404.01 Compliance with lawful order of police officer. (Repealed)
404.02 Resisting an enforcing official.
404.03 Road workers, motor vehicles and equipment excepted.
404.035 Emergency, public safety and coroners' vehicles excepted.
404.04 Application to persons riding, driving animals upon roadway.
404.05 Impounding of vehicles; redemption.
404.06 Traffic direction in emergencies; obedience to school guards.
404.07 Application to drivers of government vehicles.
404.08 Furnishing false information incident to traffic citation.
404.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
See section histories for similar State law
Disposition of unclaimed vehicles - see Ohio R.C. 737.32, 4513.61 et seq.
Burden of proof - see Ohio R.C. 2901.05
Arrest without warrant for misdemeanor - see Ohio R.C. 2935.03
Right of trial by jury - see Ohio R.C. 2945.17
Time within which hearing or trial must be held - see Ohio R.C. 2945.71
Extension of time for hearing or trial - see Ohio R.C. 2945.72
Discharge for delay in trial - see Ohio R.C. 2945.73
State point system suspension - see Ohio R.C. 4507.021
Power of trial court of record to suspend license for certain violations - see Ohio R.C. 4510.05, 4510.15
Uniform application of Ohio Traffic Law - see Ohio R.C. 4511.06
Use of private property for vehicular travel - see Ohio R.C. 4511.08
uthority of arresting officer when radar, electrical or mechanical timing device used - see Ohio R.C. 4511.091
Marking motor vehicles used by traffic officers - see Ohio R.C. 4549.13
Distinctive uniform required for traffic officers - see Ohio R.C. 4549.15
Parking violations waiver - see TRAF. 452.15
Parking Violations Bureau - see TRAF. Ch. 454
Suspension of riding privileges; impounding of bicycles - see TRAF. 474.10
Limitation on criminal prosecutions - see GEN. OFF. 606.06
Failure to aid a law enforcement officer - see GEN. OFF. 606.13
Obstructing official business - see GEN. OFF. 606.14
Obstructing justice - see GEN. OFF. 606.15
Resisting arrest - see GEN. OFF. 606.16
Soliciting or receiving improper compensation - see GEN. OFF. 606.18
Dereliction of duty - see GEN. OFF. 606.19
Disposition of property held by Police Division - see GEN. OFF. 606.24
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 404.01 was recodified as part of the 1990 updating and revision of these Codified Ordinances. See Section 606.165 of the General Offenses Code.)
(a) No person shall resist, hinder, obstruct, or abuse any sheriff, constable, or other official while that official is attempting to arrest offenders under any provisions of this Traffic Code. No person shall interfere with any person charged under any provision of this Traffic Code with the enforcement of the law relative to public highways.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.36)
(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the hindrance, obstruction, resistance, or interference alleged consisted of constitutionally protected speech only.
(a) The provisions of this Traffic Code except for Section 434.01 do not apply to persons, teams, motor vehicles, and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon the surface of a highway within an area designated by traffic-control devices, but apply to those persons and vehicles when traveling to or from such work.
(b) The driver of a highway maintenance vehicle owned by this State or any political subdivision of this State, while the driver is engaged in the performance of official duties upon a street or highway, provided the highway maintenance vehicle is equipped with flashing lights and such other markings as are required by law and such lights are in operation when the driver and vehicle are so engaged, shall be exempt from criminal prosecution for violations of Ohio R.C. 4511.22, 4511.25, 4511.26, 4511.27, 4511.28, 4511.30, 4511.31, 4511.33, 4511.35, 4511.66, 4513.02, and 5577.01 to 5577.09, and any substantially similar municipal ordinance.
(c) (1) This section does not exempt a driver of a highway maintenance vehicle from civil liability arising from a violation of Ohio R.C. 4511.22, 4511.25, 4511.26, 4511.27, 4511.28, 4511.30, 4511.31, 4511.33, 4511.35, 4511.66, or 4513.02 or Ohio R.C. 5577.01 to 5577.09, or any substantially similar municipal ordinance.
(2) This section does not exempt the driver of a vehicle that is engaged in the transport of highway maintenance equipment from criminal liability for a violation of Ohio R.C. 5577.01 to 5577.09, or any substantially similar municipal ordinance.
(ORC 4511.04)
(a) The provisions of Ohio R.C. 4511.12, 4511.13, 4511.131, 4511.132, 4511.14, 4511.202, 4511.21, 4511.211, 4511.22, 4511.23, 4511.25, 4511.26, 4511.27, 4511.28, 4511.29, 4511.30, 4511.31, 4511.32, 4511.33, 4511.34, 4511.35, 4511.36, 4511.37, 4511.38, 4511.39, 4511.40, 4511.41, 4511.42, 4511.43, 4511.431, 4511.432, 4511.44, 4511.441, 4511.57, 4511.58, 4511.59, 4511.60, 4511.61, 4511.62, 4511.66, 4511.68, 4511.681, and 4511.69, and any substantially equivalent municipal ordinances, do not apply to the driver of an emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle if the emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle is responding to an emergency call, is equipped with and displaying at least one flashing, rotating, or oscillating light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front of the vehicle and if the driver of the vehicles is giving an audible signal by siren, exhaust whistle, or bell. This section does not relieve the driver of an emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons and property upon the highway.
(ORC 4511.041)
(b) The provisions of Ohio R.C. 4511.25, 4511.26, 4511.27, 4511.28, 4511.29, 4511.30, 4511.31, 4511.32, 4511.33, 4511.35, 4511.36, 4511.37, 4511.38, and 4511.66, or any substantially similar municipal ordinances, do not apply to a coroner, deputy coroner or coroner's investigator operating a motor vehicle in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4513.171 or a substantially similar municipal ordinance. This division does not relieve a coroner, deputy coroner or coroner's investigator operating a motor vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons and property upon the highway.
(ORC 4511.042)
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