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...Sections 4509.01 to 4509.78 of the Revised Code apply to minor drivers in the same manner as they apply to adult drivers.

... means any judgment which has become final by expiration without appeal of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmation on appeal, rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or of the United States, upon a cause of action arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of any motor vehicle for damages, including damages for care and loss of services because of b...

...(A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall administer and enforce sections 4509.01 to 4509.78 of the Revised Code. He may make rules necessary for such administration and shall provide for hearings upon request of persons aggrieved by his orders or acts in accordance with sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code except as otherwise provided under section 4509.101 or any other section of the Revised Code. ...

...Any order or act, including the adoption of the form of accident report, of the registrar of motor vehicles under sections 4509.01 to 4509.78 of the Revised Code is subject to the provisions of sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code, except as otherwise provided under section 4509.101 of the Revised Code.

...uest, the registrar of motor vehicles shall search and furnish a certified abstract of the following information with respect to any person: (1) An enumeration of the motor vehicle accidents in which such person has been involved except accidents certified as described in division (D) of section 3937.41 of the Revised Code; (2) Such person's record of convictions for violation of the motor vehicle laws. (B) The re...

...s on a form prescribed by the registrar alleging that a driver or owner of any vehicle involved in the accident was uninsured at the time of the accident. (B) Upon receipt of the accident report, the registrar shall send a notice by regular mail to the driver and owner alleged to be uninsured requiring the person to give evidence that the person had proof of financial responsibility in effect at the time of the ac...

...ed by the registrar of motor vehicles shall request only information sufficient to enable the registrar to administer and enforce the provisions of sections 4509.01 to 4509.78, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The person involved in an accident who submits or is the subject of a report submitted in accordance with section 4509.06 of the Revised Code shall furnish such additional relevant information as the registrar...

...ed in such section, the driver is physically incapable of making a report, but in such event, the owner, if he were not the driver of the motor vehicle involved in the accident, shall within thirty days after learning of the accident make the report.

...09.01 to 4509.78 of the Revised Code, shall be without prejudice to the person reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the registrar of motor vehicles, except that the registrar shall furnish a copy of such report to any person claiming to have been injured or damaged in a motor vehicle accident, or to his attorney, upon the receipt of a fee of one dollar and fifty cents for each search or report. Motor v...

...(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...

...ngly failed to maintain proof of financial responsibility in accordance with section 4509.101 of the Revised Code shall produce any document or present to a peace officer an electronic wireless communications device that is displaying any text or images with the purpose to mislead a peace officer upon the request of a peace officer for proof of financial responsibility made in accordance with division (D)(2) of secti...

...ding a cellular telephone; (2) A personal digital assistant; (3) A computer, including a laptop computer, a netbook computer, and a tablet computer; (4) Any other substantially similar wireless device that is designed or used to communicate and displays text or images. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, each insurer writing motor vehicle liability insurance in this state shall provide financi...

...of the Revised Code for proof of financial responsibility shall contain a clear and conspicuous warning on the face of the policy stating the policy does not constitute proof of financial responsibility as required for the operation of a motor vehicle under division (A)(1) of section 4509.101 of the Revised Code.

...Sections 4509.12 to 4509.30, inclusive, of the Revised Code apply to the driver and owner of any motor vehicle which is in any manner involved in a motor vehicle accident within this state.

...9.78, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall determine the amount of security which is sufficient to satisfy any judgments for damages resulting from the accident as may be recovered against each driver or owner involved in the accident; provided that in any accident resulting in personal injury such amount shall in no case be less than five hundred dollars. This determination shall not be made with respect to driver...

...e accident, or after receipt of additional evidence as may be requested by the registrar, and upon determining the amount of security to be required of any person involved in such accident or to be required of the owner of any motor vehicle involved in such accident, shall give written notice to such person of the amount of security required to be deposited by him. Such notice shall inform the person of his right to ...

...that in any accident resulting in personal injury, the amount shall in no case be reduced to an amount less than five hundred dollars. If the security originally ordered has been deposited, the excess deposit over the reduced amount ordered shall be returned to the depositor or his personal representative forthwith.

...r section 4509.12 of the Revised Code shall be in the form of money, or bonds of the United States, or of this state, or a political subdivision of this state, at their par or face value, or a corporate surety bond of a surety licensed to do business in this state, in such amount as the registrar of motor vehicles may require, but in no case involving personal injury in an amount less than five hundred dollars, or in...

...Every person depositing security shall specify in writing whether the deposit is made on behalf of himself, another person, or both himself and another person required to deposit security. Such designation may at any time be changed, but any single deposit of security shall be applicable only on behalf of persons required to furnish security because of the same accident.

...13 of the Revised Code, the registrar shall impose a class F suspension of the person's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege for the period of time specified in division (B)(6) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code on the person and the registrations of all motor vehicles owned by the person. If the person is a nonres...

...nse or registration in this state, he shall not be issued a license or be allowed to register any motor vehicle until he has complied with section 4509.12 of the Revised Code to the same extent that would be necessary if at the time of the accident he had held a license or been the owner of a motor vehicle registered in this state.

...r who while responding to an emergency call assumes custody of a motor vehicle and is driver thereof at the time of the accident; (5) To the driver or owner if the owner had in effect at the time of the accident an automobile liability policy or bond with respect to the motor vehicle in the accident, except that a driver shall not be exempt under this division of this section if at the time of the accident the motor...

...policy or bond or the most recent renewal thereof, unless the insurance company or surety company issuing such policy or bond is authorized to do business in this state, or if said company is not authorized to do business in this state unless it executes a power of attorney authorizing the registrar of motor vehicles to accept service on its behalf of notice or process in any action upon such policy or bond ar...

...ility for any property damage and personal injury by all person injured or damaged in the accident. When an injury or damage claim has been subrogated to an insurance company and a copy of such subrogated claim has been filed with the bureau of motor vehicles, a release shall be required from that insurance company. For this purpose a covenant not to sue has the same effect as a release. If the registrar of motor ve...

...ion 4509.12 of the Revised Code upon final adjudication of non-liability with respect to such person as to all claims arising out of the accident.