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...per, a natural resources officer, a wildlife officer, a board of township trustees, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or port authority, or the zoning authority of a township or a municipal corporation, may send notice, by certified mail with return receipt requested, to the person having the right to the possession of the property on which a junk motor vehicle is left, that within ten days of rece...

...e) A natural resources officer or a wildlife officer. (2) "Hazardous material" has the same meaning as in section 2305.232 of the Revised Code.

...(A) A storage facility shall ensure that the facility remains open during both of the following periods of time to allow a vehicle owner or lienholder to retrieve a vehicle in the possession of the storage facility: (1) Any time during which a towing service is towing a vehicle pursuant to section 4513.601 of the Revised Code and the vehicle will be held by the storage facility; (2) Between nine o'clock in the mo...

...(A)(1) An insurance company may commence a civil action against a towing service or storage facility on its own behalf, on behalf of the holder of a policy of automobile insurance, or on behalf of a motor vehicle owner for either or both of the following reasons: (a) The recovery of a motor vehicle that has been towed or stored and for which a claim has been filed with the insurance company; (b) Objecting to the am...

...n creates, implies, or otherwise grants insurance coverage for the amount billed by the towing service or storage facility that is not within the owner's motor-vehicle liability policy, proof of financial responsibility, or other policy of insurance.

...(A) Sections 4517.01, 4517.02, and 4517.03 to 4517.45 of the Revised Code do not apply to a person auctioning classic motor vehicles, provided all of the following apply: (1) The person is responsible for not more than four auctions of classic motor vehicles per year, with no auction lasting more than two days; (2) The person requests and receives permission for the auction from the registrar of motor vehicle...

...(A) Each person applying for a used motor vehicle dealer's license shall biennially, before the first day of April, make out and deliver to the registrar of motor vehicles, upon a blank to be furnished by the registrar for that purpose, a separate application for license for each county in which such business is to be conducted. The application shall be in the form prescribed by the registrar, shall be signed and swo...

...Each person applying for a motor vehicle leasing dealer's license shall biennially, before the first day of April, make out and deliver to the registrar of motor vehicles, upon a blank to be furnished by the registrar for that purpose, a separate application for license for each county in which the business of leasing motor vehicles, as described in division (M) of section 4517.01 of the Revised Code, is to be conduc...

...Each person applying for a motor vehicle auction owner's license shall biennially, before the first day of April, make out and deliver to the registrar of motor vehicles, upon a blank to be furnished by the registrar for that purpose, a separate application for license for each county in which such business is to be conducted. The application shall be in the form prescribed by the registrar, shall be signed and sworn...

...At the time the registrar of motor vehicles grants the application of any person for a license as motor vehicle dealer, motor vehicle leasing dealer, distributor, or motor vehicle auction owner, the registrar shall issue to the person a license. The registrar shall prescribe different forms for the licenses of motor vehicle dealers, motor vehicle leasing dealers, distributors, and motor vehicle auction owners, and al...

...No person shall act as salesperson for more than one licensed motor vehicle dealer at the same time, except that a salesperson may act as a salesperson at any licensed dealership owned or operated by the same company, regardless of the county in which the dealership's facility is located.

...rough the operation of the terms of an insurance contract; (5) Knowingly permit any person to violate section 4517.19 of the Revised Code; (6) Deny reasonable inspection of the motor vehicle auction owner's business records, relating to the sale of motor vehicles, to the registrar of motor vehicles or the attorney general, when requested in writing to do so. The motor vehicle auction owner shall maintain for ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Charitable or civic purpose" means either of the following: (a) A purpose described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; (b) A benevolent, philanthropic, patriotic, educational, humane, scientific, public health, environmental conservation, or civic objective, or any objective that benefits law enforcement personnel, firefighters, or other persons who protect the pub...

...The motor vehicle dealers board shall hear appeals which may be taken from an order of the registrar of motor vehicles, refusing to issue a license. All appeals from any order of the registrar refusing to issue any license upon proper application must be taken within thirty days from the date of the order, or the order is final and conclusive. All appeals from orders of the registrar must be by petition in writing an...

