130th Ohio General Assembly
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As Reported by the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee

122nd General Assembly
Regular Session
1997-1998
Am. Sub. H. B. No. 611

REPRESENTATIVES HARRIS-METZGER-THOMAS-OLMAN-REID-TIBERI- HAINES-MOTTLEY-VESPER-OPFER-TERWILLEGER-TAYLOR-BRITTON- PADGETT-KREBS-GARCIA-BATEMAN-METELSKY-CAREY-PATTON-BRADING- WINKLER-WILSON-MASON-TAVARES-KRUPINSKI-EVANS-GRENDELL-CORBIN- JOHNSON-MYERS-AMSTUTZ-JOLIVETTE-SALERNO-
SENATOR OELSLAGER


A BILL
To amend sections 325.33, 4501.01, 4503.10, 4505.06, 4505.09, 4511.85, 4517.01, 4519.01, 4519.02, 4519.03, 4519.031, 4519.04, 4519.05, 4519.06, 4519.08, 4519.09, 4519.11, 4519.20, 4519.21, 4519.22, 4519.40 to 4519.48, and 4519.99 and to enact sections 4519.10, and 4519.51 to 4519.70 of the Revised Code to require that the owners of certain off-highway motorcycles and all-purpose vehicles obtain certificates of title for the vehicles.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:


Section 1. That sections 325.33, 4501.01, 4503.10, 4505.06, 4505.09, 4511.85, 4517.01, 4519.01, 4519.02, 4519.03, 4519.031, 4519.04, 4519.05, 4519.06, 4519.08, 4519.09, 4519.11, 4519.20, 4519.21, 4519.22, 4519.40, 4519.41, 4519.42, 4519.43, 4519.44, 4519.45, 4519.46, 4519.47, 4519.48, and 4519.99 be amended and sections 4519.10, 4519.51, 4519.52, 4519.53, 4519.54, 4519.55, 4519.56, 4519.57, 4519.58, 4519.59, 4519.60, 4519.61, 4519.62, 4519.63, 4519.64, 4519.65, 4519.66, 4519.67, 4519.68, 4519.69, and 4519.70 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 325.33. Notwithstanding sections 325.27 and 325.31 of the Revised Code, all fees retained by the clerk of courts under Chapters 1548. and, 4505., AND 4519. of the Revised Code shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the certificate of title administration fund, which is hereby created. Except as otherwise provided in this section, fees credited to the fund shall be used only to pay the costs incurred by the clerk of courts in processing titles under Chapters 1548. and, 4505., AND 4519. of the Revised Code. However, if the board of county commissioners and the clerk of courts agree that the money in the fund exceeds what is needed to pay such costs, the excess may be transferred to the county general fund and used for other county purposes. If the board of county commissioners and the clerk of courts are unable to agree on the amount of any such excess, the county budget commission shall determine the amount that will be transferred to the county general fund.

Sec. 4501.01. As used in this chapter and Chapters 4503., 4505., 4507., 4509., 4511., 4513., 4515., and 4517. of the Revised Code, and in the penal laws, except as otherwise provided:

(A) "Vehicles" means everything on wheels or runners, including motorized bicycles, but does not mean vehicles that are operated exclusively on rails or tracks or from overhead electric trolley wires and vehicles that belong to any police department, municipal fire department, or volunteer fire department, or that are used by such a department in the discharge of its functions.

(B) "Motor vehicle" means any vehicle, including manufactured homes and recreational vehicles, that is propelled or drawn by power other than muscular power or power collected from overhead electric trolley wires, except motorized bicycles, road rollers, traction engines, power shovels, power cranes, and other equipment used in construction work and not designed for or employed in general highway transportation, well-drilling machinery, ditch-digging machinery, farm machinery, trailers that are used to transport agricultural produce or agricultural production materials between a local place of storage or supply and the farm when drawn or towed on a public road or highway at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less, threshing machinery, hay-baling machinery, corn sheller, hammermill and agricultural tractors, machinery used in the production of horticultural, agricultural, and vegetable products, and trailers that are 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 public road or highway for a distance of no more than ten miles and at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less.

(C) "Agricultural tractor" and "traction engine" mean any self-propelling vehicle that is designed or used for drawing other vehicles or wheeled machinery, but has no provisions for carrying loads independently of such other vehicles, and that is used principally for agricultural purposes.

(D) "Commercial tractor," except as defined in division (C) of this section, means any motor vehicle that has motive power and either is designed or used for drawing other motor vehicles, or is designed or used for drawing another motor vehicle while carrying a portion of the other motor vehicle or its load, or both.

(E) "Passenger car" means any motor vehicle that is designed and used for carrying not more than nine persons and includes any motor vehicle that is designed and used for carrying not more than fifteen persons in a ridesharing arrangement.

(F) "Collector's vehicle" means any motor vehicle or agricultural tractor or traction engine that is of special interest, that has a fair market value of one hundred dollars or more, whether operable or not, and that is owned, operated, collected, preserved, restored, maintained, or used essentially as a collector's item, leisure pursuit, or investment, but not as the owner's principal means of transportation. "Licensed collector's vehicle" means a collector's vehicle, other than an agricultural tractor or traction engine, that displays current, valid license tags issued under section 4503.45 of the Revised Code, or a similar type of motor vehicle that displays current, valid license tags issued under substantially equivalent provisions in the laws of other states.

(G) "Historical motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle that is over twenty-five years old and is owned solely as a collector's item and for participation in club activities, exhibitions, tours, parades, and similar uses, but that in no event is used for general transportation.

(H) "Noncommercial motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle, including a farm truck as defined in section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, that is designed by the manufacturer to carry a load of no more than one ton and is used exclusively for purposes other than engaging in business for profit.

(I) "Bus" means any motor vehicle that has motor power and is designed and used for carrying more than nine passengers, except any motor vehicle that is designed and used for carrying not more than fifteen passengers in a ridesharing arrangement.

(J) "Commercial car" means any motor vehicle that has motor power and is designed and used for carrying merchandise or freight, or that is used as a commercial tractor.

(K) "Bicycle" means every device, other than a tricycle that is designed solely for use as a play vehicle by a child, that is propelled solely by human power upon which any person may ride, and that has either two tandem wheels, or one wheel in front and two wheels in the rear, any of which is more than fourteen inches in diameter.

(L) "Motorized bicycle" means any vehicle that either has two tandem wheels or one wheel in the front and two wheels in the rear, that is capable of being pedaled, and that is equipped with a helper motor of not more than fifty cubic centimeters piston displacement that produces no more than one brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the vehicle at a speed of no greater than twenty miles per hour on a level surface.

(M) "Trailer" means any vehicle without motive power that is designed or used for carrying property or persons wholly on its own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle, and includes any such vehicle that is formed by or operated as a combination of a semitrailer and a vehicle of the dolly type such as that commonly known as a trailer dolly, a vehicle used to transport agricultural produce or agricultural production materials between a local place of storage or supply and the farm when drawn or towed on a public road or highway at a speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour, and a vehicle that is 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 public road or highway for a distance of more than ten miles or at a speed of more than twenty-five miles per hour. "Trailer" does not include a manufactured home or travel trailer.

