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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4507 | Driver's License Law › Section 4507.233 | Replacement Driver's License or Identification Card for New United States Citizen.

Effective:
April 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 458 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding sections 4506.08, 4507.23, 4507.24, 4507.50, and 4507.52 of the Revised Code, a person may apply for and obtain a replacement commercial driver's license, driver's license, or identification card without paying any fee, if all of the following apply:
(1) The license or card is valid and its expiration date is not within ninety days of the date for renewal.
(2) The license or card indicates the licensee or cardholder was a noncitizen.
(3) At the time of application, the applicant is a United States citizen.
(B) The applicant shall include any documentary evidence of United States citizenship with an application made under division (A) of this section as the registrar of motor vehicles may require by rule.
(C) A replacement commercial driver's license, driver's license, or identification card issued under this section shall be identical to the license or card replaced, except that it shall no longer indicate that the licensee or cardholder is a noncitizen.
(D) The registrar shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for purposes of implementing and administering this section. Notwithstanding any provision of section 121.95 of the Revised Code to the contrary, a regulatory restriction contained in a rule adopted under this section is not subject to sections 121.95 to 121.953 of the Revised Code.
Last updated January 31, 2023 at 4:50 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4507 | Driver's License Law › Section 4507.30 | Prohibitions.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 68 - 133rd General Assembly
No person shall do any of the following:
(A) Display, or cause or permit to be displayed, or possess any identification card, driver's or commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit knowing the same to be fictitious, or to have been canceled, suspended, or altered;
(B) Lend to a person not entitled thereto, or knowingly permit a person not entitled thereto to use any identification card, driver's or commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit issued to the person so lending or permitting the use thereof;
(C) Display, or represent as one's own, any identification card, driver's or commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit not issued to the person so displaying the same;
(D) Fail to surrender to the registrar of motor vehicles, upon the registrar's demand, any identification card, driver's or commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit that has been suspended or canceled;
(E) In any application for an identification card, driver's or commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit, or any renewal, reprint, or duplicate thereof, knowingly conceal a material fact, or present any physician's statement required under section 4507.08 or 4507.081 of the Revised Code when knowing the same to be false or fictitious.
(F) Whoever violates any division of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4507 | Driver's License Law › Section 4507.31 | Prohibition Against Permitting Minor to Operate Vehicle.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
(A) No person shall cause or knowingly permit any minor to drive a motor vehicle upon a highway as an operator, unless the minor has first obtained a license or permit to drive a motor vehicle under this chapter.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4507 | Driver's License Law › Section 4507.321 | Prohibition Against Employing Minor to Operate Taxicab.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding the definition of "chauffeur" in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, no person shall employ any minor for the purpose of operating a taxicab.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4507 | Driver's License Law › Section 4507.35 | Duty to Display License or Furnish Satisfactory Proof of License Upon Demand; Penalty.