...The attorney general and the prosecuting attorneys of the several counties shall assist the registrar of motor vehicles upon his request, and shall assist the motor vehicle dealers board, upon its request, in enforcing sections 4517.01 to 4517.65 of the Revised Code, and in prosecuting and defending preceedings under such sections.

...The operator of a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle involved in any accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person, or damage to the property of any person in excess of one hundred dollars, shall report the accident within forty-eight hours to the state highway patrol, the sheriff of the county within which the accident occurred, or the chief of police, if the accident occurred...

...The registrar of motor vehicles shall adopt rules the registrar considers necessary to ensure uniform and orderly operation of sections 4519.51 to 4519.70 of the Revised Code, and the clerks of the courts of common pleas shall conform to those rules. The registrar shall receive and file in the registrar's office all information forwarded to the registrar by the clerks under those sections, and the clerk...

...(A) When the clerk of a court of common pleas issues a physical certificate of title, the clerk shall issue the certificate of title on a form and in a manner prescribed by the registrar of motor vehicles. The clerk shall file a copy of the physical evidence for the creation of the certificate of title in a manner prescribed by the registrar. A clerk may retain digital images of documents used as evidence for issuanc...

...(C)(1) of this section. (C)(1) When an insurance company declares it economically impractical to repair the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle and has paid an agreed price for the purchase of the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle to any insured or claimant owner, the insurance company shall receive the certificate of title and off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle and procee...

...Manufacturers and importers of off-highway motorcycles or all-purpose vehicles shall appoint and authorize agents who shall sign manufacturer's or importer's certificates. The registrar of motor vehicles may require that a certified copy of a list containing the names and the facsimile signatures of the authorized agents be furnished to the registrar and be forwarded to each clerk of the court of common pleas in the ...

...(A) No person shall do any of the following: (1) Procure or attempt to procure a certificate of title to an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, or pass or attempt to pass a certificate of title or any assignment of a certificate of title to an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, or in any other manner gain or attempt to gain ownership to an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehi...

...(A)(1) Chapter 1309. of the Revised Code does not permit or require the deposit, filing, or other record of a security interest covering an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section. (2) Chapter 1309. of the Revised Code applies to a security interest in an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle held as inventory, as defined in sectio...

...(A) A local authority that enacts any ordinance, resolution, or regulation that regulates the standing or parking of vehicles and that is authorized pursuant to section 505.17 or 4511.07 of the Revised Code also by ordinance, resolution, or regulation may specify that a violation of the regulatory ordinance, resolution, or regulation shall not be considered a criminal offense for any purpose, that a person who commit...

...(A)(1) In the case of a motor vehicle accident or collision resulting in injury or damage to persons or property on any public or private property other than a public road or highway, the operator of the motor vehicle, having knowledge of the accident or collision, shall stop at the scene of the accident or collision. Upon request of any person who is injured or damaged, or any other person, the operator shall give t...

...(A) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in damage to real property, or personal property attached to real property, legally upon or adjacent to a public road or highway immediately shall stop and take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of the property of that fact, of the driver's name and address, and of the registration number of the vehicle the driver ...

...That portion of the road known as interstate route number two hundred seventy-one, running in a northerly and southerly direction within the municipal corporation of Bedford Heights only, in Cuyahoga county, shall be known as the "Army Pvt. Brandon Sloan Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...In addition to the name prescribed by section 5533.32 of the Revised Code, that portion of the highway known as interstate number seventy-one, running in a northerly and southerly direction within Ashland county between mile marker number one hundred eighty-nine and mile marker number one hundred ninety-one, also shall be known as the "Trooper James R. Gross Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erec...

...That portion of the road known as state route four hundred twenty-three, running in a northerly and southerly direction within Marion county, commencing at its intersection with Bethlehem road and extending to its intersection with Marion-Cardington road, shall be known as the "Deputy Brandy Winfield memorial highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...That portion of the road known as state route forty-four, running in a northerly and southerly direction between county road eighteen in the municipal corporation of Rootstown and Waterloo road in the municipal corporation of Randolph, shall be known as the "Sgt. Jeremy Murray Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...That portion of the road known as state route number seven, commencing at the boundary of Columbiana and Jefferson counties and extending in a northeasterly direction through the municipal corporation of Wellsville to the western-most boundary of the municipal corporation of East Liverpool, shall be known as the "PFC Melvin E. Newlin, Medal of Honor Recipient, Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may e...

