(C) A person who owns ana historical motor vehicle and | 23 |
applies for a historical license platesplate under this section | 24 |
shall execute an affidavit that the vehicle for which plates are | 25 |
the plate is requested is owned and operated solely for the | 26 |
purposes enumerated in division (A) of this section, and. The | 27 |
affidavit also settingshall act forth in the affidavit that the | 28 |
vehicle has been inspected and found safe to operate on the public | 29 |
roads and highways in the state. A person who owns ana historical | 30 |
motor vehicle and desires to display
a model year license plates | 31 |
plate on the vehicle as permitted by this section shall execute at | 32 |
the time of registration an affidavit setting forth that the model | 33 |
year license platesplate the person desires to display on the | 34 |
person's historical motor vehicle areis a legible and serviceable | 35 |
license platesplate that originally werewas issued by this | 36 |
state. No registration issued pursuant to this section need | 37 |
specify the weight of the vehicle. | 38 |
(D) A vehicle registered under this section may display | 39 |
either a historical vehicle license platesplate issued by the | 40 |
registrar of motor vehicles or a model year license platesplate | 41 |
procured by the applicant. HistoricalA historical vehicle license | 42 |
platesplate shall not bear a date, but shall bear the | 43 |
inscription "Historical Vehicle--Ohio" and the registration | 44 |
number, which shall be shown thereon. ModelA model year license | 45 |
platesplate shall be a legible and serviceable license plates | 46 |
plate issued by this state and inscribed with the date of the year | 47 |
corresponding to the model year when the vehicle was manufactured. | 48 |
Notwithstanding section 4503.21 of the Revised Code, only oneTwo | 49 |
model year license plate is required toplates, duplicates of each | 50 |
other, may be displayed on the rear of the historical motor | 51 |
vehicle at all timesany time, one plate on the front and one | 52 |
plate on the rear of the vehicle. The registration certificate and | 53 |
the historical vehicle license
platesplate issued by the | 54 |
registrar shall be kept in the vehicle at all times the vehicle is | 55 |
operated on the public roads and highways in this state. | 56 |
Notwithstanding section 4503.21 of the Revised Code, the | 57 |
owner of ana historical motor vehicle that was manufactured for | 58 |
military purposes and that is registered under this section may | 59 |
display the assigned registration number of the vehicle by | 60 |
painting the number on the front and rear of the vehicle. The | 61 |
number shall be painted, in accordance with the size and style | 62 |
specifications established for numerals and letters shown on | 63 |
license plates in section 4503.22 of the Revised Code, in a color | 64 |
that contrasts clearly with the color of the vehicle, and shall be | 65 |
legible and visible at all times. Upon application for | 66 |
registration under this section and payment of the license fee | 67 |
prescribed in division (B) of this section, the owner of such ana | 68 |
historical motor vehicle shall be issued a historical vehicle | 69 |
license platesplate. The registration certificate and at least | 70 |
one suchthe license plate shall be kept in the vehicle at all | 71 |
times the vehicle is operated on the public roads and highways in | 72 |
this state. If ownership of such a vehicle is transferred, the | 73 |
transferor shall surrender the historical vehicle license plates | 74 |
plate or transfer themit to another historical motor vehicle the | 75 |
transferor owns, and remove or obliterate the registration numbers | 76 |
painted on the vehicle. | 77 |
(E) Historical vehicle and model year license plates are | 78 |
valid without renewal as long as the vehicle for which they were | 79 |
issued or procured is in existence. HistoricalA historical | 80 |
vehicle plates areplate is issued for the owner's use only for | 81 |
such vehicle unless later transferred to another historical motor | 82 |
vehicle owned by that person. In order to effect such a transfer, | 83 |
the owner of the historical motor vehicle that originally | 84 |
displayed the historical vehicle platesplate shall comply with | 85 |
division (C) of this section. In the event of a transfer of title, | 86 |
the transferor shall surrender the historical vehicle license | 87 |
platesplate or transfer themit to another historical motor | 88 |
vehicle owned by the transferor, but a model year license plate | 89 |
orplates may be retained by the transferor. The registrar may | 90 |
