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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4513 | Traffic Laws - Equipment; Loads › Section 4513.31 | Securing Loads on Vehicles.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
(A) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless the vehicle is so constructed, loaded, or covered as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that sand or other substance may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining the roadway.
(B) Except for a farm vehicle used to transport agricultural produce or agricultural production materials or a rubbish vehicle in the process of acquiring its load, no vehicle loaded with garbage, swill, cans, bottles, waste paper, ashes, refuse, trash, rubbish, waste, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, glass, solid waste, or any other material of an unsanitary nature that is susceptible to blowing or bouncing from a moving vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless the load is covered with a sufficient cover to prevent the load or any part of the load from spilling onto the highway.
(C) Whoever violates this section shall be punished as provided in section 4513.99 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4513 | Traffic Laws - Equipment; Loads › Section 4513.36 | Prohibition Against Resisting or Interfering With Official.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
(A) No person shall resist, hinder, obstruct, or abuse any sheriff, constable, or other official while that official is attempting to arrest offenders under any provision of sections 4511.01 to 4511.78, 4511.99, and 4513.01 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code. No person shall interfere with any person charged under any provision of any of those sections with the enforcement of the law relative to public highways.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4513 | Traffic Laws - Equipment; Loads › Section 4513.361 | Furnishing False Information to Officer Issuing Traffic Ticket.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
(A) No person shall knowingly present, display, or orally communicate a false name, social security number, or date of birth to a law enforcement officer who is in the process of issuing to the person a traffic ticket or complaint.
(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 4513 | Traffic Laws - Equipment; Loads › Section 4513.37 | Record of Traffic Violations.

Effective:
January 27, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 337 - 129th General Assembly
Every county court judge, mayor, 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 sections 4511.01 to 4511.78, section 4511.99, and sections 4513.01 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code, or of any other law or ordinance regulating the operation of vehicles, streetcars, and trackless trolleys on highways.
Within seven days after the conviction or forfeiture of bail of a person upon a charge of violating any of such sections or other law or ordinance regulating the operation of vehicles, streetcars, and trackless trolleys on highways, said judge, mayor, or clerk shall prepare and immediately forward to the department of public safety an abstract of the court record covering the case in which said person was convicted or forfeited bail, which abstract must be certified by the person required to prepare the same to be true and correct.
The abstract shall be made upon a form approved and furnished by the department and shall include the name and address of the party charged, the number of the party's driver's or commercial driver's license, the registration number of the vehicle involved, the nature of the offense, the date of hearing, the plea, the judgment, or whether bail forfeited, and the amount of the fine or forfeiture.
Every court of record shall also forward a like report to the department upon the conviction of any person of manslaughter or other felony in the commission of which a vehicle was used.
The failure, refusal, or neglect of such officer to comply with this section constitutes misconduct in office and is ground for removal therefrom.
The department shall keep all abstracts received under this section at its main office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4513 | Traffic Laws - Equipment; Loads › Section 4513.38 | Collector's or Historical Motor Vehicle Exempted From Equipment Requirements.

Effective:
September 15, 1975
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 52 - 111th General Assembly
No person shall be prohibited from owning or operating a licensed collector's vehicle or historical motor vehicle that is equipped with a feature of design, type of material, or article of equipment that was not in violation of any motor vehicle equipment law of this state or of its political subdivisions in effect during the calendar year the vehicle was manufactured, and no licensed collector's vehicle or historical motor vehicle shall be prohibited from displaying or using any such feature of design, type of material, or article of equipment.
No person shall be prohibited from owning or operating a licensed collector's vehicle or historical motor vehicle for failing to comply with an equipment provision contained in Chapter 4513. of the Revised Code or in any state rule that was enacted or adopted in a year subsequent to that in which the vehicle was manufactured, and no licensed collector's vehicle or historical motor vehicle shall be required to comply with an equipment provision enacted into Chapter 4513. of the Revised Code or adopted by state rule subsequent to the calendar year in which it was manufactured. No political subdivision shall require an owner of a licensed collector's vehicle or historical motor vehicle to comply with equipment provisions contained in laws or rules that were enacted or adopted subsequent to the calendar year in which the vehicle was manufactured, and no political subdivision shall prohibit the operation of a licensed collector's vehicle or historical motor vehicle for failure to comply with any such equipment laws or rules.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4513 | Traffic Laws - Equipment; Loads › Section 4513.40 | Warning Sign Before Safety Device at Street Crossing.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly
When a safety device has been installed in the traveled portion of a street at a railroad grade crossing for the protection of the traveling public, the municipal corporation shall place a warning sign not less than two hundred feet from the crossing. The driver of any vehicle shall place his vehicle under control at the location of said warning signs so as to be able to bring said vehicle to a complete stop at said safety device. Colliding with such safety device at the crossing is prima-facie evidence that the driver is a reckless driver.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4513 | Traffic Laws - Equipment; Loads › Section 4513.41 | Collector's or Historical Agricultural Tractor Exempted From Tests.

