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Title 45, Title 45. Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft

23 chapters · 1,311 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 451,311 Ch 4503, Chapter 4503 | Licensing Of Motor Ve…350 Ch 4511, Chapter 4511 | Traffic Laws - Operat…171 Ch 4513, Chapter 4513 | Traffic Laws - Equipm…83 Ch 4509, Chapter 4509 | Financial Responsibility81 Ch 4582, Chapter 4582 | Port Authorities72 Ch 4517, Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers…65 Ch 4510, Chapter 4510 | Driver's License Susp…58 Ch 4507, Chapter 4507 | Driver's License Law57 Ch 4501, Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Defi…49 Ch 4519, Chapter 4519 | Special Vehicles48 Ch 4505, Chapter 4505 | Certificate Of Motor …42 Ch 4561, Chapter 4561 | Aeronautics42 Ch 4549, Chapter 4549 | Motor Vehicle Crimes37 Ch 4506, Chapter 4506 | Commercial Driver's L…30

27 sections·Filtered byTitle 45✕Ch 4504✕

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.01 Local motor vehicle license tax definitions
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As used in this chapter:(A) "Motor vehicle" means all vehicles included within the definition of motor vehicle in sections 4501.01 and 4505.01 of the Revised Code and also includes motorized bicycles. "Motor vehicle" does not include a concrete pump or a concrete conveyor.(B) "Co…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.02 Purpose of levy
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For the purpose of paying the costs of enforcing and administering the tax provided for in this section; and for planning, constructing, improving, maintaining, and repairing public roads, highways, and streets; maintaining and repairing bridges and viaducts; paying the county's …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.021 Repeal of county permissive tax adopted as emergency measure
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The question of repeal of a county permissive tax adopted as an emergency measure pursuant to section 4504.02, 4504.15, or 4504.16 of the Revised Code may be initiated by filing with the board of elections of the county not less than ninety days before the general election in any…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.03 Comprehensive map of roadways of county
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The county engineer of any county levying a county motor vehicle license tax shall within ninety days after the effective date of the resolution levying the tax prepare and file with the board of county commissioners a comprehensive map of the roadways of the county, designating …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.04 Disbursing county tax

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Any municipal corporation that is not levying a municipal motor vehicle license tax under section 4504.06 of the Revised Code and that is located within a county levying a county motor vehicle license tax under section 4504.02 of the Revised Code may at any time following adoptio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.05 Allocating and disbursing tax proceeds

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The moneys received from a county motor vehicle license tax shall be allocated and distributed as follows:(A) First, for payment of the costs and expenses incurred by the county in the enforcement and administration of the tax;(B) The remainder of such moneys shall be credited to…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.051 Allocation of money to townships

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(A) The county motor vehicle tax moneys received under section 4504.16 of the Revised Code that arise from motor vehicles the district of registration of which is in an unincorporated area of the county may be allocated according to either of the following proceedings rather than…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.06 Levy of municipal corporation

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For the purpose of paying the costs and expenses of enforcing and administering the tax provided for in this section; and for planning, constructing, improving, maintaining, and repairing public roads, highways, and streets; maintaining and repairing bridges and viaducts; paying …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.08 Filing resolution or ordinance levying tax with registrar of motor vehicles

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A resolution, ordinance, or other measure levying a county motor vehicle license tax, municipal motor vehicle license tax, township motor vehicle license tax, transportation improvement district motor vehicle license tax, or regional transportation improvement project motor vehic…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.09 Payment at time of application for registration

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Any county, township, municipal, transportation improvement district, or regional transportation improvement project motor vehicle license tax shall be paid to the registrar of motor vehicles or to a deputy registrar at the time application for registration of a motor vehicle as …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.10 Preemption of right to levy

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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the levy of any excise, license, income, or property tax by the state or by any political subdivision thereof shall not be construed as preempting the power of a county to levy a county motor vehicle license tax pursuant to section 45…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.11 No liability of county for road defects

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Nothing in Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code shall be construed as imposing liability upon a county for injury to persons or property as a result of any defect in a street or county road within a municipal corporation in any case where the municipal corporation has primary respon…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.12 No fee or tax on ridesharing arrangement

