The operator of a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle involved in any accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person, or damage to the property of any person in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00), shall report the accident within forty-eight (48) hours to the Chief of Police, and shall within thirty (30) days forward a written report of the accident to the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles on a form prescribed by the Registrar. If the operator is physically incapable of making the reports and there is another participant in the accident not so incapacitated, the participant shall make the reports. In the event there is no other participant, and the operator is other than the owner, the owner, within the prescribed periods of time, shall make the reports.
Any law enforcement officer, or other person authorized by RC 4519.42 and RC 4519.43, who investigates or receives information of an accident involving a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle, shall forward to the Registrar a written report of the accident within forty-eight (48) hours.
(RC 4519.46; Ord. No. 726-17. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)