Effective:
September 15, 1975
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 52 - 111th General Assembly
(A) No owner of a licensed collector's vehicle, a historical motor vehicle, or a collector's vehicle that is an agricultural tractor or traction engine shall be required to comply with an emission, noise control, or fuel usage provision contained in a law or rule of this state or its political subdivisions that was enacted or adopted subsequent to the calendar year in which the vehicle was manufactured.
(B) No person shall be prohibited from operating a licensed collector's vehicle, a historical motor vehicle, or a collector's vehicle that is an agricultural tractor or traction engine for failing to comply with an emission, noise control, or fuel usage law or rule of this state or its political subdivisions that was enacted or adopted subsequent to the calendar year in which his vehicle was manufactured.
(C) Except as provided in section 4505.061 of the Revised Code, no person shall be required to submit his collector's vehicle to a physical inspection prior to or in connection with an issuance of title to, or the sale or transfer of ownership of such vehicle, except that a police officer may inspect it to determine ownership.
In accordance with section 1.51 of the Revised Code, this section shall, without exception, prevail over any special or local provision of the Revised Code that requires owners or operators of collector's vehicles to comply with standards of emission, noise, fuel usage, or physical condition in connection with an issuance of title to, or the sale or transfer of ownership of such vehicle or part thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4513 | Traffic Laws - Equipment; Loads › Section 4513.50 | Bus Safety Definitions.

Effective:
June 11, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
As used in sections 4513.50 to 4513.53 of the Revised Code:
(A)(1) "Bus" means any vehicle used for the transportation of passengers that meets at least one of the following:
(a) Was originally designed by the manufacturer to transport more than fifteen passengers, including the driver;
(b) Either the gross vehicle weight rating or the gross vehicle weight exceeds ten thousand pounds.
(2) "Bus" does not include a church bus as defined in section 4503.07 of the Revised Code or a school bus unless the church bus or school bus is used in the transportation of passengers by a motor carrier.
(3) "Bus" also does not include any of the following:
(a) Any vehicle operated exclusively on a rail or rails;
(b) A trolley bus operated by electric power derived from a fixed overhead wire furnishing local passenger transportation similar to street-railway service;
(c) Vehicles owned or leased by government agencies or political subdivisions.
(B) "Motor carrier" has the same meaning as in section 4923.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4513 | Traffic Laws - Equipment; Loads › Section 4513.51 | Bus Safety Inspection Decal.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, on and after July 1, 2001, no person shall operate a bus, nor shall any person being the owner of a bus or having supervisory responsibility for a bus permit the operation of any bus, unless the bus displays a valid, current safety inspection decal issued by the state highway patrol under section 4513.52 of the Revised Code.
(B) For the purpose of complying with the requirements of this section and section 4513.52 of the Revised Code, the owner or other operator of a bus may drive the bus directly to an inspection site conducted by the state highway patrol and directly back to the person's place of business without a valid registration and without displaying a safety inspection decal, provided that no passengers may occupy the bus during such operation.
(C) The registrar of motor vehicles shall not accept an application for registration of a bus unless the bus owner presents a valid safety inspection report for the applicable registration year.
(D) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4513 | Traffic Laws - Equipment; Loads › Section 4513.52 | Bus Safety Inspections.