revoke license plates issued under this section, for cause shown | 91 |
and after hearing, for failure of the applicant to comply with | 92 |
this section. Upon revocation,
a historical vehicle license plates | 93 |
plate shall be surrendered;
a model year license plate or plates | 94 |
may be retained, but the plate or plates are no longer are valid | 95 |
for display on the vehicle. | 96 |
(F) The owner of ana historical motor vehicle bearing
a | 97 |
historical vehicle license platesplate may replace themit with a | 98 |
model year license platesplate by surrendering the historical | 99 |
vehicle license platesplate and motor vehicle certificate of | 100 |
registration to the registrar. The owner, at the time of | 101 |
registration, shall execute an affidavit setting forth that the | 102 |
model year plates areplate is a legible and serviceable license | 103 |
platesplate that originally werewas issued by this state. Such | 104 |
an owner is required to pay the license fee prescribed by division | 105 |
(B) of this section, but the owner is not required to have the | 106 |
historical motor vehicle reinspected under division (C) of this | 107 |
section. | 108 |
A person who owns ana historical motor vehicle bearing a | 109 |
model year license platesplate may replace themit with a | 110 |
historical vehicle license
platesplate by surrendering the motor | 111 |
vehicle certificate of registration and applying for issuance of a | 112 |
historical vehicle license platesplate. Such a person is required | 113 |
to pay the license fee prescribed by division (B) of this section, | 114 |
but the person is not required to have the historical motor | 115 |
vehicle reinspected under division (C) of this section. | 116 |
Sec. 4503.19. (A) Upon the filing of an application for | 117 |
registration and the payment of the tax for registration, the | 118 |
registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar shall determine | 119 |
whether the owner previously has been issued a license plates | 120 |
plate for the motor vehicle described in the application. If no | 121 |
license
platesplate previously havehas been issued to the owner | 122 |
for that motor vehicle, the registrar or deputy registrar shall | 123 |
assign to the motor vehicle a distinctive number and issue and | 124 |
deliver to the owner in the manner that the registrar may select a | 125 |
certificate of registration, in the form that the registrar shall | 126 |
prescribe, and, except as otherwise provided in this section, two | 127 |
a license plates, duplicates of each other,plate and a validation | 128 |
sticker, or a validation sticker alone, to be attached to the | 129 |
number plateslicense plate as provided in section 4503.191 of the | 130 |
Revised Code. The registrar or deputy registrar also shall charge | 131 |
the owner any fees required under division (C) of section 4503.10 | 132 |
of the Revised Code.
Trailers, manufactured homes, mobile homes, | 133 |
semitrailers, the manufacturer thereof, the dealer, or in transit | 134 |
companies therein, shall be issued one license plate only and one | 135 |
validation sticker, or a validation sticker alone, and the | 136 |
The license plate and validation sticker shall be displayed | 137 |
only on the rear of such vehicles. Athe vehicle. However, a | 138 |
commercial tractor that does not receive an apportioned license | 139 |
plate under the international registration plan shall be issued | 140 |
twodisplay the license
platesplate and one validation sticker, | 141 |
and the validation sticker shall be displayed on the front of the | 142 |
commercial tractor. An apportioned vehicle receiving an | 143 |
apportioned license plate under the international registration | 144 |
plan shall be issued one license plate only and one validation | 145 |
sticker, or a validation sticker alone; the license plate shall be | 146 |
displayed only on the front of a semitractor and on the rear of | 147 |
all other vehicles. School buses shall not be issued a license | 148 |
platesplate but shall bear identifying numbers in the manner | 149 |
prescribed by section 4511.764 of the Revised Code. The | 150 |
certificate of registration and license platesplate and | 151 |
validation stickerssticker, or validation stickerssticker alone, | 152 |
shall be issued and delivered to the owner in person or by mail. | 153 |
Chauffeured limousines shall be issued a license platesplate, a | 154 |
validation sticker, and a livery sticker as provided in section | 155 |
4503.24 of the Revised Code. In | 156 |
In the event of the loss, mutilation, or destruction of any | 157 |