...That portion of the road known as state route number nine, extending in a northerly direction from the municipal corporation of Hanoverton to the municipal corporation of New Garden in Columbiana county, shall be known as the "Coxswain Robert B. Wood Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...That portion of the road known as state route number forty-five, commencing at the intersection of that route and Lisbon street in the municipal corporation of Wellsville and extending in a northerly direction through Yellow Creek township in Columbiana county to the Madison township line, shall be known as the "Corporal Ernest G. Madden Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable mark...

...The bridge spanning the Conneaut creek, located in the municipal corporation of Conneaut in Ashtabula county and being part of the highway known as United States route number twenty, shall be known as "The Ohio Veterans Memorial Bridge." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers on the bridge or its approaches indicating its name.

...In addition to the designations in sections 5533.35 and 5533.351 of the Revised Code, the road known as interstate highway number ninety, located within the municipal corporation of Willoughby Hills in Lake county only, shall be known as the "Cpl. Joshua Harmon Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...That portion of the road known as Pearl road, carrying the designations of United States route forty-two and state route three, commencing at the intersection of that road with Denison avenue within Cuyahoga county and extending in a southerly direction to the intersection of that road with Memphis avenue, shall be known as the "Lance Corporal David Mendez Ruiz Memorial Highway." The director of transportatio...

...In addition to the designations in sections 5533.35, 5533.351, 5533.352, and 5533.353 of the Revised Code, the road known as interstate highway number ninety, located within the municipal corporation of Rocky River in Cuyahoga county only, shall be known as the "LCPL Danny Scherry Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its ...

...That portion of state route two, running in an easterly and westerly direction in Lorain county only, shall be known as the "U.S. Marine Lance Corporal David R. Hall Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...That portion of the road known as Ross county road one hundred four, commencing within the municipal corporation of Chillicothe at the intersection of that road and United States route number fifty and proceeding in a southerly direction to the intersection of that road and United States route number twenty-three, shall be known as the "Air Force Master Sergeant Brad Clemmons Memorial Highway." The director o...

...In addition to the designation in section 5533.35 of the Revised Code, both the eastbound and westbound bridges that will span the Cuyahoga river in Cuyahoga county and will be part of the highway known as interstate route number ninety shall be known as the "George V. Voinovich Bridge." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridges or along their approaches indicating their name.

...That part of the road known as state route number seven located in Belmont county and included within the municipal limits of Martins Ferry shall be known as "Lou Groza highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the highway indicating its name.

...The road known as interstate route seventy-seven, running in a north and south direction through the counties of Cuyahoga, Summit, Stark, Tuscarawas, Guernsey, Noble, and Washington, shall be known as the "Vietnam Veterans' of America Highway." The director of transportation shall erect at least two suitable markers upon the portions of interstate route seventy-seven under the director's jurisdiction indicating its ...

...In addition to the designation in section 5533.37 of the Revised Code, that portion of the road known as interstate route number seventy-seven, commencing at the intersection of that interstate route and state route number eight hundred and proceeding in a northerly direction to the intersection of that interstate route and Dressler road within Stark county only, shall be known as the "U.S.M.C. Pvt. Heath Warn...

...In addition to the designation in section 5533.37 of the Revised Code, that portion of the road known as interstate route number seventy-seven, commencing in Tuscarawas county at mile marker number seventy-nine and proceeding in a northerly direction to mile marker number eighty-one, shall be known as the "Army Corporal Keith Nepsa Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers a...

...That portion of the road known as state route number thirty-nine, commencing at the intersection of that state route and ridge avenue northeast within the municipal corporation of New Philadelphia and proceeding in an easterly direction to the intersection of that state route and tall timber road northeast, within Tuscarawas county only, shall be known as the "Lance Corporal Peter James Clore Memorial Highway."...

