(A) No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle on the streets of this municipality if it displays a distinctive number or identification mark which:
(1) Is fictitious;
(2) Is a counterfeit or an unlawfully made copy of any distinctive number or identification mark;
(3) Belongs to another motor vehicle, provided that this section does not apply to a person who fails to comply with the transfer of registration provisions of R.C. § 4503.12.
(B) Whoever violates division (A) of 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.
(R.C. § 4549.08)
(C) Upon the transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle, the registration of the motor vehicle expires, and the original owner immediately shall remove the license plates from the motor vehicle, except as otherwise provided in R.C. § 4503.12.
(D) Whoever violates division (C) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(R.C. § 4503.12(A), (D)) ('80 Code, § 72.65) Penalty, see § 70.99