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...As used in sections 4738.01 to 4738.16 of the Revised Code: (A) "Motor vehicle salvage dealer" means any person who engages in business primarily for the purpose of selling salvage motor vehicle parts and secondarily for the purpose of selling at retail salvage motor vehicles or manufacturing or selling a product of gradable scrap metal. (B) "Salvage motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle which is in a wrecked, dis...

...(A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and (E) of this section, no person shall engage in the business of selling at retail salvage motor vehicle parts without first obtaining a motor vehicle salvage dealer's license pursuant to this chapter. (B)(1) Except as provided in divisions (C) and (E) of this section, no person shall engage in the business of selling at retail salvage motor vehicles nor, other than as a les...

...Every salvage motor vehicle auction and salvage motor vehicle pool shall comply with the reporting requirements of the national motor vehicle title information system.

...(A) No person licensed as a motor vehicle salvage dealer under this chapter shall engage in the business of selling at retail salvage motor vehicle parts or salvage motor vehicles, unless the business is operated primarily for the purpose of selling at retail salvage motor vehicle parts. Any person operating such a business primarily for the purpose of selling at retail salvage motor vehicle parts may secondarily sel...

...No person who is not an authorized purchaser shall purchase a salvage motor vehicle from a salvage motor vehicle auction or salvage motor vehicle pool.

...Each person applying for a motor vehicle salvage dealer license or a salvage motor vehicle auction license or a salvage motor vehicle pool license shall make out and deliver to the registrar of motor vehicles, upon a blank to be furnished by the registrar for that purpose, a separate application for license for each county in which the business is to be conducted. The application for each type of license shall be in ...

...At the time the registrar of motor vehicles grants the application of any person for a license under this chapter, the registrar shall issue to the person a license that shall have provisional status for a period of one hundred eighty days from the date of issuance. At the end of that period and subject to the results of the inspection described in section 4738.071 of the Revised Code of the place of business of the ...

...All license fees required by section 4738.05 of the Revised Code shall be paid to the registrar of motor vehicles, who shall pay the same into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund established in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the registrar of motor vehicles shall deny the application of any person for a license under this chapter and refuse to issue the person a license if the registrar finds that the applicant: (1) Has made false statement of a material fact in the individual's application; (2) Has not complied with sections 4738.01 to 4738.15 of the Revised Code: (3...

...When a person is first issued a license under this chapter, the license shall have provisional status for a period of one hundred eighty days from the date of issuance. Not later than one hundred eighty days after the date of issuance of a provisional license, the registrar of motor vehicles shall inspect or cause to be inspected the place of business of any person who is the holder of the license. If the person cond...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the motor vehicle salvage dealer's licensing board shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

...Any person licensed under this chapter shall notify the registrar of motor vehicles concerning any change in the status of his business during the period for which he is licensed, if the change of status concerns the following: (A) Personnel of owners, partners, officers, or directors; (B) Location of office or principal place of business. Notification shall be made by filing with the registrar, within fifteen ...

...The motor vehicle salvage dealer's licensing board shall consist of five members. The registrar of motor vehicles or his designee shall be a member of the board, and the other four members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Two appointed members shall have operated as a motor vehicle salvage dealer, salvage motor vehicle auction, or salvage motor vehicle pool in this state f...

...The motor vehicle salvage dealer's licensing board shall be a part of the department of public safety for administrative purposes in the following respects: (A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall be ex officio secretary and executive officer of said board, but he may designate any employee of the bureau of motor vehicles as acting secretary to perform the duties and exercise the powers of secretary of the board. ...

...(A) The motor vehicle salvage dealer's licensing board shall adopt rules prescribing the physical characteristics of facilities used by motor vehicle salvage dealers, salvage motor vehicle auctions, and salvage motor vehicle pools, which shall include requirements for fencing or otherwise screening the view of the facilities to at least the extent required for junkyards by sections 4737.07 and 4737.09 of the R...

...The motor vehicle salvage dealer's licensing board shall hear appeals which may be taken from an order of the registrar of motor vehicles, refusing to issue a license. All appeals from any order of the registrar refusing to issue any license upon proper application made must be taken within thirty days from the date of the order, or the order is final and conclusive. All appeals from orders of the registrar must be ...

...The applications for licenses under this chapter are not part of the public records but are confidential information for the use of the registrar of motor vehicles, the motor vehicle salvage dealer's licensing board, and municipal police officers, county sheriffs, and officers of the state highway patrol. No person shall divulge any information contained in such applications and acquired by him in his official capaci...

...(A) The motor vehicle salvage dealer's licensing board shall make rules requiring motor vehicle salvage dealers, salvage motor vehicle auctions, and salvage motor vehicle pools to keep records of transactions involving purchase or sale of salvage motor vehicles or parts and may require the records to be kept for a reasonable length of time. (B) No motor vehicle salvage dealer, salvage motor vehicle pool, or salvage ...

...(A) No person who is not licensed as a salvage motor vehicle auction or salvage motor vehicle pool shall engage in the business of selling salvage motor vehicle parts or salvage motor vehicles at wholesale. (B)(1) Any person licensed as a salvage motor vehicle dealer under this chapter may sell salvage motor vehicle parts or salvage motor vehicles at wholesale. (2) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, a pe...

...The motor vehicle salvage dealer's licensing board shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Whoever violates section 4738.02 or 4738.03 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) Whoever violates section 4738.01, sections 4738.04 to 4738.13, or division (B) of section 4738.16 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (C) Whoever violates se...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Collision" means an occurrence in which two or more objects, whether mobile or stationary, contact one another in a manner that causes the alteration of the surface, structure, or appearance, whether separately or collectively, of an object that is party to the occurrence. (C) "Collision repair" ...

...(A) No person shall act as a motor vehicle collision repair operator or motor vehicle window tint operator unless the person is registered in accordance with this chapter. (B) Any person or entity that conducts or attempts to conduct business as a motor vehicle collision repair operator or motor vehicle window tint operator in violation of this chapter performs an unfair and deceptive act or practice in violat...

...(A) There is hereby created the motor vehicle repair board consisting of seven members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Each member of the board shall be a resident of the state. Five members shall be motor vehicle collision repair operators. One member shall possess expertise in motor vehicle mechanical repair, and one member shall be a representative of the public who has ...

...(A) The motor vehicle repair board shall do all of the following: (1) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The rules shall include requirements for the type of liability insurance required under division (A) of section 4775.07 of the Revised Code. The rules shall permit the use of an insurance policy issued by any insurer autho...