Section
General Provisions
71.01 Display of license plates or validation stickers
71.02 License required as driver or commercial driver; prohibition against unlicensed operation on private property
71.03 License tax
Prohibitions
71.15 Prohibited acts
71.16 Prohibition against permitting minor to operate vehicle
71.17 Employment of a minor to operate a taxicab prohibited
71.18 Restriction against owner lending vehicle for use of another
71.19 License suspended or revoked by court of record
71.20 Display of license
71.21 Prohibition against false statements
71.99 Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(A) No person who is the owner or operator of a motor vehicle shall fail to display in plain view on the front and rear of the motor vehicle the distinctive number and registration mark, including any county identification sticker and any validation sticker issued under R.C. §§ 4503.19 and 4503.191, furnished by the Director of Public Safety, except that a manufacturer of motor vehicles or dealer therein, the holder of an in-transit permit, and the owner or operator of a motorcycle, motorized bicycle, manufactured home, trailer, or semitrailer shall display on the rear only. A motor vehicle that is issued two license plates shall display the validation sticker only on the rear license plate, except that a commercial tractor that does not receive an apportioned license plate under the international registration plan shall display the validation sticker on the front of the commercial tractor. An apportioned vehicle receiving an apportioned license plate under the international registration plan shall display the license plate only on the front of a commercial tractor and on the rear of all other vehicles. All license plates shall be securely fastened so as not to swing, and shall not be covered by any material that obstructs its visibility.
(B) No person to whom a temporary license placard or windshield sticker has been issued for the use of a motor vehicle under R.C. § 4503.182, and no operator of that motor vehicle, shall fail to display the temporary license placard in plain view from the rear of the vehicle either in the rear window or on an external rear surface of the motor vehicle, or fail to display the windshield sticker in plain view on the rear window of the motor vehicle. No temporary license placard or windshield sticker shall be covered by any material that obstructs its visibility.
(R.C. § 4503.21(A))
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(R.C. § 4503.21(B)) ('81 Code § 71.01)
(A) (1) No person shall permit the operation of a motor vehicle upon any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, knowing the operator does not have a valid drivers license issued to the operator by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles under R.C. Chapter 4507 or a valid commercial drivers license issued under R.C. Chapter 4506. Whoever violates this division is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(2) No person shall receive a drivers license, or a motorcycle operators endorsement of a drivers or commercial drivers license, unless and until the person surrenders to the Registrar all valid licenses issued to the person by another jurisdiction recognized by this state. The Registrar shall report the surrender of a license to the issuing authority, together with information that a license is now issued in this state. The Registrar shall destroy any such license that is not returned to the issuing authority. No person shall be permitted to have more than one valid license at any time.
(R.C. § 4507.02(A)) ('81 Code § 71.02)
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