(N) "Noncommercial trailer" means any trailer, except a travel trailer or trailer that is used to transport a boat as described in division (B) of this section, but, where applicable, includes a vehicle that is used to transport a boat as described in division (M) of this section, that has a gross weight of no more than three thousand pounds, and that is used exclusively for purposes other than engaging in business for a profit.

(O) "Manufactured home" means any nonself-propelled vehicle transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or forty body feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein. Calculations used to determine the number of square feet in a structure are based on the structure's exterior dimensions measured at the largest horizontal projections when erected on site. These dimensions include all expandable rooms, cabinets, and other projections containing interior space, but do not include bay windows.

(P) "Semitrailer" means any vehicle of the trailer type that does not have motive power and is so designed or used with another and separate motor vehicle that in operation a part of its own weight or that of its load, or both, rests upon and is carried by the other vehicle furnishing the motive power for propelling itself and the vehicle referred to in this division, and includes, for the purpose only of registration and taxation under those chapters, any vehicle of the dolly type, such as a trailer dolly, that is designed or used for the conversion of a semitrailer into a trailer.

(Q) "Recreational vehicle" means a vehicular portable structure that is designed and constructed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational, and vacation uses and is classed as follows:

(1) "Travel trailer" means a nonself-propelled recreational vehicle that does not exceed an overall length of thirty-five feet, exclusive of bumper and tongue or coupling, and includes a tent-type fold-out camping trailer as defined in section 4517.01 of the Revised Code.

(2) "Motor home" means a self-propelled recreational vehicle that is constructed with permanently installed facilities for cold storage, cooking and consuming of food, and for sleeping.

(3) "Truck camper" means a nonself-propelled recreational vehicle that does not have wheels for road use and is designed to be placed upon and attached to a motor vehicle. "Truck camper" does not include truck covers that consist of walls and a roof, but do not have floors and facilities enabling them to be used as a dwelling.

(4) "Fifth wheel trailer" means a vehicle that is of such size and weight as to be movable without a special highway permit, that has a gross trailer area of four hundred square feet or less, that is constructed with a raised forward section that allows a bi-level floor plan, and that is designed to be towed by a vehicle equipped with a fifth-wheel hitch ordinarily installed in the bed of a truck.

(5) "Park trailer" means a vehicle that is commonly known as a park model recreational vehicle, meets the American national standard institute standard A119.5 (1988) for park trailers, is built on a single chassis, has a gross trailer area of four hundred square feet or less when set up, is designed for seasonal or temporary living quarters, and may be connected to utilities necessary for the operation of installed features and appliances.

(R) "Pneumatic tires" means tires of rubber and fabric or tires of similar material, that are inflated with air.

(S) "Solid tires" means tires of rubber or similar elastic material that are not dependent upon confined air for support of the load.

(T) "Solid tire vehicle" means any vehicle that is equipped with two or more solid tires.

(U) "Farm machinery" means all machines and tools that are used in the production, harvesting, and care of farm products, and includes trailers that are used to transport agricultural produce or agricultural production materials between a local place of storage or supply and the farm when drawn or towed on a public road or highway at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less.

(V) "Owner" includes any person, firm, or corporation other than a manufacturer or dealer that has title to a motor vehicle, except that in sections 4505.01 to 4505.19 of the Revised Code, "owner" includes in addition manufacturers and dealers.

(W) "Manufacturer" and "dealer" include all persons, firms, and corporations that are regularly engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling, displaying, offering for sale, or dealing in motor vehicles, at an established place of business that is used exclusively for the purpose of manufacturing, selling, displaying, offering for sale, or dealing in motor vehicles. A place of business that is used for manufacturing, selling, displaying, offering for sale, or dealing in motor vehicles shall be deemed to be used exclusively for those purposes even though snowmobiles or all-purpose vehicles are sold or displayed for sale thereat, even though farm machinery is sold or displayed for sale thereat, or even though repair, accessory, gasoline and oil, storage, parts, service, or paint departments are maintained thereat, or, in any county having a population of less than seventy-five thousand persons at the last federal census, even though a department in a place of business is used to dismantle, salvage, or rebuild motor vehicles by means of used parts, if such departments are operated for the purpose of furthering and assisting in the business of manufacturing, selling, displaying, offering for sale, or dealing in motor vehicles. Places of business or departments in a place of business used to dismantle, salvage, or rebuild motor vehicles by means of using used parts are not considered as being maintained for the purpose of assisting or furthering the manufacturing, selling, displaying, and offering for sale or dealing in motor vehicles.

(X) "Operator" includes any person who drives or operates a motor vehicle upon the public highways.

(Y) "Chauffeur" means any operator who operates a motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, as an employee for hire; or any operator whether or not the owner of a motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, who operates such vehicle for transporting, for gain, compensation, or profit, either persons or property owned by another. Any operator of a motor vehicle who is voluntarily involved in a ridesharing arrangement is not considered an employee for hire or operating such vehicle for gain, compensation, or profit.

(Z) "State" includes the territories and federal districts of the United States, and the provinces of Canada.

(AA) "Public roads and highways" for vehicles includes all public thoroughfares, bridges, and culverts.

(BB) "Manufacturer's number" means the manufacturer's original serial number that is affixed to or imprinted upon the chassis or other part of the motor vehicle.

(CC) "Motor number" means the manufacturer's original number that is affixed to or imprinted upon the engine or motor of the vehicle.

(DD) "Bill of sale" means the written statement or document of transfer or conveyance required prior to January 1, 1938, to be executed and delivered by the corporation, partnership, association, or person selling, giving away, transferring, or passing title to a motor vehicle.

(EE) "Distributor" means any person who is authorized by a motor vehicle manufacturer to distribute new motor vehicles to licensed motor vehicle dealers at an established place of business that is used exclusively for the purpose of distributing new motor vehicles to licensed motor vehicle dealers, except when the distributor also is a new motor vehicle dealer, in which case the distributor may distribute at the location of the distributor's licensed dealership.

(FF)(EE) "Ridesharing arrangement" means the transportation of persons in a motor vehicle where the transportation is incidental to another purpose of a volunteer driver and includes ridesharing arrangements known as carpools, vanpools, and buspools.

(GG)(FF) "Apportionable vehicle" means any vehicle that is used or intended for use in two or more international registration plan member jurisdictions that allocate or proportionally register vehicles, that is used for the transportation of persons for hire or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property, and that meets any of the following qualifications:

(1) Is a power unit having a gross vehicle weight in excess of twenty-six thousand pounds;

(2) Is a power unit having three or more axles, regardless of the gross vehicle weight;

(3) Is a combination vehicle with a gross vehicle weight in excess of twenty-six thousand pounds.

"Apportionable vehicle" does not include recreational vehicles, vehicles displaying restricted plates, city pick-up and delivery vehicles, buses used for the transportation of chartered parties, or vehicles owned and operated by the United States, this state, or any political subdivisions thereof.

(HH)(GG) "Chartered party" means a group of persons who contract as a group to acquire the exclusive use of a passenger-carrying motor vehicle at a fixed charge for the vehicle in accordance with the carrier's tariff, lawfully on file with the United States department of transportation, for the purpose of group travel to a specified destination or for a particular itinerary, either agreed upon in advance or modified by the chartered group after having left the place of origin.

