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...fidential use of the registrar of motor vehicles, except that the registrar shall furnish a copy of such report to any person claiming to have been injured or damaged in a motor vehicle accident, or to his attorney, upon the receipt of a fee of one dollar and fifty cents for each search or report. Motor vehicle accident reports shall not be subject to subpoena or be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, ...

...n on the records of the bureau of motor vehicles. The person, within forty-five days after the date of the mailing of notification, shall present proof of financial responsibility, surrender the license to the registrar in a manner set forth in division (A)(4) of this section, or submit the statement required under this section together with other information the person considers appropriate. If the registrar does...

...No person who has knowingly failed to maintain proof of financial responsibility in accordance with section 4509.101 of the Revised Code shall produce any document or present to a peace officer an electronic wireless communications device that is displaying any text or images with the purpose to mislead a peace officer upon the request of a peace officer for proof of financial responsibility made in accordance with d...

...rm prescribed by the registrar of motor vehicles. It shall disclose the policy period and shall contain such other information as required by the registrar. (C) Notwithstanding division (B) of this section, in lieu of financial responsibility identification cards, each insurer writing motor vehicle liability insurance in this state may provide to a policyholder in this state to whom it has delivered or issued for de...

...Any automobile insurance policy that does not provide liability coverage at the time of issuance of at least the minimum amounts provided under division (K) of section 4509.01 of the Revised Code for proof of financial responsibility shall contain a clear and conspicuous warning on the face of the policy stating the policy does not constitute proof of financial responsibility as required for the operation of a motor ...

...Sections 4509.12 to 4509.30, inclusive, of the Revised Code apply to the driver and owner of any motor vehicle which is in any manner involved in a motor vehicle accident within this state.

...(A) The registrar of motor vehicles upon the expiration of twenty days after the receipt of a motor vehicle accident report, required under section 4509.01 to 4509.78, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall determine the amount of security which is sufficient to satisfy any judgments for damages resulting from the accident as may be recovered against each driver or owner involved in the accident; provided that in any ...

...The registrar of motor vehicles, within fifty days after receipt of report of any motor vehicle accident, or after receipt of additional evidence as may be requested by the registrar, and upon determining the amount of security to be required of any person involved in such accident or to be required of the owner of any motor vehicle involved in such accident, shall give written notice to such person of the amount of ...

...The registrar of motor vehicles may reduce the amount of security ordered if, in his judgment, the amount ordered is excessive; provided that in any accident resulting in personal injury, the amount shall in no case be reduced to an amount less than five hundred dollars. If the security originally ordered has been deposited, the excess deposit over the reduced amount ordered shall be returned to the depositor or his ...

...n such amount as the registrar of motor vehicles may require, but in no case involving personal injury in an amount less than five hundred dollars, or in excess of the limits specified in section 4509.20 of the Revised Code.

...Every person depositing security shall specify in writing whether the deposit is made on behalf of himself, another person, or both himself and another person required to deposit security. Such designation may at any time be changed, but any single deposit of security shall be applicable only on behalf of persons required to furnish security because of the same accident.

...hirty days after the registrar of motor vehicles has sent the notice provided for in section 4509.13 of the Revised Code, 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 period of time specified in division (B)(6) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code on the p...

...When a person failing to deposit security as required has no license or registration in this state, he shall not be issued a license or be allowed to register any motor vehicle until he has complied with section 4509.12 of the Revised Code to the same extent that would be necessary if at the time of the accident he had held a license or been the owner of a motor vehicle registered in this state.

...nd with respect to his driving of motor vehicles not owned by him; (7) To a driver or owner whose liability for damages resulting from the accident is, in the judgment of the registrar of motor vehicles, covered by any other form of liability insurance policy or bond; (8) To the driver or owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident to the extent that the owner of the motor vehicle at the time of the accident w...

...ney authorizing the registrar of motor vehicles to accept service on its behalf of notice or process in any action upon such policy or bond arising out of such accident. The registrar may rely upon the accuracy of the information in the required report of a motor vehicle accident as to the existence of insurance or a bond unless the registrar has reason to believe that the information is erroneous.

...has been filed with the bureau of motor vehicles, a release shall be required from that insurance company. For this purpose a covenant not to sue has the same effect as a release. If the registrar of motor vehicles has evaluated the injuries or damages to a minor in an amount not more than two hundred dollars the registrar may accept, for the purpose of this section only, evidence of a full release from all liabilit...

...A person may be relieved from the security requirements of section 4509.12 of the Revised Code upon final adjudication of non-liability with respect to such person as to all claims arising out of the accident.

...The payment in full of a judgment or payment on a judgment of an amount equivalent to the maximum which could be required for deposit under section 4509.15 of the Revised Code has the same effect as a release from liability under section 4509.21 of the Revised Code.

...ay be filed with the registrar of motor vehicles. (B) The registrar, upon filing of any such written agreement, shall not require the deposit of security by any party to the agreement for the benefit or protection of any party to the agreement. The registrar shall modify appropriately any prior order of suspension with reference to such persons, or if security has been deposited, the registrar immediately shall retu...

...The registrar of motor vehicles, if satisfied as to any fact which under sections 4509.21 to 4509.23 of the Revised Code would entitle a person to relief from sections 4509.12 and 4509.17 of the Revised Code, shall not require the deposit of security by the person so relieved and shall terminate any prior order of suspension with respect to that person, or if security previously has been deposited, the registrar imme...

...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 until either of the following happens: (A) There is deposited on his behalf the security required under section 4509.12 of the Re...

...ty 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 and to the return of security deposits as provided in sections 4509.25 and 4509.29 ...

...y 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 distribution of fun...

... 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 after the date of the accident, is pending against the person on whose behalf the deposit was made; (B) That there does not exist any unpaid judgment rendered against any such person in such an action.

...he Revised Code, the registrar of motor vehicles shall transmit a certified copy of the record of such action to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses and registration certificates in the state in which such nonresident resides, if the law of such other state provides for action in relation thereto similar to the provision set forth in division (B) of this section. (B) Upon receipt of a certification th...