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PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE ONE - Administration
TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
CHAPTER 333 Intoxication; Reckless Operation; Speed
CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
CHAPTER 341 Drivers of Commercial Vehicles
CHAPTER 343 Offenses Relating to Theft and Fraud
TITLE SEVEN - Parking
TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN- FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART FIFTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
PART NINETEEN - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
PART TWENTY-ONE - PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAM CODE
PART TWENTY-THREE - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 335
Licensing; Accidents
335.01   Driver's or commercial driver's license required.
335.02   Possession of more than one license prohibited.
335.03   Driving with temporary instruction permit.
335.035   Driving with probationary license.
335.04   Certain acts prohibited.
335.05   Owner or operator allowing another to drive.
335.06   Display of license.
335.07   Signature on license certificate.
335.075   Driving under a 12 or more point suspension.
335.08   Driving under suspension or revocation or without proof of financial responsibility or in violation of license restrictions. (Repealed)
335.081   Driving under suspension or in violation of license restriction.
335.082   Operating motor vehicle or motorcycle without valid license.
335.083   Driving under OVI suspension.
335.084   Driving under financial responsibility law suspension or cancellation; driving under a nonpayment of judgment suspension.
335.085   Failure to reinstate license.
335.09   Operation or sale without certificate of title.
335.10   Display of license plates; expired or unlawful plates.
335.11   License plates to be unobstructed.
335.12   Use of illegal license plates.
335.13   Loan or sale of license plates.
335.14   Unused license plates; reporting.
335.15   Stopping after accident upon streets; collision with unattended vehicle.
335.16   Stopping after accident upon property other than streets.
335.17   Vehicle accident resulting in damage to realty.
335.18   Removal of vehicles after accidents.
335.19   Surrender of driver’s license from another state.
335.99   Penalty.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   See section histories for similar State law
   Motor vehicle licensing law - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4503
   Driver's license law - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4507
   Power of trial court of record to suspend license for certain violations - see Ohio R.C. 4510.05, 4510.15
   Employment of a minor to operate a taxicab prohibited - see Ohio R.C. 4507.321
   State point system suspension - see Ohio R.C. 4507.021
   State accident reports - see Ohio R.C. 4509.01, 4509.06, 4509.74, 5502.11
   Motor vehicle license tax - see ADM. Ch. 187
   Glass removal from street after accident - see TRAF. 311.01
   Removal of damaged car and debris from streets - see TRAF. 311.06
   Investigation of accident in Cleveland Metropolitan Park - see TRAF. 333.08
   Suspension of driver's license - see TRAF. 303.99(f); GEN. OFF. 698.09
335.01   DRIVER'S OR COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIRED.
   (a)   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 driver's license issued to the operator by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507 or a valid commercial driver's license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4506. Whoever violates this division is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 277-94. Passed 10-3-94.)
   (b)   (1)   No person shall be required to obtain a driver's or commercial driver's license for the purpose of temporarily driving, operating, drawing, moving, or propelling a road roller or road machinery upon a street or highway.
      (2)   No person shall be required to obtain a driver's or commercial driver's license for the purpose of temporarily driving, operating, drawing, moving, or propelling any agricultural tractor or implement of husbandry upon a street or highway at a speed of 25 miles per hour or less.
      (3)   No person shall drive, operate, draw, move, or propel any agricultural tractor or implement of husbandry upon a street or highway at a speed greater than 25 miles per hour unless the person has a current, valid driver's or commercial driver's license.
      (4)   No person having a valid driver’s or commercial driver’s license shall be required to have a motorcycle operator’s endorsement to operate a motorcycle having three wheels with a motor of not more than 50 cubic centimeters piston displacement.
      (5)   No person having a valid driver’s or commercial driver’s license shall be required to have a motorcycle operator’s endorsement to operate an autocycle or a cab-enclosed motorcycle.
      (6)   Every person on active duty in the military or naval forces of the United States, when furnished with a driver’s permit and when operating an official motor vehicle in connection with that duty, is exempt from the license requirements of Ohio R.C. Chapters 4506 and 4507. Every person on active duty in the military or naval forces of the United States or in service with the Peace Corps, Volunteers in Service to America or the foreign service of the United States is exempt from the license requirements of such sections for the period of the person’s active duty or service and for six months thereafter, provided the person was a licensee under such sections at the time the person commenced the person’s active duty or service. This section does not prevent such a person or the person’s spouse or dependent from making an application, as provided in Ohio R.C. 4507.10(C), for the renewal of a driver’s license or motorcycle operator’s endorsement or as provided in Ohio R.C. 4506.14 for the renewal of a commercial driver’s license during the period of the person’s active duty or service.
      (7)   Whoever violates division (b)(3) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 4507.03)
   (c)   Nonresidents, permitted to drive upon the highways of their own state, may operate any motor vehicle upon any highway in this State without examination or license under Ohio R.C. 4507.01 to 4507.39, inclusive, upon condition that such nonresident may be required at any time or place to prove lawful possession or their right to operate such motor vehicle, and to establish proper identity.
(ORC 4507.04)
335.02   POSSESSION OF MORE THAN ONE LICENSE PROHIBITED.
   (a)   No person shall receive a driver's license, or a motorcycle operator's endorsement of a driver's or commercial driver's license, unless and until he or she surrenders to the Registrar 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, together with information that a license is now issued in this State. No person shall be permitted to have more than one valid license at any time.
(Ord. 177-98. Passed 6-15-98.)
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 4507.99)
335.03   DRIVING WITH TEMPORARY INSTRUCTION PERMIT.
   (a)   No holder of a temporary instruction permit issued under Ohio R.C. 4507.05(A) shall operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking in violation of the conditions established under Ohio R.C. 4507.05(A).
   (b)   Except as provided in division (c) of this section, no holder of a temporary instruction permit that is issued under Ohio R.C. 4507.05(A) and that is issued on or after July 1, 1998, and who has not attained the age of 18 years, shall operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking between the hours of midnight and 6:00 a.m.
   (c)   The holder of a temporary instruction permit issued under Ohio R.C. 4507.05(A) on or after July 1, 1998, who has not attained the age of 18 years, may operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking between the hours of midnight and 6:00 a.m. if, at the time of such operation, the holder is accompanied by the holder's parent, guardian, or custodian, and the parent, guardian, or custodian holds a current valid driver's or commercial driver's license issued by this State, is actually occupying a seat beside the permit holder, and does not have a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine as provided in Ohio R.C. 4511.19(A).
(Ord. 301-98. Passed 11-4-98.)
   (d)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4507.05(F), (I))
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