Ohio Revised Code Search
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Section 4513.603 | Obtaining certificate of title to unclaimed motor vehicle.
...(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 i... |
Section 4513.61 | Storing vehicles in possession of law enforcement officers or left on public property.
...er, as applicable, to be necessary to a criminal investigation; (b) Retrieve any personal item from a vehicle if it would endanger the safety of the owner, unless the owner agrees to sign a waiver of liability. For purposes of division (C)(2) of this section, "personal items" do not include any items that are attached to the vehicle. (3) If the owner or lienholder of the motor vehicle reclaims it after a search... |
Section 4513.611 | Civil actions against towing service or storage facility.
...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Minor violation" means any of the following: (a) Failure to deliver a vehicle to the designated location within two hours after removal, unless the towing service was unable to deliver the motor vehicle within two hours due to an uncontrollable force, natural disaster, or other event that was not within the power of the towing service, as required under division (A)(2) of section... |
Section 4513.612 | Monetary compensation in exchange for authorization to tow; violation.
...A) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. |
Section 4513.62 | Disposal of unclaimed vehicles ordered into storage.
...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 scra... |
Section 4513.63 | Photograph and record of information as to abandoned junk vehicles.
..."Abandoned junk motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle meeting all of the following requirements: (A) Left on private property for forty-eight hours or longer without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property, 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-... |
Section 4513.64 | Willfully leaving abandoned junk motor vehicle.
...lates 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 cor... |
Section 4513.65 | Willfully leaving junk motor vehicle.
...lates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. |
Section 4513.66 | Removal of highway obstruction.
...(A) If a motor vehicle accident occurs on any highway, public street, or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel and if any motor vehicle, cargo, or personal property that has been damaged or spilled as a result of the motor vehicle accident is blocking the highway, street, or other property or is otherwise endangering public safety, a public safety official may do either of the following w... |
Section 4513.67 | Operation of towing service.
...1) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. A towing service that is issued a citation for a violation of division (B)(1) of this section is not permitted to enter a written plea of guilty and waive the right to contest the citation in a trial but instead must designate an agent to appear in person in the proper court to answer the charge. If the towing service is convicted of or pleads guilty to the offense... |
Section 4513.68 | Estimates of costs before towing.
...(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 t... |
Section 4513.69 | Storage facilities; business hours; notice.
...(A) A storage facility shall ensure that the facility remains open during both of the following periods of time to allow a vehicle owner or lienholder to retrieve a vehicle in the possession of the storage facility: (1) Any time during which a towing service is towing a vehicle pursuant to section 4513.601 of the Revised Code and the vehicle will be held by the storage facility; (2) Between nine o'clock in the mo... |
Section 4513.70 | Civil action against towing service or storage facility by insurance company.
...(A)(1) An insurance company may commence a civil action against a towing service or storage facility on its own behalf, on behalf of the holder of a policy of automobile insurance, or on behalf of a motor vehicle owner for either or both of the following reasons: (a) The recovery of a motor vehicle that has been towed or stored and for which a claim has been filed with the insurance company; (b) Objecting to the am... |
Section 4513.99 | Penalty.
...herwise provided, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. |
Section 4521.01 | Local, noncriminal parking infraction definitions.
...As used in this chapter: (A) "Parking infraction" means a violation of any ordinance, resolution, or regulation enacted by a local authority that regulates the standing or parking of vehicles and that is authorized pursuant to section 505.17 or 4511.07 of the Revised Code, or a violation of any ordinance, resolution, or regulation enacted by a local authority as authorized by this chapter, if the local authority in... |
Section 4521.02 | Creation of noncriminal parking violations.
...hedule of fines established pursuant to Traffic Rule 13(C), for a substantively comparable violation. Except as provided in this division, in no case shall any fine adopted or additional penalty prescribed pursuant to this division exceed one hundred dollars, plus costs and other administrative charges, per violation. If a local authority chooses to adopt a specific fine for a violation of an ordinance, resolution,... |
Section 4521.03 | Adoption of parking ticket.
...enforcement officers. The "Ohio Uniform Traffic Ticket" described in Traffic Rule 3(A) and (B) may be used as the parking ticket. The parking ticket adopted by a local authority shall be the summons and complaint for purposes of this chapter. (B) The parking ticket adopted by a local authority pursuant to division (A) of this section shall be used by its law enforcement officers in all cases in which a person is cha... |
Section 4521.04 | Establishing parking violations bureau.
...(A)(1) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation or township, by ordinance or resolution, may request the municipal court or county court having territorial jurisdiction over the municipal corporation or township to authorize the municipal corporation or township to establish a parking violations bureau to handle all parking infractions occurring within the territory of the municipal corporation or the uni... |
Section 4521.05 | Jurisdiction.
...d by the provisions of this chapter. No traffic violations bureau established pursuant to Traffic Rule 13 that otherwise would have jurisdiction over such a parking infraction shall have jurisdiction over it. The operating costs of a parking violations bureau shall be paid by the municipal corporation or township that establishes it, and the operating costs of a joint parking violations bureau shall be paid by all o... |
Section 4521.06 | Answer to charge of parking infraction.
...ureau, joint parking violations bureau, traffic violations bureau, or juvenile court, whichever is applicable, or by mail. A local authority may, by ordinance, resolution, or regulation, also authorize the answer to a charge of a parking infraction that is a violation of any of its ordinances, resolutions, or regulations to be made by telephone, in which case the parking ticket adopted by the local authority shall in... |
Section 4521.07 | Failure to answer parking infraction charge.
...au, joint parking violations bureau, or traffic violations bureau, or the juvenile court, that has jurisdiction over the parking infraction shall send notifications of infraction as follows: (1) If the person who fails to answer was the operator of the vehicle involved in the parking infraction at the time of the commission of the parking infraction and was personally served with the parking ticket, a notification o... |
Section 4521.08 | Hearing upon denial of parking infraction charge.
...au, joint parking violations bureau, or traffic violations bureau, or the juvenile court, that has jurisdiction shall conduct a hearing to determine if the person committed the parking infraction. Each hearing shall be conducted by a hearing examiner of the parking violations bureau or joint parking violations bureau, a hearing examiner or referee of the traffic violations bureau, or a referee of the juvenile court. ... |
Section 4521.09 | Liability of owner.
...au, joint parking violations bureau, or traffic violations bureau, or the juvenile court, that has jurisdiction over the parking infraction determines that the vehicle was being used without the owner's express or implied consent at that time. If the bureau or juvenile court does not so determine, it shall conduct the hearing concerning the infraction according to section 4521.08 of the Revised Code. (2) The owner a... |
Section 4521.10 | Notice of unpaid or default judgments.
...au, joint parking violations bureau, or traffic violations bureau in which the judgment was entered may give notice of that fact to the registrar of motor vehicles. The notice, if given, shall be given not earlier than sixteen days nor later than three years after the date of entry of the judgment, and shall be in a form and manner, and contain such information, as the registrar prescribes. (2) If three or more jud... |
Section 4776.01 | Criminal records checks definitions.
...on 4751.33 of the Revised Code. (F) "Criminal records check" has the same meaning as in section 109.572 of the Revised Code. |