Effective:
September 23, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 5 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The operator of a motor vehicle shall display the operator's driver's license, or furnish satisfactory proof that the operator has a driver's license, upon demand of any peace officer or of any person damaged or injured in any collision in which the licensee may be involved. When a demand is properly made and the operator has the operator's driver's license on or about the operator's person, the operator shall not refuse to display the license. A person's failure to furnish satisfactory evidence that the person is licensed under this chapter when the person does not have the person's license on or about the person's person shall be prima-facie evidence of the person's not having obtained a driver's license.
(B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, whoever violates 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 the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more violations of this section or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4507 | Driver's License Law › Section 4507.36 | Prohibition Against False Statements.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
(A) No person shall knowingly make a false statement to any matter or thing required by this chapter.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4507 | Driver's License Law › Section 4507.40 | Reprints.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 68 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "Ohio credential" means a temporary instruction permit identification card, driver's license, commercial driver's license, motorcycle operator's license, motorized bicycle license, or identification card issued by the Ohio bureau of motor vehicles.
(B) Any valid holder of an Ohio credential issued after July 2, 2018, may apply online to obtain an exact reprint of that Ohio credential. Not more than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section, the registrar of motor vehicles shall make the reprint application process available through electronic means on the bureau of motor vehicle's web site. A reprint of an Ohio credential shall be available only through the online process.
(C) An applicant may obtain not more than one reprint between the initial issuance and renewal of an Ohio credential or between renewals of an Ohio credential. A reprint shall be an exact copy of the last-issued Ohio credential that it replaces. A reprint expires on the same date as the Ohio credential it replaces.
(D) The applicant shall do all of the following in the application:
(1) Certify that the current Ohio credential is lost, destroyed, or mutilated;
(2) Provide identifying information, as required by the registrar, in order to confirm the applicant's identity;
(3) Include with the application a financial transaction device number to pay the applicable fees for the reprint of the Ohio credential, and a service fee equal to the amount established under section 4503.038 of the Revised Code.
(E) Upon receipt of a completed application, the registrar shall issue a reprint Ohio credential to the applicant, if the applicant is eligible for the reprint. If the applicant does not qualify for a reprint, the registrar shall notify the applicant why the application was denied.
(F) The fees that are collected from a person who applies for a reprint of an Ohio credential shall be paid to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund established by section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4507 | Driver's License Law › Section 4507.45 | Reinstatement Fee.

Effective:
July 1, 2017
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4507 | Driver's License Law › Section 4507.49 | Reimbursement of Deputy Registrars for Issuing Free Identification Cards.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A)(1) On the last business day of every month or on a more frequent schedule as determined by the registrar of motor vehicles, each deputy registrar shall submit a verification form to the registrar that contains the following information:
(a) The number of identification cards and temporary identification cards issued or renewed under section 4507.50 of the Revised Code during the established schedule without payment of any fees;
(b) The number of replacement identification cards issued under section 4507.52 of the Revised Code during the established schedule without payment of any fees.
(2) The registrar shall establish the necessary verification form and the manner and frequency in which the form shall be submitted.
(B) The registrar shall reimburse each deputy registrar for the deputy registrar's services in issuing identification cards, based on the information submitted in accordance with division (A) of this section, in the following amounts:
(1) The amount established under section 4503.038 of the Revised Code for each card issued under section 4507.50 of the Revised Code that will expire on the applicant's birthday four years after the date of issuance;
(2) Two times the amount established under section 4503.038 of the Revised Code for each card issued under section 4507.50 of the Revised Code that will expire on the applicant's birthday eight years after the date of issuance;
(3) One dollar and fifty cents for the authentication of documents for each card issued under section 4507.50 of the Revised Code that will expire on the applicant's birthday four years after the date of issuance;
(4) Three dollars for the authentication of documents for each card issued under section 4507.50 of the Revised Code that will expire on the applicant's birthday eight years after the date of issuance;
(5) The amount established under section 4503.038 of the Revised Code for each replacement card issued under section 4507.52 of the Revised Code.
(C) The registrar may adopt any rules necessary to implement and administer this section. Notwithstanding any provision of section 121.95 of the Revised Code to the contrary, a regulatory restriction contained in a rule adopted under this section is not subject to sections 121.95 to 121.953 of the Revised Code.
Last updated October 6, 2023 at 11:18 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4507 | Driver's License Law › Section 4507.501 | State Identification Card Expiration Dates.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) An identification card issued to a resident shall expire, unless canceled or surrendered earlier, on the birthday of the cardholder in the fourth or the eighth year after the date on which it is issued, based on the period of renewal requested by the applicant.
(B) A temporary identification card issued to a resident shall expire on the earliest of the following dates:
(1) After the effective dates of the suspension or cancellation of the cardholder's driver's or commercial driver's license;
(2) The birthday of the cardholder in the fourth year after the date on which it is issued.
(C)(1) Subject to rules adopted under division (D) of this section, a limited term identification card issued to a temporary resident who has a definite expiration date for the resident's authorized stay in the United States shall expire on the earliest of the following dates:
(a) The expiration date of the applicant's authorized stay in the United States;
(b) Four years from the date of issuance.
(2) Subject to rules adopted under division (D) of this section, a limited term identification card issued to a temporary resident who has no expiration date for the applicant's authorized stay in the United States shall expire one year from the date of issuance.
(D) The registrar of motor vehicles shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing limited term identification cards for temporary residents and limited term temporary identification cards for temporary residents.
(E) A cardholder may renew the cardholder's identification card within ninety days prior to the day on which it expires by filing an application and paying the prescribed fee, if required, in accordance with section 4507.50 of the Revised Code. A limited term identification card or limited term temporary identification card may only be renewed upon verification of the applicant's continued temporary lawful status in the United States and the applicant's compliance with any other applicable requirements.
Last updated October 6, 2023 at 4:44 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4507 | Driver's License Law › Section 4507.511 | Enhanced State Identification Card.

