(a) (1) Every motor vehicle and motorcycle with an internal combustion engine shall at all times be equipped with a muffler which is in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise, and no person shall use a muffler cutout, bypass or similar device upon a motor vehicle on a highway. Every motorcycle muffler shall be equipped with baffle plates.
(2) No person shall own, operate or have in the person’s possession any motor vehicle or motorcycle equipped with a device for producing excessive smoke or gas, or so equipped as to permit oil or any other chemical to flow into or upon the exhaust pipe or muffler of the vehicle, or equipped in any way to produce or emit smoke or dangerous or annoying gases from any portion of the vehicle, other than the ordinary gases emitted by the exhaust of an internal combustion engine under normal operation.
(R.C. § 4513.22)
(b) Every motor vehicle must be equipped with a tailpipe or tailpipes which are affixed to the muffler or mufflers and shall extend to the rear bumper of the motor vehicle, or if the tailpipe or tailpipes are of the design which extends out to the side or sides of the motor vehicle they must be of such design as to egress beyond the rear tires. The entire exhaust system must be affixed securely to the motor vehicle or motorcycle.
(Ord. 13-1977, passed 3-14-1977)
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.