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...Unless a suspension is terminated under other provisions of sections 4509.01 to 4509.78, inclusive, of the Revised Code, any order of suspension by the registrar of motor vehicles under such sections shall remain in effect and no license shall be renewed for or issued to any person whose license is suspended and no registration shall be renewed for or issued to any person whose motor vehicle registration is suspended...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the security deposit fund. All security deposits that the registrar of motor vehicles requires to be paid under section 4509.12 of the Revised Code and that the registrar receives shall be deposited into the fund. Moneys in the fund shall be applied only to the payment of a judgment for damages arising out of an accident as provided in section 4509.28 of the Revised Code ...

...(A) Security deposited with the registrar of motor vehicles shall be applicable only to the payment of judgments for damages arising out of the accident in question in an action against the person on whose behalf the deposit was made which action was begun within two years after the date of the accident, or upon assignment by the depositor for the settlement of claims arising out of such accident. (B) Every distribu...

...Upon the expiration of two years from the date of any accident for which a security deposit has been made, any security remaining on deposit shall be returned to the depositor or to his personal representative if an affidavit or other evidence satisfactory to the registrar of motor vehicles has been filed: (A) That no action for damages arising out of the accident for which deposit was made, begun within two years a...

...le accident or failure to give proof of financial responsibility, under circumstances which would require the registrar to suspend a nonresident's operating privilege had the accident occurred in this state, the registrar shall impose a class F suspension of the person's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege for the perio...

...The report required following a motor vehicle accident, the action taken by the registrar of motor vehicles pursuant to sections 4509.11 to 4509.291, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the findings of the registrar upon which such action is based, and the security filed as provided in such section, shall not be referred to in any way and shall not be evidence of the negligence or due care of either party at the trial of...

...gives and thereafter maintains proof of financial responsibility in accordance with section 4509.45 of the Revised Code. The registrar shall also suspend the privilege of the use in this state of every motor vehicle owned by the nonresident, except that the registrar shall not suspend the privilege if the owner has given or immediately gives and thereafter maintains proof of financial responsibility with respect to ...

...gives and thereafter maintains proof of financial responsibility in accordance with section 4509.45 of the Revised Code. (B) The suspension of registration referred to in such sections shall remain in effect and the registrar shall not register or reregister in the name of any person whose registration is so suspended as owner of any motor vehicle, nor return or re-issue license plates for such vehicle, until such p...

...nt creditor or the judgment creditor's attorney, the clerk of the court which rendered the judgment, or the judge of the court or mayor of the mayor's court if the court has no clerk, immediately shall forward a certified copy of the judgment to the registrar of motor vehicles. Whenever any nonresident has been convicted of an offense for which the court is required to impose a license suspension under any provisi...

...If the defendant named in any certified copy of a judgment, conviction, or order of bail forfeiture reported to the registrar of motor vehicles is a nonresident, the registrar shall transmit a certified copy of the judgment, conviction, or order of bail forfeiture to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses and registration of the state of which the defendant is a resident.

...) The judgment debtor presents proof of financial responsibility to the registrar proving that the judgment debtor was covered, at the time of the motor vehicle accident out of which the cause of action arose, by proof of financial responsibility in compliance with section 4509.101 of the Revised Code. (2) The judgment debtor proves to the registrar that the judgment debtor's registration and license have been previ...

... the judgment debtor furnishes proof of financial responsibility and thereafter maintains it in accordance with section 4509.45 of the Revised Code.

...No license, registration, or nonresident's operating privilege shall be suspended for nonpayment of a judgment under sections 4509.01 to 4509.78, inclusive, of the Revised Code, if the registrar of motor vehicles finds that an insurer is obligated to pay such judgment, at least to the extent and for the amounts required in such sections, but has not paid such judgment. A finding by the registrar that an insurer is ob...

...registrar of motor vehicles evidence of financial responsibility in accordance with section 4509.45 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Judgments are satisfied for the purpose of sections 4509.01 to 4509.78, inclusive, of the Revised Code, in each of the following cases: (1) When twenty-five thousand dollars has been credited upon any judgments in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of one person as a result of any one accident; (2) When the sum of fifty thousand dollars has been credited upon any judgments in exces...

...when the judgment debtor gives proof of financial responsibility and maintains it in accordance with section 4509.45 of the Revised Code, and obtains an order permitting the payment of the judgment in installments, and while the payment of any installment is not in default. (C) If the judgment debtor fails to pay any installment as specified by such order, then upon notice of default the registrar shall impose a cl...

...of any person required to file proof of financial responsibility unless such proof is furnished and maintained in accordance with section 4509.45 of the Revised Code.

...103 of the Revised Code. (B) Proof of financial responsibility when required under section 4509.101, 4509.33, 4509.34, 4509.38, 4509.40, 4509.42, 4509.44, or 4510.038 of the Revised Code may be given by filing and maintaining any of the following: (1) A financial responsibility identification card as provided in section 4509.104 of the Revised Code; (2) A certificate of insurance as provided in section 4509.46 ...

...Proof of financial responsibility may be furnished by filing with the registrar of motor vehicles the written certificate of any insurance carrier authorized to do business in this state certifying that there is in effect a motor-vehicle liability policy for the benefit of the person to furnish proof of financial responsibility. The certificate either shall state the expiration date of the policy, which date shall be...

...urance carrier shall execute a power of attorney authorizing the registrar to accept service on its behalf of notice or process in any action arising out of a motor-vehicle accident in this state; (B) The insurance carrier shall agree in writing that such policies shall be deemed to conform with the laws of this state relating to the terms of motor-vehicle liability policies issued in this state.

...which has qualified to furnish proof of financial responsibility, defaults in any such undertakings or agreements, the registrar of motor vehicles shall not thereafter accept as proof any certificate of such carrier whether theretofore filed or thereafter tendered as proof, so long as such default continues.

...Every motor-vehicle liability policy shall set forth the name and address of the insured, the coverage afforded by the policy, the premium charged, the policy period, the limits of liability, and shall contain an agreement or be indorsed that insurance is provided in accordance with the coverage defined in sections 4509.01 to 4509.78, inclusive, of the Revised Code, with respect to bodily injury and death or property...

...The requirements for a motor-vehicle liability policy may be fulfilled by the policies of one or more insurance carriers which policies together meet such requirements.

...Subject to the terms and conditions of an owner's policy, every owner's policy of liability insurance: (A) Shall designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference all motor vehicles with respect to which coverage is thereby granted; (B) Shall insure the person named therein and any other person, as insured, using any such motor vehicles with the express or implied permission of the insured, agains...

...Every operator's policy of liability insurance shall insure the person named as insured against loss from the liability imposed upon him by law for damages arising out of the use by him of any motor vehicle not owned by him, within the same territorial limits and subject to the same limits of liability as are set forth with respect to an owner's policy or liability insurance.