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(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CURFEW HOUR means the hours of 11:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. of the following day, Sunday through Thursday, and 12:00 midnight to 5:00 a.m. the following day on Friday and Saturday.
EMERGENCY means an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that call for immediate action. The term includes, but is not limited to, a fire, natural disaster, an automobile accident, or any situation requiring immediate action to prevent serious bodily injury or loss of life.
ESTABLISHMENT mean any privately owned place of business operated for a profit to which the public is invited, including but not limited to any place of amusements.
GUARDIAN means:
(1) A person who, under court order, is the guardian of the person of a minor; or
(2) A public or private agency with whom a minor has been placed by a court.
MINOR means any person under 18 years of age who is not married or otherwise emancipated.
OPERATOR means any individual, firm, association, partnership, or corporation operating,
managing, or conducting any establishment. The term includes the members or partners of an association or partnership and the officers of a corporation.
PARENT means a person who is:
(1) A natural parent, adoptive parent, or stepparent; or,
(2) Another person, at least 18 years of age and authorized by a parent or guardian to have the care and custody of a minor.
PUBLIC PLACE means any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, highways, and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities, and shops.
REMAIN means to:
(1) Linger or stay; or
(2) Fail to leave the premises when requested to do so by a police officer or the owner, operator, or other person in control of the premises.
SERIOUS BODILY INJURY means bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes death, serious, permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.
TIME referred to herein is based upon the prevailing standard of time, whether Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Time, generally observed at that hour by the public in the city.
(B) Offenses.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any minor to be in or upon any public street or public place during curfew hours as defined in division (A) of this section.
(2) A parent or guardian of a minor commits an offense if he knowingly permits, or by insufficient control allows, the minor to remain in any public place or on the premises of any establishment within the city during curfew hours.
(3) The owner, operator, or any employee of an establishment commits an offense if he knowingly allows a minor to remain on the premises of the establishment during curfew hours.
(C) Exceptions.
(1) In the following exceptional cases a minor who would be found in violation of division (B) shall not be considered in violation of this section when any of the following apply:
(a) When accompanied by a parent or guardian of such minor.
(b) When on an errand at the direction of the minor's parent or guardian, without any detour or stop.
(c) When in a motor vehicle involved in interstate travel, or when in a motor vehicle with parental consent when traveling to and from home.
(d) When engaged in an employment activity, or going to or returning home from an employment activity, without any detour or stop.
(e) When involved in an emergency.
(f) When on the sidewalk abutting the minor's residence or abutting the residence of a next door neighbor if the neighbor did not complain to the Police Department about the minor's presence.
(g) When attending an activity organized and supervised by adults and sponsored by the city, another municipality, school district, civic organization, or other similar activity that takes responsibility for the minor. Attending an official school or religious activity; going to or coming from, without any detour or stop, those activities identified herein.
(2) If the owner, operator, or employee of an establishment promptly notified the Police Department that a minor was present on the premises of the establishment during curfew hours and refused to leave, the owner, operator or employee shall not be in violation.
(D) Parental responsibilities. No parent or guardian having legal custody shall knowingly permit or by inefficient control allow such minor to be in or on public streets or public places under circumstances not constituting an exception to, or otherwise beyond the scope of, this section. The term KNOWINGLY includes knowledge which a parent or guardian should reasonably be expected to have concerning the whereabouts of a minor in that parent's or guardian's legal custody. It is intended to continue to keep neglectful or careless parents up to a reasonable community standard of parental responsibility through an objective test. It shall be no defense that a parent was completely indifferent to the activities or conduct or whereabouts of such minor.
(E) Police procedures.
(1) A police officer of the city, upon finding or having attention called to any minor on the streets in prima-facie violation of this section, normally shall take the minor to the City Police Station, where a parent or guardian shall immediately be notified to come for the minor, and whereupon an inquiry shall be made. This inquiry is intended to permit the officer to ascertain, under constitutional safeguards, relevant facts and information to perform his duties. In the absence of convincing evidence, such as a birth certificate, a police officer on the street shall, in the first instance, use his best judgment in determining age.
(2) A police officer may, under appropriate circumstances, order such minor to return home or may deliver the minor to the custody of the parent or guardian, where, for example, such minor is of tender age, or where the identity and address of such minor may readily be ascertained.
