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Section 4501.18 | Law enforcement automated data system fund.

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the law enforcement automated data system fund, consisting of money from fees collected by the state highway patrol pursuant to section 5503.10 of the Revised Code, and such other amounts as may be credited to the fund. The fund shall be administered by the superintendent of the state highway patrol and shall be used solely for purposes authorized by section 5503.10 of th...

Section 4501.21 | License plate contribution fund.

...ring and maintaining the Mahoning river watershed. The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar receives pursuant to section 4503.564 of the Revised Code to the Glen Helen association to pay expenses related to the Glen Helen nature preserve. The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar receives pursuant to section 4503.565 of the Revised Code to the conservancy for Cuyahoga valley nationa...

Section 4501.24 | Scenic rivers protection fund.

...cement and clean-up projects within the watersheds of wild, scenic, and recreational rivers. The chief of the division of natural areas and preserves may expend money in the fund for the acquisition of scenic river lands, for the maintenance, protection, and administration of wild, scenic, and recreational rivers, and for the construction of facilities within scenic river lands and any other publicly owned lands that...

Section 4501.243 | Ohio nature preserves fund.

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio nature preserves fund. The fund shall consist of the contributions that are paid to the registrar of motor vehicles by applicants who obtain Ohio nature preserves license plates pursuant to section 4503.563 of the Revised Code. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The department of natural resources shall use the money in...

Section 4501.26 | Unidentified motor vehicle receipts fund.

...The unidentified public safety receipts fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money received by the department of public safety that is provisional in nature or for which proper identification or disposition cannot immediately be determined. Refunds and other disbursements from the fund shall be made once proper identification and disposition is determined. All investment ...

Section 4501.27 | Confidentiality.

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, on and after September 13, 1997, the registrar of motor vehicles, and any employee or contractor of the bureau of motor vehicles, shall not knowingly disclose or otherwise make available to any person or entity any personal information about an individual that the bureau obtained in connection with a motor vehicle record. (B)(1) On and after September 13, 1997...

Section 4501.271 | Confidentiality of peace officer's residence address or use of business address.

...(A)(1) A peace officer, correctional employee, or youth services employee may file a written request with the bureau of motor vehicles to do either or both of the following: (a) Prohibit disclosure of the officer's or employee's residence address as contained in motor vehicle records of the bureau; (b) Provide a business address to be displayed on the officer's or employee's driver's license or certificate o...

Section 4501.272 | Applicant consent to sponsoring organization contact.

...The registrar of motor vehicles or deputy registrar shall ask each person applying for or renewing a special license plate after July 1, 2009, under Chapter 4503. of the Revised Code and paying a contribution to an organization for issuance of the special license plate, whether the person consents to contact from the organization sponsoring the special license plate. The applicant shall sign a form provided by ...

Section 4501.29 | Multi-agency radio communications system (MARCS) user fees.

...The department of administrative services shall collect user fees from participants in the multi-agency radio communications system (MARCS). The director of administrative services, with the consent of the director of budget and management, shall determine the amount of the user fees and the manner by which the fees shall be collected. All moneys from user fees shall be deposited in the MARCS administration fund, whi...

Section 4501.30 | Definitions relating to multi-agency radio communications system.

...As used in sections 4501.30 to 4501.303 of the Revised Code: "MARCS" means the multi-agency radio communications system. "P25 standards" means standards for digital radio communications for use by federal, state, provincial, and local public safety agencies in North America to enable communications with other agencies and mutual aid response teams in emergencies. "P25 standards" are the standards produced throug...

Section 4501.301 | Funding for projects related to MARCS.

...Any communications project related to MARCS that is funded in whole or in part with federal grant funds or funds from the state shall be a P25 system and may not limit interoperability in mission critical communications.

Section 4501.302 | Compliance with standards; planning documents.

...(A) The multi-agency radio communications system (MARCS) steering committee is established consisting of the following members: (1) The directors, or designees thereof, of administrative services, public safety, natural resources, transportation, rehabilitation and correction, and budget and management, and the state fire marshal or the state fire marshal's designee; (2) The following members appointed by the gov...

Section 4501.303 | Controlling board approval for purchases.

...The department of administrative services shall seek controlling board approval prior to making purchases of the P25 system.

Section 4501.31 | Display of social security number on licenses.

...(A) No driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, and identification card issued by the registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar on or after the effective date of this amendment shall display the social security number of the person to whom the license, permit, or card is issued unless the person to whom the license, permit, or card is to be issued specifically requests t...

