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No person shall:
(a) Operate in this Municipality a motor vehicle for which a certificate of title is required without having such certificate in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4505.01 to 4505.19, inclusive, or upon which the certificate of title has been canceled;
(b) Display or display for sale or sell as a dealer or acting on behalf of a dealer, a motor vehicle without having obtained a manufacturer's or importer's certificate or a certificate of title therefor as provided in Ohio R.C. 4505.01 to 4505.19, inclusive;
(c) Fail to surrender any certificate of title or any certificate of registration or license plates upon cancellation of the same by the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles and notice thereof as prescribed in Ohio R.C. 4505.01 to 4505.19, inclusive;
(d) Fail to surrender the certificate of title to the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas as provided in Ohio R.C. 4505.01 to 4505.19, inclusive, in case of the destruction or dismantling or change of a motor vehicle in such respect that it is not the motor vehicle described in the certificate of title;
(e) Violate Ohio R.C. 4505.01 to 4505.19, inclusive, for which no penalty is otherwise provided, or any lawful rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to such sections.
This section does not apply to persons engaged in the business of warehousing or transporting motor vehicles for the purpose of salvage disposition.
(ORC 4505.18)
(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.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle, upon which license plates are required by law to be displayed, unless the license plates legally registered and issued for such vehicle shall be fastened in such a manner, and not covered, obscured or concealed by any part or accessory of such vehicle or by any foreign substance or material, to be readable in its entirety from left to right.
(a) No person shall operate or park a motor vehicle upon 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 Ohio R. C. 4503.12.
(ORC 4549.08)
(b) Upon the transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle, the registration of such motor vehicle expires, and the original owner shall immediately remove the license plates from such motor vehicle. The transfer of the registration and, where applicable, the license plates from the motor vehicle for which they originally were issued to a succeeding motor vehicle purchased by the same person in whose name the original registration and license plates were issued shall be done within a period not to exceed thirty days. During that thirty-day period, the license plates from the motor vehicle for which they originally were issued may be displayed on the succeeding motor vehicle, and the succeeding motor vehicle may be operated on the public roads and highways in this Municipality.
(ORC 4503.12; Ord. 700-96. Passed 10-8-96.)
(a) In case of accident to or collision with persons or property upon any of the public streets or highways, due to the driving or operation thereof of any motor vehicle, the person so driving or operating such motor vehicle, having knowledge of such accident or collision, shall immediately stop his motor vehicle at the scene of the accident or collision and shall remain at the scene of such accident or collision, until he has given his name and address and, if he is not the owner, the name and address of the owner of such motor vehicle, together with the registered number of such motor vehicle, to any person injured in such accident or collision or to the operator, occupant, owner or attendant of any motor vehicle damaged in such accident or collision, or to any police officer at the scene of such accident or collision. Every such stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.
(b) In the event the injured person is unable to comprehend and record the information required to be given by this section, the other driver involved in such accident or collision shall forthwith notify the nearest police authority concerning the location of the accident or collision, and his name, address and the registered number of the motor vehicle he was operating, and then remain at the scene of the accident or collision until a police officer arrives, unless removed from the scene by an emergency vehicle operated by a political subdivision or an ambulance.
(c) If such accident or collision is with an unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle, the operator so colliding with such motor vehicle shall securely attach the information required to be given in this section, in writing, to a conspicuous place in or on such unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle.
(ORC 4549.02)
(a) In case of accident or collision resulting in injury or damage to persons or property upon any public or private property other than public streets or highways, due to the driving or operation thereon of any motor vehicle, the person so driving or operating such motor vehicle, having knowledge of such accident or collision, shall stop, and, upon request of the person injured or damaged, or any other person, shall give such person his name and address, and, if he is not the owner, the name and address of the owner of such motor vehicle, together with the registered number of such motor vehicle, and, if available, exhibit his operator's or chauffeur's license. Every such stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.
(b) If the owner or person in charge of such damaged property is not furnished such information, the driver of the motor vehicle involved in the accident or collision shall, within twenty-four hours after such accident or collision, forward to the Police Division the same information required to be given to the owner or person in control of such damaged property and give the date, time and location of the accident or collision.
(c) If such accident or collision is with an unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle, the operator so colliding with such motor vehicle shall securely attach the information required to be given in this section, in writing, to a conspicuous place in or on such unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle.
(ORC 4549.021)
(a) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in damage to real property, or personal property attached to such real property, legally upon or adjacent to a public street or highway, shall immediately stop and take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of such property of such fact, of his name and his address, and of the registration number of the vehicle he is driving and shall, upon request and if available, exhibit his operator's or chauffeur's license. Every such stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.
(b) If the owner or person in charge of such property cannot be located after reasonable search, the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident resulting in damage to such property shall, within twenty-four hours after such accident, forward to the Department of Police Operations the same information required to be given to the owner or person in control of such property and give the location of the accident and a description of the damage insofar as it is known.
(ORC 4549.03; Ord. 104-94. Passed 3-14-94.)
(a) Report of Accidents.
(1) The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person shall forthwith by the quickest means of communication notify the Department of Police Operations of his name, address and the time and place of the accident if such accident occurs within the City.
(2) The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in damage to property shall within twenty-four hours notify the Department of Police Operations of his name, address and the time and place of the accident if the accident occurs within the City.
(b) Other Occupant to Report if Driver Unable. Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of making a required accident report and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of making a report, such occupant shall make or cause such report to be made.
(c) Effect of Report; Availability. All required accident reports and supplemental reports shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be available for inspection by persons interested upon application to the Department of Police Operations.
(1952 Code § 21-4-7, 21-4-10; Ord. 191-59; Ord. 78-52; Ord. 104-94. Passed 3-14-94.)
Every person in charge of any garage or repair shop or any employee thereof to which is brought any vehicle which shows evidence of having been involved in any accident, shall keep a record of the make of the vehicle, the serial number, the engine number and the name and address of the owner and/or the operator of such vehicle, such record to be open to inspection by the Department of Police Operations at all times. In the case of a vehicle being received which shows evidence of having been struck by bullets or containing bloodstains or other marks or evidence of any crime, such person in charge or employee shall immediately report the same to the Department of Police Operations.
(Ord. 104-94. Passed 3-14-94.)
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