(3) When a parent or guardian, immediately called, has come to take charge of the minor, and the appropriate information has been recorded, the minor shall be released to the custody of such parent or guardian. If the parent or guardian cannot be located, or fails to take charge of the minor, then the minor shall be released to the juvenile authorities, except to the extent that, in accordance with police regulations, the minor may temporarily be intrusted to a relative, neighbor, or other person who will, on behalf of a parent, assume the responsibility of caring for the minor pending the availability or arrival of a parent of guardian.
(4) In the case of a first violation by a minor, the Chief of Police shall send to a parent or guardian written notice of the violation with a warning that any subsequent violation will result in full enforcement of this section, including enforcement of parental responsibility and of applicable penalties.
(F) Non-limiting. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as restricting the City Police Department and other law enforcement agencies in the arrest, apprehension, detention and prosecution of individuals found to be in violation of non-curfew laws, statutes or ordinances under the city municipal code, state and federal laws.
(G) Penalties.
(1) If, after a parent or guardian has been warned and given notice of a first violation by such minor, and the minor is found in violation again, this shall be treated as a first offense by the parent or guardian. Such parent or guardian shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor. For any subsequent offense, a parent or guardian shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(2) Any minor who shall violate any of the provisions of this section more than two times shall be reported to the Juvenile Authorities for the treatment, supervision and rehabilitation of such minor.
(3) Whoever violates division (B)(3) of this section shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor for the first offense and a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for each subsequent offense.
(‘82 Code, § 636.19) (Ord. 95-31, passed 6-6-95) Penalty, see § 698.02
(A) Compulsory school age to be in attendance at school.
(1) No minor child, other than a minor who has been suspended or expelled from school, shall be at any place within the city except in attendance at school during normal school hours, during any school day, unless the minor had written proof from school authorities excusing him or her from attending school at that particular time, or unless the minor is accompanied by a parent or a responsible adult selected by the parent to supervise the minor.
(2) Each parent of a minor child shall have a duty to prohibit the minor from behaving contrary to division (A)(1) of this section.
(3) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the minor, at the time he or she was found at a place other than the school, was not required by law to be in attendance at school.
(B) Minors suspended or expelled from school.
(1) If a minor child is suspended or expelled from school, then each parent of the minor shall have the following duties for the duration of the suspension or expulsion:
(a) The duty to personally supervise the minor, or to arrange for a responsible adult to supervise the minor, at the times that the minor would have been required to be in attendance at school had he or she not been suspended or expelled; and
(b) The duty to prohibit the minor from being at any public place at the times that the minor would have been required to be in attendance at school had he or she not been suspended or expelled.
(2) No minor child who has been suspended or expelled from school shall fail to comply with supervision provided or arranged by a parent pursuant to division (B)(1)(a) of this section.
(3) No minor child who has been suspended or expelled from school shall be in any public place at the time that he or she would have been required to be in attendance at school had he or she not been suspended or expelled.
(4) It shall be unlawful to intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence violate this section.
(C) Operator responsibility. It shall be unlawful for any operator or any business establishment to knowingly permit a minor to remain at the establishment under circumstances not constituting an exception to, or otherwise beyond the scope of, this section. The term “knowingly” includes knowledge that an operator should reasonably be expected to have concerning the patrons of the establishment. The standard for “knowingly” shall be applied through an objective test: whether a reasonable person in the operator's position should have known that the patron was a minor in violation of this section.
(D) Notice to parent or guardian.
(1) A school which suspends or expels a minor child from school shall notify the parents or guardians of the minor child of the terms of this section by mailing a copy of this section or the underlying ordinance to the parents or guardians to their last know address.
(2) The Chief of Police shall send the parents or guardians of any minor child violating the terms of this section written notice of the child's violation.
(3) Failure to receive the notices provided for herein is not a defense to prosecution.
(E) Penalties.
(1) The first violation of this section by any person shall be a minor misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $100.
(2) The second violation of this section by any person shall be a misdemeanor of the fourth degree, punishable by a fine of not more than $250 and by community service of not more than eight hours, or by a combination of part or all of the foregoing.
(3) The third and all subsequent violations of this section by any person shall be a misdemeanor of the third degree, punishable by a fine of not more than $500 and by community service of not more than 40 hours and by imprisonment up to 30 days, or by a combination of part or all of the foregoing.