Effective:
June 30, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 87 - 125th General Assembly
(A) The department of public safety, with the advice of the public utilities commission, shall adopt and enforce rules relating to the inspection of buses to determine whether a bus is safe and lawful, including whether its equipment is in proper adjustment or repair.
(B) The rules shall determine the safety features, items of equipment, and other safety-related conditions subject to inspection. The rules may authorize the state highway patrol to operate safety inspection sites, or to enter in or upon the property of any bus operator to conduct the safety inspections, or both. The rules also shall establish a fee, not to exceed two hundred dollars, for each bus inspected.
(C) The state highway patrol shall conduct the bus safety inspections at least on an annual basis. An inspection conducted under this section is valid for twelve months unless, prior to that time, the bus fails a subsequent inspection or ownership of the bus is transferred.
(D) The state highway patrol shall collect a fee for each bus inspected.
(E) Upon determining that a bus is in safe operating condition, that its equipment is in proper adjustment and repair, and that it is otherwise lawful, the inspecting officer shall do both of the following:
(1) Affix an official safety inspection decal to the outside surface of each side of the bus;
(2) Issue the owner or operator of the bus a safety inspection report, to be presented to the registrar or a deputy registrar upon application for registration of the bus.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4513 | Traffic Laws - Equipment; Loads › Section 4513.53 | Bus Safety Inspection Staff.

Effective:
July 1, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The superintendent of the state highway patrol, with approval of the director of public safety, may appoint and maintain necessary staff to carry out the inspection of buses.
(B) The superintendent of the state highway patrol shall adopt a distinctive annual safety inspection decal bearing the date of inspection. The state highway patrol may remove any decal from a bus that fails any inspection.
(C) Bus inspection fees collected by the state highway patrol under section 4513.52 of the Revised Code 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4513 | Traffic Laws - Equipment; Loads › Section 4513.603 | Obtaining Certificate of Title to Unclaimed Motor Vehicle.

Effective:
March 23, 2022
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 134th General Assembly
(A) A towing service or storage facility that is in possession of a motor vehicle obtained under section 4513.602 of the Revised Code may obtain a certificate of title to the motor vehicle, regardless of the motor vehicle's value, as provided in division (B) of this section if all of the following apply:
(1) A search was made by the towing service or storage facility of the records of an applicable entity listed in division (F)(1) of section 4513.601 of the Revised Code to ascertain the identity of the owner and any lienholder of the motor vehicle.
(2) Upon obtaining the identity in division (A)(1) of this section, the towing service or storage facility sent notice to the owner's and any lienholder's last known address, by certified or express mail with return receipt requested, by certified mail with electronic tracking, or by a commercial carrier service utilizing any form of delivery requiring a signed receipt, that informs the owner and any lienholder that the towing service or storage facility will obtain title to the motor vehicle if not claimed within sixty days after the date the notice was received.
(3) The motor vehicle has been left unclaimed for sixty days after one of the following:
(a) The date the notice sent under division (A)(2) of this section was received, as evidenced by a receipt signed by any person;
(b) The date the towing service or storage facility receives notification that the delivery of the notice sent under division (A)(2) of this section was not possible.
(4) An agent of the towing service or storage facility executes an affidavit, in a form established by the registrar of motor vehicles not later than ninety days after September 30, 2021, affirming that conditions in divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section are met.
(B) The clerk of court shall issue a certificate of title, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, to a towing service or storage facility that presents an affidavit that affirms that the conditions in divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section are met.
(C) After obtaining title to a motor vehicle under this section, the towing service or storage facility may retain any money arising from the disposal of the vehicle.
Last updated January 19, 2022 at 1:09 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4513 | Traffic Laws - Equipment; Loads › Section 4513.612 | Monetary Compensation in Exchange for Authorization to Tow; Violation.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 341 - 131st General Assembly
(A)(1) No towing service shall knowingly offer or provide monetary compensation in exchange for the authorization to tow motor vehicles from a specified location or on behalf of the person to whom the towing service offered or provided the compensation.
(2) Division (A)(1) of this section does not prohibit a towing service from negotiating or reducing towing and storage fees.
(B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4513 | Traffic Laws - Equipment; Loads › Section 4513.62 | Disposal of Unclaimed Vehicles Ordered Into Storage.

