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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

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.711 Driving on sidewalk
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(A) No person shall drive any vehicle, other than a bicycle or an electric bicycle if the motor is not engaged, upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway. This prohibition does not apply to a law enforcement officer, or other p…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.712 Obstructing intersection
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(A) No driver shall enter an intersection or marked crosswalk or drive onto any railroad grade crossing unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection, crosswalk, or grade crossing to accommodate the vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley the driver is o…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.713 Use of bicycle paths
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(A) No person shall operate a motor vehicle, snowmobile, or all-purpose vehicle upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles, when an appropriate sign giving notice of such use is posted on the path.Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any rule of the…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.714 Operation of vehicle on roadway covered by water
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(A) No person shall operate a vehicle on or onto a public street or highway that is temporarily covered by a rise in water level, including groundwater or an overflow of water, and that is clearly marked by a sign that specifies that the road is closed due to the rise in water le…

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.72 Following an emergency or public safety vehicle too closely

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(A) The driver of any vehicle, other than an emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle on official business, shall not follow any emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle traveling in response to an alarm closer than five hundred feet, or drive into or park such vehicle within…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.73 Driving over unprotected fire hose

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(A) No streetcar, trackless trolley, or vehicle shall, without the consent of the fire department official in command, be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department that is laid down on any street, private driveway, or streetcar track to be used at any fire or alarm of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.74 Placing injurious material on highway

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(A) No person shall place or knowingly drop upon any part of a highway, lane, road, street, or alley any tacks, bottles, wire, glass, nails, or other articles which may damage or injure any person, vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley, or animal traveling along or upon such high…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.75 Stopping for stopped school bus

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(A) The driver of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school child, person attending programs offered by community boards of mental health and county boa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.751 School bus operator to report violations

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As used in this section, "license plate" includes, but is not limited to, any temporary motor vehicle license registration issued under section 4503.182 of the Revised Code or similar law of another jurisdiction. When the operator of a school bus believes that a motorist has viol…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.76 Administrative rules for school bus construction, design, equipment, operation and licensing

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(A) The department of public safety, by and with the advice of the department of education and workforce, shall adopt and enforce rules relating to the construction, design, and equipment, including lighting equipment required by section 4511.771 of the Revised Code, of all schoo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.761 School bus inspections

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(A) The state highway patrol shall inspect every school bus to ascertain whether its construction, design, and equipment comply with the regulations adopted pursuant to section 4511.76 of the Revised Code and all other provisions of law.The superintendent of the state highway pat…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.762 School bus no longer used for transporting school children

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person who is the owner of a bus that previously was registered as a school bus that is used or is to be used exclusively for purposes other than the transportation of children, shall operate the bus or permit it to be op…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.763 Licensing by department of public safety

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(A) No person, partnership, association, or corporation shall transport pupils to or from school on a school bus or enter into a contract with a board of education of any school district for the transportation of pupils on a school bus, without being licensed by the department of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.764 School buses must be registered and have identifying number

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(A) The superintendent of the state highway patrol shall require school buses to be registered, in the name of the owner, with the state highway patrol on forms and in accordance with regulations as the superintendent may adopt.When the superintendent is satisfied that the regist…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.765 Pre-trip school bus inspections

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(A) The director of education and workforce, by and with the advice of the director of public safety, shall amend any rules adopted under section 4511.76 of the Revised Code pertaining to pre-trip inspections of a school bus. The amendment shall remove any requirement that the fo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.77 School bus - painting and marking

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(A) No person shall operate, nor shall any person being the owner thereof or having supervisory responsibility therefor permit the operation of, a school bus within this state unless it is painted national school bus yellow and is marked on both front and rear with the words "sch…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.771 Signal lamps to be equipped with flashing red and amber lights

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(A) Every school bus shall, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings required pursuant to sections 4511.76, 4511.761, 4511.764, and 4511.77 of the Revised Code, be equipped with signal lamps mounted as high as practicable, which shall display to the front two a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.772 Occupant restraining device for operator

