(a) No person who is the owner or operator of a motor vehicle shall fail to properly display in plain view on the front and rear of such motor vehicle the distinctive number and registration mark, including any validation sticker issued under Ohio R.C. 4503.19 and 4503.191, furnished by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety, except those persons expressly exempted by Ohio R.C. Chapter 4503 (Motor Vehicle Licensing Law) and except that a manufacturer of motor vehicles or dealer therein, the holder of an in transit permit, and the owner or operator of a motorcycle, motorized bicycle, manufactured home, trailer or semitrailer shall display on the rear only. Such number plates shall be securely fastened so as not to swing.
No person to whom a temporary license placard or windshield sticker has been issued for the use of a motor vehicle under Ohio R.C. 4503.182, and no operator of such motor vehicle, shall fail to display such temporary license placard in plain view from the rear of the vehicle either in the rear window or on an external rear surface of the motor vehicle, or fail to display such windshield sticker in plain view on the rear window of the motor vehicle.
(ORC 4503.21; Ord. 133-86. Passed 2-25-86.)
(b) No person who is the owner of a motor vehicle which is parked or operated upon the public streets or highways shall fail to annually file the application for registration or to pay the tax therefor, as required by Ohio R. C. Chapter 4503.
(ORC 4503.11)
(c) No person shall park or operate upon the public streets or highways a motor vehicle acquired from a former owner who has registered the same, while such vehicle displays the distinctive number or identification mark assigned to it upon its original registration.
(ORC 4549.11)
(d) No person who is the owner of a motor vehicle and a resident of Ohio shall park or operate such motor vehicle upon the public streets or highways, while it displays a distinctive number or identification mark issued by or under the authority of another state, without complying with the laws of Ohio relating to the registration and identification of motor vehicles.
(ORC 4549.12)
(e) No person shall park or operate any vehicle upon any public street or highway upon which is displayed an expired license plate or an expired validation sticker.
(f) No person shall park or operate any vehicle upon any public street or highway upon which are displayed any license plates not legally registered and issued for such vehicle, or upon which are displayed any license plates that were issued on an application for registration that contains any false statement by the applicant.