Ohio Revised Code Search

...person shall do any of the following: (1) Operate in this state a motor vehicle for which a certificate of title is required without having that certificate in accordance with this chapter or, if a physical certificate of title has not been issued for a motor vehicle, operate the motor vehicle in this state knowing that the ownership information relating to the vehicle has not been entered into the aut...

...erson shall do any of the following: (1) Procure or attempt to procure a certificate of title or a salvage certificate of title or assignment form as prescribed by the registrar of motor vehicles for a motor vehicle, or pass or attempt to pass a certificate of title, a salvage certificate of title, an assignment form, or any assignment of a certificate of title or salvage certificate of title or assignment form for...

...hicle if both of the following apply: (1) The scrap metal dealer purchased the motor vehicle in the ordinary course of business. (2) The scrap metal dealer received an endorsed and notarized certificate of title to the motor vehicle from a seller, regardless of whether the certificate of title was issued pursuant to section 4505.06, 4505.10, 4505.101, 4505.102, 4505.11, or 4505.19 of the Revised Code. (B) If a cer...

...y all of the following information: (1) The name and residence address of the licensee; (2) A photograph of the licensee showing the licensee's uncovered face; (3) A physical description of the licensee, including sex, height, weight, and color of eyes and hair; (4) The licensee's date of birth; (5) The licensee's social security number if the person has requested that the number be displayed in accord...

...ired shall do any of the following: (1) Drive a commercial motor vehicle while having a measurable or detectable amount of alcohol or of a controlled substance in the person's blood, breath, or urine; (2) Drive a commercial motor vehicle while having an alcohol concentration of four-hundredths of one per cent or more by whole blood or breath; (3) Drive a commercial motor vehicle while having an alcohol conce...

...ector, may, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt any rules necessary to carry out this chapter. (B) The department of public safety may do all of the following: (1) Enter into or make any agreements, arrangements, or declarations necessary to carry out this chapter; (2) Charge a fee for all publications that is equal to the cost of printing the publications. (C) Nothing in this chapter...

...ny of the following specifications: (1) The vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating of ten thousand one pounds or more. (2) The vehicle is designed to transport sixteen or more passengers, including the driver. (3) The vehicle is used in the transportation of hazardous materials in a quantity requiring placarding under the regulations issued by the United States secretary...

...have the same meanings as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. "Driver's license" means a class D license issued to any person to operate a motor vehicle or motor-driven cycle, other than a commercial motor vehicle, and includes "probationary license," "restricted license," "limited term license," and any operator's or chauffeur's license issued before January 1, 1990. "Probationary license" means the licens...

...(A)(1) No person shall be required to obtain a driver's or commercial driver's license for the purpose of temporarily driving, operating, drawing, moving, or propelling a road roller or road machinery upon a street or highway. (2) No person shall be required to obtain a driver's or commercial driver's license for the purpose of temporarily driving, operating, drawing, moving, or propelling any agricultural tractor o...

...(A) Except as provided in section 4507.11 of the Revised Code, the registrar of motor vehicles shall examine every applicant for a temporary instruction permit, driver's license, or motorcycle operator's endorsement before issuing any such permit, license, or endorsement. (B) Except as provided in section 4507.12 of the Revised Code, the registrar may waive the examination of any person applying for the renewal of a...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (C) of section 4507.10 of the Revised Code, each person applying for the renewal of a driver's license in person at a deputy registrar office shall submit to a screening of the person's vision before the license may be renewed. Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the vision screening shall be conducted at the office of the deputy registrar receiving the applica...

...(A)(1) The registrar of motor vehicles shall issue a driver's license to every person licensed as an operator of motor vehicles other than commercial motor vehicles. No person licensed as a commercial motor vehicle driver under Chapter 4506. of the Revised Code need procure a driver's license, but no person shall drive any commercial motor vehicle unless licensed as a commercial motor vehicle driver. (2) Every dri...

...as the same meaning as in section 4509.01 of the Revised Code. (B) An application for a driver's, commercial driver's, restricted, or probationary license, or renewal of such license shall contain a statement, to be signed by the applicant, that does all of the following: (1) States that the applicant maintains, or has maintained on the applicant's behalf, proof of financial responsibility at the time of applicat...

... fee, if all of the following apply: (1) The license or card is valid and its expiration date is not within ninety days of the date for renewal. (2) The license or card indicates the licensee or cardholder was a noncitizen. (3) At the time of application, the applicant is a United States citizen. (B) The applicant shall include any documentary evidence of United States citizenship with an application made und...

...ing obtained a driver's license. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, whoever violates this section is guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor. When the offense is an unclassified misdemeanor, the offender shall be sentenced pursuant to sections 2929.21 to 2929.28 of the Revised Code, except that the offender shall not be sentenced to a jail term; the offender shall not be sentenced to ...

... Ohio credential issued after July 2, 2018, may apply online to obtain an exact reprint of that Ohio credential. Not more than one hundred eighty days after April 12, 2021, the registrar of motor vehicles shall make the reprint application process available through electronic means on the bureau of motor vehicle's web site. A reprint of an Ohio credential shall be available only through the online process. (C) An a...

...school" means any of the following: (1) A private business enterprise conducted by an individual, association, partnership, or corporation for the education and training of persons to operate or drive motor vehicles, that does any of the following: (a) Uses public streets or highways to provide training and charges a consideration or tuition for such services; (b) Provides an online driver education course a...

...ersons with disabilities after June 30, 1978, unless it has been licensed for such operation by the director. No person shall act as a specially trained instructor in a driver training program for persons with disabilities operated by a school after June 30, 1978, unless that person has been licensed by the director. (C) The director shall certify instructors to teach driver training to persons with disabilities i...

...As used in sections 4509.01 to 4509.78 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" includes every natural person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation. (B) "Driver" means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle. (C) "License" includes any license, permit, or privilege to operate a motor vehicle issued under the laws of this state including: (1) Any temporary instruction per...

...formation with respect to any person: (1) An enumeration of the motor vehicle accidents in which such person has been involved except accidents certified as described in division (D) of section 3937.41 of the Revised Code; (2) Such person's record of convictions for violation of the motor vehicle laws. (B) The registrar shall collect for each abstract a fee of five dollars. (C) The registrar may permit deputy reg...

... used in this section and sections 4509.101 and 4509.102 of the Revised Code, "electronic wireless communications device" includes any of the following: (1) A wireless telephone, including a cellular telephone; (2) A personal digital assistant; (3) A computer, including a laptop computer, a netbook computer, and a tablet computer; (4) Any other substantially similar wireless device that is designed or used to com...

...ded 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 vehicle under division (A)(1) of section 4509.101 of the Revised Code.

...ecurity and suspension in sections 4509.12 and 4509.17 of the Revised Code do not apply: (1) To the driver or the owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident in which no injury or damage was caused to the person or property of anyone other than such driver or owner; (2) To the driver or owner of a motor vehicle which at the time of the accident was parked, unless such motor vehicle was parked at a place where ...

...ecified in division (B)(6) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code on the person as provided in section 4509.17 of the Revised Code. Such an order of suspension remains in effect until any of the following occurs: (1) Security is deposited by the person to whom the suspension applies in such amount as the registrar may then determine; (2) The registrar receives satisfactory evidence that the entire obligation has be...

...ecified in division (B)(6) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code of the license and registration and any nonresident's operating privilege of any person against whom such judgment was rendered, except as provided in sections 4509.01 to 4509.78 of the Revised Code. Such certified copy of a judgment shall include the last known address, the social security number, if known, and the operator's license number, of the j...