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(A) On and after May 6, 1986, no person, school board, or governmental entity shall purchase, lease, or rent a new school bus unless the school bus has an occupant restraining device, as defined in section 4513.263 of the Revised Code, installed for use in its operator's seat.(B)…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.78 Mass transit system - transportation of school children

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Mass transit system" means any county transit system, regional transit authority, regional transit commission, municipally owned transportation system, mass transit company operating exclusively within the territorial limits of a municipal corpor…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.79 Driving commercial vehicle with impaired ability or alertness prohibited

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(A) No person shall drive a "commercial motor vehicle" as defined in section 4506.01 of the Revised Code, or a "commercial car" or "commercial tractor," as defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, while the person's ability or alertness is so impaired by fatigue, illness, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.81 Child restraint system - child highway safety fund

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(A) When any child who is in either or both of the following categories is being transported in a motor vehicle, other than a taxicab or public safety vehicle as defined in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code, that is required by the United States department of transportation to …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.82 Littering offenses

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(A) No operator or occupant of a motor vehicle shall, regardless of intent, throw, drop, discard, or deposit litter from any motor vehicle in operation upon any street, road, or highway, except into a litter receptacle in a manner that prevents its being carried away or deposited…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.84 Earphones or earplugs on operator prohibited

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(A) As used in this section:(1) "Earphones" means any device that covers all or a portion of both ears and that does either of the following:(a) Through either a physical connection to another device or a wireless connection, provides the listener with radio programs, music, or o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.85 Chauffeured limousines

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(A) The operator of a chauffeured limousine shall accept passengers only on the basis of prearranged contracts, as defined in division (LL) of section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, and shall not cruise in search of patronage unless the limousine is in compliance with any statute o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.90 Chautauqua assembly

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As used in this section, "Chautauqua assembly" means a corporation that is organized in this state for the purpose of holding Chautauqua assemblies or encouraging religion art, science, literature, or the general dissemination of knowledge, or two or more of such purposes, and th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.98 Signs as to increased penalties in construction zones

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The director of transportation may establish speed limits within construction zones that vary based on the type of work being conducted, the time of day, or any other criteria the director may consider appropriate. The director, board of county commissioners, or board of township…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.99 Penalty

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Whoever violates any provision of sections 4511.01 to 4511.76 of the Revised Code for which no penalty otherwise is provided in the section violated is guilty of one of the following:(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) or (C) of this section, a minor misdemeanor;(B) …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.991 "Distracted" defined; violations committed while distracted

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(A) As used in this section and each section referenced in division (B) of this section, all of the following apply: (1) "Distracted" means doing either of the following while operating a vehicle: (a) Using an electronic wireless communications device, as defined in section 4511.…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4511.992 Distracted driving reports

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(A) A law enforcement agency shall compile the information from reports submitted in accordance with division (C)(2) of section 4511.204 and division (C) of section 4511.991 of the Revised Code. Every other month, the agency shall prepare a report that describes the number and ra…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.01 Traffic laws - equipment - load definitions

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As provided in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code, the definitions set forth in that section apply to this chapter.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.02 Unsafe vehicles

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(A) No person shall drive or move, or cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, on any highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person. (B) When directed by any state highway patrol trooper, the operator of any mot…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.021 Bumper height - vehicle modifications

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Passenger car" means any motor vehicle with motive power, designed for carrying ten persons or less, except a multipurpose passenger vehicle or motorcycle.(2) "Multipurpose passenger vehicle" means a motor vehicle with motive power, except a moto…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.022 Proof of financial responsibility produced at time of issuance of citation

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(A) As part of the motor vehicle inspection conducted pursuant to section 4513.02 of the Revised Code, the state highway patrol trooper shall request that the owner or operator of the motor vehicle produce proof that the owner maintains or has maintained on the owner's behalf, pr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.03 Time for lighted lights on motor vehicles