certificate of registration, or of any license platesplate or | 158 |
validation stickerssticker, or if the owner chooses to replace | 159 |
the license platesplate previously issued for a motor vehicle, or | 160 |
if the registration certificate and license platesplate have been | 161 |
impounded as provided by division (B)(1) of section 4507.02 and | 162 |
section 4507.16 of the Revised Code, the owner of a motor vehicle, | 163 |
or manufacturer or dealer, may obtain from the registrar, or from | 164 |
a deputy registrar if authorized by the registrar, a duplicate | 165 |
thereof or a new license
platesplate bearing a different number, | 166 |
if the registrar considers it advisable, upon filing an | 167 |
application prescribed by the registrar, and upon paying a fee of | 168 |
one dollar for such certificate of registration, which one dollar | 169 |
fee shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of | 170 |
the state bureau of motor vehicles fund created in section 4501.25 | 171 |
of the Revised Code. Commencing | 172 |
Commencing with each request made on or after October 1, | 173 |
2009, or in conjunction with a replacement license
platesplate | 174 |
issued for renewal registrations expiring on or after October 1, | 175 |
2009, a fee of
seven dollars and fifty cents for each set of two | 176 |
license plates or six dollars and fifty cents for each
single | 177 |
license plate or validation sticker shall be charged and | 178 |
collected, of which the. The registrar shall deposit five dollars | 179 |
and fifty cents of each seven dollar and fifty cent fee or each | 180 |
six dollar and fifty cent fee into the state treasury to the | 181 |
credit of the state highway safety fund created in section 4501.06 | 182 |
of the Revised Code and the remaining portion of each such fee | 183 |
into the state treasury to the credit of the state bureau of motor | 184 |
vehicles fund created in section 4501.25 of the Revised Code. In | 185 |
addition, each applicant for a replacement certificate of | 186 |
registration, license plate, or validation sticker shall pay the | 187 |
fees provided in divisions (C) and (D) of section 4503.10 of the | 188 |
Revised Code. | 189 |
Additionally, the registrar and each deputy registrar who | 190 |
either issues a license platesplate and a validation sticker for | 191 |
use on any vehicle other than a commercial tractor, semitrailer, | 192 |
or apportioned vehicle, or who issues a validation sticker alone | 193 |
for use on such a vehicle and the owner has changed the owner's | 194 |
county of residence since the owner last was issued county | 195 |
identification stickers, also shall issue and deliver to the owner | 196 |
either one or twoa county identification stickers, as appropriate | 197 |
sticker, which shall be attached to the license platesplate in a | 198 |
manner prescribed by the director of public safety. The county | 199 |
identification stickerssticker shall identify prominently by name | 200 |
or number the county in which the owner of the vehicle resides at | 201 |
the time of registration. | 202 |
Sec. 4503.192. The display of a single current license plate | 205 |
and validation sticker on the rear of a motor vehicle sufficiently | 206 |
indicates that the vehicle is registered in this state. Any | 207 |
reference in the Revised Code to license plates, a set of license | 208 |
plates, registration plates, or validation stickers is deemed to | 209 |
be a reference to the single license plate and validation sticker | 210 |
required by section 4503.19 of the Revised Code. | 211 |
Sec. 4503.21. (A) No person who is the owner or operator of | 212 |
a motor vehicle shall fail to display in plain view on the front | 213 |
and rear of the motor vehicle the distinctive number and | 214 |
registration mark, including any county identification sticker and | 215 |
any validation sticker issued under sections 4503.19 and 4503.191 | 216 |
of the Revised Code, furnished by the director of public safety, | 217 |
except that a manufacturer of motor vehicles or dealer therein, | 218 |
the holder of an in transit permit, and the owner or operator of a | 219 |
motorcycle, motorized bicycle, manufactured home, mobile home, | 220 |
trailer, or semitrailer shall display on the rear only. A motor | 221 |
vehicle that is issued two license plates shall display the | 222 |
validation sticker only on the rear license plate, except that a | 223 |
commercial tractor that does not receive an apportioned license | 224 |
plate under the international registration plan shall display the | 225 |
license plate and validation sticker on the front of the | 226 |