Effective:
April 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 507 - 134th General Assembly
An unclaimed motor vehicle ordered into storage pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 4513.60 or section 4513.61 of the Revised Code is subject to one of the following:
(A) The sheriff of the county or the chief of a law enforcement agency of the municipal corporation, township, port authority, conservancy district, or township or joint police district may dispose of it with a motor vehicle salvage dealer or scrap metal processing facility as defined in section 4737.05 of the Revised Code, or with any other facility owned by or under contract with the county, municipal corporation, port authority, conservancy district, or township, for the disposal of such motor vehicles.
(B) The sheriff, chief, or a licensed auctioneer may sell the motor vehicle at public auction, after giving notice thereof by advertisement, published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code.
(C) A towing service or storage facility may obtain title to the motor vehicle in accordance with section 4505.104 of the Revised Code.
Any moneys accrued pursuant to division (A) or (B) of this section that are in excess of the expenses resulting from the removal and storage of the vehicle shall be credited to the general fund of the county, municipal corporation, port authority, township, conservancy district, or joint police district, as the case may be.
Last updated March 22, 2023 at 4:39 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4513 | Traffic Laws - Equipment; Loads › Section 4513.64 | Willfully Leaving Abandoned Junk Motor Vehicle.

Effective:
April 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 507 - 134th General Assembly
(A) No person shall willfully leave an abandoned junk motor vehicle as defined in section 4513.63 of the Revised Code on private property for more than seventy-two hours without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property, or on a public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, or upon or within the right-of-way of any road or highway, for forty-eight hours or longer without notification to the sheriff of the county or chief of a law enforcement agency of the municipal corporation, township, port authority, conservancy district, or township or joint police district of the reasons for leaving the motor vehicle in such place.
For purposes of this section, the fact that a motor vehicle has been so left without permission or notification is prima-facie evidence of abandonment.
Nothing contained in sections 4513.60, 4513.61, and 4513.63 of the Revised Code shall invalidate the provisions of municipal ordinances or township resolutions regulating or prohibiting the abandonment of motor vehicles on streets, highways, public property, or private property within municipal corporations or townships.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall also be assessed any costs incurred by the county, township, joint police district, port authority, conservancy district, or municipal corporation in disposing of the abandoned junk motor vehicle that is the basis of the violation, less any money accruing to the county, township, joint police district, port authority, conservancy district, or municipal corporation from this disposal of the vehicle.
Last updated March 22, 2023 at 4:43 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4513 | Traffic Laws - Equipment; Loads › Section 4513.65 | Willfully Leaving Junk Motor Vehicle.