(4) Proceedings against all minor children shall be had in accordance with Ohio R.C. Chapter 2151.
(Ord. 96-28, passed 4-16-96)
Cross-reference:
Schools; truancy and parents duties, see Ch. 662
(A) No person shall beg or solicit aims for himself or herself either in person or by letter.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(‘82 Code, § 636.20) (Ord. 66-108, passed 10-4-66) Penalty, see § 698.02
(A) As used in this section,
HAZING means doing any act or coercing another, including the victim, to do any act of initiation into any student or other organization that causes or creates a substantial risk of causing mental or physical harm to any person.
(B) (1) No person shall recklessly participate in the hazing of another.
(2) No administrator, employee, or faculty member of any primary, secondary, or post-secondary school or of any other educational institution, public or private, shall recklessly permit the hazing of any person.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of hazing, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(ORC 2903.31)
Statutory reference:
Civil liability for hazing, see Ohio R.C. 2307.44
(A) Illegal distribution of cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products.
(1) As used in this section:
AGE VERIFICATION. A service provided by an independent third party (other than a manufacturer, producer, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer of cigarettes, other tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or papers used to roll cigarettes) that compares information available from a commercially available database, or aggregate of databases, that regularly are used by government and businesses for the purpose of age and identity verification to personal information provided during an internet sale or other remote method of sale to establish that the purchaser is 21 years of age or older.
ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCT.
1. Subject to division 2. of this definition, an electronic smoking device, vapor product, or any other product or device that consists of or contains nicotine that can be ingested into the body by any means, including, but not limited to, chewing, smoking, absorbing, dissolving, or inhaling.
2. The phrase does not include any of the following:
a. Any cigarette or other tobacco product;
b. Any product that is a “drug” as that term is defined in 21 U.S.C. § 321(g)(1);
c. Any product that is a “device” as that term is defined in 21 U.S.C. § 321(h);
d. Any product that is a “combination product” as described in 21 U.S.C. § 353(g).
CIGARETTE. Includes clove cigarettes and hand-rolled cigarettes.
DISTRIBUTE. Means to furnish, give, or provide cigarettes, other tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or papers used to roll cigarettes to the ultimate consumer of the cigarettes, other tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or papers used to roll cigarettes.
ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICE. Means any device that can be used to deliver aerosolized or vaporized nicotine or any other substance to the person inhaling from the device including an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic hookah, vaping pen, or electronic pipe. The phrase includes any component, part, or accessory of such a device, whether or not sold separately, and includes any substance intended to be aerosolized or vaporized during the use of the device. The phrase does not include any product that is a drug, device, or combination product, as those terms are defined or described in 21 U.S.C. §§ 321 and 353(g).
PROOF OF AGE. Means a driver’s license, a commercial driver’s license, a military identification card, a passport, or an identification card issued under R.C. §§ 4507.50 to 4507.52 that shows that a person is 18 years of age or older.
TOBACCO PRODUCT. Means any product that is made or derived from tobacco or that contains any form of nicotine, if it is intended for human consumption or is likely to be consumed, whether smoked, heated, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, or ingested by any other means, including, but not limited to, a cigarette, an electronic smoking device, a cigar, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, or snus. The phrase also means any component or accessory used in the consumption of a tobacco product, such as filters, rolling papers, pipes, blunt or hemp wraps, and liquids used in electronic smoking devices, whether or not they contain nicotine. The phrase does not include any product that is a drug, device, or combination product, as those terms are defined or described in 21 U.S.C. §§ 321 and 353(g).
VAPOR PRODUCT. Means a product, other than a cigarette or other tobacco product as defined in Ohio R.C. Chapter 5743, that contains or is made or derived from nicotine and that is intended and marketed for human consumption, including by smoking, inhaling, snorting, or sniffing. The phrase includes any component, part, or additive that is intended for use in an electronic smoking device, a mechanical heating element, battery, or electronic circuit and is used to deliver the product. The phrase does not include any product that is a drug, device, or combination product, as those terms are defined or described in 21 U.S.C. §§ 321 and 353(g). The phrase includes any product containing nicotine, regardless of concentration.
VENDING MACHINE. Has the same meaning as “coin machine” in R.C. § 2913.01.
