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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.64 | Proof of Financial Responsibility Given by Another.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Whenever any person required to give proof of financial responsibility under sections 4509.01 to 4509.78, inclusive, of the Revised Code, is or becomes an employee of any owner, or is or becomes a member of the immediate family or household of the owner, the registrar of motor vehicles shall accept proof given by such owner in lieu of proof by such other person to permit such other person to operate a motor vehicle for which the owner has given proof. The registrar shall designate the restrictions imposed by this section on the face of such person's license or may issue a new license containing such restrictions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.65 | Substitution of Other Adequate Proof of Financial Responsibility.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The registrar of motor vehicles shall consent to the cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance or return any money to the person entitled thereto upon the substitution and acceptance of other adequate proof of financial responsibility in accordance with sections 4509.01 to 4509.78, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 6, 2023 at 2:50 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.66 | Suspension for Inadequate Proof of Financial Responsibility.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th 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 and registration or the nonresident's operating privilege pending the filing of such other proof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.67 | Cancellation of Bond or Certificate - Waiver of Requirement of Filing Proof.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall, upon request, consent to the immediate cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance, return to the person entitled any money deposited under sections 4509.01 to 4509.78 of the Revised Code, as proof of financial responsibility, or waive the requirement of filing proof, in any of the following events:
(1) At any time after three years from the date such proof was required when, during the three years preceding the request, the registrar has not received record of a conviction or bail forfeiture which would require or permit the suspension or revocation of the license, registration or nonresident's operating privilege of the person by or for whom such proof was furnished and the person's motor vehicle registration has not been suspended for a violation of section 4509.101 of the Revised Code;
(2) In the event of the death of the person on whose behalf such proof was filed or the permanent incapacity of such person to operate a motor vehicle;
(3) In the event the person who has given proof surrenders the person's license and registration to the registrar.
(B) The registrar shall not consent to the cancellation of any bond or the return of any money if any action for damages upon a liability covered by such proof is pending, or any judgment upon any such liability is unsatisfied, or in the event the person who has filed such bond or deposited such money has within two years immediately preceding such request been involved as a driver or owner in any motor vehicle accident resulting in injury to the person or property of others. An affidavit of the applicant as to the nonexistence of such facts, or that the applicant has been released from all liability, or has been finally adjudicated not liable, for such injury may be accepted as evidence thereof in the absence of evidence to the contrary in the records of the registrar.
(C) Whenever any person whose proof has been canceled or returned under division (A)(3) of this section applies for a license or registration within a period of three years from the date proof was originally required, any such application shall be refused unless the applicant re-establishes proof of financial responsibility for the remainder of the three-year period.
Last updated July 20, 2023 at 11:49 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.68 | Transfer of Registration Not Permitted - Exception.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If an owner's registration has been suspended under sections 4509.01 to 4509.78, inclusive, of the Revised Code, such registration shall not be transferred nor the motor vehicle registered in any other name unless the registrar of motor vehicles is satisfied that such transfer of registration is proposed in good faith and not for the purpose or with the effect of defeating the purposes of such sections. This section does not affect the rights of any chattel mortgagee, conditional vendor, or lessor of a motor vehicle registered in the name of another as owner who becomes subject to sections 4509.01 to 4509.78, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.69 | Registration and Plates to Be Returned to Registrar.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Any person whose license or registration has been suspended, or whose policy of insurance or bond has been canceled or terminated, or who neglects to furnish other proof of financial responsibility upon request of the registrar of motor vehicles, shall immediately return his license and registration including the registration plates to the registrar.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.71 | Exemption of Certain Owners of Motor Vehicles.

