335.072 DRIVING UNDER FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW SUSPENSION OR CANCELLATION.
(a) No person, whose driver’s or commercial driver’s license or temporary instruction permit or nonresident’s operating privilege has been suspended or canceled pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 4509, shall operate any motor vehicle within this Municipality, or knowingly permit any motor vehicle owned by the person to be operated by another person in the Municipality, during the period of the suspension or cancellation, except as specifically authorized by Ohio R.C. Chapter 4509. No person shall operate a motor vehicle within this Municipality, or knowingly permit any motor vehicle owned by the person to be operated by another person in the Municipality, during the period in which the person is required by Ohio R.C. 4509.45 to file and maintain proof of financial responsibility for a violation of Ohio R.C. 4509.101, unless proof of financial responsibility is maintained with respect to that vehicle.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of driving under financial responsibility law suspension or cancellation, a misdemeanor of the first degree. The court shall impose a class seven suspension of the offender’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit or nonresident operating privilege for the period of time specified in division (A)(7) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02.
(ORC 4510.16)
(c) (1) If a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of this section, if the vehicle the offender was operating at the time of the offense is registered in the offender’s name, and if subsection (c)(2) of this section does not apply, the court, in addition to or independent of any sentence that it imposes upon the offender for the offense, may order the immobilization for not more than thirty days of the vehicle the offender was operating at the time of the offense and the impoundment for not more than thirty days of the identification license plates of that vehicle.
(2) If a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of this section, and if, within five years of the current offense, the offender has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one or more violations of division (A) of Ohio R.C. 4510.16 or former division (B)(1) of Ohio R.C. 4507.02 or a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to either division, the court, in addition to or independent of any sentence that it imposes upon the offender for the offense, shall do whichever of the following is applicable:
A. If, within five years of the current offense, the offender has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one such violation, the court shall order the immobilization for sixty days of the vehicle the offender was operating at the time of the offense and the impoundment for sixty days of the identification license plates of that vehicle.
B. If, within five years of the current offense, the offender has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more such violations, the court shall order the criminal forfeiture of the vehicle the offender was operating at the time of the offense. (ORC 4510.161)
(d) Any order for immobilization and impoundment under this section shall be issued and enforced in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4503.233 and 4507.02, as applicable. Any order of criminal forfeiture shall be issued and enforced in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4503.234. The court shall not release a vehicle from immobilization orders under this section unless the court is presented with current proof of financial responsibility with respect to that vehicle.
(ORC 4510.16)
(e) No person who has knowingly failed to maintain proof of financial responsibility in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4509.101 shall produce any document with the purpose to mislead a peace officer upon the request of a peace officer for proof of financial responsibility made in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4509.101. Any person who violates this subsection (d) hereof is guilty of falsification, a misdemeanor of the first degree. (ORC 4509.102)