Effective:
April 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 507 - 134th General Assembly
(A) For purposes of this section, "junk motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle meeting the requirements of divisions (B), (C), (D), and (E) of section 4513.63 of the Revised Code that is left uncovered in the open on private property for more than seventy-two hours with the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property, except if the person is operating a junk yard or scrap metal processing facility licensed under authority of sections 4737.05 to 4737.12 of the Revised Code, or regulated under authority of a political subdivision; or if the property on which the motor vehicle is left is not subject to licensure or regulation by any governmental authority, unless the person having the right to the possession of the property can establish that the motor vehicle is part of a bona fide commercial operation; or if the motor vehicle is a collector's vehicle.
No political subdivision shall prevent a person from storing or keeping, or restrict a person in the method of storing or keeping, any collector's vehicle on private property with the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property; except that a political subdivision may require a person having such permission to conceal, by means of buildings, fences, vegetation, terrain, or other suitable obstruction, any unlicensed collector's vehicle stored in the open.
The sheriff of a county, or chief of a law enforcement agency of a municipal corporation or port authority, or conservancy district within the sheriff's or chief's respective territorial jurisdiction, a state highway patrol trooper, a board of township trustees, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or port authority, or the zoning authority of a township or a municipal corporation, may send notice, by certified mail with return receipt requested, to the person having the right to the possession of the property on which a junk motor vehicle is left, that within ten days of receipt of the notice, the junk motor vehicle either shall be covered by being housed in a garage or other suitable structure, or shall be removed from the property.
No person shall willfully leave a junk motor vehicle uncovered in the open for more than ten days after receipt of a notice as provided in this section. The fact that a junk motor vehicle is so left is prima-facie evidence of willful failure to comply with the notice, and each subsequent period of thirty days that a junk motor vehicle continues to be so left constitutes a separate offense.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
Last updated March 21, 2023 at 10:49 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4513 | Traffic Laws - Equipment; Loads › Section 4513.68 | Estimates of Costs Before Towing.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 341 - 131st General Assembly
(A) If a towing service is removing a motor vehicle, and the removal was not authorized under section 4513.60, 4513.601, 4513.61, or 4513.66 of the Revised Code, prior to removing the motor vehicle, the towing service shall provide a written estimate of the price for the removal to the operator of the motor vehicle, if requested.
(B) The towing service shall ensure that any estimate provided under division (A) of this section includes the fees, services to be rendered, and destination of the vehicle.
(C) If a towing service fails to provide a written estimate as required by this section, the towing service shall not charge fees for the towing and storage of the motor vehicle that exceed twenty-five per cent of any applicable fees established by the public utilities commission in rules adopted under division (B)(4) of section 4921.25 of the Revised Code or, if the vehicle was towed within a municipal corporation that has established vehicle removal and storage fees, twenty-five per cent of the fees established by the municipal corporation.
(D) Any storage facility that accepts towed vehicles shall conspicuously post a notice at the entrance to the storage facility that states the limitation on fees established under division (C) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4513 | Traffic Laws - Equipment; Loads › Section 4513.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
September 28, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 337 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Any violation of section 4513.10, 4513.182, 4513.20, 4513.201, 4513.202, 4513.25, 4513.26, 4513.27, 4513.29, 4513.30, 4513.31, 4513.32, or 4513.34 of the Revised Code shall be punished under division (B) of this section.
(B) Whoever violates the sections of this chapter that are specifically required to be punished under this division, or any provision of sections 4513.03 to 4513.262 or 4513.27 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code for which violation no penalty is otherwise provided, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4515 | Venue; Guest Statute › Section 4515.01 | Venue in Actions for Injury Caused by Motor Vehicles.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Actions for injury to a person or property, caused by the negligence of the owner or operator of a motor vehicle, may be brought by the person injured against such owner or operator in the county in which such injury occurred. A summons in such action against any defendant shall be issued to the sheriff of any county within this state in which such defendant resides and may be served as in other civil actions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4515 | Venue; Guest Statute › Section 4515.02 | Liability to Guests in Motor Vehicles.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The owner, operator, or person responsible for the operation of a motor vehicle shall not be liable for loss or damage arising from injuries to or death of a guest, resulting from the operation of said motor vehicle, while such guest is being transported without payment therefor in or upon said motor vehicle, unless such injuries or death are caused by the willful or wanton misconduct of such operator, owner, or person responsible for the operation of said motor vehicle.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4516 | Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › Section 4516.02 | Peer-to-Peer Card Sharing Program Agreement.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall collect the following information before entering into a peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement including, but not limited to:
(1) The name and address of the shared vehicle owner and the shared vehicle driver;
(2) The driver's license number and state of issuance of the shared vehicle driver and any other person who will operate the shared vehicle during the car sharing period.
(B) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall collect, verify, and maintain records pertaining to the use of each shared vehicle enrolled in the program, including records pertaining to all of the following:
(1) The dates, times, and duration of time that the shared vehicle is in use through the program;
(2) Any fees or other financial consideration paid by the shared vehicle driver;
(3) Any revenues or other financial consideration received by the shared vehicle owner;
(4) Any other information or data that is necessary to establish the car sharing period, including the car sharing delivery period, the car sharing start time, and the car sharing termination time, for the shared vehicle.
(C)(1) The program shall provide the records required by division (B) of this section, upon request, to any shared vehicle owner, shared vehicle driver, the shared vehicle owner's insurer, or the shared vehicle driver's insurer for purposes of facilitating the investigation of a claim, incident, or accident.
(2) Upon receipt of a valid warrant, the program shall provide the records required by division (B) of this section to law enforcement.
(D) The program shall retain records required by division (B) of this section regarding each car sharing period for not less than three years after the car sharing period.
Last updated September 5, 2023 at 11:53 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4516 | Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › Section 4516.03 | Disclosures.