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(A) Every vehicle, other than a motorized bicycle, operated upon a street or highway within this state shall display lighted lights and illuminating devices as required by sections 4513.04 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code during all of the following times: (1) The time from sunset …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.04 Headlights

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(A) Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, and every trackless trolley shall be equipped with at least two headlights with at least one near each side of the front of the motor vehicle or trackless trolley. Every motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.05 Tail lights and illumination of rear license plate

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(A) Every motor vehicle, trackless trolley, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a train of vehicles shall be equipped with at least one tail light mounted on the rear which, when lighted, shall emit a red light visible from a distance…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.06 Red reflectors required

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(A) Every new motor vehicle sold after September 6, 1941, and operated on a highway, other than a commercial tractor, to which a trailer or semitrailer is attached shall carry at the rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately, two red reflectors meeting the requiremen…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.07 Regulations for safety lighting of commercial vehicles

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(A) The director of public safety shall prescribe and promulgate regulations relating to clearance lights, marker lights, reflectors, and stop lights on buses, trackless trolleys, trucks, commercial tractors, trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers, when operated upon any highw…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.071 Stop light

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(A) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with two or more stop lights, except that passenger cars manufactured or assembled prior to January 1, 1967, motorcycles, and motor-driven cycles shall be equipped with …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.08 Obscured lights on vehicles

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Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that lights are required, any light, except tail lights, which by reason of its location on a vehicle of the combination would be obscured by another vehicle of the combination need not be lighted, but …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.09 Red light or flag required

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(A) Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four feet or more beyond the bed or body of such vehicle, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load, at the times specified in section 4513.03 of the Revised Code, a red light or lantern plainly visible…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.10 Lights on parked vehicles

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(A) Except in case of an emergency, whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway open to traffic or a shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the times mentioned in section 4513.03 of the Revised Code, such vehicle shall be equipped with one or…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.11 Definitions

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As used in sections 4513.11 to 4513.115 of the Revised Code: (A) "Boat trailer" means any vehicle designed and used exclusively to transport a boat between a place of storage and a marina, or in and around a marina, when drawn or towed on a street or highway for a distance of no …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.111 Light and reflector requirements for older model farm machinery and agricultural tractors

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(A) At the times specified in section 4513.03 of the Revised Code, no person shall operate either of the following vehicles unless it is equipped with and displays the lamps described in division (B) of this section: (1) A vehicle not specifically required to be equipped with lam…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.112 Speed and emblem requirements for slow moving vehicles

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(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(1) of this section, no person shall operate an SMV on a street or highway as follows: (1) At a speed exceeding twenty-five miles per hour; (2) Without displaying the triangular SMV emblem mounted in accordance with division (B) of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.113 Emblem and symbol requirements for farm machinery and agricultural tractors

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(A) No person shall sell, lease, rent, or operate on a street or highway any unit of farm machinery that is designed by its manufacturer to operate at a speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour unless the unit displays both of the following: (1) The SMV emblem mounted in acc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.114 Light, reflector, and emblem requirements for animal-drawn vehicles

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(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of this section, no person shall operate an animal-drawn vehicle on a street or highway unless it is equipped with and displays, at the times specified in section 4513.03 of the Revised Code, both of the following: (1) At least one…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.115 Strict liability offenses for farm machinery, SMV, and animal-drawn vehicle violations

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The offenses established under sections 4513.111 to 4513.115 of the Revised Code are strict liability offenses, and section 2901.20 of the Revised Code does not apply. The designation of these offenses as strict liability offenses shall not be construed to imply that any other of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.12 Specifications for spotlights and auxiliary driving lights

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(A) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than one spotlight and every lighted spotlight shall be so aimed and used upon approaching another vehicle that no part of the high-intensity portion of the beam will be directed to the left of the prolongation of the extreme le…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4513.13 Cowl, fender, and back-up lights

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(A) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with side cowl or fender lights which shall emit a white or amber light without glare. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with lights on each side thereof which shall emit a white or amber light without glare.Any motor vehicle may be equipped …