Effective:
May 21, 1982
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 331 - 114th General Assembly
Sections 4509.01 to 4509.79, except section 4509.06, of the Revised Code do not apply to any motor vehicle owned and operated by the United States, this state, any political subdivision of this state, any municipal corporation therein or any private volunteer fire company serving a political subdivision of the state. Section 4509.06 of the Revised Code does not apply to any vehicle owned and operated by any publicly owned urban transportation system.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.72 | Requirements for Self-Insurer.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
(A) Any person in whose name more than twenty-five motor vehicles are registered in this state may qualify as a self-insurer by obtaining a certificate of self-insurance issued by the registrar of motor vehicles as provided in division (B) of this section.
(B) The registrar shall issue a certificate of self-insurance upon the application of any such person who is of sufficient financial ability to pay judgments against him.
A certificate may be issued authorizing a person to act as a self-insurer for either property damage or bodily injury liability, or both.
(C) Upon not less than five days' notice and a hearing pursuant to such notice, the registrar may cancel a certificate of self-insurance upon failure to pay any judgment within thirty days after such judgment has become final or upon other proof that such person is no longer of sufficient financial ability to pay judgments against him.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.73 | Other Relief Not Prevented.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Sections 4509.01 to 4509.78, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not prevent the plaintiff in any action at law from relying upon other processes provided by law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.74 | Prohibition Against Failure to Report Accident.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.77 | Prohibition Against Failure to Return License.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
(A) No person shall willfully fail to return a license or registration as required in section 4509.69 of the Revised Code.
(B) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.78 | General Prohibition.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
(A) No person shall violate section 4509.01 to 4509.78 of the Revised Code for which no penalty is otherwise provided.
(B) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.79 | Liability Insurance for Motor Vehicles Used in Ridesharing Arrangement.

Effective:
September 16, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 230 - 125th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "ridesharing arrangement" means the transportation of persons in a motor vehicle where such transportation is incidental to another purpose of a volunteer driver and includes ridesharing arrangements known as carpools, vanpools, and buspools.
(B) Every owner registering as a passenger car a motor vehicle designed and used for carrying more than nine but not more than fifteen passengers or registering a bus under division (G) of section 4503.04 of the Revised Code shall have in effect, whenever the motor vehicle is used in a ridesharing arrangement, a policy of liability insurance with respect to the motor vehicle in amounts and coverage no less than:
(1) One hundred thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident;
(2) Three hundred thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident;
(3) Fifty thousand dollars because of injury to property of others in any one accident.
(C) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.011 | Drug of Abuse Defined as in Rc 3719.01.