Effective:
June 30, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 23 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Pursuant to the memorandum of understanding agreement authorized by section 4507.021 of the Revised Code between the director of public safety and the United States department of homeland security or other designated federal agency, and in accordance with the rules adopted by the registrar of motor vehicles under that section, the registrar or a deputy registrar shall issue an enhanced identification card to an eligible applicant. An applicant for an enhanced identification card shall do all of the following:
(1) Provide satisfactory proof of the applicant's identity and citizenship;
(2) Submit a biometric identifier as required by rule;
(3) Sign a declaration on a form prescribed by the registrar acknowledging the use of the one-to-many biometric match and radio frequency identification or other security features of the card;
(4) Pay a fee of twenty-five dollars, in addition to any other applicable fees in section 4507.50 of the Revised Code for issuance of an identification card. The fee 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.
(5) Comply with all other requirements for issuance of an identification card.
(B) All provisions in the Revised Code relating to an identification card issued under sections 4507.50 to 4507.52 of the Revised Code include and apply to an enhanced identification card. An enhanced identification card may be used in the same manner as an identification card and additionally is approved for purposes of entering the United States at authorized land and sea ports.
Last updated May 3, 2023 at 12:07 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4507 | Driver's License Law › Section 4507.53 | Release of Digitalized Photographic Records.

Effective:
April 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 302 - 134th General Assembly
Digitalized photographic records of the department of public safety may be released only to the following:
(A) State, local, or federal governmental agencies for criminal justice purposes;
(B) Any court;
(C) The American association of motor vehicle administrators to allow state department of motor vehicles participating in the association's state-to-state verification services and digital image access and exchange program to use the photographic records for identity verification purposes;
(D) The department of job and family services for the purpose of carrying out the department's functions under Chapter 4141. of the Revised Code.
Last updated March 22, 2023 at 4:21 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4507 | Driver's License Law › Section 4507.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
September 16, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 230 - 125th General Assembly
Unless another penalty is provided by the section that contains the provision violated or otherwise is provided by the laws of this state, whoever violates any provision of sections 4507.01 to 4507.081 or 4507.10 to 4507.37 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4508 | Driver Training Schools › Section 4508.022 | Instruction on Proper Interactions With Peace Officers.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 68 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) The director of public safety shall adapt the model curriculum on proper interactions with peace officers developed under division (B) of section 3301.0721 of the Revised Code so that it is appropriate for the instructional methods of driver training schools.
(B) The classroom instruction required by division (C) of section 4508.02 of the Revised Code shall include the instruction adapted under division (A) of this section.
(C) The director shall amend the digest of motor vehicle laws, or any other reference document for the material covered in the written portions of the temporary instruction permit and drivers' license examinations required under section 4507.11 of the Revised Code, to include a separate section with instruction on proper interactions when a driver is stopped by a peace officer. The instruction shall be adapted from the model curriculum described in division (A) of this section so that it is appropriate for new drivers.
(D) As used in this section, "peace officer" has the same meaning as in section 109.71 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4508 | Driver Training Schools › Section 4508.03 | Driver Training School License Requirements - Driver Training Program for Disabled Persons.