...That portion of the road known as state route number one hundred seventy-two, commencing at the intersection of that route and Jackson avenue and proceeding in an easterly direction to the intersection of that route and Perry drive within Stark county only, shall be known as the "U.S.M.C. Sgt. Daniel J. Patron Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indic...

...The road known as state route number one hundred twenty-five, running in an easterly and westerly direction through Clermont county only, shall be known as the "Edward J. Parish Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...The road known as state route number one hundred seventy-seven, within the community of Darrtown in Butler county only, shall be known as the "Walter 'Smokey' Alston Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...The road known as state route number eight hundred, within the community of Hendrysburg in Belmont county only, shall be known as the "William 'Hopalong Cassidy' Boyd Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...That portion of the road known as state route forty-one within Miami county, commencing at the southeastern boundary of the municipal corporation of Covington and proceeding in a southeasterly direction to the intersection of that route with Washington road, shall be known as the "Sheriff's Sgt. Robert "Bobby" Elliott Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highw...

...The road known as United States route two hundred fifty, running in a northwesterly and southeasterly direction through Harrison county only, shall be known as the "William J. Brown Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...If a child has health care coverage through a health insurer of a noncustodial parent, the health insurer shall do all of the following: (A) Provide such information to the custodial parent of the child as may be necessary for the child to obtain benefits through the coverage; (B) Permit the custodial parent, or a provider with the approval of the custodial parent, to submit claims for covered services without the ...

...(A) If a parent of a child is required by a court or administrative order to provide health care coverage for the child, and if the parent is eligible for family health care coverage provided by a health insurer, the health insurer shall do both of the following: (1) If the child is otherwise eligible for the coverage, permit the parent to enroll the child under the family coverage without regard to any enrollment p...

...administrative order to provide health insurance coverage for the child, which coverage is available through an employer doing business in this state, the employer shall do all of the following: (1) If the child is otherwise eligible for the family coverage, permit the parent to enroll the child under the coverage without regard to any enrollment period restrictions; (2) If the parent is enrolled under the coverag...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Child" means, in connection with any adoption or placement for adoption of the child, an individual who has not attained age eighteen as of the date of the adoption or placement for adoption. (2) "Health insurer" has the same meaning as in section 3924.41 of the Revised Code. (3) "Placement for adoption" means the assumption and retention by a person of a legal obligation for tota...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Beneficiary" and "benefits contract" have the same meanings as in section 3901.38 of the Revised Code. (2) "Confinement" means any period of time during which a person is in the custody or under the supervision of the department of rehabilitation and correction or is confined in a local jail, workhouse, or other correctional facility of the type described in section 307.93, 341.14,...

...for comprehensive sickness and accident insurance, coverage under a health care plan of a health insuring corporation organized under Chapter 1751. of the Revised Code, long-term care insurance as defined in section 3923.41 of the Revised Code, medicare supplemental coverage as defined in section 3923.33 of the Revised Code, or payments made pursuant to cost sharing agreements under comprehensive sickness and acciden...

... participates in a sickness or accident insurance plan, a plan offered by a health insuring corporation organized under Chapter 1751. of the Revised Code, or a self-funded, employer-sponsored health benefit plan established pursuant to the "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 832, 29 U.S.C.A. 1001, as amended. While the medical savings account is open, the account holder shall continue to parti...

...The owners of interest in a medical savings account are the account holder and the account holder's spouse and dependents. No medical savings account shall be subject to garnishment or attachment.

...n the business of sickness and accident insurance; (4) A dealer or salesperson licensed under Chapter 1707. of the Revised Code; (5) An administrator licensed under Chapter 3959. of the Revised Code; (6) A certified public accountant; (7) An employer that administers an employee benefit plan subject to regulation under the "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 829, 29 U.S.C.A. 1001, as amend...

...Each employer that opens a medical savings account for an employee shall inform the employee, in writing at the time the account is opened, of the federal and state tax status of deposits made to the account.

