Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501:1 - Bureau of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 4501:1-7 - Vehicle Registration › Section 4501:1-7-12 - Process for issuance of collegiate license plates

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: For dates and availability of material incorporated
				by reference in this rule, see paragraph (A) in rule
				4501:1-7-15
				of the Administrative Code.]
(A)
			 "Applicant" means the owner, or lessee if eligible under the Revised Code of
			 any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other
			 motor vehicle eligible under the Revised Code who voluntarily chooses to submit
			 an application for issuance of collegiate license plates in connection with a
			 registration, or a renewal of the registration of such plates.
(B) "Institution" means a state university or
			 college or a private university or college located in this state that possesses
			 a certificate of authorization issued by the Ohio department of higher
			 education pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code. "Institution" includes
			 community colleges created pursuant to Chapter 3354. of the Revised Code,
			 university branches created pursuant to Chapter 3355. of the Revised Code,
			 technical colleges created pursuant to Chapter 3357. of the Revised Code, and
			 state community colleges created pursuant to Chapter 3358. of the Revised
			 Code.
(C) "Logo" means single-type
			 body of matrix containing a short, often used set of letters or words, a
			 distinctive signature, or name or a trademark or name plate.
(D) "Program" means the collegiate license
			 plate program.
(E) An institution
			 may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles to participate in the program. An
			 application by an institution shall be made via BMV form 4810
			 "Affidavit for Participation in Organizational/Collegiate
			 Specialty License Plate Program," which shall include
			 the following information: the name and address of the institution; a copy of
			 the certificate of authorization issued by the Ohio department of higher
			 education pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code; a copy of the logo in
			 a design format as required by the registrar to be used by the institution on
			 its license plates, which shall not exceed three inches in height and two
			 inches in width, along with the specific pms numbers for the colors involved;
			 and a release in favor of the bureau of motor vehicles of any copyright or
			 trademark rights possessed by the institution.
(F) The institution's application shall be
			 signed by an authorized agent of the institution, and, including the logo,
			 shall be subject to the approval of the registrar. The registrar may disapprove
			 the application if:
(1) the design
			 specifications would be, in the opinion of the registrar, confusing to a person
			 attempting to read the registration numbers or letters on the collegiate
			 license plates; or
(2) the
			 application lacks some or all of the necessary information; or
(3) the application does not include a
			 completed BMV form 4820 "Petition to Establish Organizational
			 License Plate." The registrar shall notify the institution of his approval or
			 disapproval in writing.