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...When a safety device has been installed in the traveled portion of a street at a railroad grade crossing for the protection of the traveling public, the municipal corporation shall place a warning sign not less than two hundred feet from the crossing. The driver of any vehicle shall place his vehicle under control at the location of said warning signs so as to be able to bring said vehicle to a complete stop at said...

...hat a police officer may inspect it to determine ownership. In accordance with section 1.51 of the Revised Code, this section shall, without exception, prevail over any special or local provision of the Revised Code that requires owners or operators of collector's vehicles to comply with standards of emission, noise, fuel usage, or physical condition in connection with an issuance of title to, or the sale or transfe...

...he transportation of passengers that meets at least one of the following: (a) Was originally designed by the manufacturer to transport more than fifteen passengers, including the driver; (b) Either the gross vehicle weight rating or the gross vehicle weight exceeds ten thousand pounds. (2) "Bus" does not include a church bus as defined in section 4503.07 of the Revised Code or a school bus unless the church bu...

...drive the bus directly to an inspection site conducted by the state highway patrol and directly back to the person's place of business without a valid registration and without displaying a safety inspection decal, provided that no passengers may occupy the bus during such operation. (C) The registrar of motor vehicles shall not accept an application for registration of a bus unless the bus owner presents a valid saf...

...way patrol to operate safety inspection sites, or to enter in or upon the property of any bus operator to conduct the safety inspections, or both. The rules also shall establish a fee, not to exceed two hundred dollars, for each bus inspected. (C) The state highway patrol shall conduct the bus safety inspections at least on an annual basis. An inspection conducted under this section is valid for twelve months unless...

... be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.

... of a vehicle towed under this section retrieves the vehicle, the towing service or storage facility in possession of the vehicle shall give the owner written notice that if the owner disputes that the motor vehicle was lawfully towed, the owner may be able to file a civil action under section 4513.611 of the Revised Code. (2) Upon presentation of proof of ownership as required under division (D)(1)(b) of this sect...

...this section. The towing service shall retain the photographs and the record of the time and date, in electronic or printed form, for at least thirty days after the date on which the vehicle is recovered by the owner or lienholder or at least two years after the date on which the vehicle was towed, whichever is earlier. (2) A towing service shall deliver a vehicle towed under division (B) of this section to the lo...

...ress by certified or express mail with return receipt requested, by certified mail with electronic tracking, or by a commercial carrier service utilizing any form of delivery requiring a signed receipt, and the notice informs the owner and any lienholder of the following: (a) The address where the motor vehicle is located; (b) That the motor vehicle dealer or repair facility will cause the vehicle to be towed i...

...ess, by certified or express mail with return receipt requested, by certified mail with electronic tracking, or by a commercial carrier service utilizing any form of delivery requiring a signed receipt, that informs the owner and any lienholder that the towing service or storage facility will obtain title to the motor vehicle if not claimed within sixty days after the date the notice was received. (3) The motor ve...

... 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 road or highway, for forty-eight hours or longer without notification to the sheriff, chief, or department of the reasons for leaving the motor vehicle in such place. However, when such a motor vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic it may be ordered into s...

...t shall award the vehicle owner three times the actual damages and reasonable attorney's fees. (D) A court that issues a judgment under this section against a towing service or storage facility shall send a copy of that judgment to the public utilities commission. The commission shall provide a copy of the judgment upon request.

...for the authorization to tow motor vehicles from a specified location or on behalf of the person to whom the towing service offered or provided the compensation. (2) Division (A)(1) of this section does not prohibit a towing service from negotiating or reducing towing and storage fees. (B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

...val and storage of the vehicle shall be credited to the general fund of the county, municipal corporation, port authority, township, conservancy district, university campus, park district, or joint police district, as the case may be. (2) Any money accrued by the department of natural resources pursuant to division (A) or (B) of this section that is in excess of the expenses resulting from the removal and storage ...

...andoned junk motor vehicle shall be deposited in the general fund of the county, township, port authority, conservancy district, university campus, park district, or the municipal corporation, as the case may be. (2) Any money arising from the disposal of an abandoned junk motor vehicle by the department of natural resources shall be deposited as follows: (a) To the wildlife fund created under section 1531.17 of ...

...ion of the property, or on a public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, or upon or within the right-of-way of any road or highway, for forty-eight hours or longer without notification to the sheriff of the county or chief of a law enforcement agency of the municipal corporation, township, port authority, conservancy district, university campus police department, pa...

...otor vehicle" means any motor vehicle meeting the requirements of divisions (A)(2), (3), (4), and (5) of section 4513.63 of the Revised Code that is left uncovered in the open on private property for more than seventy-two hours with the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property, except if the person is operating a junk yard or scrap metal processing facility licensed under authority ...

...ident occurs on any highway, public street, or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel and if any motor vehicle, cargo, or personal property that has been damaged or spilled as a result of the motor vehicle accident is blocking the highway, street, or other property or is otherwise endangering public safety, a public safety official may do either of the following without the consent of the ...

... in the business of towing a motor vehicle over any public highway in this state. (B) No towing service shall permit the operation of a towing vehicle on behalf of the towing service, unless both of the following apply: (1) The towing service holds a valid certificate of public convenience and necessity as required by Chapter 4921. of the Revised Code; and (2) The certificate number and business telephone number i...

...towing service is removing a motor vehicle, and the removal was not authorized under section 4513.60, 4513.601, 4513.61, or 4513.66 of the Revised Code, prior to removing the motor vehicle, the towing service shall provide a written estimate of the price for the removal to the operator of the motor vehicle, if requested. (B) The towing service shall ensure that any estimate provided under division (A) of this secti...

...or purposes of answering calls at all times day or night. (2) After receiving a call from the owner or lienholder of a vehicle who seeks to recover a vehicle that was towed pursuant to section 4513.601 of the Revised Code, the storage facility shall ensure that, within three hours of receiving the phone call, a representative of the storage facility is available to release the vehicle upon being presented with proo...

...of courts. (C) The court shall make a determination as to whether the amount charged by the towing service or storage facility is unreasonable. If the court determines that the amount is reasonable, the court shall order the insurance company to pay the amount billed minus the undisputed amount that the insurance company paid to the towing service or storage facility under division (B) of this section if a payment w...

...nt of the bill, the court shall make a determination as to whether the amount charged by the towing service or facility is unreasonable. If the court determines that the amount is reasonable, the court shall order the motor vehicle owner to pay the amount billed minus the undisputed amount that the owner previously paid to the towing service or storage facility. If the court determines that the amount charged was unr...

...3.20, 4513.201, 4513.202, 4513.25, 4513.26, 4513.27, 4513.29, 4513.30, 4513.31, 4513.32, or 4513.34 of the Revised Code shall be punished under division (B) of this section. (B) Whoever violates the sections of this chapter that are specifically required to be punished under this division, or any provision of sections 4513.03 to 4513.262 or 4513.27 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code for which violation no penalty ...

...f the owner or operator of a motor vehicle, may be brought by the person injured against such owner or operator in the county in which such injury occurred. A summons in such action against any defendant shall be issued to the sheriff of any county within this state in which such defendant resides and may be served as in other civil actions.