(A) No person shall operate a motor vehicle or permit the operation of a motor vehicle upon any public or private property used by the public for vehicular travel or parking knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the motor vehicle has been ordered immobilized pursuant to an immobilization order issued under R.C. § 4503.233.
(B) A motor vehicle that is operated by a person during a violation of division (A) above shall be criminally forfeited to the state in accordance with the procedures contained in R.C. § 4503.234.
(C) Whoever violates division (A) above is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(R.C. § 4503.236) (2000 Code, § 71.03)