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...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Public record" means records kept by any public office, including, but not limited to, state, county, city, village, township, and school district units, and records pertaining to the delivery of educational services by an alternative school in this state kept by the nonprofit or for-profit entity operating the alternative school pursuant to section 3313.533 of the Revised Code. "...

...(A) Unclaimed or forfeited property in the custody of a law enforcement agency, other than property described in division (A)(2) of section 2981.11 of the Revised Code, shall be disposed of by order of any court of record that has territorial jurisdiction over the political subdivision that employs the law enforcement agency, as follows: (1) Drugs shall be disposed of pursuant to section 3719.11 of the Revised Code ...

...(A)(1) A sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, municipal police officer, township constable, police officer of a township or joint police district, member of a police force employed by a metropolitan housing authority under division (D) of section 3735.31 of the Revised Code, member of a police force employed by a regional transit authority under division (Y) of section 306.35 of the Revised Code, state u...

...(A) The chief or head law enforcement officer of any federal, state, or local law enforcement agency or a prosecuting attorney of any county may request any insurance company, or agent authorized by the company to act on its behalf, that has investigated or is investigating a claim involving motor vehicle insurance or vessel insurance to release any information in its possession relevant to the claim. The company or ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Business entity" means any form of corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, joint venture, business trust, or sole proprietorship that conducts business in this state. (2) "Business of private investigation" and "private investigator" have the same meanings as in section 4749.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Disabled adult" and "elderly person" have the same meanings as ...

...(A) The department of administrative services, in addition to those powers enumerated in Chapters 124. and 125. of the Revised Code and provided elsewhere by law, shall exercise the following powers: (1) To prepare and suggest comprehensive plans for the development of grounds and buildings under the control of a state agency; (2) To acquire, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or grant, all real estate required ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Firearm," "concealed handgun license," "handgun," "valid concealed handgun license," and "active duty" have the same meanings as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code. (2) "Unloaded" has the same meanings as in divisions (K)(5) and (6) of section 2923.16 of the Revised Code, except that all references in the definition in division (K)(5) of that section to "vehicle" shall be con...

...(A) A board of county commissioners of any county containing fifty-five or more law enforcement agencies by resolution may elect to participate in a criminal justice regional information system, either by creating and maintaining a new criminal justice regional information system or by participating in an existing criminal justice regional information system. (B) A county is not eligible to participate in any crimi...

...(A)(1) No person shall operate, or permit the operation of, a motor vehicle in this state, unless proof of financial responsibility is maintained continuously throughout the registration period with respect to that vehicle, or, in the case of a driver who is not the owner, with respect to that driver's operation of that vehicle. (2) Whoever violates division (A)(1) of this section shall be subject to the following...

...As used in this chapter and in Chapter 4513. of the Revised Code: (A) "Vehicle" means every device, including a bicycle, motorized bicycle, and an electric bicycle, in, upon, or by which any person or property may be transported or drawn upon a highway. "Vehicle" does not include any motorized wheelchair, any electric personal assistive mobility device, any low-speed micromobility device, any personal delivery devi...

...(A) If a person is arrested 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 or for being in physical control of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley in violation of section 4511.194 of the Revised Code or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance and if the person's driver's or commercial drive...

...(A) As used in this section and each section referenced in division (B) of this section, all of the following apply: (1) "Distracted" means doing either of the following while operating a vehicle: (a) Using an electronic wireless communications device, as defined in section 4511.204 of the Revised Code, in violation of that section; (b) Engaging in any activity that is not necessary to the operation of a veh...

...(A) As used in this section and in section 4513.99 of the Revised Code: (1) "Automobile" means any commercial tractor, passenger car, commercial car, or truck that is required to be factory-equipped with an occupant restraining device for the operator or any passenger by regulations adopted by the United States secretary of transportation pursuant to the "National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966," 80 S...

...(A) Each local authority that enacts any ordinance, resolution, or regulation pursuant to division (A) of section 4521.02 of the Revised Code shall adopt a parking ticket to be used by its law enforcement officers. The "Ohio Uniform Traffic Ticket" described in Traffic Rule 3(A) and (B) may be used as the parking ticket. The parking ticket adopted by a local authority shall be the summons and complaint for purposes o...

...(A) Each arson offender who has received notice pursuant to section 2909.14 of the Revised Code shall register personally with the sheriff of the county in which the arson offender resides or that sheriff's designee within the following time periods: (1) An arson offender who receives notice under division (A)(1) of section 2909.14 of the Revised Code shall register within ten days after the arson offender is...

...(A)(1) The sheriff of a county or chief of a law enforcement agency of a municipal corporation, township, port authority, conservancy district, or township or joint police district, within the sheriff's or chief's respective territorial jurisdiction, upon complaint of any person adversely affected, may order into storage any motor vehicle, other than an abandoned junk motor vehicle as defined in section 4513.63 of th...

...(A) The motor vehicle repair board shall appoint an individual who is not a member of the board as a full-time employee of the board to serve as the executive director of the board. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure and direction of the board. The director of administrative services shall establish the executive director's salary in a pay range as provided in division (J) of section 124.15 of t...

...The tax commissioner may enter into cooperative reciprocal agreements providing for the imposition of fuel use taxes on an apportionment or allocation basis with the proper authority of any state, any commonwealth, the District of Columbia, a state or province of a foreign country, or a territory or possession of the United States or of a foreign country. The agreement may provide for determining the base state for f...

...Any person may apply for a permit to transport fish that are for sale, sold, or purchased. The chief of the division of wildlife shall issue an annual permit granting the applicant the privilege to transport such fish, upon filing of an application on a form prescribed by the chief and payment of a fee of sixty-five dollars. No person shall transport any fish or part thereof that is for sale, sold, or purchased, whet...

...(A)(1)(a) Immediately after a sentencing hearing is held on or after January 1, 2008, for an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a sexually oriented offense and is sentenced to a prison term, a term of imprisonment, or any other type of confinement and before the offender is transferred to the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction or to the official in charge of the jail, workhouse, ...

...(A) Pursuant to the general assembly's authority to establish a minimum wage under Section 34 of Article II, Ohio Constitution, this section is in implementation of Section 34a of Article II, Ohio Constitution. In implementing Section 34a of Article II, Ohio Constitution, the general assembly hereby finds that the purpose of Section 34a of Article II, Ohio Constitution, is to: (1) Ensure that Ohio employees, as defi...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, on and after September 13, 1997, the registrar of motor vehicles, and any employee or contractor of the bureau of motor vehicles, shall not knowingly disclose or otherwise make available to any person or entity any personal information about an individual that the bureau obtained in connection with a motor vehicle record. (B)(1) On and after September 13, 1997...

...(A) As used in this section and in section 4511.69 of the Revised Code: (1) "Person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk" means any person who, as determined by a health care provider, meets any of the following criteria: (a) Cannot walk two hundred feet without stopping to rest; (b) Cannot walk without the use of, or assistance from, a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Alcohol concentration" means the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood, breath, or urine. When expressed as a percentage, it means grams of alcohol per the following: (1) One hundred milliliters of whole blood, blood serum, or blood plasma; (2) Two hundred ten liters of breath; (3) One hundred milliliters of urine. (B) "Commercial driver's license" means a license issued...

...(A) Both of the following are deemed to have given consent to a test or tests of the person's whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, oral fluid, or urine for the purpose of determining the person's alcohol concentration or the presence of any controlled substance or a metabolite of a controlled substance: (1) A person while operating a commercial motor vehicle that requires a commercial driver's license or co...