commercial tractor. An apportioned vehicle receiving an | 227 |
apportioned license plate under the international registration | 228 |
plan shall display the license plate only on the front of a | 229 |
commercial tractor and on the rear of all other vehicles. AllThe | 230 |
license platesplate shall be securely fastened so as not to | 231 |
swing, and shall not be covered by any material that obstructs | 232 |
theirits visibility. | 233 |
No person to whom a temporary license placard or windshield | 234 |
sticker has been issued for the use of a motor vehicle under | 235 |
section 4503.182 of the Revised Code, and no operator of that | 236 |
motor vehicle, shall fail to display the temporary license placard | 237 |
in plain view from the rear of the vehicle either in the rear | 238 |
window or on an external rear surface of the motor vehicle, or | 239 |
fail to display the windshield sticker in plain view on the rear | 240 |
window of the motor vehicle. No temporary license placard or | 241 |
windshield sticker shall be covered by any material that obstructs | 242 |
its visibility. | 243 |
Sec. 4503.23. No motor vehicle designed to carry passengers, | 246 |
owned or leased by the state, or any of its departments, bureaus, | 247 |
commissions, or institutions supported in whole or in part by | 248 |
funds provided by the state, shall be operated or driven by any | 249 |
person unless it has displayed, in a prominent position on both | 250 |
the front and rear of the vehicle,
identification plates whicha | 251 |
license plate that shall be the same size, shape, and treated for | 252 |
increased visibility in the same manner as those issued by the | 253 |
registrar of motor vehicles for private vehicles.
Such | 254 |
identification platesThe license plate shall be attached to the | 255 |
vehicle in the same manner as provided by statute for the | 256 |
illumination and attachment of a license platesplate on private | 257 |
vehicles. The registrar shall designate the colors of the license | 258 |
tags whichplate that shall be used on state-owned cars; suchthe | 259 |
colors shall be other than those used on privately owned motor | 260 |
vehicles, and shall apply only to license plates used on | 261 |
state-owned motor vehicles. Said platesThe plate shall bear a | 262 |
special serial number, and the words "Ohio State Car." | 263 |
Sec. 4503.21. (A) No person who is the owner or operator of | 278 |
a motor vehicle shall fail to display in plain view on the front | 279 |
and rear of the motor vehicle the distinctive number and | 280 |
registration mark, including any county identification sticker and | 281 |
any validation sticker issued under sections 4503.19 and 4503.191 | 282 |
of the Revised Code, furnished by the director of public safety, | 283 |
except that a manufacturer of motor vehicles or dealer therein, | 284 |
the holder of an in transit permit, and the owner or operator of a | 285 |
motorcycle, motorized bicycle or moped, motor-driven cycle or | 286 |
motor scooter, cab-enclosed motorcycle, manufactured home, mobile | 287 |
home, trailer, or semitrailer shall display on the rear only. A | 288 |
motor vehicle that is issued two license plates shall display the | 289 |
validation sticker only on the rear license plate, except that a | 290 |
commercial tractor that does not receive an apportioned license | 291 |
plate under the international registration plan shall display the | 292 |
license plate and validation sticker on the front of the | 293 |
commercial tractor. An apportioned vehicle receiving an | 294 |
apportioned license plate under the international registration | 295 |
plan shall display the license plate only on the front of a | 296 |
commercial tractor and on the rear of all other vehicles. AllThe | 297 |
license platesplate shall be securely fastened so as not to | 298 |
swing, and shall not be covered by any material that obstructs | 299 |
theirits visibility. | 300 |
No person to whom a temporary license placard or windshield | 301 |
sticker has been issued for the use of a motor vehicle under | 302 |
section 4503.182 of the Revised Code, and no operator of that | 303 |
motor vehicle, shall fail to display the temporary license placard | 304 |
in plain view from the rear of the vehicle either in the rear | 305 |
window or on an external rear surface of the motor vehicle, or | 306 |
fail to display the windshield sticker in plain view on the rear | 307 |
window of the motor vehicle. No temporary license placard or | 308 |
windshield sticker shall be covered by any material that obstructs | 309 |
its visibility. | 310 |