Effective:
January 15, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall disclose all of the following to the shared vehicle owner and the shared vehicle driver in the peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement:
(A) Any right of the program to seek indemnification from the shared vehicle owner or the shared vehicle driver for economic loss sustained by the program resulting from a breach of the terms and conditions of the agreement;
(B) That any motor-vehicle liability policy or other proof of financial responsibility issued to the shared vehicle owner for the shared vehicle or issued to the shared vehicle driver does not provide a defense against or indemnification for any claim asserted by the program;
(C) That the program's motor vehicle insurance coverage on the shared vehicle owner, the shared vehicle driver, and the shared vehicle is in effect only during the car sharing period and that any use of the shared vehicle by the shared vehicle driver after the car sharing termination time may not be covered by either the program's insurance or any other motor-vehicle liability policy or proof of financial responsibility;
(D) The daily rate, fees, and any insurance or protection package costs that are charged to the shared vehicle owner or the shared vehicle driver;
(E) That the shared vehicle owner's motor-vehicle liability policy or other proof of financial responsibility may not provide coverage for a shared vehicle during the car sharing period or for any use outside of the policy's or proof's stated terms and conditions;
(F) Any conditions under which a shared vehicle driver must maintain a separate motor-vehicle liability policy or other proof of financial responsibility with certain applicable coverage limits in order to reserve and use a shared vehicle under the agreement;
(G) Emergency contact information for roadside assistance and other customer service inquiries.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4516 | Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › Section 4516.04 | Responsibility for Equipment.

Effective:
January 15, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall have sole responsibility for any equipment, including a global positioning system or other special equipment that is installed in or on the shared vehicle to monitor or facilitate peer-to-peer car sharing. The program shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless the shared vehicle owner for any damage or theft of the system or equipment during the car sharing period that is not caused by the shared vehicle owner. The program may seek indemnity from the shared vehicle driver for any loss or damage to the system or equipment that occurs during the car sharing period that is caused by the shared vehicle driver.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4516 | Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › Section 4516.05 | Registration of Vehicle; Duties of Program and Owner.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) When a motor vehicle owner registers as a shared vehicle owner with a peer-to-peer car sharing program and before the shared vehicle owner makes the shared vehicle available for peer-to-peer car sharing, the program shall do all of the following:
(1) Verify that the shared vehicle does not have any outstanding safety recalls on the vehicle;
(2) Provide notice to the shared vehicle owner of the owner's responsibilities under division (B) of this section.
(B)(1) If a shared vehicle owner receives actual notice of a safety recall on the shared vehicle, the shared vehicle owner shall not make the shared vehicle available through a peer-to-peer car sharing program until the safety recall repair is made.
(2) If the shared vehicle owner receives actual notice of a safety recall on the shared vehicle after the shared vehicle is available through a peer-to-peer car sharing program but while the shared vehicle is not currently possessed by a shared vehicle driver, the shared vehicle owner shall remove the shared vehicle from availability until the safety recall repair is made.
(3) If the shared vehicle owner receives actual notice of a safety recall on the shared vehicle while the vehicle is possessed by a shared vehicle driver, the shared vehicle owner shall notify the peer-to-peer car sharing program about the safety recall, so that the car sharing period can be terminated to allow the shared vehicle owner to address the safety recall repair.
Last updated September 5, 2023 at 11:55 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4516 | Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › Section 4516.06 | Nature of Transactions.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to exempt any person involved in peer-to-peer car sharing from the provisions of sections 1345.01 to 1345.13 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 5, 2023 at 11:56 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4516 | Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › Section 4516.07 | Rulemaking Authority for Public-Use Airports.