...(A) In determining Ohio adjusted gross income under Chapter 5747. of the Revised Code, an account holder may deduct an amount equaling the total of the deposits that the account holder, the account holder's spouse, or the account holder's employer made to the account during the taxable year, to the extent that the funds for the deposits have not otherwise been deducted or excluded in determining the account holder's ...

...An account holder may withdraw funds from the account holder's account at any time, for any purpose. However, the administrator of a medical savings account shall not disburse funds to an account holder during the year in which the funds were deposited, except to reimburse the account holder for, or pay for, a documented eligible medical expense of the account holder or the account holder's spouse or dependent.

...(A) If an account holder, whose medical savings account has been opened by the account holder's employer, later ceases to be employed by that employer, the account holder may, within sixty days of the account holder's final date of employment, request in writing to the administrator of the account that the administrator continue to administer the account. (1) If the administrator agrees to continue to administer the...

...(A) An account holder may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries of the account holder's medical savings account. (B) Any funds remaining in a medical savings account upon the death of an account holder shall be distributed to the decedent's estate and shall be subject to taxation as part of the decedent's estate under Chapter 5731. of the Revised Code.

...An employer making deposits to an employee's medical savings account on a periodic installment basis may advance to the employee, interest free, an amount needed to cover the employee's eligible medical expenses when such expenses exceed the amount then available in the employee's account, if the employee agrees to repay the advance from future installments or upon the termination of employment. If such an advance ca...

...Funds disbursed from a medical savings account pursuant to a filing for protection by an account holder under Title 11 of the United States Code shall not be included in the account holder's Ohio adjusted gross income for the year of disbursement in determining taxes due under Chapter 5747. of the Revised Code.

...The superintendent of insurance shall prepare and periodically revise a brochure that clearly and concisely explains the operation of medical savings accounts authorized under sections 3924.61 to 3924.74 of the Revised Code, and that describes how an employer's or individual's use of a medical savings account may affect the employer's or individual's purchase of policies, plans, and contracts of health coverage. The ...

...ness of providing sickness and accident insurance contracts in this state, a health insuring corporation organized under Chapter 1751. of the Revised Code, or any legal entity that is self-insured and provides health care benefits to its employees or members. (2) "Small employer" has the same meaning as in section 3924.01 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Subject to division (B)(2) of this section, nothing in sections ...

...The superintendent of insurance may include coordination of benefits regarding medical savings accounts in the rules on coordination of benefits adopted under section 3902.14 of the Revised Code.

...or the purpose of insurance, other than life insurance, must be forwarded to the secretary of state, who shall submit them to the attorney general for examination. If such articles are found by him to be in accordance with the constitution and laws of this state and of the United States, he shall certify and deliver them back to the secretary of state. He may reject any name or title of a company applied for when he ...

...for the purpose of insurance other than life, or a majority of such persons, shall be commissioners to open books for the subscription of stock in the company, at such times and places as they deem proper, and shall keep the books open until the full amount specified in the articles is subscribed.

...fter the subscription books of a stock insurance company are filled, as provided in section 3925.02 of the Revised Code, and after the articles of incorporation of a stock insurance company are filed with the secretary of state, a majority of subscribers to the voting stock shall hold a meeting for the election of not less than five nor more than twenty-one directors. The number of directors may be increased or dim...

...until approved by the superintendent of insurance and until a copy thereof is filed in the superintendent's office. The board shall keep full and correct records of its transactions, which shall be open at all times to the inspection of the members or stockholders.

...No insurance company organized under any law of this state for the purpose provided in section 3925.01 of the Revised Code shall invest its capital, or any part thereof, otherwise than in the following securities: (A) Bonds or other interest-bearing obligations of the United States, or those for which the faith of the United States is pledged to provide payment of the interest and principal; (B) Bonds of this or of...

...umulations of insurance companies, both life and other than life, which are organized under the laws of this state, subject to the regulations governing other investments by such companies: (A) Any bonds issued by or for federal land banks and any debentures issued by or for federal intermediate credit banks under the act of congress known as the "Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916," 39 Stat. 360, 12 U.S.C.A. 641 and ame...