Effective:
December 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 (GA 134),  House Bill 281 (GA 134)
(A) No person shall establish a driver training school or continue the operation of an existing school unless the person applies for and obtains from the director of public safety a license in the manner and form prescribed by the director.
The director shall adopt rules that establish the requirements for a school license, including requirements concerning location, equipment, courses of instruction, instructors, previous records of the school and instructors, financial statements, schedule of fees and charges, insurance in the sum and with those provisions as the director considers necessary to protect adequately the interests of the public, and any other matters as the director may prescribe for the protection of the public. The rules also shall require financial responsibility information as part of the driver education curriculum.
(B) Any school that offers a driver training program for persons with disabilities shall provide specially trained instructors for the driver training of such persons. No school shall operate a driver training program for persons with disabilities after June 30, 1978, unless it has been licensed for such operation by the director. No person shall act as a specially trained instructor in a driver training program for persons with disabilities operated by a school after June 30, 1978, unless that person has been licensed by the director.
(C) The director shall certify instructors to teach driver training to persons with disabilities in accordance with training program requirements established by the department of public safety.
The director shall issue a certificate to teach driver training to persons with disabilities 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 teaching driver training to persons with disabilities in a state that does not issue that license or certificate.
(D) No person shall operate a driver training school unless the person has a valid license issued by the director under this section.
(E) Whoever violates division (D) of this section is guilty of operating a driver training school without a valid license, a misdemeanor of the second degree. On a second or subsequent offense within two years after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
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 December 29, 2023 at 6:14 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4508 | Driver Training Schools › Section 4508.031 | Commercial Driver's License Training.

Effective:
March 24, 2022
Latest Legislation:
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
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4508 | Driver Training Schools › Section 4508.05 | License Fees.

Effective:
July 1, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
All nonprobationary licenses expire on the last day of the calendar year and a person may renew such a license upon application to the director of public safety, either annually or biennially, as prescribed in rules adopted by the director. An applicant for an original school license shall include with the application a fee of two hundred fifty dollars, and an applicant for a renewal school license shall include with the application a fee of fifty dollars for each calendar year. An applicant for an original instructor's license shall include with the application a fee of twenty-five dollars, and an applicant for a renewal instructor's license shall include with the application a fee of ten dollars for each calendar year.
Such fees are payable to the treasurer of state and shall be credited to the public safety - highway purposes fund established in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code. The director of public safety shall not refund any license fees in the event a license is rejected, suspended, or revoked.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4508 | Driver Training Schools › Section 4508.07 | Exceptions.

Effective:
October 11, 2002
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 407 - 124th General Assembly
Sections 4508.01 to 4508.06, inclusive, of the Revised Code, do not apply to any person giving driver training lessons without charge, to employers maintaining driver training schools without charge for their employees only, nor to schools or classes conducted by colleges and universities for regularly enrolled full time students as a part of a normal program for such institutions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4508 | Driver Training Schools › Section 4508.09 | Lead School District - Application for Driver Training School License.

Effective:
June 21, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 237 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) A lead school district may apply for a driver training school license for the purpose of providing instruction and training to individuals other than regularly enrolled, full-time high school students in the operation of trucks, commercial cars, and commercial tractors, trailers, and semi-trailers. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, upon the district's compliance with all provisions that govern the issuance of a license to a driver training school to offer instruction and training in the operation of trucks, commercial cars, and commercial tractors, trailers, and semi-trailers, the director of public safety shall issue a license to the district in the form and manner the director prescribes. Upon the issuance of the license, the district may offer instruction and training in the operation of trucks, commercial cars, and commercial tractors, trailers, and semi-trailers and may charge and retain a fee for that instruction and training.
(B) The director shall issue a new license to a lead school district under division (A) of this section if the district complies with all provisions that govern the issuance of a license to a driver training school to offer instruction and training in the operation of trucks, commercial cars, and commercial tractors, trailers, and semi-trailers other than any provision of a rule requiring insurance coverage. If a district complies with all provisions governing the issuance of a license other than the insurance coverage provisions, the director shall issue the new license on the condition that the district obtain the required insurance coverage and submit proof of the insurance coverage to the director not later than sixty days after the date of issuance of the license.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4508 | Driver Training Schools › Section 4508.091 | Using an Unsafe Vehicle at Driving School.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
(A) No person who operates a driver training school shall use or cause to be used in the operation of the driving school and upon any public property or private property used for vehicular traffic any vehicle that does not meet the minimum standards that are established by the director of public safety and that are applicable to vehicles used in the operation of a driving school.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of using an unsafe vehicle at a driving school, a minor misdemeanor or, on a second or subsequent offense within two years after the first offense, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4508 | Driver Training Schools › Section 4508.10 | Certificate of Completion.

