Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501:1 - Bureau of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 4501:1-1 - Driver Licenses › Section 4501:1-1-19 - Issuance of minor's license

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall not
			 grant the application of any minor under eighteen years of age for a
			 probationary license or restricted license, unless the application is signed by
			 one of the minor's parents, the minor's guardian, other person having custody
			 of the applicant, or, if there is no parent or guardian, by a responsible
			 person who is willing to assume the obligation imposed under this rule.
When a minor under eighteen years of age applies for a
				probationary license or restricted license, the registrar of motor vehicles
				shall give the adult who signs the application notice of the potential
				liability that can be imputed to the adult pursuant to paragraph (B) of this
				rule and notice of how the adult can prevent any liability from being imputed
				to him pursuant to paragraph (B) of this rule.
(B) Any negligence, or willful or wanton
			 misconduct, that is committed by a minor under eighteen years of age when
			 driving a motor vehicle upon a highway shall be imputed to the person who has
			 signed the application of the minor for a probationary license or restricted
			 license, which person shall be jointly and severally liable with the minor for
			 any damages caused by the negligence or the willful or wanton misconduct.
There shall be no imputed liability imposed under this
				paragraph, if a minor under eighteen years of age has proof of financial
				responsibility with respect to the operation of a motor vehicle owned by the
				minor or, if the minor is not the owner of a motor vehicle, with respect to the
				minor's operation of any motor vehicle, in the form and in the amounts required
				under Chapter 4509. of the Revised Code, the "Financial Responsibility Law,"
				which defines the penalties which can be imposed as a result of a conviction or
				motor vehicle accident along with the provisions which must be met in order to
				bring the individual into compliance with this chapter of the Revised Code to
				maintain driving privileges in this state as a result of a conviction of a
				moving violation or a motor vehicle accident. This chapter also establishes the
				limits of acceptable financial responsibility requirements.
(C) Any person who has signed the application
			 of a minor under eighteen years of age for a license, may thereafter surrender
			 to the registrar the license or temporary instruction permit of the minor and
			 request that the license or permit be canceled. The registrar shall then cancel
			 the license or temporary permit, and the person who signed the application of
			 the minor shall be relieved from the liability by paragraph (B) of this rule.
(D) Rule
			 4501:1-1-37
			 of the Administrative Code shall govern the application requirements for a
			 nonrenewable license or a nonrenewable identification card issued to a minor
			 temporary resident of the United States.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				01/19/2016 and
				01/15/2021
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4501.02,
				4507.01,
				4507.09
Rule
				Amplifies: 4507.06,
				4507.09
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/18/80, 11/2/95, 5/15/02 (Emer.), 12/2/02, 4/23/06,
				8/13/07