Effective:
January 15, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "public-use airport" has the same meaning as in section 4563.30 of the Revised Code.
(B) The operator of a public-use airport may adopt reasonable standards, regulations, procedures, and fees that are applicable to peer-to-peer car sharing programs. The operator may enter into such agreements, including concession agreements, with a peer-to-peer car sharing program. A peer-to-peer car sharing program, shared vehicle owner, and shared vehicle driver shall comply with any applicable standards, regulations, procedures, fees, and agreements adopted by a public-use airport, and shall pay any applicable fees in a timely manner.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4516 | Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › Section 4516.08 | Legislative Intent Regarding Insurers.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) It is not the intent of the general assembly that any provision in Chapter 4516. of the Revised Code be interpreted as either limiting or restricting an insurer's ability to exclude insurance coverage from any insurance policy or an insurer's ability to underwrite any insurance policy.
(B) An insurer's ability to exclude or limit coverage and to otherwise underwrite a policy of insurance includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Liability coverage for bodily injury and property damage;
(2) Uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage;
(3) Medical payments coverage;
(4) Comprehensive physical damage coverage;
(5) Collision physical damage coverage;
(6) Loss of earnings coverage.
(C) Nothing in this chapter is intended to invalidate or limit an exclusion contained in a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance, including any insurance policy that is in use or that is approved for use that excludes coverage while a motor vehicle is made available for rent, share, hire, or during any business use.
Last updated September 25, 2023 at 9:12 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4516 | Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › Section 4516.09 | Assumption of Liability.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a peer-to-peer car sharing program shall assume liability of a shared vehicle owner for any death, bodily injury, or property damage to a third party or an uninsured or underinsured motorist that is proximately caused by the operation of the shared vehicle during the car sharing period in an amount stated in the peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement. The amount shall be not less than that specified in division (A)(1) of section 4516.10 of the Revised Code.
(B) The assumption of liability under division (A) of this section does not apply if either of the following occurs:
(1) The shared vehicle owner makes an intentional or fraudulent material misrepresentation or omission to the program regarding the shared vehicle owner's motor-vehicle liability policy, other proof of financial responsibility, or the type or condition of the shared vehicle before the car sharing period in which the loss occurs;
(2) The shared vehicle owner and the shared vehicle driver conspire to have the shared vehicle driver fail to return the shared vehicle, in violation of the terms of the peer-to-peer car sharing agreement.
(C) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall have either a policy of insurance or a self-insurance mechanism in order to cover its liabilities and obligations under this section and sections 4516.10 and 4516.11 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 25, 2023 at 9:16 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4516 | Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › Section 4516.11 | Liability for Claims.

Effective:
January 15, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) In addition to any liability assumed when a peer-to-peer car sharing program is providing all of the required coverage, the program shall assume liability for a claim when all of the following apply:
(1) The program is providing at least part of the required insurance coverage;
(2) A dispute exists as to who was operating the shared vehicle at the time of the loss;
(3) The program either does not have available or cannot promptly produce the records required by section 4516.02 of the Revised Code.
(B) A peer-to-peer car sharing program may seek indemnity from a shared vehicle owner if the shared vehicle owner is determined to have been the operator of the shared vehicle at the time of the loss.
(C) In addition to any other insurance coverage required by this chapter, a peer-to-peer car sharing program shall maintain insurance in an amount of at least one million dollars that provides coverage for the program's liability for an act or omission of the program that is the proximate cause of death, bodily injury, or property damage to any person in any one accident because of the operation of a shared vehicle through the program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4516 | Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › Section 4516.12 | Exemption From Vicarious Liability.

Effective:
January 15, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
A peer-to-peer car sharing program and a shared vehicle owner shall be exempt from vicarious liability in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 30106 and under any state law or municipal ordinance that imposes liability solely based on vehicle ownership.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4516 | Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › Section 4516.13 | Construction of Chapter.

