Ohio Administrative Code › Title 311 - County Sheriffs' Standard Car-Marking and Uniform Commission › Chapter 311-3 - Vehicle Markings › Section 311-3-01 - Vehicle markings

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) All marked vehicles of Ohio county
			 sheriffs purchased or placed into service on or after the effective date of
			 this rule shall be black. Specialty vehicles, such as SWAT vans, crime scene
			 vehicles, mobile command posts, ATV's, and bicycles, shall be black when
			 practical.
(B) All standard and
			 optional vehicle markings shall conform substantially to the standards for
			 design, color, and placement prescribed by this rule. Measurements and
			 placement may be adjusted in proportion to the size and shape of the
			 vehicle.
(C) All standard and
			 optional vehicle markings shall be produced on yellow 3M ScotchliteT reflective
			 material, item 680-91 or 580-91. Instructions for application shall be provided
			 with each order.
(D) All marked
			 vehicles of Ohio county sheriffs shall display the following standard car
			 markings:
(1) A five point star, eighteen
			 inches wide, shall be placed on each front door, one inch from the front
			 quarter panel. The star shall be screen-printed with six ink colors: P.M.S. 485
			 red, process blue, emerald green (P.M.S. 341), P.M.S. 462 brown, white, and
			 reflex blue.
Each star will have a P.M.S. 485 red edge border. The design of
				the great seal of the state shall be reproduced in full color in the center of
				each star. The design of the great seal shall consist of the coat of arms of
				the state printed in reflex blue, emerald green (P.M.S. 341), white, and P.M.S.
				462 brown. The coat of arms shall be surrounded by the words, "THE GREAT SEAL
				OF THE STATE OF OHIO," printed in white with a reflex blue frame.
The great seal shall be surrounded by a circular border in
				which the name of the county is printed in uppercase letters below the great
				seal and the word "SHERIFF" is printed above the seal. The lettering shall be
				reflex blue. The name of the sheriff, printed in reflex blue uppercase letters,
				may be placed in a custom-designed rocker panel above the word
				"SHERIFF."
(2) The word
			 "SHERIFF," produced on a forty-five inch pre-aligned, pre-spaced panel, shall
			 be placed on the front and rear vehicle doors, parallel to the ground.
(a) The panel shall be positioned so that no
			 letter is split between the doors of the vehicle. On the driver's side, the
			 word "SHERIFF" should begin approximately four inches to the right of the star
			 prescribed in paragraph (D)(1) of this rule. On the passenger's side. The word
			 "SHERIFF" should end approximately four inches to the right of the
			 star.
(b) The lettering shall be
			 seven inches high, uppercase, in Isbella bold type, with a ten degree right
			 slant. The word "SHERIFF" will slant toward the rear of the vehicle on the
			 driver's side and toward the front of the vehicle on the passenger's
			 side.
(3) Striping in two
			 and one-half inch and one inch widths shall be applied to the two front quarter
			 panels and the two rear quarter panels, in alignment with the seven inch high
			 "SHERIFF" panels on the doors. Striping shall not extend onto the door panels.
(a) Striping shall be placed on the front
			 quarter panels as follows: The top stripe shall be two and one-half inches wide
			 with the top of the stripe level with the top of the word "SHERIFF" on the
			 doors; the middle stripe shall be one inch wide and placed one and one-half
			 inches below the top stripe; the bottom stripe shall be one inch wide and
			 placed one inch below the middle stripe; the distance from the top of the top
			 stripe to the bottom of the bottom stripe shall be seven inches.
(b) Striping shall be placed on the rear
			 quarter panels as follows: The top stripe shall be one inch wide with the top
			 of the stripe level with the top of the word "SHERIFF" on the doors; the middle
			 stripe shall be one inch wide and placed one inch below the top stripe; the
			 bottom stripe shall be two and one-half inches wide and placed one and one-half
			 inches below the middle stripe; the distance from the top of the top stripe to
			 the bottom of the bottom stripe shall be seven inches.
(4) A first to serve decal shall be placed on
			 each rear quarter panel, centered vertically on the bottom stripe and
			 horizontally between the rear wheel well and the taillight. If, in this
			 placement, the first to serve decal would be located on top of the fuel tank
			 fill cap and door, then the first to serve decal shall be placed to the rear of
			 the fuel tank fill cap and door. The template for placement of the decal shall
			 have instructions for placement and for removal of the existing stripe area.
The first to serve decal shall be produced on an oval patch ten
				inches wide and  6.68  inches high. The decal shall be screen-printed in seven
				colors: white, P.M.S. 485 red, reflex blue, process blue, emerald green (P.M.S.
				341), P.M.S. 462 brown, and translucent black.
The logo of the buckeye state sheriffs' association (BSSA),
				consisting of an outline of the state of Ohio, the Ohio flag, and a badge,
				shall be reproduced in the center of the decal on a black background. The BSSA
				logo shall be  3.81  inches wide and  3.75  inches high. The flag shall have
				seventeen white stars in the blue field and six white and six red stripes. The
				badge shall be a five-point star with the great seal of the state of Ohio
				depicted in the center. The design of the great seal shall conform to the
				requirements of section
				 5.101 
				of the Revised Code.
The phrase "FIRST TO SERVE" shall arch above the BSSA logo and
				the phrase "SINCE 1788" shall arch below. The lettering shall be uppercase,
				Times  61.4834  point type.
(5) Front and rear license plates shall have
			 the following markings:
(a) The word "SHERIFF"
			 shall appear in one inch high reflective letters, being zurich bold centered at
			 the top of the plate,
(b) An Ohio
			 shape being P.M.S. 109 yellow shall be located on the left side of the
			 plate,
(c) The designated county
			 number, in P.M.S. 485 red numbers two inches high, shall be placed within the
			 Ohio shape,
(d) A vehicle number,
			 in reflective numbers, being zurich bold with a red border, three inches high,
			 shall be placed on the right side of the plate,
(e) A P.M.S. 109 yellow border shall frame
			 the entire plate.
(6) The
			 word "SHERIFF," produced on a twenty-seven inch pre-aligned, pre-spaced panel,
			 shall be centered on the trunk deck lid of each marked vehicle. The lettering
			 shall be three inches high, in uppercase "ISBELLA" bold type, with a ten degree
			 right slant.