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(a) No person shall permit the operation of a motor vehicle upon any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, knowing the operator does not have a valid driver's license issued to the operator by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles under RC Chapter 4507 or a valid commercial driver's license issued under RC Chapter 4506. Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this division is guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor. When the offense is an unclassified misdemeanor, the offender shall be sentenced pursuant to RC 2929.21 to 2929.28, except that the offender shall not be sentenced to a jail term; the offender shall not be sentenced to a community residential sanction pursuant to RC 2929.26; notwithstanding RC 2929.28(A)(2)(a), the offender may be fined up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00); and, notwithstanding RC 2929.27(A)(3), the offender may be ordered pursuant to RC 2929.27(C) to serve a term of community service of up to five hundred (500) hours. The failure of an offender to complete a term of community service imposed by the court may be punished as indirect criminal contempt under RC 2705.02(A) that may be filed in the underlying case. If, within three (3) years of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two (2) or more violations of this section or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(RC 4507.02(A)(1))
(b) Nonresidents, permitted to drive upon the highways of their own state, may operate any motor vehicle upon any highway in this state without examination or license under RC 4507.01 to 4507.39, inclusive, upon condition that the nonresident may be required at any time or place to prove lawful possession or their right to operate the motor vehicle, and to establish proper identity.
(RC 4507.04)
(c) No person shall operate any motor vehicle in violation of any restriction imposed on his or her driver's or commercial driver's license by the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles pursuant to RC 4507.14.
(Ord. No. 1280-15. Passed 4-24-17, eff. 4-25-17)
(a) No person shall receive a driver's license, or a motorcycle operator's endorsement of a driver's or commercial driver's license, unless and until the person surrenders to the Registrar all valid licenses issued to the person by another jurisdiction recognized by this state. The Registrar shall report the surrender of a license to the issuing authority, together with information that a license is now issued in this state. The Registrar shall destroy any such license that is not returned to the issuing authority. No person shall be permitted to have more than one (1) valid license at any time.
(RC 4507.02(A)(2))
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(RC 4507.99; Ord. No. 1280-15. Passed 4-24-17, eff. 4-25-17)
(a) No holder of a temporary instruction permit issued under RC 4507.05(A) shall operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking in violation of the conditions established under RC 4507.05(A).
(b) Except as provided in division (c) of this section, no holder of a temporary instruction permit that is issued under RC 4507.05(A) and that is issued on or after July 1, 1998, and who has not attained the age of eighteen (18) years, shall operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking between the hours of midnight and 6:00 a.m.
(c) The holder of a temporary instruction permit issued under RC 4507.05(A) on or after July 1, 1998, who has not attained the age of eighteen (18) years, may operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking between the hours of midnight and 6:00 a.m. if, at the time of the operation, the holder is accompanied by the holder's parent, guardian or custodian, and the parent, guardian or custodian holds a current valid driver's or commercial driver's license issued by this state, is actually occupying a seat beside the permit holder, and does not have a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine as provided in RC 4511.19(A).
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(RC 4507.05(F), (I); Ord. No. 1280-15. Passed 4-24-17, eff. 4-25-17)
(a) No person shall:
(1) Display, or cause or permit to be displayed, or possess any identification card, driver's or commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit knowing the same to be fictitious, or to have been canceled, suspended or altered;
(2) Lend to a person not entitled thereto, or knowingly permit a person not entitled thereto to use any identification card, driver's or commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit issued to the person so lending or permitting the use thereof;
(3) Display or represent as one's own, any identification card, driver's or commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit not issued to the person so displaying the same;
(4) Fail to surrender to the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles, upon the Registrar's demand, any identification card, driver's or commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit that has been suspended or canceled;
(5) In any application for an identification card, driver's or commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit, or any renewal or duplicate thereof, knowingly conceal a material fact, or present any physician's statement required under RC 4507.08 or 4507.081 when knowing the same to be false or fictitious.
(b) Whoever violates any division of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(RC 4507.30; Ord. No. 1280-15. Passed 4-24-17, eff. 4-25-17)
(a) No person shall permit a motor vehicle owned by the person or under the person's control to be driven by another if any of the following apply:
(1) The offender knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the other person does not have a valid driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or valid nonresident driving privileges.
(2) The offender knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the other person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privileges have been suspended or canceled under RC Chapter 4510 or any other provision of the Ohio Revised Code.
(3) The offender knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the other person's act of driving the motor vehicle would violate any prohibition contained in RC Chapter 4509.
(4) The offender knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the other person's act of driving would violate RC 4511.19 or any substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
(5) The offender knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the vehicle is the subject of an immobilization waiver order issued under RC 4503.235 and the other person is prohibited from operating the vehicle under that order.
(b) Without limiting or precluding the consideration of any other evidence in determining whether a violation of division (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4) or (a)(5) of this section has occurred, it shall be prima facie evidence that the offender knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the operator of the motor vehicle owned by the offender or under the offender's control is in a category described in division (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4) or (a)(5) of this section if any of the following applies:
(1) Regarding an operator allegedly in the category described in division (a)(1), (a)(3) or (a)(5) of this section, the offender and the operator of the motor vehicle reside in the same household and are related by consanguinity or affinity.
(2) Regarding an operator allegedly in the category described in division (a)(2) of this section, the offender and the operator of the motor vehicle reside in the same household, and the offender knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the operator has been charged with or convicted of any violation of law or ordinance, or has committed any other act or omission, that would or could result in the suspension or cancellation of the operator's license, permit, or privilege.
(3) Regarding an operator allegedly in the category described in division (a)(4) of this section, the offender and the operator of the motor vehicle occupied the motor vehicle together at the time of the offense.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of wrongful entrustment of a motor vehicle, and shall be punished as provided in divisions (c) to (h) of this section.