(II)(HH) "International registration plan" means a reciprocal agreement of member jurisdictions that is endorsed by the American association of motor vehicle administrators, and that promotes and encourages the fullest possible use of the highway system by authorizing apportioned registration of fleets of vehicles and recognizing registration of vehicles apportioned in member jurisdictions.

(JJ)(II) "Restricted plate" means a license plate that has a restriction of time, geographic area, mileage, or commodity, and includes license plates issued to farm trucks under division (K) of section 4503.04 of the Revised Code.

(KK)(JJ) "Gross vehicle weight," with regard to any commercial car, trailer, semitrailer, or bus that is taxed at the rates established under section 4503.042 of the Revised Code, means the unladen weight of the vehicle fully equipped plus the maximum weight of the load to be carried on the vehicle.

(LL)(KK) "Combined gross vehicle weight" with regard to any combination of a commercial car, trailer, and semitrailer, that is taxed at the rates established under section 4503.042 of the Revised Code, means the total unladen weight of the combination of vehicles fully equipped plus the maximum weight of the load to be carried on that combination of vehicles.

(MM)(LL) "Chauffeured limousine" means a motor vehicle that is designed to carry nine or fewer passengers and is operated for hire on an hourly basis pursuant to a prearranged contract for the transportation of passengers on public roads and highways along a route under the control of the person hiring the vehicle and not over a defined and regular route. "Prearranged contract" means an agreement, made in advance of boarding, to provide transportation from a specific location in a chauffeured limousine at a fixed rate per hour or trip. "Chauffeured limousine" does not include any vehicle that is used exclusively in the business of funeral directing.

Sec. 4503.10. (A) THE OWNER OF EVERY SNOWMOBILE, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, AND ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED UNDER SECTION 4519.02 OF THE REVISED CODE SHALL FILE AN APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 4519.03 OF THE REVISED CODE. THE OWNER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, OTHER THAN A SNOWMOBILE, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, THAT IS NOT DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED BY THE MANUFACTURER FOR OPERATION ON A STREET OR HIGHWAY MAY NOT REGISTER IT UNDER THIS CHAPTER EXCEPT UPON CERTIFICATION OF INSPECTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 4513.02 OF THE REVISED CODE BY THE SHERIFF OR CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE MUNICIPAL OR TOWNSHIP POLICE WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION IN WHICH THE OWNER OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE RESIDES. Except as provided in section 4503.103 of the Revised Code, every owner of a EVERY OTHER motor vehicle NOT PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION and every person mentioned as owner in the last certificate of title, bill of sale, or sworn statement of ownership of a motor vehicle that is operated or driven upon the public roads or highways shall cause to be filed each year, by mail or otherwise, in the office of the registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar, a written application or a preprinted registration renewal notice issued under section 4503.102 of the Revised Code, the form of which shall be prescribed by the registrar, for registration for the following registration year, which shall begin on the first day of January of every calendar year and end on the thirty-first day of December in the same year. Applications for registration and registration renewal notices shall be filed at the times established by the registrar pursuant to section 4503.101 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in division (J) of this section, applications for registration shall be made on blanks furnished by the registrar for that purpose, containing the following information:

(1) A brief description of the motor vehicle to be registered, including the name of the manufacturer, the factory number of the vehicle, the year's model, and, in the case of commercial cars, the gross weight of the vehicle fully equipped computed in the manner prescribed in section 4503.08 of the Revised Code;

(2) The name and residence address of the owner, and the township and municipal corporation in which the owner resides;

(3) The district of registration, which shall be determined as follows:

(a) In case the motor vehicle to be registered is used for hire or principally in connection with any established business or branch business, conducted at a particular place, the district of registration is the municipal corporation in which that place is located or, if not located in any municipal corporation, the county and township in which that place is located.

(b) In case the vehicle is not so used, the district of registration is the municipal corporation or county in which the owner resides at the time of making the application.

(4) Whether the motor vehicle is a new or used motor vehicle;

(5) The date of purchase of the motor vehicle;

(6) Whether the fees required to be paid for the registration or transfer of the motor vehicle, during the preceding registration year and during the preceding period of the current registration year, have been paid. Each application for registration shall be signed by the owner, directly or pursuant to obtaining a limited power of attorney authorized by the registrar for registration, or other document authorizing such signature.

(7) The owner's social security number, if assigned, or, where a motor vehicle to be registered is used for hire or principally in connection with any established business, the owner's federal taxpayer identification number.

(B) Each time the applicant first registers a motor vehicle in the applicant's name, the applicant shall present for inspection proper bills of sale or sworn statement of ownership, the originals of which have been filed with the clerk of the court of common pleas, or a certificate of the clerk certifying that such bills of sale or sworn statement of ownership have been filed with the clerk, or a certificate of title or a memorandum certificate showing title to the motor vehicle to be registered in the applicant. When a motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program is in effect under section 3704.14 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it, each application for registration for a vehicle required to be inspected under that section and those rules shall be accompanied by an inspection certificate for the motor vehicle issued in accordance with that section. The application shall be refused if any of the following applies:

(1) The application is not in proper form.

(2) The application is prohibited from being accepted by division (D) of section 2935.27, division (A) of section 2937.221, division (A) of section 4503.13, division (B) of section 4507.168, or division (B)(1) of section 4521.10 of the Revised Code.

(3) When applicable, proper bills of sale or sworn statement of ownership or proper certificate thereof or A certificate of title or memorandum certificate OF TITLE does not accompany the application.

(4) All registration and transfer fees for the motor vehicle, for the preceding year or the preceding period of the current registration year, have not been paid.

(5) The owner or lessee does not have an inspection certificate for the motor vehicle as provided in section 3704.14 of the Revised Code, and rules adopted under it, if that section is applicable.

This section does not require the payment of license or registration taxes on a motor vehicle for any preceding year, or for any preceding period of a year, if the motor vehicle was not taxable for that preceding year or period under sections 4503.02, 4503.04, 4503.11, 4503.12, and 4503.16 or Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code. When a certificate of registration is issued upon the first registration of a motor vehicle by or on behalf of the owner, the official issuing the certificate shall indicate the issuance with a stamp on the certificate of title or memorandum certificate and on the inspection certificate for the motor vehicle, if any. The official also shall indicate, by a stamp or by such other means as the registrar prescribes, on the registration certificate issued upon the first registration of a motor vehicle by or on behalf of the owner the odometer reading of the motor vehicle as shown in the odometer statement included in or attached to the certificate of title. Upon each subsequent registration of the motor vehicle by or on behalf of the same owner, the official also shall so indicate the odometer reading of the motor vehicle as shown on the immediately preceding certificate of registration.

The registrar shall include in the permanent registration record of any vehicle required to be inspected under section 3704.14 of the Revised Code the inspection certificate number from the inspection certificate that is presented at the time of registration of the vehicle as required under this division.