Effective:
August 17, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 8 - 126th General Assembly
As used in this chapter, "drug of abuse" has the same meaning as in section 4506.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.02 | Definite Periods of Suspension - Suspension Classes.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
(A) When a court elects or is required to suspend the driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege of any offender from a specified suspension class, for each of the following suspension classes, the court shall impose a definite period of suspension from the range specified for the suspension class:
(1) For a class one suspension, a definite period for the life of the person subject to the suspension;
(2) For a class two suspension, a definite period of three years to life;
(3) For a class three suspension, a definite period of two to ten years;
(4) For a class four suspension, a definite period of one to five years;
(5) For a class five suspension, a definite period of six months to three years;
(6) For a class six suspension, a definite period of three months to two years;
(7) For a class seven suspension, a definite period not to exceed one year.
(B) When the bureau of motor vehicles elects or is required to suspend the driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege of any person from a specified suspension class, for each of the following suspension classes, the period of suspension shall be as follows:
(1) For a class A suspension, three years;
(2) For a class B suspension, two years;
(3) For a class C suspension, one year;
(4) For a class D suspension, six months;
(5) For a class E suspension, three months;
(6) For a class F suspension, until conditions are met.
(C) The court may require a person to successfully complete a remedial driving course as a condition for the return of full driving privileges after a suspension period imposed from any range in division (A) of this section or otherwise imposed by the court pursuant to any other provision of law ends.
(D) When a court or the bureau suspends the driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege of any offender or person pursuant to any provision of law that does not provide for the suspension to be from a class set forth in division (A) or (B) of this section, except as otherwise provided in the provision that authorizes or requires the suspension, the suspension shall be subject to and governed by this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.03 | Court Records and Abstracts of Traffic Violations.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Every county court judge, mayor of a mayor's court, and clerk of a court of record shall keep a full record of every case in which a person is charged with any violation of any provision of sections 4511.01 to 4511.771 or 4513.01 to 4513.36 of the Revised Code or of any other law or ordinance regulating the operation of vehicles, streetcars, and trackless trolleys on highways or streets.
(B) If a person is convicted of or forfeits bail in relation to a violation of any section listed in division (A) of this section or a violation of any other law or ordinance regulating the operation of vehicles, streetcars, and trackless trolleys on highways or streets, the county court judge, mayor of a mayor's court, or clerk, within seven days after the conviction or bail forfeiture, shall prepare and immediately forward to the bureau of motor vehicles, in a secure electronic format, an abstract certified by the preparer to be true and correct, of the court record covering the case in which the person was convicted or forfeited bail. Every court of record also shall forward to the bureau of motor vehicles, in a secure electronic format, an abstract of the court record as described in division (C) of this section upon the conviction of any person of aggravated vehicular homicide or vehicular homicide or of a felony in the commission of which a vehicle was used.
(C) Each abstract required by this section shall be made upon a form approved and furnished by the bureau and shall include the name and address of the person charged, the number of the person's driver's or commercial driver's license, probationary driver's license, or temporary instruction permit, the registration number of the vehicle involved, the nature of the offense, the date of the offense, the date of hearing, the plea, the judgment, or whether bail was forfeited, and the amount of the fine or forfeiture.
Last updated February 20, 2024 at 10:41 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.031 | Traffic Offenses on Federal Property.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
(A) A United States district court that has jurisdiction within this state may utilize the provisions of section 4510.03 of the Revised Code in regard to any case in which a person is charged with any violation of any provision of sections 4511.01 to 4511.771 or 4513.01 to 4513.36 of the Revised Code or of any other law or ordinance regulating the operation of vehicles, streetcars, and trackless trolleys on highways or streets located on federal property within this state. The court also may forward to the bureau an abstract upon the conviction of any person of aggravated vehicular homicide or vehicular homicide or of a felony in the commission of which a vehicle was used.
(B) If a United States district court acts under this section, it shall follow the procedures established in section 4510.03 of the Revised Code.
(C) The bureau of motor vehicles shall accept and process an abstract received from a United States district court under this section in the same manner as it accepts and processes an abstract received from a county court judge, mayor of a mayor's court, or clerk of a court of record.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.034 | Ineligibility for Vehicle Registration.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
(A) Division (B) of this section applies in relation to persons who are convicted of or plead guilty to any of the following:
(1) A violation of division (A) of section 4510.11, division (A) of section 4510.14, or division (A) of section 4510.16 of the Revised Code;
(2) A violation of a municipal ordinance substantially equivalent to any division set forth in division (A)(1) of this section;
(3) A violation of division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a violation of section 4511.203 of the Revised Code;
(4) A violation of a municipal OVI ordinance.
(B) If a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to any violation set forth in division (A) of this section and if division (D) of section 4503.234 of the Revised Code prohibits the registrar of motor vehicles and all deputy registrars from accepting an application for the registration of, or registering, any motor vehicle in the name of that person, the abstract prepared pursuant to section 4510.03, 4510.031, or 4510.032 of the Revised Code shall specifically set forth these facts and clearly indicate the date on which the order of criminal forfeiture was issued or would have been issued but for the operation of section 4503.234 of the Revised Code. If the registrar receives an abstract containing this information relating to a person, the registrar, in accordance with sections 4503.12 and 4503.234 of the Revised Code, shall take all necessary measures to prevent the registrar's office or any deputy registrar from accepting from the person, for the period of time ending five years after the date on which the order was issued or would have been issued and as described in section 4503.234 of the Revised Code, any new application for the registration of any motor vehicle in the name of the person.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.035 | Failure to Comply With Traffic Record Requirements.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
The purposeful failure or refusal of any person to comply with any provision of section 4510.03, 4510.032, 4510.034, 4510.036, or 4510.037 of the Revised Code constitutes misconduct in office and is a ground for removal of the person from the office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.038 | Conditions for Reinstatement of Driving Privileges.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Any person whose driver's or commercial driver's license or permit is suspended or who is granted limited driving privileges under section 4510.037, under division (H) of section 4511.19, or under section 4510.07 of the Revised Code for a violation of a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to division (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code is not eligible to retain the license, or to have the driving privileges reinstated, until each of the following has occurred:
(1) The person successfully completes a course of remedial driving instruction approved by the director of public safety. A minimum of twenty-five per cent of the number of hours of instruction included in the course shall be devoted to instruction on driver attitude.
The course also shall devote a number of hours to instruction in the area of alcohol and drugs and the operation of vehicles. The instruction shall include, but not be limited to, a review of the laws governing the operation of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a combination of them, the dangers of operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a combination of them, and other information relating to the operation of vehicles and the consumption of alcoholic beverages and use of drugs. The director, in consultation with the director of mental health and addiction services, shall prescribe the content of the instruction. The number of hours devoted to the area of alcohol and drugs and the operation of vehicles shall comprise a minimum of twenty-five per cent of the number of hours of instruction included in the course.
(2) The person is examined in the manner provided for in section 4507.20 of the Revised Code, and found by the registrar of motor vehicles to be qualified to operate a motor vehicle;
(3) The person gives and maintains proof of financial responsibility, in accordance with section 4509.45 of the Revised Code.
(B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, any course of remedial driving instruction the director of public safety approves under this section shall require its students to attend at least fifty per cent of the course in person and the director shall not approve any course of remedial driving instruction that permits its students to take more than fifty per cent of the course in any other manner, including via video teleconferencing or the internet.
(2) The director may approve a course of remedial instruction that permits students to take the entire course via video teleconferencing or the internet.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.04 | Affirmative Defenses to Driving Under Suspension or Cancellation.

