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(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)
(a) (1) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in damage to real property, or personal property attached to such real property, legally upon or adjacent to a public road or highway immediately shall stop and take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of such property of that fact, of the driver's name and address, and of the registration number of the vehicle the driver is driving and, upon request and if available, shall exhibit the driver's driver's or commercial driver's license.
(2) If the owner or person in charge of the property cannot be located after reasonable search, the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident resulting in damage to the property within twenty-four (24) hours after such accident, shall forward to the Police Division the same information required to be given to the owner or person in control of the property and give the location of the accident and a description of the damage insofar as it is known.
(b) (1) Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of failure to stop after an accident involving the property of others, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(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 2929.28 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 4549.03; Ord. No. 1280-15. Passed 4-24-17, eff. 4-25-17)