CHAPTER 335
Licensing; Accidents
Licensing; Accidents
335.01 Driver’s license or commercial driver’s license required.
335.02 Permitting operation without valid license; one license permitted.
335.03 Driving with temporary instruction permit; curfew.
335.031 Driving with probationary license; curfew.
335.04 Certain acts prohibited.
335.05 Wrongful entrustment of a motor vehicle.
335.06 Display of license.
335.07 Driving under suspension or license restriction.
335.071 Driving under OVI suspension.
335.072 Driving under financial responsibility law suspension or cancellation.
335.073 Driving without complying with license reinstatement requirements.
335.08 Operation or sale without certificate of title.
335.09 Display of license plates.
335.10 Expired or unlawful license plates.
335.11 Use of illegal license plates; transfer of registration.
335.12 Stopping after accident upon streets; collision with unattended vehicle.
335.13 Stopping after accident upon property other than street.
335.14 Vehicle accident resulting in damage to realty.
335.15 Liability of owner.
335.16 Municipal Motor Vehicle License Fee.
CROSS REFERENCES
See sectional histories for similar State law
Deposit of driver's license as bond - see Ohio R.C. 2937.221
Motor vehicle licensing law - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4503
Driver's license law - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4507
Power of trial court of record to suspend or revoke license for certain violations - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4510
State point system suspension - see Ohio R.C. 4510.03.6
State accident reports - see Ohio R.C. 4509.01(J), 4509.06, 4509.74, 5502.11
Motorized bicycle operator's license - see Ohio R.C. 4511.521
Glass removal from street after accident - see TRAF. 311.01
335.01 DRIVER'S LICENSE OR COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIRED.
(a) (1) No person, except those expressly exempted under Ohio R.C. 4507.03, 4507.04, and 4507.05, shall operate any motor vehicle upon a public road or highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking in this Municipality unless the person has a valid driver's license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507 or a commercial driver's license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4506.
(2) No person, except a person expressly exempted under Ohio R.C. 4507.03, 4507.04, and 4507.05, shall operate any motorcycle upon a public road or highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking in this Municipality unless the person has a valid license as a motorcycle operator that was issued upon application by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507. The license shall be in the form of an endorsement, as determined by the Registrar, upon a driver’s or commercial driver’s license, if the person has a valid license to operate a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle, or in the form of a restricted license as provided in Ohio R.C. 4507.14, if the person does not have a valid license to operate a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a valid license and shall be punished as follows:
(1) If the trier of fact finds that the offender never has held a valid driver’s or commercial driver’s license issued by this State or any other jurisdiction, the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(2) A. Subject to subsection (b)(2)B. hereof, if the offender’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit was expired at the time of the offense for no more than six months, the offense is a minor misdemeanor, and if the offender’s driver’s or commercial driver’
B. 1. If the offender previously was convicted of or pleaded guilty to one violation of Ohio R.C. 4510.12 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance within the past three years, the offense is a misdemeanor of the third degree.
2. If the offender previously was convicted of or pleaded guilty to two violations of Ohio R.C. 4510.12 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance within the past three years, the offense is a misdemeanor of the second degree.
3. If the offender previously was convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or more violations of Ohio R.C. 4510.12 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance within the past three years, the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(c) The court shall not impose a license suspension for a first violation of this section or if more than three years have passed since the offender’s last violation of Ohio R.C. 4510.12 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
(d) If the offender was convicted of or pleaded guilty to one or more violations of Ohio R.C. 4510.12 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance within the past three years, and if the offender’s license was expired for more than six months at the time of the offense, the court shall impose a class seven suspension of the offender’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02.
(ORC 4510.12)
335.02 PERMITTING OPERATION WITHOUT VALID LICENSE; ONE LICENSE PERMITTED.
(a) 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 Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507 or a valid commercial driver’s license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4506.
(b) 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 he surrenders to the Registrar all valid licenses issued to him by another jurisdiction recognized by the State of Ohio. No person shall be permitted to have in his possession more than one valid license at any time.
(ORC 4507.02)
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 4507.02; 4507.99)
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