Effective:
April 4, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly
It is an affirmative defense to any prosecution brought under section 4510.037, 4510.11, 4510.111, 4510.14, 4510.16, or 4510.21 of the Revised Code or under any substantially equivalent municipal ordinance that the alleged offender drove under suspension, without a valid permit or driver's or commercial driver's license, or in violation of a restriction because of a substantial emergency, and because no other person was reasonably available to drive in response to the emergency.
Last updated March 8, 2023 at 12:15 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.05 | Suspension of Driver's License for Violation of Municipal Ordinance Substantially Similar to State Statute.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided in section 4510.07 or in any other provision of the Revised Code, whenever an offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to a provision of the Revised Code, and a court is permitted or required to suspend a person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit for a violation of that provision, a court, in addition to any other penalties authorized by law, may suspend the offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privileges for the period of time the court determines appropriate, but the period of suspension imposed for the violation of the municipal ordinance shall not exceed the period of suspension that is permitted or required to be imposed for the violation of the provision of the Revised Code to which the municipal ordinance is substantially similar.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.06 | Suspension or Cancellation of License by Federal Court.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.07 | Suspension of Driver's License for Violation of Municipal Ordinance Substantially Similar to Certain Criminal Offenses.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 431 - 133rd General Assembly
The court imposing a sentence upon an offender for any violation of a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to a violation of section 2903.06 of the Revised Code or for any violation of a municipal OVI ordinance also shall impose a suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (B) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code that is equivalent in length to the suspension required for a violation of section 2903.06 or division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code under similar circumstances.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.101 | Definitions.

Effective:
September 15, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 285 - 133rd General Assembly
As used in sections 4510.101 to 4510.107 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Eligible offense" means an offense under any of the following Revised Code sections if the offense, an essential element of the offense, the basis of the charge, or any underlying offense did not involve alcohol, a drug of abuse, combination thereof, or a deadly weapon: 2151.354, 2152.19, 2152.21, 2913.02, 4507.20, 4509.101, 4509.17, 4509.24, 4509.40, 4510.037, 4510.05, 4510.06, 4510.15, 4510.22, 4510.23, 4510.31, 4510.32, 4511.203, 4511.205, 4511.251, 4511.75, 4549.02, 4549.021, and 5743.99.
(B) "Deadly weapon" has the same meaning as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code.
(C) "Drug of abuse" has the same meaning as in section 4511.181 of the Revised Code.
(D) "Complete amnesty" means a waiver of reinstatement fees.
(E) "Driver's license or permit" does not include a commercial driver's license or permit.
(F) "Indigent" means a person who is a participant in any of the following programs:
(1) The supplemental nutrition assistance program administered by the department of job and family services pursuant to section 5101.54 of the Revised Code;
(2) The medicaid program pursuant to Chapter 5163. of the Revised Code;
(3) The Ohio works first program administered by the department of job and family services pursuant to section 5107.10 of the Revised Code;
(4) The supplemental security income program pursuant to 20 C.F.R. 416.1100;
(5) The United States department of veterans affairs pension benefit program pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1521.
(G) "Permanent driver's license reinstatement fee debt reduction and amnesty program" or "program" means the program established in section 4510.102 of the Revised Code and administered by the director of public safety.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.102 | Permanent Driver's License Reinstatement Fee Debt Reduction and Amnesty Program.

Effective:
September 15, 2020
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.103 | First Phase.