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As used in this section, "ridesharing arrangement" means the transportation of persons in a motor vehicle where such transportation is incidental to another purpose of a volunteer driver and includes ridesharing arrangements known as carpools, vanpools, and buspools.No charter co…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.15 Supplemental county license tax

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For the purpose of paying the costs of enforcing and administering the tax provided for in this section; for the various purposes stated in section 4504.02 of the Revised Code; and to supplement revenue already available for those purposes, any county may, by resolution adopted b…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.16 Second supplemental county license tax

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For the purpose of paying the costs of enforcing and administering the tax provided for in this section; for the various purposes stated in section 4504.02 of the Revised Code; and to supplement revenue already available for those purposes, any county that currently levies the ta…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.17 Supplemental municipal license tax starting 4-1-89

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For the purpose of paying the costs and expenses of enforcing and administering the tax provided for in this section; to supplement revenue already available to municipal corporations under section 4504.04, 4504.06, 4504.171, or 4504.172 of the Revised Code, and to provide additi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.171 Supplemental municipal license tax starting 4-1-91

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For the purpose of paying the costs and expenses of enforcing and administering the tax provided for in this section; to supplement revenue already available to municipal corporations under section 4504.04, 4504.06, 4504.17, or 4504.172 of the Revised Code, and to provide additio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.172 Supplemental municipal license tax

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For the purpose of paying the costs and expenses of enforcing and administering the tax provided for in this section; to supplement revenue already available to municipal corporations under section 4504.04, 4504.06, 4504.17, or 4507.171 of the Revised Code, and to provide additio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.173 Authority to levy license tax for operation of motor vehicles

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(A)(1) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may levy an annual license tax upon the operation of motor vehicles on the public roads and highways in that municipal corporation for any authorized purpose. A tax levied under this section is in addition to the tax lev…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.18 Supplemental township license tax

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For the purpose of paying the costs and expenses of enforcing and administering the tax provided for in this section; for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, and repair of township roads, bridges, and culverts; for purchasing, erecting, and maintaining tra…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.181 Authority to levy tax for operation of motor vehicles

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(A)(1) The board of township trustees of a township may, by resolution, levy an annual license tax upon the operation of motor vehicles on the public roads and highways in the unincorporated territory of the township for any authorized purpose. A tax levied under this section is …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.19 County auditor's payments to townships

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Upon receipt by the county auditor of moneys pursuant to section 4501.043 of the Revised Code, the county auditor shall pay into the treasury of each township in the county levying a township motor vehicle license tax the portion of such money due the township as shown by the cer…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.20 Exempting noncommercial trailers not exceeding 1,000 pounds

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The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, county, or township levying or proposing to levy a municipal, county, or township motor vehicle license tax pursuant to this chapter may, by ordinance or resolution, exempt noncommercial trailers weighing one thousand pounds o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.201 Taxation of commercial cars or buses taxed under the IRP

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No commercial car that is taxed under division (A) of section 4503.65 of the Revised Code, and no commercial bus that is taxed under division (B) of section 4503.65 of the Revised Code, is subject to a tax established under section 4504.02, 4504.06, 4504.15, 4504.16, 4504.17, 450…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.21 Levying transportation improvement district license tax

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(A) For the purpose of paying the costs and expenses of enforcing and administering the tax provided for in this section; for planning, constructing, reconstructing, improving, maintaining, and repairing roads, bridges, and culverts; for purchasing, erecting, and maintaining traf…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.22 Annual license tax upon the operation of motor vehicles on public roads in counties participating in regional transportation improvement project

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Business" means a sole proprietorship, a corporation for profit, or a pass-through entity as defined in section 5733.04 of the Revised Code. (2) "Owner" means a partner of a partnership, a member of a limited liability company, a majority shareho…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4504.24 County tax upon operation of motor vehicles on public roads and highways

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(A)(1) The board of county commissioners of a county may, by resolution, levy an annual license tax upon the operation of motor vehicles on the public roads and highways in that county for any authorized purpose. A tax levied under this section is in addition to the tax levied by…