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(a) (1) No person who is the owner or operator of a motor vehicle shall fail to display in plain view on the front and rear of the motor vehicle the distinctive number and registration mark, including any county identification sticker and any validation sticker issued under RC 4503.19 and 4503.191, furnished by the Director of Public Safety, except that a manufacturer of motor vehicles or dealer therein, the holder of an in-transit permit, and the owner or operator of a motorcycle, motorized bicycle or moped, motor-driven cycle or motor scooter, cab-enclosed motorcycle, manufactured home, mobile home, trailer or semitrailer shall display on the rear only. A motor vehicle that is issued two (2) license plates shall display the validation sticker only on the rear license plate, except that a commercial tractor that does not receive an apportioned license plate under the international registration plan shall display the validation sticker on the front of the commercial tractor. An apportioned vehicle receiving an apportioned license plate under the international registration plan shall display the license plate only on the front of a commercial tractor and on the rear of all other vehicles. All license plates shall be securely fastened so as not to swing, and shall not be covered by any material that obstructs their visibility.
(2) No person to whom a temporary license placard or windshield sticker has been issued for the use of a motor vehicle under RC 4503.182, and no operator of that motor vehicle shall fail to display the temporary license placard in plain view from the rear of the vehicle either in the rear window or on an external rear surface of the motor vehicle, or fail to display the windshield sticker in plain view on the rear window of the motor vehicle. No temporary license placard or windshield sticker shall be covered by any material that obstructs its visibility.
(RC 4503.21(A))
(b) Except as otherwise provided by RC 4503.103, 4503.173, 4503.41, 4503.43 and 4503.46, no person who is the owner or chauffeur of a motor vehicle operated or driven upon the public roads or highways shall fail to file annually the application for registration or to pay the tax therefor.
(RC 4503.11(A))
(c) No person shall operate or drive upon the highways of this City a motor vehicle acquired from a former owner who has registered the motor vehicle, while the motor vehicle displays the distinctive number or identification mark assigned to it upon its original registration.
(RC 4549.11(A))
(d) No person who is the owner of a motor vehicle and a resident of this state shall operate or drive the motor vehicle upon the highways of this municipality while it displays a distinctive number or identification mark issued by or under the authority of another state, without complying with the laws of this state relating to the registration and identification of motor vehicles.
(RC 4549.12(A))
(e) No person shall park or operate any vehicle upon any public street or highway upon which are displayed any license plates for any period of time which has expired, or any license plates issued in another state for which the period of reciprocal agreement with the state of issue has expired.
(f) No person shall park or operate any vehicle upon any public street or highway upon which are displayed any license plates not legally registered and issued for the vehicle, or upon which are displayed any license plates that were issued on an application for registration that contains any false statement by the applicant.
(g) (1) Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(RC 4503.21(B))
(2) Whoever violates division (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(RC 4503.11(D))
(3) Whoever violates division (c) of this section is guilty of operation of a motor vehicle bearing license plates or an identification mark issued to another, a minor misdemeanor on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on each subsequent offense.
(RC 4549.11(B))
(4) Whoever violates division (d) of this section is guilty of illegal operation by a resident of this state of a motor vehicle bearing the distinctive number or identification mark issued by a foreign jurisdiction, a minor misdemeanor.
(RC 4549.12(B); Ord. No. 1280-15. Passed 4-24-17, eff. 4-25-17)
No person shall operate a motor vehicle, upon which license plates are required by law to be displayed, unless the license plates legally registered and issued for such vehicle shall be fastened in such a manner, and not covered, obscured or concealed by any part or accessory of such vehicle or by any foreign substance or material, to be readable in its entirety from left to right.
(Ord. No. 835-03. Passed 6-10-03, eff. 6-12-03)
(a) No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle upon the public roads and highways in this municipality if it displays a license plate or a distinctive number or identification mark that meets any of the following criteria:
(1) It is fictitious;
(2) It is a counterfeit or an unlawfully made copy of any distinctive number or identification mark;
(3) It belongs to another motor vehicle, provided that this section does not apply to a motor vehicle that is operated on the public roads and highways in this municipality when the motor vehicle displays license plates that originally were issued for a motor vehicle that previously was owned by the same person who owns the motor vehicle that is operated on the public roads and highways in this municipality during the thirty (30) day period described in RC 4503.12(A)(4).
(b) A person who fails to comply with the transfer of registration provisions of RC 4503.12 and is charged with a violation of that section shall not be charged with a violation of this section.
(c) Whoever violates division (a)(1), (a)(2) or (a)(3) of this section is guilty of operating a motor vehicle bearing an invalid license plate or identification mark, this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the third degree on each subsequent offense.
(RC 4549.08)
(d) Upon the transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle, the registration of the motor vehicle expires, and the original owner immediately shall remove the license plates from the motor vehicle, except as otherwise provided in RC 4503.12(A).
