(EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 303.99 for General Code penalty if no specific penalty is provided.)
(a) Whoever violates the weight provisions of Ohio R.C. 5577.01 to 5577.09, inclusive, as specified in Section 339.01 of this Traffic Code, shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the first 2,000 pounds, or fraction thereof, of overload; for overloads in excess of 2,000, but not in excess of 5,000 pounds, such person shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and in addition thereto one dollar ($1.00) per 100 pounds of overload; for overloads in excess of 5,000 pounds, but not in excess of 10,000 pounds, such person shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and in addition thereto two dollars ($2.00) per 100 pounds of overload, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. For all overloads in excess of 10,000 pounds such person shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and in addition thereto three dollars ($3.00) per 100 pounds of overload, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. Whoever violates the weight provisions of vehicle and load relating to gross load limits shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00). Provided that no penalty prescribed in this subsection (a) shall be imposed on any vehicle combination if:
(1) The overload on any axle does not exceed 1,000 pounds, and if
(2) The immediately preceding or following axle, excepting the front axle of the vehicle combination, is underloaded by the same or a greater amount.
For purposes of this subsection, two axles on one vehicle less than eight feet apart, shall be considered as one axle.
(Orc 5577.99(A))
(b) Whoever violates the weight provisions of Section 339.02 shall be fined as follows:
Overload (Pounds) | Not Less Than | Not More Than |
Overload (Pounds) | Not Less Than | Not More Than |
Up to 10,000 | $ 500.00 | |
10,001 to 10,500 | $ 470.00 | 705.00 |
10,501 to 11,000 | 490.00 | 735.00 |
11,001 to 11,500 | 510.00 | 765.00 |
11,501 to 12,000 | 530.00 | 795.00 |
12,001 to 12,500 | 550.00 | 825.00 |
12,501 to 13,000 | 570.00 | 855.00 |
13,001 to 13,500 | 590.00 | 885.00 |
13,501 to 14,000 | 610.00 | 915.00 |
14,001 to 14,500 | 630.00 | 945.00 |
14,501 to 15,000 | 650.00 | 975.00 |
15,001 to 15,500 | 670.00 | 1,005.00 |
15,501 to 16,000 | 690.00 | 1,035.00 |
16,001 to 16,500 | 710.00 | 1,065.00 |
16,501 to 17,000 | 730.00 | 1,095.00 |
17,001 to 17,500 | 750.00 | 1,125.00 |
17,501 to 18,000 | 770.00 | 1,155.00 |
18,001 to 18,500 | 790.00 | 1,185.00 |
18,501 to 19,000 | 810.00 | 1,215.00 |
19,001 to 19,500 | 830.00 | 1,245.00 |
19,501 to 20,000 | 850.00 | 1,275.00 |
More than 20,000 lbs. Not less than $100.00 plus $4.00 per 100 lbs. of overload and not more than $100.00, plus $6.00 per 100 lbs. of overload.
In addition to the fines designated above, any person found guilty of a violation of Section 339.02 may be imprisoned for not more than six months.