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...r permit issued by another state. (B)(1) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (2) The offense established under division (B)(1) of this section is a strict liability offense and strict liability is a culpable mental state for purposes of section 2901.20 of the Revised Code. The designation of this offense as a strict liability offense shall not be construed to imply that...

...(A)(1) The registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar shall issue an identification card to a person when all of the following apply: (a) The registrar or deputy registrar receives an application completed in accordance with section 4507.51 of the Revised Code and, if the person is under seventeen years of age, payment of the applicable fees. (b) The person is a resident or a temporary resident of this s...

...(A)(1) The director of public safety, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt and prescribe such rules concerning the administration and enforcement of this chapter as are necessary to protect the public. The rules shall require an assessment of the holder of a probationary instructor license. The director shall inspect the school facilities and equipment of applicants and licensees and examine appli...

...e punished as provided in divisions (D)(1) to (3) of this section. Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of driving under a nonpayment of judgment suspension and shall be punished as provided in divisions (D)(1) to (3) of this section. (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (D)(2) of this section, the offense is an unclassified misdemeanor. When the offense is an unclassified misdemeanor, t...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Offender" means a person who has been granted limited or unlimited driving privileges by a court of this state subject to the condition that the person operate only a vehicle with a certified ignition interlock device under section 4510.021, 4510.022, or 4510.13 of the Revised Code. (2) "Ignition interlock device violation" means that a certified ignition interlock device indicates...

...hat has been suspended under section 4511.19 or 4511.191 of the Revised Code, the registrar of motor vehicles, notwithstanding any other provision of law that purports to require the registrar to retain the license or permit, may destroy the license or permit. (B)(1) Subject to division (B)(2) of this section, if a driver's or commercial driver's license or permit that has been suspended under section 4511.19 or 4...

...As used in sections 4511.092 to 4511.0914 of the Revised Code: (A) "Designated party" means the person whom the registered owner of a motor vehicle, upon receipt of a ticket based upon images recorded by a traffic law photo-monitoring device that indicate a traffic law violation, identifies as the person who was operating the vehicle of the registered owner at the time of the violation. (B) "Law enforcement offic...

...vice used in that local authority. (B)(1) Commencing January 2015, not later than the last day of January of each year, the manufacturer of a traffic law photo-monitoring device shall provide to the applicable local authority a certificate of proper operation that attests to the accuracy of the device in recording a traffic law violation. (2) In addition to the requirement prescribed in division (B)(1) of this sect...

...kless trolley in violation of section 4511.194 of the Revised Code or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, or for operating a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley in violation of division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a municipal OVI ordinance, regardless of whether the person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege is or is not susp...

...not apply to either of the following: (1) A person using an electronic wireless communications device for emergency purposes, including an emergency contact with a law enforcement agency, hospital or health care provider, fire department, or other similar emergency agency or entity; (2) A person using an electronic wireless communications device whose motor vehicle is in a stationary position and the motor vehicle ...

...lf of the roadway, except as follows: (1) When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction, or when making a left turn under the rules governing such movements; (2) When an obstruction exists making it necessary to drive to the left of the center of the highway; provided, any person so doing shall yield the right of way to all vehicles traveling in the proper direction upon the unobstruc...

...(A)(1) Upon the approach of a public safety vehicle or coroner's vehicle, equipped with at least one flashing, rotating or oscillating light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of the vehicle and the driver is giving an audible signal by siren, exhaust whistle, or bell, no driver of any other vehicle shall fail to yield the right-of-way, immediately drive if p...

...n if either of the following applies: (1) The movement of the funeral procession is in accordance with section 4511.451 of the Revised Code. (2) The movement of the funeral procession generally is in accordance with section 4511.451 of the Revised Code, but the operator of one or more motor vehicles that are in the procession, that are not owned or operated by the owner, the operator, or an employee of the funeral ...