(C) In addition, a charge of twenty-five cents shall be made for each reflectorized safety license plate issued, and a single charge of twenty-five cents shall be made for each county identification sticker or each set of county identification stickers issued, as the case may be, to cover the cost of producing the license plates and stickers, including material, manufacturing, and administrative costs. Those fees shall be in addition to the license tax. If the total cost of producing the plates is less than twenty-five cents per plate, or if the total cost of producing the stickers is less than twenty-five cents per sticker or per set issued, any excess moneys accruing from the fees shall be distributed in the same manner as provided by section 4501.04 of the Revised Code for the distribution of license tax moneys. If the total cost of producing the plates exceeds twenty-five cents per plate, or if the total cost of producing the stickers exceeds twenty-five cents per sticker or per set issued, the difference shall be paid from the license tax moneys collected pursuant to section 4503.02 of the Revised Code.

(D) Each deputy registrar shall be allowed a fee of two dollars and twenty-five cents for each application for registration and registration renewal notice the deputy registrar receives, which shall be for the purpose of compensating the deputy registrar for the deputy registrar's services, and such office and rental expenses, as may be necessary for the proper discharge of the deputy registrar's duties in the receiving of applications and renewal notices and the issuing of licenses.

(E) Upon the certification of the registrar, the county sheriff or local police officials shall recover license plates erroneously or fraudulently issued.

(F) Each deputy registrar, upon receipt of any application for registration or registration renewal notice, together with the license fee and any or local motor vehicle license tax levied pursuant to Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, shall transmit that fee and tax, if any, in the manner provided in this section, together with the original and duplicate copy of the application, to the registrar. The registrar, subject to the approval of the director of public safety, may deposit the funds collected by those deputies in a local bank or depository to the credit of the "state of Ohio, bureau of motor vehicles." Where a local bank or depository has been designated by the registrar, each deputy registrar shall deposit all moneys collected by the deputy registrar into that bank or depository not more than one business day after their collection and shall make reports to the registrar of the amounts so deposited, together with any other information, some of which may be prescribed by the treasurer of state, as the registrar may require and as prescribed by the registrar by rule. The registrar, within three days after receipt of notification of the deposit of funds by a deputy registrar in a local bank or depository, shall draw on that account in favor of the treasurer of state. The registrar, subject to the approval of the director and the treasurer of state, may make reasonable rules necessary for the prompt transmittal of fees and for safeguarding the interests of the state and of counties, townships, municipal corporations, and transportation improvement districts levying local motor vehicle license taxes. The registrar may pay service charges usually collected by banks and depositories for such service. If deputy registrars are located in communities where banking facilities are not available, they shall transmit the fees forthwith, by money order or otherwise, as the registrar, by rule approved by the director and the treasurer of state, may prescribe. The registrar may pay the usual and customary fees for such service.

(G) This section does not prevent any person from making an application for a motor vehicle license directly to the registrar upon payment of a two dollars and twenty-five cents service fee for each application.

(H) No person shall make a false statement as to the district of registration in an application required by division (A) of this section. Violation of this division is falsification under section 2921.13 of the Revised Code and punishable as specified in that section.

(I)(1) Where applicable, the requirements of division (B) of this section relating to the presentation of an inspection certificate issued under section 3704.14 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it for a motor vehicle, the refusal of a license for failure to present an inspection certificate, and the stamping of the inspection certificate by the official issuing the certificate of registration apply to the registration of and issuance of license plates for a motor vehicle under sections 4503.102, 4503.12, 4503.14, 4503.15, 4503.16, 4503.171, 4503.172, 4503.19, 4503.40, 4503.41, 4503.42, 4503.43, 4503.44, 4503.46, 4503.47, and 4503.51 of the Revised Code.

(2)(a) The registrar shall adopt rules ensuring that each owner registering a motor vehicle in a county where a motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program is in effect under section 3704.14 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it receives information about the requirements established in that section and those rules and about the need in those counties to present an inspection certificate with an application for registration or preregistration.

(b) Upon request, the registrar shall provide the director of environmental protection, or any person that has been awarded a contract under division (D) of section 3704.14 of the Revised Code, an on-line computer data link to registration information for all passenger cars, noncommercial motor vehicles, and commercial cars that are subject to that section. The registrar also shall provide to the director of environmental protection a magnetic data tape containing registration information regarding passenger cars, noncommercial motor vehicles, and commercial cars for which a multi-year registration is in effect under section 4503.103 of the Revised Code or rules adopted under it, including, without limitation, the date of issuance of the multi-year registration, the registration deadline established under rules adopted under section 4503.101 of the Revised Code that was applicable in the year in which the multi-year registration was issued, and the registration deadline for renewal of the multi-year registration.

(J) Application for registration under the international registration plan, as set forth in sections 4503.60 to 4503.66 of the Revised Code, shall be made to the registrar on forms furnished by the registrar. In accordance with international registration plan guidelines and pursuant to rules adopted by the registrar, the forms shall include the following:

(1) A uniform mileage schedule;

(2) The gross vehicle weight of the vehicle or combined gross vehicle weight of the combination vehicle as declared by the registrant;

(3) Any other information the registrar requires by rule.

Sec. 4505.06. (A) Application for a certificate of title shall be made upon a form prescribed by the registrar of motor vehicles, and shall be sworn to before a notary public or other officer empowered to administer oaths. The application shall be filed with the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the applicant resides if the applicant is a resident of this state or, if not a resident, in the county in which the transaction is consummated. The application shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed in section 4505.09 of the Revised Code; and if a certificate of title previously has been issued for the motor vehicle in this state, it shall be accompanied by that certificate of title duly assigned, unless otherwise provided in this chapter. If a certificate of title previously has not been issued for the motor vehicle in this state, the application, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be accompanied by a manufacturer's or importer's certificate or by a certificate of title, bill of sale, or other evidence of ownership required by the law of another state from which the motor vehicle was brought into this state. If the application refers to a motor vehicle last previously registered in another state, the application also shall be accompanied by the physical inspection certificate required by section 4505.061 of the Revised Code. If the application is made by two persons regarding a motor vehicle in which they wish to establish joint ownership with right of survivorship they may do so as provided in section 2106.17 of the Revised Code. The clerk shall retain the evidence of title presented by the applicant and on which the certificate of title is issued. The clerk shall use reasonable diligence in ascertaining whether or not the facts in the application are true by checking the application and documents accompanying it with the records of motor vehicles in the clerk's office; if satisfied that the applicant is the owner of the motor vehicle and that the application is in the proper form, the clerk, within five business days after the application is filed, shall issue a certificate of title over the clerk's signature and sealed with the clerk's seal. For purposes of the transfer of a certificate of title, if the clerk is satisfied that the secured party has duly discharged a lien notation, but has not canceled the lien notation with the clerk of the county of origin, the clerk may cancel the lien notation on the automated title processing system and notify the clerk of the county of origin.

In the case of the sale of a motor vehicle by a dealer or a manufactured home broker to a general buyer or user, the certificate of title shall be obtained in the name of the buyer by the dealer or the manufactured home broker upon application signed by the buyer, and shall be issued within five business days after the application for title is filed with the clerk.