Effective:
July 1, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) A driver training school shall issue a certificate of completion to each person who successfully completes a course of instruction necessary to obtain or maintain a driver's license. The department of public safety shall provide each driver training school with the certificate of completion forms.
(B) The fee for each driver's license certificate of completion provided by the department to a driver training school is four dollars. A driver training school shall remit payment for certificates at the time they are requested from the department. Failure to timely remit payment to the department is grounds for the director of public safety to take action against the school pursuant to section 4508.06 of the Revised Code. The director shall deposit the fees collected under this section into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.
(C) As used in this section, "driver's license" has the same meaning as in section 4507.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4508 | Driver Training Schools › Section 4508.11 | Enforcement.

Effective:
July 1, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 53 - 131st General Assembly
The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the city director of law, upon complaint of the director of public safety, shall prosecute to termination or bring an action for injunction against any person violating this chapter or the rules adopted under it. The court of common pleas in which an action for an injunction is filed has jurisdiction to grant injunctive relief upon a showing that the respondent named in the complaint is in violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.011 | Financial Responsibility of Minor Drivers.

Effective:
October 4, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 222 - 112th General Assembly
Sections 4509.01 to 4509.78 of the Revised Code apply to minor drivers in the same manner as they apply to adult drivers.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.02 | Judgment, State Definitions.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
As used in sections 4509.291 to 4509.67 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Judgment" means any judgment which has become final by expiration without appeal of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmation on appeal, rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or of the United States, upon a cause of action arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of any motor vehicle for damages, including damages for care and loss of services because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, or upon a cause of action on an agreement of settlement for such damages.
(B) "State" means any state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any province of the Dominion of Canada.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.03 | Registrar of Motor Vehicles - Powers and Duties.

Effective:
November 12, 1992
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 98 - 119th General Assembly
(A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall administer and enforce sections 4509.01 to 4509.78 of the Revised Code. He may make rules necessary for such administration and shall provide for hearings upon request of persons aggrieved by his orders or acts in accordance with sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code except as otherwise provided under section 4509.101 or any other section of the Revised Code.
(B) The registrar, with the approval of the director of public safety, shall provide suitable forms for the purposes of sections 4509.01 to 4509.78 of of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.04 | Review of Registrar's Orders.

Effective:
January 1, 1984
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 250 - 114th General Assembly
Any order or act, including the adoption of the form of accident report, of the registrar of motor vehicles under sections 4509.01 to 4509.78 of the Revised Code is subject to the provisions of sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code, except as otherwise provided under section 4509.101 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.05 | Information Furnished by Registrar - Fee.

Effective:
July 1, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) Upon request, the registrar of motor vehicles shall search and furnish a certified abstract of the following information with respect to any person:
(1) An enumeration of the motor vehicle accidents in which such person has been involved except accidents certified as described in division (D) of section 3937.41 of the Revised Code;
(2) Such person's record of convictions for violation of the motor vehicle laws.
(B) The registrar shall collect for each abstract a fee of five dollars.
(C) The registrar may permit deputy registrars to perform a search and furnish a certified abstract under this section. A deputy registrar performing this function shall comply with section 4501.27 of the Revised Code concerning the disclosure of personal information, shall collect and transmit to the registrar the five-dollar fee established under division (B) of this section, and may collect and retain a service fee equal to the amount established under section 4503.038 of the Revised Code.
The registrar shall pay each five-dollar fee collected under this section into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund established in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.06 | Accident Report Alleging Uninsured Driver or Owner.

