CHAPTER 408
Penalties
408.01   Penalties for misdemeanor.
408.02   General Code penalty.
408.03   Suspension of driver's license.
408.04   Committing an offense while distracted penalty.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
See section histories for similar State law
Definition of “imprisoned” - see Ohio R.C. 1.05
Satisfaction of fine; credit for time served - see Ohio R.C. 2947.14
Criteria for probation; conditions for probation - see Ohio R.C. 2951.02
Definition of “dangerous offender” - see GEN. OFF. 698.01
Definition of “repeat offender” - see GEN. OFF. 698.01
Imposing sentence for misdemeanor - see GEN. OFF. 698.03
Organizational penalties - see GEN. OFF. 698.04
Multiple sentences - see GEN. OFF. 698.05
Modification of sentence - see GEN. OFF. 698.06
 
408.01 PENALTIES FOR MISDEMEANOR.
   Whoever is convicted of or pleads guilty to a misdemeanor, or minor misdemeanor shall be sentenced in accordance with Section 698.02.
408.02 GENERAL CODE PENALTY.
   (a)   General Misdemeanor Classifications. Whoever violates any provision of this Traffic Code for which violation no penalty is otherwise provided, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.99)
   (b)   Penalties. Whoever is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of this Traffic Code shall be imprisoned for a definite term or fined, or both, which term of imprisonment and fine shall be fixed by the court as provided in this section.
 
Classification of
Misdemeanor
Maximum Term
of Imprisonment
Maximum
Fine
First degree
180 days
$1,000.00
Second degree
90 days
750.00
Third degree
60 days
500.00
Fourth degree
30 days
250.00
Minor
No imprisonment
150.00
 
   (ORC 2929.24; 2929.28)
408.03 SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE.
   Except as otherwise provided in Ohio R.C. 4510.07 or in any other provision of the Revised Code, whenever an offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of any provision of this Traffic Code that is substantially equivalent to a provision of the Revised Code, and a court is permitted or required to suspend a person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit for a violation of that provision, a court, in addition to any other penalties authorized by law, may suspend the offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege for the period of time the court determines appropriate, but the period of suspension imposed for the violation of the provision of this Traffic Code shall not exceed the period of suspension that is permitted or required to be imposed for the violation of the provision of the Revised Code to which the provision of this Traffic Code is substantially equivalent.
(ORC 4510.05)
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