In all other cases, except as provided in division (D)(2) of section 4505.11 of the Revised Code, such certificates shall be obtained by the buyer. In all cases of transfer of a motor vehicle, the application for certificate of title shall be filed within thirty days after the assignment or delivery of the motor vehicle. If an application for a certificate of title is not filed within that period, the clerk shall collect a fee of five dollars for the issuance of the certificate, except that no such fee shall be required from a motor vehicle salvage dealer, as defined in division (A) of section 4738.01 of the Revised Code, who immediately surrenders the certificate of title for cancellation. The fee shall be in addition to all other fees established by this chapter, and shall be retained by the clerk. The registrar shall provide, on the certificate of title form prescribed by section 4505.07 of the Revised Code, language necessary to give evidence of the date on which the assignment or delivery of the motor vehicle was made.

(B) The clerk, except as provided in this section, shall refuse to accept for filing any application for a certificate of title and shall refuse to issue a certificate of title unless the dealer or manufactured home broker or the applicant, in cases in which the certificate shall be obtained by the buyer, submits with the application payment of the tax levied by or pursuant to Chapters 5739. and 5741. of the Revised Code. Upon payment of the tax in accordance with division (E) of this section, the clerk shall issue a receipt prescribed by the registrar and agreed upon by the tax commissioner showing payment of the tax or a receipt issued by the commissioner showing the payment of the tax. When submitting payment of the tax to the clerk, a dealer shall retain any discount to which the dealer is entitled under section 5739.12 of the Revised Code.

For receiving and disbursing such taxes paid to the clerk, the clerk may retain a poundage fee of one and one one-hundredth per cent, which shall be paid into the certificate of title administration fund created by section 325.33 of the Revised Code.

In the case of casual sales of motor vehicles, as defined in section 4517.01 of the Revised Code, the price for the purpose of determining the tax shall be the purchase price on the assigned certificate of title executed by the seller and filed with the clerk by the buyer on a form to be prescribed by the registrar, which shall be prima-facie evidence of the amount for the determination of the tax.

(C)(1) If the transferor indicates on the certificate of title that the odometer reflects mileage in excess of the designed mechanical limit of the odometer, the clerk shall enter the phrase "exceeds mechanical limits" following the mileage designation. If the transferor indicates on the certificate of title that the odometer reading is not the actual mileage, the clerk shall enter the phrase "nonactual: warning - odometer discrepancy" following the mileage designation. The clerk shall use reasonable care in transferring the information supplied by the transferor, but is not liable for any errors or omissions of the clerk or those of the clerk's deputies in the performance of the clerk's duties created by this chapter.

The registrar shall prescribe an affidavit in which the transferor shall swear to the true selling price and, except as provided in this division, the true odometer reading of the motor vehicle. The registrar may prescribe an affidavit in which the seller and buyer provide information pertaining to the odometer reading of the motor vehicle in addition to that required by this section, as such information may be required by the United States secretary of transportation by rule prescribed under authority of subchapter IV of the "Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act," 86 Stat. 961 (1972), 15 U.S.C. 1981.

(2) Division (C)(1) of this section does not require the giving of information concerning the odometer and odometer reading of a motor vehicle when ownership of a motor vehicle is being transferred as a result of a bequest, under the laws of intestate succession, to a surviving spouse pursuant to section 2106.17, 2106.18, or 4505.10 of the Revised Code, or in connection with the creation of a security interest.

(D) When the transfer to the applicant was made in some other state or in interstate commerce, the clerk, except as provided in this section, shall refuse to issue any certificate of title unless the tax imposed by or pursuant to Chapter 5741. of the Revised Code has been paid as evidenced by a receipt issued by the tax commissioner, or unless the applicant submits with the application payment of the tax. Upon payment of the tax in accordance with division (E) of this section, the clerk shall issue a receipt prescribed by the registrar and agreed upon by the tax commissioner, showing payment of the tax. For receiving and disbursing such taxes paid to the clerk, the clerk may retain a poundage fee of one per cent. When the vendor is not regularly engaged in the business of selling motor vehicles, the vendor shall not be required to purchase a vendor's license or make reports concerning such sales.

(E) The clerk shall accept any payment of a tax in cash, or by certified check, draft, or money order payable to the clerk and submitted with an application for a certificate of title under division (B) or (D) of this section. The clerk also may accept payment of the tax by corporate, business, or personal check, credit card, electronic transfer or wire transfer, debit card, or any other accepted form of payment made payable to the clerk. The clerk may require bonds, guarantees, or letters of credit to ensure the collection of corporate, business, or personal checks. Any service fee charged by a third party to a clerk for the use of any form of payment may be paid by the clerk from the certificate of title administration fund created in section 325.33 of the Revised Code, or may be assessed by the clerk upon the applicant as an additional fee. Upon collection, the additional fees shall be paid by the clerk into that certificate of title administration fund.

The clerk shall make a good faith effort to collect any payment of taxes due but not made because the payment was returned or dishonored, but the clerk is not personally liable for the payment of uncollected taxes or uncollected fees. The clerk shall notify the tax commissioner of any such payment of taxes that is due but not made and shall furnish such information to the commissioner as the commissioner requires. The clerk shall deduct the amount of taxes due but not paid from the clerk's periodic remittance of tax payments, in accordance with procedures agreed upon by the tax commissioner. The commissioner may collect taxes due by assessment in the manner provided in section 5739.13 of the Revised Code.

Any person who presents payment that is returned or dishonored for any reason is liable to the clerk for payment of a penalty over and above the amount of the taxes due. The clerk shall determine the amount of the penalty, which shall be no greater than that amount necessary to compensate the clerk for banking charges, legal fees, or other expenses incurred by the clerk in collecting the returned or dishonored payment. The remedies and procedures provided in this section are in addition to any other available civil or criminal remedies. Subsequently collected penalties, poundage, and title fees, less any title fee due the state, from returned or dishonored payments collected by the clerk shall be paid into the certificate of title administration fund. Subsequently collected taxes, less poundage, shall be sent by the clerk to the treasurer of state at the next scheduled periodic remittance of tax payments, with such information as the commissioner may require. The clerk may abate all or any part of any penalty assessed under this division.

(F) In the following cases, the clerk shall accept for filing such application and shall issue a certificate of title without requiring payment or evidence of payment of the tax:

(1) When the purchaser is this state or any of its political subdivisions, a church, or an organization whose purchases are exempted by section 5739.02 of the Revised Code;

(2) When the transaction in this state is not a retail sale as defined by section 5739.01 of the Revised Code;

(3) When the purchase is outside this state or in interstate commerce and the purpose of the purchaser is not to use, store, or consume within the meaning of section 5741.01 of the Revised Code;

(4) When the purchaser is the federal government;

(5) When the motor vehicle was purchased outside this state for use outside this state;

(6) When the motor vehicle is purchased by a nonresident of this state for immediate removal from this state, and will be permanently titled and registered in another state, as provided by division (B)(23) of section 5739.02 of the Revised Code, and upon presentation of a copy of the affidavit provided by that section, and a copy of the exemption certificate provided by section 5739.03 of the Revised Code.

The clerk shall forward all payments of taxes, less poundage fee, to the treasurer of state in a manner to be prescribed by the tax commissioner and shall furnish such information to the commissioner as the commissioner requires.

