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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 30-day period described in Ohio R.C. 4503.12(C).
(b) A person who fails to comply with the transfer of registration provisions of Ohio R.C. 4503.12 and is charged with a violation of that section shall not be charged with a violation of this section.
(c) Whoever violates 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.
(a) 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 so driving or operating such motor vehicle, having knowledge of such accident or collision, shall immediately stop his or her motor vehicle at the scene of the accident or collision and shall remain at the scene of such accident or collision until he or she has given his or her name and address and, if he or she is not the owner, the name and address of the owner of such motor vehicle, together with the registered number of such motor vehicle, to any person injured in the accident or collision, 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.
(b) 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 shall forthwith notify the nearest police authority concerning the location of the accident or collision, and his or her name, address, and the registered number of the motor vehicle he or she 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.
(c) If the accident or collision is with an unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle, the operator so colliding with such 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.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Whoever violates this section when the accident or collision that is the basis of the violation results in serious physical harm or death to a person is guilty of a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(a) 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 so driving or operating such 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 such person his or her name and address, and, if he or she is not the owner, the name and address of the owner of the motor vehicle, together with the registered number of that motor vehicle, and, if available, exhibit his or her driver's or commercial driver's license.
(b) If the owner or person in charge of the damaged property is not furnished such information, the driver of the motor vehicle involved in the accident or collision shall, within 24 hours after the accident or collision, forward to the police department of the municipality 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.
(c) If the accident or collision is with an unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle, the operator so colliding with such motor vehicle shall securely attach the information required to be given in this section, in writing, to a conspicuous place in or on such motor vehicle.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Whoever violates this section when the accident or collision that is the basis of the violation results in serious physical harm or death to a person is guilty of a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(a) 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 shall immediately stop and take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of the property of such fact, of his or her name and address, and of the registration number of the vehicle he or she is driving and shall, upon request and if available, exhibit his or her driver's or commercial driver's license.
(b) If the owner or person in charge of such property cannot be located after reasonable search, the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident resulting in damage to such property shall, within 24 hours after such accident, forward to the police department of the municipality the same information required to be given to the owner or person in control of such property and give the location of the accident and a description of the damage insofar as it is known.
(a) No person shall drive a commercial motor vehicle on a highway in this State unless he or she holds a valid commercial driver's license with proper endorsements for the motor vehicle being driven, issued by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles, a valid examiner's commercial driving permit issued under Ohio R.C. 4506.13, a valid restricted commercial driver's license and waiver for farm-related service industries issued under Ohio R.C. 4506.24, or a valid commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit issued by the Registrar and is accompanied by an authorized State driver's license examiner or tester or a person who has issued and has in his or her immediate possession a current, valid commercial driver's license with proper endorsements for the motor vehicle being driven.
(b) No person shall be issued a commercial driver's license until he or she surrenders to the registrar of motor vehicles all valid licenses issued to him or her by another jurisdiction recognized by this State. All surrendered licenses shall be returned by the Registrar to the issuing authority.
(c) No person who has been a resident of this State for 30 days or longer shall drive a commercial motor vehicle under the authority of a commercial driver's license issued by another jurisdiction.
(d) As used in this section "tester" means a person or entity acting pursuant to a valid agreement entered into under Ohio R.C. 4506.09(B).
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, and shall by subject to the penalty provided for in Section 307.01 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Euclid.
(Ord. 137-2003. Passed 6-16-03.)
(a) Any placards issued by the registrar of motor vehicles and bearing the distinctive number assigned to a manufacturer, dealer, or distributor pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4503.27 may be displayed on any motor vehicle, other than commercial cars, or on any motorized bicycle owned by the manufacturer, dealer, or distributor, or lawfully in the possession or control of the manufacturer, or the agent or employee of the manufacturer, the dealer, or the agent or employee of the dealer, the distributor, or the agent or employee of the distributor, and shall be displayed on no other motor vehicle or motorized bicycle. A placard may be displayed on a motor vehicle, other than a commercial car, owned by a dealer when the vehicle is in transit from a dealer to a purchaser, when the vehicle is being demonstrated for sale or lease, or when the vehicle otherwise is being utilized by the dealer. A vehicle bearing a placard issued to a dealer under Ohio R.C. 4503.27 may be operated by the dealer, an agent or employee of the dealer, a prospective purchaser, or a third party operating the vehicle with the permission of the dealer. Such placards may be displayed on commercial cars only when the cars are in transit from a manufacturer to a dealer, from a distributor to a dealer or distributor, or from a dealer to a purchaser, or when the cars are being demonstrated for sale or lease, and shall not be displayed when the cars are being used for delivery, hauling, transporting, or other commercial purpose.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 18-2017. Passed 2-21-17.)
Statutory reference:
Similar state law provisions, see Ohio R.C. 4503.27, 4503.30