(2) No manufacturer, producer, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer of cigarettes, other tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or papers used to roll cigarettes, no agent, employee, or representative of a manufacturer, producer, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer of cigarettes, other tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or papers used to roll cigarettes, and no other person shall do any of the following:
(a) Give, sell, or otherwise distribute cigarettes, other tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or papers used to roll cigarettes to any person under 21 years of age;
(b) Give away, sell, or distribute cigarettes, other tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or papers used to roll cigarettes in any place that does not have posted in a conspicuous place a legibly printed sign in letters at least one-half inch high stating that giving, selling, or otherwise distributing cigarettes, other tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or papers used to roll cigarettes to a person under 21 years of age is prohibited by law;
(c) Knowingly furnish any false information regarding the name, age, or other identification of any person under 21 years of age with purpose to obtain cigarettes, other tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or papers used to roll cigarettes for that person;
(d) Manufacture, sell, or distribute in this state any pack or other container of cigarettes containing fewer than 20 cigarettes or any package of roll-your-own tobacco containing less than six-tenths of one ounce of tobacco;
(e) Sell cigarettes or alternative nicotine products in a smaller quantity than that placed in the pack or other container by the manufacturer;
(f) Give, sell, or otherwise distribute alternative nicotine products, papers used to roll cigarettes, or tobacco products other than cigarettes over the internet or through another remote method without age verification.
(3) No person shall sell or offer to sell cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products by or from a vending machine, except in the following locations:
(a) An area within a factory, business, office, or other place not open to the general public;
(b) An area to which persons under 21 years of age are not generally permitted access;
(c) Any other place not identified in division (A)(3)(a) or (A)(3)(b) of this section, upon all of the following conditions:
1. The vending machine is located within the immediate vicinity, plain view, and control of the person who owns or operates the place, or an employee of that person, so that all cigarettes, other tobacco product, and alternative nicotine product purchases from the vending machine will be readily observed by the person who owns or operates the place or an employee of that person. For the purpose of this section, a vending machine located in any unmonitored area, including an unmonitored coatroom, restroom, hallway, or outer waiting area, shall not be considered located within the immediate vicinity, plain view, and control of the person who owns or operates the place, or an employee of that person.
2. The vending machine is inaccessible to the public when the place is closed.
3. A clearly visible notice is posted in the area where the vending machine is located that states the following in letters that are legibly printed and at least one-half inch high: “It is illegal for any person under the age of 21 to purchase tobacco or alternative nicotine products.”
(4) The following are affirmative defenses to a charge under division (A)(2)(a) of this section:
(a) The person under 21 years of age was accompanied by a parent, spouse who is 21 years of age or older, or legal guardian of the person under 21 years of age.
(b) The person who gave, sold, or distributed cigarettes, other tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or papers used to roll cigarettes to a person under 21 years of age under division (A)(2)(a) of this section is a parent, spouse who is 21 years of age or older, or legal guardian of the person under 21 years of age.
(5) It is not a violation of division (A)(2)(a) or (A)(2)(b) of this section for a person to give or otherwise distribute to a person under 21 years of age cigarettes, other tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or papers used to roll cigarettes while the person under 21 years of age is participating in a research protocol if all of the following apply:
(a) The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the person under 21 years of age has consented in writing to the person under 21 years of age participating in the research protocol.
(b) An institutional human subjects protection review board, or an equivalent entity, has approved the research protocol.
(c) The person under 21 years of age is participating in the research protocol at the facility or location specified in the research protocol.
(6) (a) Whoever violates division (A)(2)(a), (A)(2)(b), (A)(2)(d), (A)(2)(e), or (A)(2)(f) or (A)(3) of this section is guilty of illegal distribution of cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products. Except as otherwise provided in this division, illegal distribution of cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of division (A)(2)(a), (A)(2)(b), (A)(2)(d), (A)(2)(e), or (A)(2)(f) or (A)(3) of this section or a substantially equivalent state law or municipal ordinance, illegal distribution of cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products is a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(b) Whoever violates division (A)(2)(c) of this section is guilty of permitting a person under 21 years of age to use cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products. Except as otherwise provided in this division, permitting a person under 21 years of age to use cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of division (A)(2)(c) of this section or a substantially equivalent state law or municipal ordinance, permitting a person under 21 years of age to use cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products is a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(7) Any cigarettes, other tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or papers used to roll cigarettes that are given, sold, or otherwise distributed to a person under 21 years of age in violation of this section and that are used, possessed, purchased, or received by a person under 21 years of age in violation of Ohio R.C. 2151.87 are subject to seizure and forfeiture as contraband under Ohio R.C. Chapter 2981.