(G) An application, as prescribed by the registrar and agreed to by the tax commissioner, shall be filled out and sworn to by the buyer of a motor vehicle in a casual sale. The application shall contain the following notice in bold lettering: "WARNING TO TRANSFEROR AND TRANSFEREE (SELLER AND BUYER): You are required by law to state the true selling price. A false statement is in violation of section 2921.13 of the Revised Code and is punishable by six months imprisonment or a fine of up to one thousand dollars, or both. All transfers are audited by the department of taxation. The seller and buyer must provide any information requested by the department of taxation. The buyer may be assessed any additional tax found to be due."


Sec. 4505.09. (A) The clerk of the court of common pleas shall charge a fee of five dollars for each certificate of title that is not applied for within thirty days after the assignment or delivery of the motor vehicle described therein. The fees shall be retained by the clerk.

In addition to those fees, the clerk shall charge a fee of five dollars for each certificate of title, duplicate certificate of title, memorandum certificate of title, and notation of any lien on a certificate of title. The clerk shall retain two dollars and twenty-five cents of the fee charged for each certificate of title, four dollars and seventy-five cents of the fee charged for each duplicate certificate of title, all of the fees charged for each memorandum certificate, and four dollars and twenty-five cents of the fee charged for each notation of a lien.

The remaining two dollars and seventy-five cents charged for the certificate of title, the remaining twenty-five cents charged for the duplicate certificate of title, and the remaining seventy-five cents charged for the notation of any lien on a certificate of title shall be paid to the registrar of motor vehicles by monthly returns, which shall be forwarded to the registrar not later than the fifth day of the month next succeeding that in which the certificate is issued or that in which the registrar is notified of a lien or cancellation thereof.

(B)(1) The registrar shall pay twenty-five cents of the amount received for each certificate of title and all of the amounts received for each notation of any lien and each duplicate certificate of title into the state bureau of motor vehicles fund established in section 4501.25 of the Revised Code.

(2) Fifty cents of the amount received for each certificate of title shall be paid by the registrar as follows:

(a) Four cents shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the motor vehicle dealers board fund, which is hereby created. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The moneys in the motor vehicle dealers board fund shall be used by the motor vehicle dealers board created under section 4517.30 of the Revised Code, together with other moneys appropriated to it, in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code, except that the director of budget and management may transfer excess money from the motor vehicle dealers board fund to the bureau of motor vehicles fund if the registrar determines that the amount of money in the motor vehicle dealers board fund, together with other moneys appropriated to the board, exceeds the amount required for the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code and requests the director to make the transfer.

(b) Twenty-one cents shall be paid into the general revenue fund;

(c) Twenty-five cents shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the motor vehicle sales audit fund, which is hereby created. The moneys in the fund shall be used by the tax commissioner together with other funds available to the commissioner to conduct a continuing investigation of sales and use tax returns filed for motor vehicles in order to determine if sales and use tax liability has been satisfied. The commissioner shall refer cases of apparent violations of section 2921.13 of the Revised Code made in connection with the titling or sale of a motor vehicle and cases of any other apparent violations of the sales or use tax law to the appropriate county prosecutor whenever the commissioner considers it advisable.

(3) Two dollars of the amount received by the registrar for each certificate of title shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the automated title processing fund, which is hereby created and which shall consist of moneys collected under division (B)(3) of this section and under section SECTIONS 1548.10 AND 4519.59 of the Revised Code. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The moneys in the fund shall be used as follows:

(a) Moneys EXCEPT FOR MONEYS COLLECTED UNDER SECTION 1548.10 of the Revised Code, MONEYS collected under this division (B)(3) OF THIS SECTION shall be used to implement and maintain an automated title processing system for the issuance of motor vehicle, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, AND ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE certificates of title in the offices of the clerks of the courts of common pleas;

(b) Moneys collected under section 1548.10 of the Revised Code shall be used to issue marine certificates of title in the offices of the clerks of the courts of common pleas as provided in Chapter 1548. of the Revised Code.

(C)(1) The automated title processing board is hereby created consisting of the registrar or the registrar's representative, a person selected by the registrar, the president of the Ohio clerks of court association or the president's representative, and two clerks of courts of common pleas appointed by the governor. The director of budget and management or the director's designee, the chief of the division of watercraft in the department of natural resources or the chief's designee, and the tax commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall be nonvoting members of the board.

(2) The automated title processing board shall determine each of the following:

(a) The automated title processing equipment and certificates of title requirements for each county;

(b) The payment of expenses that may be incurred by the counties in implementing an automated title processing system;

(c) The repayment to the counties for existing title processing equipment.

(3) The registrar shall purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire any automated title processing equipment and certificates of title that the board determines are necessary from moneys in the automated title processing fund established by division (B)(3) of this section. Each county issuing more than one hundred thousand certificates of title annually, with the approval of the registrar and in accordance with the registrar's requirements, may purchase and maintain an automated title processing system for the issuance of motor vehicle titles, CERTIFICATES OF TITLE FOR OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES AND ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLES, and certificates of title for watercraft and outboard motors with the cost of the system paid for from the automated processing title fund.

(D) All counties shall conform to the requirements of the registrar regarding the operation of their automated title processing system for motor vehicle titles, CERTIFICATES OF TITLE FOR OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES AND ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLES, and certificates of title for watercraft and outboard motors.

Sec. 4511.85. (A) The operator of a chauffeured limousine shall accept passengers only on the basis of prearranged contracts, as defined in division (GG)(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 or ordinance governing the operation of taxicabs or other similar vehicles for hire.

(B) No person shall advertise or hold himself SELF out as doing business as a limousine service or livery service or other similar designation unless each vehicle used by him THE PERSON to provide the service is registered in accordance with section 4503.24 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 4509.80 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4517.01. As used in sections 4517.01 to 4517.65 of the Revised Code:

(A) "Persons" includes individuals, firms, partnerships, associations, joint stock companies, corporations, and any combinations of individuals.

(B) "Motor vehicle" means motor vehicle as defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code AND ALSO INCLUDES "ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE" AND "OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE" AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION 4519.01 OF THE REVISED CODE.

(C) "New motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle, the legal title to which has never been transferred by a manufacturer, remanufacturer, distributor, or dealer to an ultimate purchaser.

(D) "Ultimate purchaser" means, with respect to any new motor vehicle, the first person, other than a dealer purchasing in the capacity of a dealer, who in good faith purchases such new motor vehicle for purposes other than resale.

(E) "Business" includes any activities engaged in by any person for the object of gain, benefit, or advantage either direct or indirect.

(F) "Engaging in business" means commencing, conducting, or continuing in business, or liquidating a business when the liquidator thereof holds self out to be conducting such business; making a casual sale or otherwise making transfers in the ordinary course of business when the transfers are made in connection with the disposition of all or substantially all of the transferor's assets is not engaging in business.

(G) "Retail sale" or "sale at retail" means the act or attempted act of selling, bartering, exchanging, or otherwise disposing of a motor vehicle to an ultimate purchaser for use as a consumer.

