administrative fee imposed by division (C)(2) of section 4503.65 of the Revised Code shall be deposited to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund established in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code, to offset operating expenses incurred by the bureau of motor vehicles in administering the international registration plan. (D) A deputy registrar shall retain fifty cents of the fee imposed under division (C)(3) of section 4503.65 of the Revised Code and shall transmit the remaining amount to the registrar at the time and in the manner provided by section 4503.10 of the Revised Code. The registrar shall deposit all such moneys received into the public safety - highway purposes fund established in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code. (E) All investment earnings of the international registration plan distribution fund shall be credited to the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.481 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4511 / § 4511.481
§ 4511.481. Intoxicated or drugged pedestrian on highway
Status: in_force

January 1, 2004 Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly (A) A pedestrian who is under the influence of alcohol, any drug of abuse, or any combination of them to a degree that renders the pedestrian a hazard shall not walk or be upon a highway. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.