(R.C. § 2927.02)
(B) Transaction scan.
(1) As used in this division and division (C) of this section:
CARD HOLDER. Means any person who presents a driver’s or commercial driver’s license or an identification card to a seller, or an agent or employee of a seller, to purchase or receive cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products from a seller, agent, or employee.
IDENTIFICATION CARD. Means an identification card issued under R.C. §§ 4507.50 through 4507.52.
SELLER. Means a seller of cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products and includes any person whose gift of or other distribution of cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products is subject to the prohibitions of division (A) of this section.
TRANSACTION SCAN. Means the process by which a seller or an agent or employee of a seller checks, by means of a transaction scan device, the validity of a driver’s or commercial driver’s license or an identification card that is presented as a condition for purchasing or receiving cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products.
TRANSACTION SCAN DEVICE. Means any commercial device or combination of devices used at a point of sale that is capable of deciphering in an electronically readable format the information encoded on the magnetic strip or bar code of a driver’s or commercial driver’s license or an identification card.
(2) (a) A seller or an agent or employee of a seller may perform a transaction scan by means of a transaction scan device to check the validity of a driver’s or commercial driver’s license or identification card presented by a card holder as a condition for selling, giving away, or otherwise distributing to the card holder cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products.
(b) If the information deciphered by the transaction scan performed under division (B)(2)(a) of this section fails to match the information printed on the driver’s or commercial driver’s license or identification card presented by the card holder, or if the transaction scan indicates that the information so printed is false or fraudulent, neither the seller nor any agent or employee of the seller shall sell, give away, or otherwise distribute any cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products to the card holder.
(c) Division (B)(2)(a) of this section does not preclude a seller or an agent or employee of a seller from using a transaction scan device to check the validity of a document other than a driver’s or commercial driver’s license or identification card, if the document includes a bar code or magnetic strip that may be scanned by the device, as a condition for selling, giving away, or otherwise distributing cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products to the person presenting the document.
(3) Rules adopted by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles under R.C. § 4301.61(C) apply to the use of transaction scan devices for purposes of this division (B) and division (C) of this section.
(4) (a) No seller or agent or employee of a seller shall electronically or mechanically record or maintain any information derived from a transaction scan, except for the following:
1. The name and date of birth of the person listed on the driver’s or commercial driver’s license or identification card presented by the card holder;
2. The expiration date and identification number of the driver’s or commercial driver’s license or identification card presented by the card holder.
(b) No seller or agent or employee of a seller shall use the information that is derived from a transaction scan or that is permitted to be recorded and maintained under division (B)(4)(a) of this section, except for purposes of division (C) of this section.
(c) No seller or agent or employee of a seller shall use a transaction scan device for a purpose other than the purpose specified in division (C)(2)(a) of this section.
(d) No seller or agent or employee of a seller shall sell or otherwise disseminate the information derived from a transaction scan to any third party, including but not limited to selling or otherwise disseminating that information for any marketing, advertising, or promotional activities, but a seller or agent or employee of a seller may release that information pursuant to a court order or as specifically authorized by division (C) of this section or another section of this code or the Ohio Revised Code.
(5) Nothing in this division (B) or division (C) of this section relieves a seller or an agent or employee of a seller of any responsibility to comply with any other applicable local, state or federal laws or rules governing the sale, giving away, or other distribution of cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products.
(6) Whoever violates division (B)(2)(b) or (B)(4) of this section is guilty of engaging in an illegal tobacco product or alternative nicotine product transaction scan, and the court may impose upon the offender a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for each violation. The Clerk of the Court shall pay each collected civil penalty to the County Treasurer for deposit into the County Treasury.
(R.C. § 2927.021)
(C) Affirmative defenses.
(1) A seller or an agent or employee of a seller may not be found guilty of a charge of a violation of division (A) of this section in which the age of the purchaser or other recipient of cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products is an element of the alleged violation, if the seller, agent, or employee raises and proves as an affirmative defense that all of the following occurred:
(a) A card holder attempting to purchase or receive cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products presented a driver’s or commercial driver’s license or an identification card.