(H) "Retail installment contract" includes any contract in the form of a note, chattel mortgage, conditional sales contract, lease, agreement, or other instrument payable in one or more installments over a period of time and arising out of the retail sale of a motor vehicle.

(I) "Farm machinery" means all machines and tools used in the production, harvesting, and care of farm products.

(J) "Dealer" or "motor vehicle dealer" means any new motor vehicle dealer, any motor vehicle leasing dealer, and any used motor vehicle dealer.

(K) "New motor vehicle dealer" means any person engaged in the business of selling at retail, displaying, offering for sale, or dealing in new motor vehicles pursuant to a contract or agreement entered into with the manufacturer, remanufacturer, or distributor of the motor vehicles.

(L) "Used motor vehicle dealer" means any person engaged in the business of selling, displaying, offering for sale, or dealing in used motor vehicles, at retail or wholesale, but does not mean any new motor vehicle dealer selling, displaying, offering for sale, or dealing in used motor vehicles incidentally to engaging in the business of selling, displaying, offering for sale, or dealing in new motor vehicles, any person engaged in the business of dismantling, salvaging, or rebuilding motor vehicles by means of using used parts, or any public officer performing official duties.

(M) "Motor vehicle leasing dealer" means any person engaged in the business of regularly making available, offering to make available, or arranging for another person to use a motor vehicle pursuant to a bailment, lease, or other contractual arrangement under which a charge is made for its use at a periodic rate for a term of thirty days or more, and title to the motor vehicle is in a person other than the user, but does not mean a manufacturer or its affiliate leasing to its employees or to dealers.

(N) "Salesperson" means any person employed by a dealer or manufactured home broker to sell, display, and offer for sale, or deal in motor vehicles for a commission, compensation, or other valuable consideration, but does not mean any public officer performing official duties.

(O) "Casual sale" means any transfer of a motor vehicle by a person other than a new motor vehicle dealer, used motor vehicle dealer, motor vehicle salvage dealer, as defined in division (A) of section 4738.01 of the Revised Code, salesperson, motor vehicle auction owner, manufacturer, or distributor acting in the capacity of a dealer, salesperson, auction owner, manufacturer, or distributor, to a person who purchases the motor vehicle for use as a consumer.

(P) "Motor vehicle show" means a display of current models of motor vehicles whereby the primary purpose is the exhibition of competitive makes and models in order to provide the general public the opportunity to review and inspect various makes and models of motor vehicles at a single location.

(Q) "Motor vehicle auction owner" means any person who is engaged wholly or in part in the business of auctioning motor vehicles.

(R) "Manufacturer" means a person who manufactures, assembles, or imports motor vehicles, including motor homes, but does not mean a person who only assembles or installs a body, special equipment unit, finishing trim, or accessories on a motor vehicle chassis supplied by a manufacturer or distributor.

(S) "Tent-type fold out camping trailer" means any vehicle intended to be used, when stationary, as a temporary shelter with living and sleeping facilities, and which is subject to the following properties and limitations:

(1) A minimum of twenty-five per cent of the fold out portion of the top and sidewalls combined must be constructed of canvas, vinyl, or other fabric, and form an integral part of the shelter.

(2) When folded, the unit must not exceed:

(a) Fifteen feet in length, exclusive of bumper and tongue;

(b) Sixty inches in height from the point of contact with the ground;

(c) Eight feet in width;

(d) One ton gross weight at time of sale.

(T) "Distributor" means any person authorized by a motor vehicle manufacturer to distribute new motor vehicles to licensed new motor vehicle dealers, but does not mean a person who only assembles or installs a body, special equipment unit, finishing trim, or accessories on a motor vehicle chassis supplied by a manufacturer or distributor.

(U) "Flea market" means a market place, other than a dealer's location licensed under this chapter, where a space or location is provided for a fee or compensation to a seller to exhibit and offer for sale or trade, motor vehicles to the general public.

(V) "Franchise" means any written agreement, contract, or understanding between any motor vehicle manufacturer or remanufacturer engaged in commerce and any motor vehicle dealer, which purports to fix the legal rights and liabilities of the parties to such agreement, contract, or understanding.

(W) "Franchisee" means a person who receives new motor vehicles from the franchisor under a franchise agreement and who offers, sells, and provides service for such new motor vehicles to the general public.

(X) "Franchisor" means a new motor vehicle manufacturer, remanufacturer, or distributor who supplies new motor vehicles under a franchise agreement to a franchisee.

(Y) "Dealer organization" means a state or local trade association the membership of which is comprised predominantly of new motor vehicle dealers.

(Z) "Factory representative" means a representative employed by a manufacturer, remanufacturer, or by a factory branch primarily for the purpose of promoting the sale of its motor vehicles, parts, or accessories to dealers or for supervising or contacting its dealers or prospective dealers.

(AA) "Administrative or executive management" means those individuals who are not subject to federal wage and hour laws.

(BB) "Good faith" means honesty in the conduct or transaction concerned and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing in the trade as is defined in division (S) of section 1301.01 of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, the duty to act in a fair and equitable manner so as to guarantee freedom from coercion, intimidation, or threats of coercion or intimidation; provided however, that recommendation, endorsement, exposition, persuasion, urging, or argument shall not be considered to constitute a lack of good faith.

(CC) "Coerce" means to compel or attempt to compel by failing to act in good faith or by threat of economic harm, breach of contract, or other adverse consequences. Coerce does not mean to argue, urge, recommend, or persuade.

(DD) "Relevant market area" means any area within a radius of ten miles from the site of a potential new dealership, except that for manufactured home or recreational vehicle dealerships the radius shall be twenty-five miles.

(EE) "Wholesale" or "at wholesale" means the act or attempted act of selling, bartering, exchanging, or otherwise disposing of a motor vehicle to a transferee for the purpose of resale and not for ultimate consumption by that transferee.

(FF) "Motor vehicle wholesaler" means any person licensed as a dealer under the laws of another state and engaged in the business of selling, displaying, or offering for sale used motor vehicles, at wholesale, but does not mean any motor vehicle dealer as defined in this section.

(GG) "Remanufacturer" means a person who assembles or installs passenger seating, walls, a roof elevation, or a body extension on a conversion van with the motor vehicle chassis supplied by a manufacturer or distributor, a person who modifies a truck chassis supplied by a manufacturer or distributor for use as a public safety or public service vehicle, or a person who modifies a motor vehicle chassis supplied by a manufacturer or distributor for use as a limousine or hearse, but does not mean either of the following:

(1) A person who assembles or installs passenger seating, walls, a roof elevation, or a body extension on a manufactured home as defined in division (O) and referred to in division (B) of section 4501.01 of the Revised Code or a recreational vehicle as defined in division (Q) and referred to in division (B) of section 4501.01 of the Revised Code;

(2) A person who assembles or installs special equipment or accessories for handicapped persons, as defined in section 4503.44 of the Revised Code, upon a motor vehicle chassis supplied by a manufacturer or distributor.

For the purposes of division (GG) of this section, "public safety vehicle or public service vehicle" means a fire truck, ambulance, school bus, street sweeper, garbage packing truck, or cement mixer, or a mobile self-contained facility vehicle.

