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...itten policy for the pursuit in a motor vehicle of any person who violates a law of this state or an ordinance of a municipal corporation. In developing its policy, each law enforcement entity shall consider pursuit policy standards and best-practice recommendations as established by the Ohio collaborative community-police advisory board or a similar law enforcement accrediting entity. The chief law enforcement offic...

... or of any municipal ordinance, the law enforcement agency that investigates the case, upon request of the real property owner, shall provide the owner with the names of the persons who are charged with the commission of the offense. If a request for the names is made, the agency shall provide the names as soon as possible after the persons are charged with the offense. (C) The personnel of law enforcement agencies ...

...tification license plate number of each vehicle the offender or delinquent child owns, of each vehicle registered in the offender's or delinquent child's name, of each vehicle the offender or delinquent child operates as a part of employment, and of each other vehicle that is regularly available to be operated by the offender or delinquent child; a description of where each vehicle is habitually parked, stored, docke...

...y" includes, but is not limited to, any vehicle, any watercraft, and any aircraft. (9) "Money" has the same meaning as in section 1301.201 of the Revised Code. (10) "Offense" means any act or omission that could be charged as a criminal offense or a delinquent act, whether or not a formal criminal prosecution or delinquent child proceeding began at the time the forfeiture is initiated. Except as otherwise specified...

...disposal of any of the following: (a) Vehicles subject to forfeiture under Title XLV of the Revised Code, except as provided in division (A)(6) of section 2981.12 of the Revised Code; (b) Abandoned junk motor vehicles or other property of negligible value; (c) Property held by a department of rehabilitation and correction institution that is unclaimed, that does not have an identified owner, that the owner agre...

... business that removes tires from motor vehicles in the ordinary course of business and on which is located a single scrap tire storage area that occupies not more than twenty-five hundred square feet; (5) A solid waste facility licensed under section 3734.05 of the Revised Code that stores scrap tires on the surface of the ground if the total land area on which scrap tires are actually stored does not exceed ten ...

...t employee under the applicable federal law or Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code; (b) The employee's attorney; (c) The employee's parent, guardian, or legal custodian. A person "acting on behalf of an employee" must be specifically authorized by an employee in order to make a request for that employee's own name, address, occupation, pay rate, hours worked for each day worked, and each amount paid to that employee...

...ose of advancing and protecting the law enforcement profession, promoting improved law enforcement methods, and teaching respect for law and order. The registrar shall pay the contributions received pursuant to section 4503.712 of the Revised Code to Ohio concerns of police survivors, which shall use those contributions to provide whatever assistance may be appropriate to the families of Ohio law enforcement offic...

...ing, but not limited to, a court or law enforcement agency, in carrying out its functions, or for the use of a private person or entity acting on behalf of an agency of this state, another state, the United States, or a political subdivision of this state or another state in carrying out its functions; (b) For use in connection with matters regarding motor vehicle or driver safety and theft; motor vehicle emissions...

...r shall prescribe any forms used by law enforcement agencies in administering this section. No peace officer, law enforcement agency employing a peace officer, or political subdivision or governmental agency employing a peace officer, and no employee of the bureau is liable in a civil action for damages or loss to persons arising out of the performance of any duty required or authorized by this section. As used in...

...r" means a declaration by an authorized enforcement officer of a federal, state, local, Canadian, or Mexican jurisdiction declaring that a driver, commercial motor vehicle, or commercial motor carrier operation is out of service as defined in 49 C.F.R. 390.5. (CC) "Peace officer" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code. (DD) "Portable tank" means a liquid or gaseous packaging designed prima...

... plaintiff, no peace officer of any law enforcement agency within this state is liable in compensatory damages in any civil action that arises under the Revised Code or common law of this state for an injury, death, or loss to person or property caused in the performance of official duties under this section and rules adopted under this section, unless the officer's actions were manifestly outside the scope of the of...

