| Sec. 4503.19.
(A) Upon the filing of an application for | 9 |
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registration and the payment of the tax for
registration, the | 10 |
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registrar
of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar shall determine | 11 |
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whether the owner
previously has
been issued license plates for | 12 |
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the motor vehicle
described in the application. If no license | 13 |
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plates previously have
been
issued to the owner for that motor | 14 |
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vehicle, the registrar or deputy registrar
shall assign to the | 15 |
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motor vehicle a distinctive number and issue
and deliver to the | 16 |
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owner in the manner
that the registrar may
select a certificate of | 17 |
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registration, in the form
that the
registrar shall
prescribe, and, | 18 |
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except as otherwise provided in this section, two
license plates, | 19 |
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duplicates of each other, and a validation
sticker, or a | 20 |
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validation
sticker alone, to be attached to the number plates as | 21 |
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provided in section
4503.191 of the Revised Code. The registrar
or | 22 |
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deputy registrar also shall
charge the owner any fees required | 23 |
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under division (C) of section 4503.10 of
the Revised Code. | 24 |
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Trailers, manufactured homes, mobile homes,
semitrailers, the | 25 |
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manufacturer thereof, the
dealer, or in transit companies therein, | 26 |
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shall be issued one
license plate only and one validation sticker, | 27 |
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or a validation sticker
alone, and the license plate and | 28 |
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validation sticker shall
be displayed
only on the rear of such | 29 |
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vehicles. A commercial tractor that
does not receive an | 30 |
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apportioned license plate under the
international registration | 31 |
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plan shall be issued two license
plates and one validation | 32 |
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sticker, and the
validation sticker shall be displayed on the | 33 |
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front of the
commercial tractor. An apportioned vehicle receiving | 34 |
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an
apportioned
license plate under the international registration | 35 |
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plan shall be
issued one license plate only and one validation | 36 |
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sticker, or a validation
sticker alone; the license plate shall be | 37 |
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displayed only on the front of
a semitractor and on the rear of | 38 |
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all other vehicles. School
buses shall not be issued license | 39 |
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plates but shall bear
identifying numbers in the manner prescribed | 40 |
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by section 4511.764
of the Revised Code. The certificate of | 41 |
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registration and license plates and
validation stickers, or | 42 |
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validation stickers
alone, shall be issued and delivered to the | 43 |
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owner in person or by
mail. Chauffeured limousines shall be
issued | 44 |
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license plates, a
validation sticker, and a livery sticker
as | 45 |
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provided in section
4503.24 of the Revised Code. In the event
of | 46 |
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the loss,
mutilation, or destruction of any certificate of | 47 |
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registration, or
of any license plates or validation stickers, or | 48 |
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if
the owner
chooses to replace license plates previously issued | 49 |
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for a motor vehicle,
or if the registration certificate and | 50 |
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license plates have been
impounded as
provided by division
(B)(1) | 51 |
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of section 4507.02 and
section
4507.16 of the Revised Code, the | 52 |
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owner of
a motor
vehicle, or
manufacturer or dealer, may obtain | 53 |
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from the
registrar, or from a
deputy registrar if authorized by | 54 |
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the registrar, a
duplicate
thereof or new license plates bearing a | 55 |
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different number, if the
registrar
considers it advisable, upon | 56 |
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filing an application
prescribed by the
registrar, and upon paying | 57 |
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a fee of one dollar
for such certificate of
registration, a fee of | 58 |
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two dollars for
each set of two
license plates, or one dollar for | 59 |
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each single
license plate or
validation sticker. In addition,
each | 60 |
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applicant
for a replacement
certificate of
registration,
license | 61 |
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plate, or
validation sticker shall pay the fees provided
in | 62 |
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divisions (C)
and (D) of section 4503.10 of the Revised Code. | 63 |
| Additionally, the registrar and each deputy registrar who | 64 |
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either issues license plates and a validation sticker for use on | 65 |
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any vehicle other than a
commercial tractor, semitrailer, or | 66 |
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apportioned vehicle, or who issues
a validation sticker alone for | 67 |
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use on such a vehicle and the owner
has changed the owner's county | 68 |
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of residence since the
owner last was issued county
identification | 69 |
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stickers, also shall issue and deliver to the
owner either one or | 70 |
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two county identification stickers, as appropriate,
which shall be | 71 |
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attached to the
license plates in a manner
prescribed by the | 72 |
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director of public safety. The county
identification stickers | 73 |
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shall identify prominently
by name or number
the county in which | 74 |
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the owner of the vehicle resides at the time of
registration. | 75 |