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...The report required following a motor vehicle accident, the action taken by the registrar of motor vehicles pursuant to sections 4509.11 to 4509.291, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the findings of the registrar upon which such action is based, and the security filed as provided in such section, shall not be referred to in any way and shall not be evidence of the negligence or due care of either party at the trial of...

...If a nonresident by final order or judgment of a court of record or mayor's court is convicted of, or forfeits bail or collateral deposited to secure an appearance for trial for, any offense for which the suspension of a license is provided, the registrar of motor vehicles shall impose a suspension of the privilege of the nonresident to operate a motor vehicle for the same period for which suspension of a license ...

...(A) The suspension of a license referred to in section 4509.291 of the Revised Code shall remain in effect and the registrar of motor vehicles shall not issue to any person whose license is so suspended any new or renewal license until permitted under the motor vehicle laws, and not then until such person gives and thereafter maintains proof of financial responsibility in accordance with section 4509.45 of the Re...

...Whenever any person fails within thirty days to satisfy a judgment rendered within this state, upon the written request of the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor's attorney, the clerk of the court which rendered the judgment, or the judge of the court or mayor of the mayor's court if the court has no clerk, immediately shall forward a certified copy of the judgment to the registrar of motor vehicles. Whenev...

...If the defendant named in any certified copy of a judgment, conviction, or order of bail forfeiture reported to the registrar of motor vehicles is a nonresident, the registrar shall transmit a certified copy of the judgment, conviction, or order of bail forfeiture to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses and registration of the state of which the defendant is a resident.

...(A) The registrar of motor vehicles upon receipt of a certified copy of a judgment, shall impose a class F suspension for the period of time specified in division (B)(6) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code of the license and registration and any nonresident's operating privilege of any person against whom such judgment was rendered, except as provided in sections 4509.01 to 4509.78 of the Revised Code. Such cert...

...If the judgment creditor consents in writing, in such form as the registrar of motor vehicles prescribes, that the judgment debtor be allowed license and registration or nonresident's operating privilege, the same may be allowed by the registrar for six months from the date of the consent and thereafter until the consent is revoked in writing, notwithstanding default in the payment of such judgment, or of any install...

...No license, registration, or nonresident's operating privilege shall be suspended for nonpayment of a judgment under sections 4509.01 to 4509.78, inclusive, of the Revised Code, if the registrar of motor vehicles finds that an insurer is obligated to pay such judgment, at least to the extent and for the amounts required in such sections, but has not paid such judgment. A finding by the registrar that an insurer is ob...

...The registrar of motor vehicles 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 for nonpayment of a judgment, and while such order is in force no license, registration, or permit to operate a m...

...(A) Judgments are satisfied for the purpose of sections 4509.01 to 4509.78, inclusive, of the Revised Code, in each of the following cases: (1) When twenty-five thousand dollars has been credited upon any judgments in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of one person as a result of any one accident; (2) When the sum of fifty thousand dollars has been credited upon any judgments in exces...

...(A) A judgment debtor upon due notice to the judgment creditor may apply to the court in which the judgment was rendered for the privilege of paying the judgment in installments and the court, in its discretion and without prejudice to any other legal remedies which the judgment creditor has, may order and fix the amounts and times of payment of the installments. (B) The registrar of motor vehicles shall not suspend...

...No motor vehicle shall be or continue to be registered in the name of any person required to file proof of financial responsibility unless such proof is furnished and maintained in accordance with section 4509.45 of the Revised Code.

...(A) As used in this section, "electronic wireless communications device" has the same meaning as in section 4509.103 of the Revised Code. (B) Proof of financial responsibility when required under section 4509.101, 4509.33, 4509.34, 4509.38, 4509.40, 4509.42, 4509.44, or 4510.038 of the Revised Code may be given by filing and maintaining any of the following: (1) A financial responsibility identification card as p...

...Proof of financial responsibility may be furnished by filing with the registrar of motor vehicles the written certificate of any insurance carrier authorized to do business in this state certifying that there is in effect a motor-vehicle liability policy for the benefit of the person to furnish proof of financial responsibility. The certificate either shall state the expiration date of the policy, which date shall be...

...A nonresident may give proof of financial responsibility by filing with the registrar of motor vehicles a written certificate of an insurance carrier authorized to transact business in the state in which motor vehicles, owned by such nonresident, are registered, or in the state in which such nonresident resides if he does not own a motor vehicle, provided such certificate otherwise conforms with sections 4509.01 to 4...

...If any insurance carrier not authorized to transact business in this state, which has qualified to furnish proof of financial responsibility, defaults in any such undertakings or agreements, the registrar of motor vehicles shall not thereafter accept as proof any certificate of such carrier whether theretofore filed or thereafter tendered as proof, so long as such default continues.

...Every motor-vehicle liability policy shall set forth the name and address of the insured, the coverage afforded by the policy, the premium charged, the policy period, the limits of liability, and shall contain an agreement or be indorsed that insurance is provided in accordance with the coverage defined in sections 4509.01 to 4509.78, inclusive, of the Revised Code, with respect to bodily injury and death or property...

...The requirements for a motor-vehicle liability policy may be fulfilled by the policies of one or more insurance carriers which policies together meet such requirements.

...Subject to the terms and conditions of an owner's policy, every owner's policy of liability insurance: (A) Shall designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference all motor vehicles with respect to which coverage is thereby granted; (B) Shall insure the person named therein and any other person, as insured, using any such motor vehicles with the express or implied permission of the insured, agains...

...Every operator's policy of liability insurance shall insure the person named as insured against loss from the liability imposed upon him by law for damages arising out of the use by him of any motor vehicle not owned by him, within the same territorial limits and subject to the same limits of liability as are set forth with respect to an owner's policy or liability insurance.

...Every motor-vehicle liability policy is subject to the following provisions which need not be contained therein: (A) Subject to the terms and conditions of the policy, the liability of the insurance carrier with respect to the insurance required by sections 4509.01 to 4509.78 of the Revised Code, shall become conclusive whenever injury or damage covered by the policy occurs; the policy shall not be canceled or annul...

...A motor-vehicle liability policy need not insure any liability under any workers' compensation law, or any liability on account of bodily injury to or death of an employee of the insured while engaged in the employment, other than domestic, of the insured, or while engaged in the operation, maintenance, or repair of any such motor vehicle, or any liability for damage to property owned by, rented to, in charge of, or ...

...(A) Any policy which grants the coverage required for a motor-vehicle liability policy may also grant any lawful coverage in excess of or in addition to the coverage specified for a motor-vehicle liability policy and such excess or additional coverage shall not be subject to sections 4509.01 to 4509.78, inclusive, of the Revised Code. With respect to a policy which grants such excess or additional coverage the term "...

...Any binder issued pending the issuance of a motor-vehicle liability policy fulfills the requirements for such a policy.

...When an insurance carrier has certified a motor-vehicle liability policy under section 4509.46 or 4509.47 of the Revised Code, the insurance so certified shall not be canceled or terminated until at least ten days after a notice of cancellation or termination is filed in the office of the registrar of motor vehicles, except that such a policy subsequently procured and certified shall, on the effective date of its cer...