Effective:
September 15, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 285 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Under the first phase of the program, both of the following apply:
(1) A person whose driver's license or permit has been suspended as a result of one or more eligible offenses is eligible for driver's license reinstatement fee debt reduction if all of the following apply:
(a) The eligible offense or offenses occurred prior to the effective date of this section.
(b) At least eighteen months have expired since the end of the period of suspension ordered by the court for at least one suspension;
(c) The person is not indigent.
(2) A person whose driver's license or permit has been suspended as a result of one or more eligible offenses is eligible for complete amnesty if both of the following apply:
(a) The eligible offense or offenses occurred prior to the effective date of this section.
(b) The person is indigent and can demonstrate proof of indigence by providing documentation in a form approved by the director of public safety.
(B) The director shall grant reinstatement fee debt reduction in the first phase of the program to a person who is eligible under division (A)(1) of this section as follows:
(1) If the person owes reinstatement fees for multiple eligible offenses, the person shall pay either the lowest reinstatement fee owed for those offenses or ten per cent of the total amount owed for those offenses, whichever amount is greater.
(2) If the person owes reinstatement fees for one eligible offense, the person shall pay one-half of the reinstatement fee owed for that offense.
(C) The director shall grant complete amnesty in the first phase of the program to a person eligible under division (A)(2) of this section.
(D) A person who has received either a reduction or complete amnesty of reinstatement fees under the first phase of the program is not eligible for a subsequent reduction or complete amnesty of reinstatement fees through the second phase of the program.
(E)(1) Under the first phase of the program, the director shall include, as part of the reduction or complete amnesty for an eligible participant, the reinstatement fees for any suspension that is the result of an eligible offense that occurred prior to the effective date of this section, regardless of whether the person has completed the term of the suspension ordered by the court. The director shall not include, as part of the reduction or complete amnesty under the first phase of the program, the reinstatement fees for any suspension that is the result of an eligible offense that occurs after the effective date of this section.
(2) A participant in the first phase of the program who is granted a reduction or complete amnesty shall complete the term of the driver's license or permit suspension for any eligible offense, as required by the court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.105 | Reinstatement; Payment Plans.

Effective:
September 15, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 285 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) When a participant in the program is eligible for driver's license reinstatement, the participant shall provide proof of financial responsibility in accordance with section 4509.45 of the Revised Code prior to such reinstatement.
(B) If a person is eligible for reinstatement fee debt reduction under either section 4510.103 or 4510.104 of the Revised Code and the person does not or is unable to pay the remaining reinstatement fees in full, the director of public safety shall place the person on a payment plan for the repayment of the remaining reinstatement fees. The director also may include in the payment plan any reinstatement fees owed by the person that are the result of offenses that are not eligible for the program. Any person who is placed on a payment plan under this section shall pay not less than twenty-five dollars per month in all succeeding months until all the reinstatement fees required under the program or otherwise are paid in full.
(C) Payments may be made by regular mail, online, or in person at the bureau of motor vehicles or any deputy registrar office. If a person makes a payment in person, the person also shall pay the deputy registrar service fee or the bureau of motor vehicles service fee equal to the amount established under section 4510.10 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.107 | Verification of Address.

Effective:
September 15, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 285 - 133rd General Assembly
(A)(1) Prior to sending the notification under division (A) or (C) of section 4510.106 of the Revised Code, the director of public safety may search the bureau of motor vehicle records or the office of vital statistics records to verify the person's last known address, whether the person is still a resident of this state, and whether the person is still living or deceased.
(2) If the director discovers that the person is deceased, the director may remove the person's name and any associated debts owed to the department of public safety from the records kept by the department regarding such debts.
(B) Any person who believes that the person is eligible for the program but who has not received a notice from the director may submit an application for the program by regular mail, online, or in person at the bureau of motor vehicles or any deputy registrar office. The director shall determine the eligibility of the applicant. If a person applies in person, the person shall pay the deputy registrar service fee or the bureau of motor vehicles service fee equal to the amount established under section 4503.038 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.108 | Promotion; Administration.

Effective:
September 15, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 285 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) The director of public safety shall conduct public service announcements regarding the permanent driver's license reinstatement fee debt reduction and amnesty program that includes a description of the program and its requirements. In addition, the director shall make such information available on the department of public safety's and the bureau of motor vehicle's web sites.
(B) The director shall establish a toll-free telephone number by which a person may receive information about the program and the person's eligibility for the program. The toll-free telephone number shall be listed as part of the public service announcements and on the department and bureau web sites.
(C) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code in order to establish any requirements and procedures necessary to administer and implement the program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.15 | Suspension of License for Reckless Operation.