Effective:
January 15, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
Nothing in this chapter does any of the following:
(A) Limits the liability of the peer-to-peer car sharing program for any act or omission of the program itself that results in death, bodily injury, or property damage to any person as a result of the use of a shared vehicle through the program.
(B) Limits the ability of the program to, by contract, seek indemnification from the shared vehicle owner or the shared vehicle driver for economic loss sustained by the program resulting from a breach of the terms and conditions of the peer-to-peer car sharing agreement.
(C) Creates, implies, or otherwise grants insurance coverage not found in any motor-vehicle liability policy or other policy of insurance.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons › Section 4517.011 | Construction of Chapter.

Effective:
September 14, 2016
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 242 - 131st General Assembly
(A) The distribution and sale of motor vehicles in this state vitally affects commerce, the economy, and the public interest, welfare, and safety. In order to promote the interests of this state, Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code shall be liberally construed in order to ensure a sound system for distributing and selling motor vehicles through all of the following:
(1) Enforcing the comprehensive and uniform framework for licensing and regulating manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and dealers of motor vehicles;
(2) Promoting the right of the public to post-sale mechanical and operational services between the buyer and seller that are necessary to ensure the safe operating condition of a motor vehicle and are expected and implied at the time of sale;
(3) Enforcing Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code as to other persons to provide for compliance with the manufacturer's warranties and to prevent fraud, unfair practices, discrimination, or other abuses;
(4) Maintaining full and fair competition among intra- brand and inter-brand dealers;
(5) Maintaining strong and sound dealerships in order to provide continuing and necessary reliable services to the citizens of this state and to provide stable employment to the citizens of this state.
(B) The distribution and sale of motor vehicles is a matter of general statewide interest that requires uniform statewide regulation and the provisions of the Revised Code governing such distribution and sale constitute a comprehensive plan with regard to such issues.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons › Section 4517.021 | Rules Governing Auction of Classic Motor Vehicles.

Effective:
July 1, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Sections 4517.01, 4517.02, and 4517.03 to 4517.45 of the Revised Code do not apply to a person auctioning classic motor vehicles, provided all of the following apply:
(1) The person is responsible for not more than four auctions of classic motor vehicles per year, with no auction lasting more than two days;
(2) The person requests and receives permission for the auction from the registrar of motor vehicles by filing an application for each proposed auction of classic motor vehicles, at least thirty days before the auction, in a form prescribed by the registrar, signed and sworn to by the person, that contains all of the following:
(a) The person's name and business address;
(b) The location of the auction;
(c) Evidence, sufficient to satisfy the registrar, that the person does not exclusively sell motor vehicles;
(d) Any necessary, reasonable, and relevant information that the registrar may require to verify compliance with this section.
(3) The person will be auctioning the classic motor vehicle to the general public for the legal owner of the vehicle, which ownership must be evidenced at the time of the auction by a valid certificate of title issued pursuant to Chapter 4505. of the Revised Code;
(4) The person keeps a record of the following information for each classic motor vehicle offered for sale at auction, in a manner prescribed by the registrar:
(a) The certificate of title number, county, and state of registration;
(b) The year, make, model, and vehicle identification number;
(c) The name and address of the person offering the vehicle for sale;
(d) The name and address of any vehicle purchaser;
(e) The date the vehicle is offered for sale;
(f) Any purchase price;
(g) The odometer reading at the time of the auction and an odometer statement from the person offering the vehicle for sale at auction that complies with 49 U.S.C. 32705.
(5) The person allows reasonable inspection by the registrar of the person's records relating to each classic motor vehicle auction.
(B) Any person that auctions classic motor vehicles under this section shall use the auction services of an auction firm to conduct the auction.
(C) The registrar may refuse permission to hold an auction if the registrar finds that the person has not complied with division (A) of this section or has made a false statement of a material fact in the application filed under division (A)(2) of this section.
(D) The registrar shall not authorize a person licensed under section 4707.072 of the Revised Code to offer auction services or act as an auctioneer in regard to an auction of classic motor vehicles pursuant to this section.
(E) As used in this section:
(1) "Auction firm" and "auction services" have the same meanings as in section 4707.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Classic motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is over twenty-six years old.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons › Section 4517.06 | Application for Motor Vehicle Leasing Dealer's License.

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