| Sec. 4503.19.
(A) Upon the filing of an application for
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registration and the payment of the tax for
registration, the
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registrar
of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar shall determine
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whether the owner
previously has
been issued license plates for
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the motor vehicle
described in the application. If no license
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plates previously have
been
issued to the owner for that motor
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vehicle, the registrar or deputy registrar
shall assign to the
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motor vehicle a distinctive number and issue
and deliver to the
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owner in the manner
that the registrar may
select a certificate of
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registration, in the form
that the
registrar shall
prescribe, | 18 |
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and,
except as otherwise provided in this section, two
license | 19 |
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plates,
duplicates of each other, and a validation
sticker, or a
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validation
sticker alone, to be attached to the number plates as
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provided in section
4503.191 of the Revised Code. The registrar
or
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deputy registrar also shall
charge the owner any fees required
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under division (C) of section 4503.10 of
the Revised Code.
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Trailers, manufactured homes, mobile homes,
semitrailers, the
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manufacturer thereof, the
dealer, or in transit companies therein,
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shall be issued one
license plate only and one validation sticker,
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or a validation sticker
alone, and the license plate and
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validation sticker shall
be displayed
only on the rear of such
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vehicles. A commercial tractor that
does not receive an
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apportioned license plate under the
international registration
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plan shall be issued two license
plates and one validation
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sticker, and the
validation sticker shall be displayed on the
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front of the
commercial tractor. An apportioned vehicle receiving
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an
apportioned
license plate under the international registration
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plan shall be
issued one license plate only and one validation
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sticker, or a validation
sticker alone; the license plate shall be
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displayed only on the front of
a semitractor and on the rear of
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all other vehicles. School
buses shall not be issued license
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plates but shall bear
identifying numbers in the manner prescribed
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by section 4511.764
of the Revised Code. The certificate of
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registration and license plates and
validation stickers, or
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validation stickers
alone, shall be issued and delivered to the
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owner in person or by
mail. Chauffeured limousines shall be
issued
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license plates, a
validation sticker, and a livery sticker
as
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provided in section
4503.24 of the Revised Code. In the event
of
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the loss,
mutilation, or destruction of any certificate of
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registration, or
of any license plates or validation stickers, or
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if
the owner
chooses to replace license plates previously issued
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for a motor vehicle,
or if the registration certificate and
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license plates have been
impounded as
provided by division
(B)(1)
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of section 4507.02 and
section
4507.16 of the Revised Code, the
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owner of
a motor
vehicle, or
manufacturer or dealer, may obtain
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from the
registrar, or from a
deputy registrar if authorized by
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the registrar, a
duplicate
thereof or new license plates bearing a
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different number, if the
registrar
considers it advisable, upon
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filing an application
prescribed by the
registrar, and upon paying
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a fee of one dollar
for such certificate of
registration, a fee of
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two dollars for
each set of two
license plates, or one dollar for
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each single
license plate or
validation sticker. In addition,
each
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applicant
for a replacement
certificate of
registration,
license
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plate, or
validation sticker shall pay the fees provided
in
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divisions (C)
and (D) of section 4503.10 of the Revised Code.
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| Additionally, the registrar and each deputy registrar who
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either issues license plates and a validation sticker for use on
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any vehicle other than a
commercial tractor, semitrailer, or
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apportioned vehicle, or who issues
a validation sticker alone for
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use on such a vehicle and the owner
has changed the owner's county
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of residence since the
owner last was issued county
identification
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stickers, also shall issue and deliver to the
owner either one or
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two county identification stickers, as appropriate,
which shall be
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attached to the
license plates in a manner
prescribed by the
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director of public safety. The county
identification stickers
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shall identify prominently
by name or number
the county in which
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the owner of the vehicle resides at the time of
registration.
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| (B)
A certificate of registration issued under this section
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shall have a portion that contains all
the information contained | 77 |
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in the main portion of the certificate
except for the address of | 78 |
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the person to whom the certificate is
issued. Except as provided | 79 |
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in this division, whenever a reference
is made in the Revised | 80 |
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Code to a motor vehicle certificate of
registration that is | 81 |
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issued under this section, the reference
shall be deemed to refer | 82 |
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to either the main portion of the
certificate or the portion | 83 |
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containing all information in the main portion except the address | 84 |
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of the person to whom the certificate is issued. If a reference is | 85 |
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made in
the Revised Code to the seizure or surrender of a motor | 86 |
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vehicle
certificate of registration that is issued under this | 87 |
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section, the
reference shall be deemed to refer to both the main | 88 |
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portion of the
certificate and the portion containing all | 89 |
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information in the main portion except the address of the person | 90 |
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to whom the certificate is issued. | 91 |