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...For the purpose of enforcing this chapter and Chapter 4510. of the Revised Code, any court of record having criminal jurisdiction shall have county-wide jurisdiction within the county in which it is located to hear and finally determine cases arising under this chapter and Chapter 4510. of the Revised Code. An action arising under this section shall be commenced by the filing of an affidavit, and the right of tria...

...dent of all other penalties provided by law or by ordinance, shall impose upon any person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to perjury or the making of a false affidavit under this chapter, or any other law of this state requiring the registration of motor vehicles or regulating their operation on the highway, a class six suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruc...

...(A) Except as provided in divisions (C) to (E) of this section, when the license of any person is suspended pursuant to any provision of the Revised Code other than division (G) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code and other than section 4510.07 of the Revised Code for a violation of a municipal OVI ordinance, the trial judge may impound the identification license plates of any motor vehicle registered in the...

...The registrar of motor vehicles shall not restore any operating privileges or reissue a probationary driver's license, restricted license, driver's license, or probationary commercial driver's license suspended under section 2923.122 of the Revised Code until the person whose license was suspended pays a reinstatement fee of thirty dollars to the registrar or an eligible deputy registrar. In addition, each deputy reg...

...The registrar shall suspend the person's license or permit under division (A) of section 4507.162 of the Revised Code regardless of whether the disposition of the case in juvenile court occurred after the person's eighteenth birthday.

...Any person whose license is suspended or canceled is not entitled to apply for or receive a new license during the effective dates of the suspension or cancellation.

...(A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall permit all of the following to renew a driver's license or motorcycle operator's endorsement issued by this state by electronic means: (1) Any person who is on active duty in the armed forces of the United States who is stationed outside of this state; (2) The spouse of a person described in division (A)(1) of this section who is also outside of this state; (3) The d...

...d that was obtained fraudulently or unlawfully, was issued in error, or has been altered or willfully destroyed.

...The registrar of motor vehicles, when the registrar has good cause to believe that the holder of a driver's or commercial driver's license is incompetent or otherwise not qualified to be licensed, shall send a written notice to the licensee's last known address, requiring the licensee to submit to a driver's license examination, a physical examination, or both, or a commercial driver's license examination within t...

...(A) Except as provided in section 4507.061 of the Revised Code, each applicant for a driver's license shall file an application in the office of the registrar of motor vehicles or of a deputy registrar. (B)(1) Each person under eighteen years of age applying for a driver's license issued in this state shall present satisfactory evidence of having successfully completed any one of the following: (a) A driver edu...

...icant that the financial responsibility law does not prevent the possibility that the applicant may be involved in an accident with an owner or operator of a motor vehicle who is without proof of financial responsibility. (C) The registrar of motor vehicles shall prescribe the form of the statement, and the manner in which the statement shall be presented to the applicant. The statement shall be designed to enable ...

...(A) Any person who becomes a resident of this state, within thirty days of becoming a resident, shall surrender any driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or identification card issued by another state to the registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar. If such a person intends to operate a motor vehicle upon the public roads or highways, the person shall apply for a temporary instruction permit or dri...

...l thereof, a one-page summary of Ohio's laws governing the use of an electronic wireless communications device while operating a motor vehicle. The summary shall explain the prohibition, the exemptions, and the penalties set forth in section 4511.204 of the Revised Code. (B) Upon receiving the summary described in division (A) of this section, the applicant shall sign a statement acknowledging receipt of the summar...

...If the deputy registrar finds that an applicant is not entitled to an identification card or a driver's license, he shall transmit to the registrar of motor vehicles the original of the application together with the written report of his findings and recommendations in connection with such application. Upon receipt thereof, the registrar shall review the findings and recommendations and determine whether the applic...

...cement of the motor vehicle and traffic laws of Ohio. (H) At the time and in the manner provided by section 4503.10 of the Revised Code, the deputy registrar shall transmit the fees collected under divisions (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E), those portions of the fees specified in and collected under division (F), and the additional fee under division (G) of this section to the registrar. The registrar shall deposit the...

...When the registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar issues a temporary instruction permit under this chapter, the registrar or deputy registrar also shall issue to the applicant a sticker or banner that reads "student driver." When the holder of the temporary instruction permit operates a motor vehicle, the sticker or banner may be displayed on the motor vehicle to inform other motor vehicle operators that the...

...(A) Notwithstanding sections 4506.08, 4507.23, 4507.24, 4507.50, and 4507.52 of the Revised Code, a person may apply for and obtain a replacement commercial driver's license, driver's license, or identification card without paying any fee, if all of the following apply: (1) The license or card is valid and its expiration date is not within ninety days of the date for renewal. (2) The license or card indicates the...

...(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar may collect a fee not to exceed the following: (1) The amount established under section 4503.038 of the Revised Code plus a two dollar and seventy-five cents vision screening fee for each application for renewal of a driver's license received by the deputy registrar if the license will expire on the applica...

...No person shall do any of the following: (A) Display, or cause or permit to be displayed, or possess any identification card, driver's or commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit knowing the same to be fictitious, or to have been canceled, suspended, or altered; (B) Lend to a person not entitled thereto, or knowingly permit a person not...

...(A) No person shall cause or knowingly permit any minor to drive a motor vehicle upon a highway as an operator, unless the minor has first obtained a license or permit to drive a motor vehicle under this chapter. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

...(A) Notwithstanding the definition of "chauffeur" in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, no person shall employ any minor for the purpose of operating a taxicab. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

...(A) The operator of a motor vehicle shall display the operator's driver's license, or furnish satisfactory proof that the operator has a driver's license, upon demand of any peace officer or of any person damaged or injured in any collision in which the licensee may be involved. When a demand is properly made and the operator has the operator's driver's license on or about the operator's person, the operator sh...

...(A) No person shall knowingly make a false statement to any matter or thing required by this chapter. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

...(A) As used in this section, "Ohio credential" means a temporary instruction permit identification card, driver's license, commercial driver's license, motorcycle operator's license, motorized bicycle license, or identification card issued by the Ohio bureau of motor vehicles. (B) Any valid holder of an Ohio credential issued after July 2, 2018, may apply online to obtain an exact reprint of that Ohio credential. N...

...lege reinstatement fee is prescribed by law. The registrar shall deposit ten dollars of each forty-dollar fee into the state treasury to the credit of the indigent defense support fund created by section 120.08 of the Revised Code and thirty dollars of each fee into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created by section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.