(e) Whoever violates division (d) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree
(RC 4503.12(A), (D); Ord. No. 1280-15. Passed 4-24-17, eff. 4-25-17)
No person shall loan, sell, give away or otherwise traffic in any number or license plate or plates issued by any state or other duly authorized governmental agency in connection with the registration of a motor vehicle. However, nothing herein shall be deemed to apply to the issuance of license plates pursuant to law.
(Ord. No. 835-03. Passed 6-10-03, eff. 6-12-03)
No person engaged in the business of making loans, purchasing notes secured by mortgages, conditional sales agreements or any other liens upon motor vehicles, or engaged in any other business involving the repossession of motor vehicles shall fail to notify the Police Division of any repossession of motor vehicles and to give such additional information as may be required within one (1) hour after repossession of any motor vehicle, when the same is taken without the owner’s consent or knowledge.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
No person engaged in the business of operating a garage or parking space or lot, or renting space for the parking or storing of four (4) or more motor vehicles, or engaged in the business of repairing motor vehicles, parts and accessories shall fail to report to the Police Division when any motor vehicle has remained in his, her or its possession and is unclaimed for more than fifteen (15) days, except where the same has been parked or placed in storage by police order. However, nothing herein shall apply where arrangements have been made for continuous storage or parking and where the owner of the motor vehicle so parked or stored is personally known to the owner or operator of such garage, parking lot or space, so that the name and address of such owner can be furnished upon request of any member of the Police Division.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
(a) (1) In case of accident to or collision with persons or property upon any of the public roads or highways, due to the driving or operation thereon of any motor vehicle, the person driving or operating the motor vehicle, having knowledge of the accident or collision, immediately shall stop the driver's or operator's motor vehicle at the scene of the accident or collision and shall remain at the scene of the accident or collision until the driver or operator has given the driver's or operator's name and address and, if the driver or operator is not the owner, the name and address of the owner of that motor vehicle, together with the registered number of that motor vehicle, to any person injured in the accident or collision or to the operator, occupant, owner or attendant of any motor vehicle damaged in the accident or collision, or to any police officer at the scene of the accident or collision.
(2) In the event the injured person is unable to comprehend and record the information required to be given by this section, the other driver involved in the accident or collision forthwith shall notify the nearest police authority concerning the location of the accident or collision, and the driver's name, address and the registered number of the motor vehicle the driver was operating, and then remain at the scene of the accident or collision until a police officer arrives, unless removed from the scene by an emergency vehicle operated by a political subdivision or an ambulance.
(3) If the accident or collision is with an unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle, the operator who collides with the motor vehicle shall securely attach the information required to be given in this section, in writing, to a conspicuous place in or on the unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle.
(b) (1) Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of failure to stop after an accident, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the accident or collision results in serious physical harm or death to a person, failure to stop after an accident is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law. The court, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, shall impose upon the offender a class five (5) 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)(5). No judge shall suspend the first six (6) months of suspension of an offender's license, permit or privilege required by this division.
(2) The offender shall provide the court with proof of financial responsibility as defined in RC 4509.01. If the offender fails to provide that proof of financial responsibility, then, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, the court may order restitution pursuant to RC 2929.18 or 2929.28 in an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for any economic loss arising from an accident or collision that was the direct and proximate result of the offender's operation of the motor vehicle before, during, or after committing the offense charged under this section.
(RC 4549.02; Ord. No. 1280-15. Passed 4-24-17, eff. 4-25-17)
(a) (1) In case of accident or collision resulting in injury or damage to persons or property upon any public or private property other than public roads or highways, due to the driving or operation thereon of any motor vehicle, the person driving or operating the motor vehicle, having knowledge of the accident or collision, shall stop, and, upon request of the person injured or damaged, or any other person, shall give that person the driver's or operator's name and address, and, if the driver or operator is not the owner, the name and address of the owner of that motor vehicle, together with the registered number of that motor vehicle, and, if available, exhibit the driver's or operator's driver's or commercial driver's license.
(2) If the owner or person in charge of such damaged property is not furnished this information, the driver of the motor vehicle involved in the accident or collision, within twenty-four (24) hours after the accident or collision, shall forward to the Police Division the same information required to be given to the owner or person in control of the damaged property and give the date, time and location of the accident or collision.
(3) If such accident or collision is with an unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle, the operator who collides with the motor vehicle shall securely attach the information required to be given in this section, in writing, to a conspicuous place in or on the unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle.
(b) (1) Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of failure to stop after a nonpublic road accident, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the accident or collision results in serious physical harm or death to a person, failure to stop after a nonpublic road accident is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law. The court, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, shall impose upon the offender a class five (5) 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)(5). No judge shall suspend the first six (6) months of suspension of an offender's license, permit or privilege required by this division.
(2) The offender shall provide the court with proof of financial responsibility as defined in RC 4509.01. If the offender fails to provide that proof of financial responsibility, then, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, the court may order restitution pursuant to RC 2929.18 or 2929.28 in an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for any economic loss arising from an accident or collision that was the direct and proximate result of the offender's operation of the motor vehicle before, during, or after committing the offense charged under this section.
(RC 4549.021; Ord. No. 1280-15. Passed 4-24-17, eff. 4-25-17)
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