Effective:
September 28, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 337 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The driver of any motor vehicle which is in any manner involved in a motor vehicle accident within six months of the accident may forward a written report of the accident to the registrar of motor vehicles on a form prescribed by the registrar alleging that a driver or owner of any other vehicle involved in the accident was uninsured at the time of the accident.
(B) Upon receipt of the accident report, the registrar shall send a notice by regular mail to the driver and owner alleged to be uninsured requiring the person to give evidence that the person had proof of financial responsibility in effect at the time of the accident.
(C) Within thirty days after the mailing of the notice by the registrar, the driver of the vehicle alleged to be uninsured shall forward a report together with acceptable proof of financial responsibility to the registrar in a form prescribed by the registrar. The forwarding of the report by the owner of the motor vehicle involved in the accident is deemed compliance with this section by the driver. This section does not change or modify the duties of the driver or operator of a motor vehicle as set forth in section 4549.02 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.07 | Contents of Accident Report.

Effective:
October 15, 1953
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 230 - 100th General Assembly
The report prescribed by the registrar of motor vehicles shall request only information sufficient to enable the registrar to administer and enforce the provisions of sections 4509.01 to 4509.78, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
The driver or owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident shall furnish such additional relevant information as the registrar requires.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.08 | Exception to Report Requirement.

Effective:
July 25, 1969
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 131 - 108th General Assembly
A driver involved in a motor vehicle accident is not subject to section 4509.06 of the Revised Code if, during the time provided in such section, the driver is physically incapable of making a report, but in such event, the owner, if he were not the driver of the motor vehicle involved in the accident, shall within thirty days after learning of the accident make the report.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.10 | Use of Report.

Effective:
July 1, 1981
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 102 - 114th General Assembly
The accident reports submitted pursuant to sections 4509.01 to 4509.78 of the Revised Code, shall be without prejudice to the person reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the registrar of motor vehicles, except that the registrar shall furnish a copy of such report to any person claiming to have been injured or damaged in a motor vehicle accident, or to his attorney, upon the receipt of a fee of one dollar and fifty cents for each search or report.
Motor vehicle accident reports shall not be subject to subpoena or be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of the accident, except that in order to prove compliance or failure to comply with the accident reporting requirement the registrar shall furnish, upon demand of a court or any person who claims to have made an accident report, a certificate stating that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the registrar.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.102 | Falsification.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 255 - 130th General Assembly
No person who has knowingly failed to maintain proof of financial responsibility in accordance with section 4509.101 of the Revised Code shall produce any document or present to a peace officer an electronic wireless communications device that is displaying any text or images with the purpose to mislead a peace officer upon the request of a peace officer for proof of financial responsibility made in accordance with division (D)(2) of section 4509.101 of the Revised Code. Whoever violates this section is guilty of falsification under section 2921.13 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.103 | Insurer to Provide Financial Responsibility Identification Cards.

Effective:
March 25, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 237 - 131st General Assembly
(A) As used in this section and sections 4509.101 and 4509.102 of the Revised Code, "electronic wireless communications device" includes any of the following:
(1) A wireless telephone, including a cellular telephone;
(2) A personal digital assistant;
(3) A computer, including a laptop computer, a netbook computer, and a tablet computer;
(4) Any other substantially similar wireless device that is designed or used to communicate and displays text or images.
(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, each insurer writing motor vehicle liability insurance in this state shall provide financial responsibility identification cards to every policyholder in this state to whom it has delivered or issued for delivery a motor vehicle liability insurance policy. A minimum of one financial responsibility identification card shall be issued for every motor vehicle insured under a motor vehicle liability insurance policy.
A financial responsibility identification card shall be valid only for the policy period. The card shall be in a form prescribed by the registrar of motor vehicles. It shall disclose the policy period and shall contain such other information as required by the registrar.
(C) Notwithstanding division (B) of this section, in lieu of financial responsibility identification cards, each insurer writing motor vehicle liability insurance in this state may provide to a policyholder in this state to whom it has delivered or issued for delivery a motor vehicle liability insurance policy the ability to utilize an electronic wireless communications device to present proof of financial responsibility to a traffic violations bureau, court, registrar, or peace officer when required to do so by section 4509.101 of the Revised Code. The text or images that are displayed on such a device as the result of the generation and delivery by the insurer of information and data to the device shall conform to the requirements applicable to such text or images that the registrar prescribes in rules adopted under section 4509.101 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.104 | Conspicuous Warning That Policy Does Not Meet Minimum Amounts.

