(A) (1) 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 R.C. Chapter 4507 or a valid commercial driver’s license issued under R.C. Chapter 4506. Whoever violates this division is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(2) 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 the person surrenders to the Registrar all valid licenses issued to the person by another jurisdiction recognized by this state. The Registrar shall report the surrender of a license to the issuing authority, together with information that a license is now issued in this state. The Registrar shall destroy any such license that is not returned to the issuing authority. No person shall be permitted to have more than one valid license at any time.
(R.C. § 4507.02(A))
(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) 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 such duty, is exempt from the license requirements of 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 such person was a licensee under such sections at the time the person commenced such active duty or service. This section does not prevent such person from making an application, as provided in R.C. § 4507.10(C), for the renewal of a driver’s license or motorcycle operator’s endorsement or as provided in R.C. § 4506.14 for the renewal of a commercial driver’s license during the period of the person’s active duty or service.
(5) Whoever violates division (B)(3) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(R.C. § 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 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.
(R.C. § 4507.04) Penalty, see § 71.99