...s required by division (A) of section 4511.45 of the Revised Code impedes the ability of the public safety vehicle to respond to an emergency, any emergency personnel in the public safety vehicle may report the license plate number and a general description of the vehicle and the operator of the vehicle to the law enforcement agency exercising jurisdiction over the area where the alleged violation occurred. (B)(1) ...

...ns, and erect stop signs thereat. (C)(1) The department and local authorities shall erect stop signs at a railroad highway grade crossing in either of the following circumstances: (a) New warning devices that are not grade crossing warning systems are being installed at the grade crossing, and railroad crossbucks were the only warning devices at the grade crossing prior to the installation of the new warning devi...

...ighting equipment required by section 4511.771 of the Revised Code, of all school buses both publicly and privately owned and operated in this state. (B) The department of education and workforce, by and with the advice of the director of public safety, shall adopt and enforce rules relating to the operation of all vehicles used for pupil transportation. (C) No person shall operate a vehicle used for pupil tran...

... of any township subject to section 505.17 of the Revised Code, may regulate passenger car and motorcycle noise on streets and highways under their jurisdiction. Such regulations shall include maximum permissible noise limits measured in decibels, subject to the requirements of this section. (B) Regulations establishing maximum permissible noise limits measured in decibels shall prohibit the operation, within the sp...

...(A)(1) No person shall operate any motor vehicle manufactured or assembled on or after January 1, 1954, unless the vehicle is equipped with electrical or mechanical directional signals. (2) No person shall operate any motorcycle or motor-driven cycle manufactured or assembled on or after January 1, 1968, unless the vehicle is equipped with electrical or mechanical directional signals. (B) "Directional signals" mean...

...s used in this section and in section 4513.263 of the Revised Code, the component parts of a "seat safety belt" include a belt, anchor attachment assembly, and a buckle or closing device. (B) No person shall sell, lease, rent, or operate any passenger car, as defined in division (E) of section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, that is registered or to be registered in this state and that is manufactured or assembled on o...

...k motor vehicle as defined in section 4513.63 of the Revised Code, that: (1) Has come into the possession of the sheriff, chief, state highway patrol trooper, or officer as a result of the performance of the sheriff's, chief's, trooper's, or officer's duties; or (2) Has been left on a public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel, or upon or within the right-of-way of any roa...

...ment including, but not limited to: (1) The name and address of the shared vehicle owner and the shared vehicle driver; (2) The driver's license number and state of issuance of the shared vehicle driver and any other person who will operate the shared vehicle during the car sharing period. (B) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall collect, verify, and maintain records pertaining to the use of each shared ...

...rson shall do any of the following: (1) Engage in the business of displaying or selling at retail new motor vehicles or assume to engage in that business, unless the person is licensed as a new motor vehicle dealer under sections 4517.01 to 4517.45 of the Revised Code, or is a salesperson employed by a licensed new motor vehicle dealer; (2) Engage in the business of offering for sale, displaying for sale, or sel...

...tatus concerns any of the following: (1) Personnel of owners, partners, officers, or directors; (2) Location of office or principal place of business; (3) In the case of a motor vehicle dealer, any contract or agreement with any manufacturer or distributor; and in the case of a distributor, any contract or agreement with any manufacturer. (B) The notification required by division (A) of this section shall be ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Stop-sale or do-not-drive order" means a notification issued by a motor vehicle manufacturer to its franchised motor vehicle dealers stating that certain used motor vehicles in inventory shall not be sold, either at retail or wholesale, leased, or driven due to a federal safety recall or a federal or state emissions recall. (2) "Average trade-in value" means the approximate monet...

...a highway as designated in division (A)(1) of section 4519.40 of the Revised Code, whenever the crossing can be made in safety and will not interfere with the movement of vehicular traffic approaching from any direction on the highway, and provided that the operator yields the right-of-way to any approaching traffic that presents an immediate hazard; (B) On highways in the county or township road systems whenever th...