Effective:
April 20, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 20 - 120th General Assembly
Any automobile insurance policy that does not provide liability coverage at the time of issuance of at least the minimum amounts provided under division (K) of section 4509.01 of the Revised Code for proof of financial responsibility shall contain a clear and conspicuous warning on the face of the policy stating the policy does not constitute proof of financial responsibility as required for the operation of a motor vehicle under division (A)(1) of section 4509.101 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.11 | Application of Security Requirements.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Sections 4509.12 to 4509.30, inclusive, of the Revised Code apply to the driver and owner of any motor vehicle which is in any manner involved in a motor vehicle accident within this state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.12 | Security Deposit.

Effective:
July 1, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1035 - 103rd General Assembly
(A) The registrar of motor vehicles upon the expiration of twenty days after the receipt of a motor vehicle accident report, required under section 4509.01 to 4509.78, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall determine the amount of security which is sufficient to satisfy any judgments for damages resulting from the accident as may be recovered against each driver or owner involved in the accident; provided that in any accident resulting in personal injury such amount shall in no case be less than five hundred dollars. This determination shall not be made with respect to drivers or owners who are exempt under sections 4509.14 to 4509.78, inclusive, of the Revised Code from the requirements as to security and suspension.
(B) The registrar shall determine the amount of security deposit required of any person upon the basis of the reports and other evidence submitted. If a person involved in a motor vehicle accident fails to make a report indicating the extent of his injuries or the damage to his property within thirty days after being requested to furnish additional information and the registrar does not have sufficient evidence on which to base an evaluation of such injuries or damage, then the registrar after reasonable notice to such person, if it is possible to give such notice, otherwise without notice, shall not require any deposit of security for the benefit or protection of such person. However, if the registrar finds that during the time provided in this section it was impossible to determine the extent of such injuries or damage, then such report or information must be furnished by the individual within thirty days after such injuries or damages have been determined.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.13 | Notice of Required Security Deposit.

Effective:
November 16, 1973
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 285 - 110th General Assembly
The registrar of motor vehicles, within fifty days after receipt of report of any motor vehicle accident, or after receipt of additional evidence as may be requested by the registrar, and upon determining the amount of security to be required of any person involved in such accident or to be required of the owner of any motor vehicle involved in such accident, shall give written notice to such person of the amount of security required to be deposited by him. Such notice shall inform the person of his right to a hearing if written request is made within thirty days of the mailing of the notice.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.14 | Reduction of Excessive Security - Return of Excess Deposit.

Effective:
July 1, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1035 - 103rd General Assembly
The registrar of motor vehicles may reduce the amount of security ordered if, in his judgment, the amount ordered is excessive; provided that in any accident resulting in personal injury, the amount shall in no case be reduced to an amount less than five hundred dollars. If the security originally ordered has been deposited, the excess deposit over the reduced amount ordered shall be returned to the depositor or his personal representative forthwith.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility › Section 4509.15 | Form and Amount of Security.

Effective:
September 16, 1963
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 194 - 105th General Assembly
The security required under section 4509.12 of the Revised Code shall be in the form of money, or bonds of the United States, or of this state, or a political subdivision of this state, at their par or face value, or a corporate surety bond of a surety licensed to do business in this state, in such amount as the registrar of motor vehicles may require, but in no case involving personal injury in an amount less than five hundred dollars, or in excess of the limits specified in section 4509.20 of the Revised Code.