(a) Notice of Judgment to Registrar.
(1) If a judgment or default judgment is entered against a person pursuant to § 244.08 for a violation of § 452.04 of the Commercial Point Codified Ordinances and the person has not paid the judgment or default judgment within ten days of the date of entry of the judgment, the Parking Violations Bureau may give notice of that fact to the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles. The notice, if given, shall be given not earlier than 16 days nor later than three years after the date of entry of the judgment, and shall be in a form and manner, and contain such information, as the Registrar prescribes.
(2) If three or more judgments or default judgments have been entered against a person pursuant to § 244.08 and the person has not paid the judgments or default judgments within ten days of the date of entry of the third judgment, the Parking Violations Bureau may give notice of that fact to the Registrar. The notice, if given, shall be given not earlier than 16 days nor later than three years after the date of entry of the third judgment, and shall be in a form and manner, and contain such information, as the registrar prescribes.
(b) Issuance of Certificate of Registration Prohibited. Upon receipt of a notice as provided in division (a) of this section, neither the registrar 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 notice unless the person presents a release as provided in division (c) of this section or unless the registrar is properly notified by the Parking Violations Bureau that the judgment or default judgment described in division (a)(1) of this section or the judgments or default judgments described in division (a)(2) of this section have been paid, dismissed, or reversed on appeal, or that the initial notice was given in error and is therefore canceled.
(c) Release of Vehicle. When a notice as provided in division (a) of this section is given to the registrar and the judgments or default judgments are subsequently paid, dismissed, or reversed on appeal, or it is discovered that the notice was given in error and is therefore canceled, the Parking Violations Bureau shall immediately notify the registrar of such payment, dismissal, reversal, or cancellation. The notification shall be in a form and manner, and contain such information, as the registrar prescribes. If the initial notice was not given in error, the Parking Violations Bureau shall charge the person a processing fee, as set forth in the fee schedule found in § 244.99, for each judgment or default judgment to cover the costs of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles in administering this section. Upon payment of the fee, the Parking Violations Bureau shall give to the person a release to be presented at the time of registering or transferring the registration of a motor vehicle owned or leased by the person. All fees collected under this division shall be transmitted monthly to the Registrar for deposit in the Public Safety Highway Purposes Fund established by R.C. § 4501.06.
(d) Yearly Notice. The Parking Violations Bureau shall provide further notice to the Registrar no later than 13 months after the date the Registrar entered the original notice into the records of any judgments or default judgments that are still outstanding.
(e) Determining Number of Judgments. In determining whether the judgments or default judgments that have been entered against a person as provided in division (a)(2) of this section total three or more, the Parking Violations Bureau may apply to that total any violation the person committed during the relevant time period by illegally standing or parking a vehicle in a disability parking space, irrespective of the amount of the fine imposed for such violation.
(Ord. 2023-01, passed 4-11-2023)
Statutory reference:
Notice of unpaid or default judgments, see R.C. § 4521.10