Section 4501.34 | Proceedings of registrar.

...(A) The registrar of motor vehicles may adopt and publish rules to govern the registrar's proceedings. All proceedings of the registrar shall be open to the public, and all documents in the registrar's possession are public records. The registrar shall adopt a seal bearing the inscription: "Motor Vehicle Registrar of Ohio." The seal shall be affixed to all writs and authenticated copies of records, and, when it has b...

Section 4501.351 | Reversal, vacation, or modification of registrar's order.

...An order, except an order relating to a license as defined in section 119.01 of the Revised Code, made by the registrar of motor vehicles may be reversed, vacated, or modified by the court of common pleas of Franklin county, or by the court of common pleas in the county in which the party affected is a resident, or in which the matter complained of arose.

Section 4501.36 | Appeal of registrar's order.

...A proceeding to obtain the reversal, vacation, or modification of an order of the registrar of motor vehicles shall be by appeal. Any party to the proceedings before the registrar shall file notice of the appeal in the court of common pleas on or before the expiration of thirty days from date of entry of the order. The court shall set the appeal for hearing and take any testimony as is necessary to decide the mat...

Section 4501.37 | Procedure for changing order of registrar.

...(A) No court may reverse, suspend, or delay any order made by the registrar of motor vehicles, or enjoin, restrain, or interfere with the registrar or a deputy registrar in the performance of official duties, except as provided in this chapter and Chapter 4507. or 4510. of the Revised Code. (B) A court shall not order the bureau of motor vehicles to delete a record of conviction unless the court finds that deletion...

Section 4501.38 | Prosecuting attorney to aid registrar.

...Upon the request of the registrar of motor vehicles, the prosecuting attorney of the county in which any proceedings are pending shall aid in any investigation, prosecution, hearing, or trial held under this chapter or Chapter 4506., 4507., 4510., or 4511. of the Revised Code and shall institute and prosecute any actions or proceedings for the enforcement of the sections contained in those chapters, and for the p...

Section 4501.80 | Procedures for determining and notifying next of kin of person found dead or pronounced dead at scene of a motor vehicle accident.

...(A) Every law enforcement agency whose law enforcement officers investigate motor vehicle accidents shall develop and adopt a written policy establishing reasonable procedures for determining and notifying the next of kin of any person who is found dead or is pronounced dead at the scene of a motor vehicle accident or who suffers a serious, life-threatening injury in a motor vehicle accident and who the investigating...

Section 4501.81 | Licensee next-of-kin database.

...(A) The bureau of motor vehicles shall establish a database of the next of kin of persons who are issued driver's licenses, commercial driver's licenses, temporary instruction permits, motorcycle operator's licenses and endorsements, and identification cards. Information in the database shall be accessible only to employees of the bureau and to criminal justice agencies and is not a public record for purposes ...

Section 4503.01 | Motor vehicle defined.

..."Motor vehicle" as defined in section 4505.01 of the Revised Code applies to sections 4503.02 to 4503.10, and 4503.12 to 4503.18 of the Revised Code. For the purposes of sections 4503.02 to 4503.04, 4503.10 to 4503.12, 4503.182, 4503.19, 4503.21, 4503.22, and 4503.25 of the Revised Code, the term "motor vehicle" also includes a motorized bicycle and a trailer or semitrailer whose weight is four thousand pounds or les...

Section 4503.02 | Levy of annual license tax.

...An annual license tax is hereby levied upon the operation of motor vehicles on the public roads or highways, for the purpose of enforcing and paying the expense of administering the law relative to the registration and operation of such vehicles; planning, constructing, maintaining, and repairing public roads, highways, and streets; maintaining and repairing bridges and viaducts; paying the counties' proportion of th...

Section 4503.03 | Deputy registrars.

...(A)(1)(a) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the registrar of motor vehicles may designate one or more of the following persons to act as a deputy registrar in each county: (i) The county auditor in any county; (ii) The clerk of a court of common pleas in any county; (iii) An individual; (iv) A nonprofit corporation as defined in division (C) of section 1702.01 of the Revised Code. All...

Section 4503.031 | Office space for carrying out deputy registrars' duties.

...(A)(1) If the registrar of motor vehicles determines that space is available at a deputy registrar's office, the clerk of the court of common pleas in the county where the deputy is located shall be given the opportunity to use the space for the purpose of carrying out the clerk's duties related to the titling of motor vehicles. Each clerk of the court of common pleas using space in a deputy registrar's office ...