(b) A transaction scan of the driver’s or commercial driver’s license or identification card that the card holder presented indicated that the license or card was valid.
(c) The cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products were sold, given away, or otherwise distributed to the card holder in reasonable reliance upon the identification presented and the completed transaction scan.
(2) In determining whether a seller or an agent or employee of a seller has proven the affirmative defense provided by division (C)(1) of this section, the trier of fact in the action for the alleged violation of division (A) of this section shall consider any written policy that the seller has adopted and implemented and that is intended to prevent violations of division (A) of this section. For purposes of division (C)(1)(c) of this section, the trier of fact shall consider that reasonable reliance upon the identification presented and the completed transaction scan may require a seller or an agent or employee of a seller to exercise reasonable diligence to determine, and that the use of a transaction scan device does not excuse a seller or an agent or employee of a seller from exercising reasonable diligence to determine, the following:
(a) Whether a person to whom the seller or agent or employee of a seller sells, gives away or otherwise distributes cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products is 21 years of age or older;
(b) Whether the description and picture appearing on the driver’s or commercial driver’s license or identification card presented by a card holder is that of the card holder.
(3) In any criminal action in which the affirmative defense provided by division (C)(1) of this section is raised, the Registrar of Motor Vehicles or a deputy registrar who issued an identification card under R.C. §§ 4507.50 through 4507.52 shall be permitted to submit certified copies of the records of that issuance in lieu of the testimony of the personnel of or contractors with the Bureau of Motor Vehicles in the action.
(R.C. § 2927.022)
(‘82 Code, § 636.22) (Ord. 84-51, passed 9-18-84)
(D) Shipment of tobacco products.
(1) As used in this division (d):
AUTHORIZED RECIPIENT OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS means a person who is:
1. Licensed as a cigarette wholesale dealer under R.C. § 5743.15;
2. Licensed as a retail dealer as long as the person purchases cigarettes with the appropriate tax stamp affixed;
3. An export warehouse proprietor as defined in Section 5702 of the Internal Revenue Code;
4. An operator of a customs bonded warehouse under 19 U.S.C. § 1311 or 19 U.S.C. § 1555;
5. An officer, employee, or agent of the federal government or of this state acting in the person’s official capacity;
6. A department, agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision of the federal government or of this state;
7. A person having a consent for consumer shipment issued by the Tax Commissioner under R.C. § 5743.71.
MOTOR CARRIER. Has the same meaning as in R.C. § 4923.01.
(2) The purpose of this division (D) is to prevent the sale of cigarettes to minors and to ensure compliance with the Master Settlement Agreement, as defined in Ohio R.C. 1346.01.
(3) (a) No person shall cause to be shipped any cigarettes to any person in this municipality other than an authorized recipient of tobacco products.
(b) No motor carrier or other person shall knowingly transport cigarettes to any person in this municipality that the carrier or other person reasonably believes is not an authorized recipient of tobacco products. If cigarettes are transported to a home or residence, it shall be presumed that the motor carrier or other person knew that the person to whom the cigarettes were delivered was not an authorized recipient of tobacco products.
(4) No person engaged in the business of selling cigarettes who ships or causes to be shipped cigarettes to any person in this municipality in any container or wrapping other than the original container or wrapping of the cigarettes shall fail to plainly and visibly mark the exterior of the container or wrapping in which the cigarettes are shipped with the words “cigarettes”.
(5) A court shall impose a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation of division (D)(3)(a), (D)(3)(b) or (D)(4) of this section.
(ORC 2927.023) Penalty, see § 698.02
(E) Furnishing false information to obtain tobacco products.
(1) No person who is 18 years of age or older but younger than 21 years of age shall knowingly furnish false information concerning that person’s name, age, or other identification for the purpose of obtaining tobacco products.
(2) Whoever violates division (E)(1) of this section is guilty of furnishing false information to obtain tobacco products. Except as otherwise provided in this division, furnishing false information to obtain tobacco products is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of division (E)(1) of this section or a substantially equivalent state law or municipal ordinance, furnishing false information to obtain tobacco products is a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 2927.024)
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