(1) Except as provided in division (c)(2) of this section, whoever violates division (a)(1), (a)(2), or (a)(3) of this section is guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor. When the offense is an unclassified misdemeanor, the offender shall be sentenced pursuant to RC 2929.21 to 2929.28, except that the offender shall not be sentenced to a jail term; the offender shall not be sentenced to a community residential sanction pursuant to RC 2929.26; notwithstanding RC 2929.28(A)(2)(a), the offender may be fined up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00); and, notwithstanding RC 2929.27(A)(3), the offender may be ordered pursuant to RC 2929.27(C) to serve a term of community service of up to five hundred (500) hours. The failure of an offender to complete a term of community service imposed by the court may be punished as indirect criminal contempt under RC 2705.02(A) that may be filed in the underlying case.
(2) A. If, within three (3) years of a violation of division (a)(1), (a)(2), or (a)(3) of this section, the offender previously has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of two (2) or more violations of division (a)(1), (a)(2), or (a)(3) of this section, RC 4511.203(A)(1), (A)(2), or (A)(3), or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
B. Whoever violates division (a)(4) or (a)(5) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(3) For any violation of this section, in addition to the penalties imposed under this Code or RC Chapter 2929, the court may impose a class seven (7) suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in RC 4510.02(A)(7), and, if the vehicle involved in the offense is registered in the name of the offender, the court may order one (1) of the following:
A. Except as otherwise provided in division (c)(3)B. or (c)(3)C. of this section, the court may order, for thirty (30) days, the immobilization of the vehicle involved in the offense and the impoundment of that vehicle's license plates. If issued, the order shall be issued and enforced under RC 4503.233.
B. If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one (1) violation of this section, RC 4511.203, or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the court may order, for sixty (60) days, the immobilization of the vehicle involved in the offense and the impoundment of that vehicle's license plates. If issued, the order shall be issued and enforced under RC 4503.233.
C. If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two (2) or more violations of this section, RC 4511.203, or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the court may order the criminal forfeiture to the state of the vehicle involved in the offense. If issued, the order shall be issued and enforced under RC 4503.234.
(4) If title to a motor vehicle that is subject to an order for criminal forfeiture under division (c)(3)C. of this section is assigned or transferred and RC 4503.234(B)(2) or (B)(3) applies, in addition to or independent of any other penalty established by law, the court may fine the offender the value of the vehicle as determined by publications of the National Automobile Dealers Association. The proceeds from any fine imposed under this division shall be distributed in accordance with RC 4503.234(C)(2).
(d) If a court orders the criminal forfeiture of a vehicle under division (c)(3)A. or (c)(3)B. of this section, the court shall not release the vehicle from the immobilization before the termination of the period of immobilization ordered unless the court is presented with current proof of financial responsibility with respect to that vehicle.
(e) If a court orders the criminal forfeiture of a vehicle under division (c)(3)C. of this section, upon receipt of the order from the court, neither the Registrar of Motor Vehicles nor any deputy registrar shall accept any application for the registration or transfer of registration of any motor vehicle owned or leased by the person named in the order. The period of denial shall be five (5) years after the date the order is issued, unless, during that five (5) year period, the court with jurisdiction of the offense that resulted in the order terminates the forfeiture and notifies the Registrar of the termination. If the court terminates the forfeiture and notifies the Registrar, the Registrar shall take all necessary measures to permit the person to register a vehicle owned or leased by the person or to transfer the registration of the vehicle.
(f) This section does not apply to motor vehicle rental dealers or motor vehicle leasing dealers, as defined in RC 4549.65.
(g) Evidence of a conviction of, plea of guilty to, or adjudication as a delinquent child for a violation of this section shall not be admissible as evidence in any civil action that involves the offender or delinquent child who is the subject of the conviction, plea or adjudication and that arises from the wrongful entrustment of a motor vehicle.
(h) For purposes of this section, a vehicle is owned by a person if, at the time of a violation of this section, the vehicle is registered in the person's name.
(RC 4511.203; Ord. No. 1280-15. Passed 4-24-17, eff. 4-25-17)
(a) The operator of a motor vehicle shall display the operator's driver's license, or furnish satisfactory proof that the operator has a driver's license, upon demand of any peace officer or of any person damaged or injured in any collision in which the licensee may be involved. When a demand is properly made, and the operator has the operator's driver's license on or about the operator's person, the operator shall not refuse to display the license. A person's failure to furnish satisfactory evidence that the person is licensed under RC Chapter 4507 when the person does not have the person's license on or about the person's person shall be prima facie evidence of the person's not having obtained a driver's license.
(b) (1) Except as provided in division (b)(2) of this section, whoever violates this section is guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor. When the offense is an unclassified misdemeanor, the offender shall be sentenced pursuant to RC 2929.21 to 2929.28, except that the offender shall not be sentenced to a jail term; the offender shall not be sentenced to a community residential sanction pursuant to RC 2929.26; notwithstanding RC 2929.28(A)(2)(a), the offender may be fined up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00); and notwithstanding RC 2929.27(A)(3), the offender may be ordered pursuant to RC 2929.27(C) to serve a term of community service of up to five hundred (500) hours. The failure of an offender to complete a term of community service imposed by the court may be punished as indirect criminal contempt under RC 2705.02(A) that may be filed in the underlying case.
(2) If, within three (3) years of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two (2) or more violations of this section, RC 4507.35, or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(RC 4507.35; Ord. No. 1280-15. Passed 4-24-17, eff. 4-25-17)
(RC 4507.35; Ord. No. 1280-15. Passed 4-24-17, eff. 4-25-17)
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