...l designate the highway patrol, any law enforcement body, or any other employee of the department of public safety to supervise and conduct examinations for temporary instruction permits, drivers' licenses, and motorcycle operators' endorsements and shall provide the necessary rules and forms to properly conduct the examinations. A deputy registrar shall forward to the registrar the records of the examinations, toget...

...ions relating to the operation of motor vehicles in each of the jurisdictions; (2) Allow motorists to accept a traffic citation for certain violations and proceed on their way without delay whether or not the motorist is a resident of the jurisdiction in which the citation was issued; (3) Extend cooperation to its fullest extent among the jurisdictions for obtaining compliance with the terms of a traffic citation i...

...t the time of the violation. (B) "Law enforcement officer" means a police officer who is employed on a permanent, full-time basis by the law enforcement agency of a local authority that assigns such person to the location of a traffic law photo-monitoring device. (C) "Local authority" means a municipal corporation. (D) "Motor vehicle leasing dealer" has the same meaning as in section 4517.01 of the Revised Code...

...nd numerals on the license plate of the vehicle involved as well as the state that issued the license plate, the officer may use any lawful means to identify the registered owner. (B) The fact that a person or entity is the registered owner of a motor vehicle is prima facie evidence that that person or entity is the person who was operating the vehicle at the time of the traffic law violation. (C) Within thirty day...

...7) The name and badge number of the law enforcement officer who was present at the system location at the time of the violation, if applicable; (8) The amount of the civil penalty imposed, the date by which the civil penalty is required to be paid, and the address of the municipal court or county court with jurisdiction over the civil action to which the payment is to be sent; (9) A statement signed by a law enforc...

...l be deemed to apply to the driver of a vehicle on a private road where a stop sign is placed in accordance with division (A) of this section and to a pedestrian crossing such a road at an intersection where a stop sign is in place. (C) When a stop sign is placed in accordance with division (A) of this section, any law enforcement officer may apprehend a person found violating the stop sign and may stop and charge ...

...ming an interest arising out of a motor vehicle accident, or to the person's attorney, upon the payment of a nonrefundable fee of four dollars or the amount approved by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the law enforcement agency is located as provided in division (B) of this section. With respect to accidents investigated by the state highway patrol, the director of public safety ...

... governing searches and seizures by law enforcement officers; (5) Fees and charges for all of the following: (a) Boating skill development classes and other educational classes; (b) Law enforcement services provided at special events when the services are in addition to normal enforcement duties; (c) Inspections of vessels or motors conducted under Chapter 1547. or Chapter 1548. of the Revised Code. (D) The...

...d faith effort to contact the local law enforcement agency, the fire department, or a 9-1-1 operator prior to forcibly entering the vehicle. If contact is not possible prior to forcibly entering the vehicle, the person shall make contact as soon as possible after forcibly entering the vehicle. (4) Makes a good faith effort to place a notice on the vehicle's windshield with the person's contact information, the reaso...

...he person leaves the handgun in a motor vehicle. (c) The handgun does not leave the motor vehicle. (d) If the person exits the motor vehicle, the person locks the motor vehicle. (E)(1) Whoever violates division (A) or (B) of this section is guilty of illegal conveyance or possession of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance in a school safety zone. Except as otherwise provided in this division, illegal convey...

... This section does not apply to any law enforcement officer acting in the performance of the law enforcement officer's duties. (H)(1) This section does not apply to any licensed motor vehicle dealer or motor vehicle manufacturer that in the ordinary course of business repairs, purchases, receives in trade, leases, or sells a motor vehicle. (2) This section does not impose a duty on a licensed motor vehicle de...

...and furnished by the registrar of motor vehicles, and forward the form to the registrar. The registrar shall suspend the person's driver's or commercial driver's license, send written notification of the suspension to the person at the person's last known address, and order the person to surrender the person's driver's or commercial driver's license to the registrar within forty-eight hours. No valid driver's or comm...

...nuisances of a county, or any other law enforcement officer within the law enforcement officer's jurisdiction.