Effective:
June 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 52 - 125th General Assembly
Whenever a person is found guilty under the laws of this state, or under any ordinance of any political subdivision of this state, of operating a motor vehicle in violation of any such law or ordinance relating to reckless operation, the trial court of any court of record, in addition to or independent of all other penalties provided by law, may impose a class five suspension of the offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(5) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code.
Suspension of a commercial driver's license under this section shall be concurrent with any period of suspension disqualification under section 3123.58 or 4506.16 of the Revised Code. No person who is disqualified for life from holding a commercial driver's license under section 4506.16 of the Revised Code shall be issued a driver's license under Chapter 4507. of the Revised Code during the period for which the commercial driver's license was suspended under this section, and no person whose commercial driver's license is suspended under this section shall be issued a driver's license under Chapter 4507. of the Revised Code during the period of the suspension.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.18 | Driving Under Specified Lifetime Suspension.

Effective:
April 4, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 461 - 126th General Assembly
(A) No person whose driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege has been suspended for life under a class one suspension imposed under division (B)(3) of section 2903.06 or section 2903.08 of the Revised Code shall operate any motor vehicle upon the public roads or highways within this state during the remaining life of the person.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of driving under specified lifetime suspension, a felony of the third degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.21 | Failure to Reinstate License.

Effective:
September 23, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 5 - 129th General Assembly
(A) No person whose driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or nonresident's operating privilege has been suspended shall operate any motor vehicle upon a public road or highway or any public or private property after the suspension has expired unless the person has complied with all license reinstatement requirements imposed by the court, the bureau of motor vehicles, or another provision of the Revised Code.
(B) 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) of this section may be admitted into evidence as prima-facie evidence that the license of the person had not been reinstated by the person at the time of the alleged violation of division (A) of this section. The person charged with a violation of division (A) of this section may offer evidence to rebut this prima-facie evidence.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of failure to reinstate a license and shall be punished as follows:
(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of 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 a violation of division (A) of this section, the offender previously has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of two or more violations of division (A) of this section or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(3) In all cases, the court may impose upon the offender a class seven suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary driver's license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.23 | Suspension of License Upon Adjudication of Incompetence.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
When any person having a driver's or commercial driver's license is adjudicated incompetent for the purpose of holding the license, as provided in section 5122.301 of the Revised Code, the probate judge shall order the license of the person delivered to the court. The court shall forward the license with notice of the adjudication to the registrar of motor vehicles. The registrar shall impose a class F suspension of the person's driver's or commercial driver's license for the period of time specified in division (B)(6) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The suspension shall remain in effect until receipt of written notice by the head of the hospital, or other agency which has or had custody of such person, that such person's mental illness is not an impairment to such person's ability to operate a motor vehicle, or upon receipt of notice from the adjudicating court that such person has been restored to competency by court decree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation › Section 4510.311 | Juvenile Driver Improvement Programs.

Effective:
September 28, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 19 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The director of public safety shall establish standards for juvenile driver improvement programs and shall approve any programs that meet the established standards. The standards established by the director shall require a minimum of five hours of classroom instruction, with at least three hours devoted to driver skill requirements and two hours devoted to juvenile driver information related to the driving records of drivers under eighteen years of age, driver perceptions, and the value of the traffic laws. The standards also shall require a person whose probationary driver's license was suspended under section 4510.31 of the Revised Code to undertake and pass, as successful completion of an approved juvenile driver improvement program, the driver's license examination that a person who holds a temporary instruction permit is required to undertake and pass in order to be issued a probationary driver's license. The person shall pay the applicable fee that is required to accompany an application for a driver's license as prescribed in division (E) of section 4507.23 of the Revised Code. The director shall prescribe the requirements for the curriculum to be provided as well as other program directives. Only those programs approved by the director shall be acceptable for reinstatement of the driving privileges of a person whose probationary driver's license was suspended under section 4510.31 of the Revised Code.
(B) The director of public safety shall establish standards for advanced juvenile driver improvement programs and shall approve any programs that meet the established standards. The standards established by the director shall require a minimum of two hours of classroom instruction with a focus on driving physics, vehicle dynamics, proper vision techniques, and teen driver statistics. The standards also shall require a minimum of four hours of emergency driving skills development through "behind-the-wheel" driving exercises with a focus on vehicle control in emergency and adverse weather driving situations. The driving exercises shall include vehicle control in inclement weather conditions, emergency transition maneuvers, and spin and skid control. The driving exercises shall take place in a suitable closed-course facility that is safe and controlled and has adequate run-off areas. The director shall prescribe the requirements for the curriculum to be provided as well as other program directives and the requirements and score necessary to pass the course. A person who attends an advanced juvenile driver improvement program for the purpose specified in division (C)(2) of section 4510.31 of the Revised Code that meets the standards and requirements prescribed in this division for such courses and successfully completes the course shall receive a certificate of completion from the program.