For the purposes of division (GG) of this section, "limousine" means a motor vehicle, designed only for the purpose of carrying nine or fewer passengers, that a person modifies by cutting the original chassis, lengthening the wheelbase by forty inches or more, and reinforcing the chassis in such a way that all modifications comply with all applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards. No person shall qualify as or be deemed to be a remanufacturer who produces limousines unless the person has a written agreement with the manufacturer of the chassis the person utilizes to produce the limousines to complete properly the remanufacture of the chassis into limousines.

For the purposes of division (GG) of this section, "hearse" means a motor vehicle, designed only for the purpose of transporting a single casket, that is equipped with a compartment designed specifically to carry a single casket that a person modifies by cutting the original chassis, lengthening the wheelbase by ten inches or more, and reinforcing the chassis in such a way that all modifications comply with all applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards. No person shall qualify as or be deemed to be a remanufacturer who produces hearses unless the person has a written agreement with the manufacturer of the chassis the person utilizes to produce the hearses to complete properly the remanufacture of the chassis into hearses.

For the purposes of division (GG) of this section, "mobile self-contained facility vehicle" means a mobile classroom vehicle, mobile laboratory vehicle, bookmobile, bloodmobile, testing laboratory, and mobile display vehicle, each of which is designed for purposes other than for passenger transportation and other than the transportation or displacement of cargo, freight, materials, or merchandise. A vehicle is remanufactured into a mobile self-contained facility vehicle in part by the addition of insulation to the body shell, and installation of all of the following: a generator, electrical wiring, plumbing, holding tanks, doors, windows, cabinets, shelving, and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems.

(HH) "Operating as a new motor vehicle dealership" means engaging in activities such as displaying, offering for sale, and selling new motor vehicles at retail, operating a service facility to perform repairs and maintenance on motor vehicles, offering for sale and selling motor vehicle parts at retail, and conducting all other acts that are usual and customary to the operation of a new motor vehicle dealership. For the purposes of this chapter only, possession of either a valid new motor vehicle dealer franchise agreement or a new motor vehicle dealers license, or both of these items, is not evidence that a person is operating as a new motor vehicle dealership.

(II) "Manufactured home broker" means any person acting as a selling agent on behalf of an owner of a manufactured home that is subject to taxation under section 4503.06 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4519.01. As used in Chapter 4519. of the Revised Code THIS CHAPTER:

(A) "Snowmobile" means any self-propelled vehicle designed primarily for use on snow or ice, and steered by skis, runners, or caterpillar treads.

(B) "All-purpose vehicle" means any self-propelled vehicle designed primarily for cross-country travel on land and water, or on more than one type of terrain, and steered by wheels or caterpillar trends TREADS, or any combination thereof, including vehicles that operate on a cushion of air, vehicles commonly known as all-terrain vehicles, all-season vehicles, mini-bikes, and trail bikes, but excluding any self-propelled vehicle not principally used for purposes of personal transportation, any vehicle principally used in playing golf, any motor vehicle or aircraft required to be registered under Chapter 4503. or 4561. of the Revised Code, and any vehicle excepted from definition as a motor vehicle by division (B) of section 4501.01 of the Revised Code.

(C) "Owner" means any person, firm, or corporation, other than a lienholder or dealer, having title to a snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle, or other right to the possession thereof.

(D) "Operator" means any person who operates or is in actual physical control of a snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle.

(E) "Dealer" means any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing or selling snowmobiles, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, or all-purpose vehicles at wholesale or retail, or who rents, leases, or otherwise furnishes snowmobiles, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, or all-purpose vehicles for hire.

(F) "Street or highway" has the same meaning as given that term in division (BB) of section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.

(G) "Limited access highway" and "freeway" have the same meaning as given those terms in section 5511.02 of the Revised Code.

(H) "Interstate highway" means any part of the interstate system of highways as defined in subsection (e), 90 Stat. 431 (1976), 23 U.S.C.A. 103, and amendments thereof.

(I) "OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE" MEANS EVERY MOTORCYCLE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4511.01 of the Revised Code, THAT IS DESIGNED TO BE OPERATED PRIMARILY ON LANDS OTHER THAN A STREET OR HIGHWAY.

Sec. 4519.02. (A) Except as provided in divisions (B), (C), and (D) of this section, no person shall operate any snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle within this state unless the snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle is registered and numbered in accordance with sections 4519.03 and 4519.04 of the Revised Code.

(B) No registration is required for a snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle that is operated exclusively upon lands owned by the owner of the snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle, or on lands to which the owner has a contractual right.

(C) No registration is required for a snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle owned and used in this state by a resident of another state whenever that state has in effect a registration law similar to Chapter 4519. of the Revised Code THIS CHAPTER and the snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle is properly registered thereunder. Any snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all purpose vehicle owned and used in this state by a resident of another state not having such a registration requirement shall comply with section 4519.09 of the Revised Code.

(D) No registration is required for a snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle owned and used in this state by the United States, another state, or a political subdivision thereof, but the snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle shall display the name of the owner thereon.

(E) The owner or operator of any all-purpose vehicle operated or used upon the waters in this state shall also comply with Chapters 1547. and 1548. of the Revised Code relative to the operation of watercraft.

Sec. 4519.03. (A) The owner of every snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, and all-purpose vehicle required to be registered under section 4519.02 of the Revised Code shall file an application for registration with the registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar, on blanks furnished by the registrar for that purpose and containing ALL OF the following information:

(A)(1) A brief description of the snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle, including the name of the manufacturer and, the factory or model number, AND THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER;

(B)(2) The name, residence, and business address of the owner;

(C)(3) A statement that the snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle is equipped as required by section 4519.20 of the Revised Code, and any rule adopted thereunder. The statement shall include a check list of the required equipment items in such form as the registrar shall prescribe.

The application shall be signed by the owner of the snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle and shall be accompanied by a fee as provided in division (D)(C) of section 4519.04 of the Revised Code.

If the application is not in proper form, or if the vehicle for which registration is sought does not appear to be equipped as required by section 4519.20 of the Revised Code, and OR any rule adopted thereunder, the registration shall be refused AND NO REGISTRATION STICKER SHALL BE ISSUED.

(B) ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT, NO CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OR RENEWAL OF SUCH A CERTIFICATE SHALL BE ISSUED FOR AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED UNDER SECTION 4519.02 OF THE REVISED CODE, AND NO CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION ISSUED UNDER THIS CHAPTER FOR AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE THAT IS SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE NEW OWNER OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE AS PERMITTED BY DIVISION (B) OF SECTION 4519.05 OF THE REVISED CODE, UNLESS A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE HAS BEEN ISSUED UNDER THIS CHAPTER FOR THE MOTORCYCLE OR VEHICLE, AND THE OWNER OR NEW OWNER, AS THE CASE MAY BE, PRESENTS THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OR A MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE TIME THE OWNER OR NEW OWNER FIRST SUBMITS A REGISTRATION APPLICATION, REGISTRATION RENEWAL APPLICATION, OR REGISTRATION TRANSFER APPLICATION FOR THE MOTORCYCLE OR VEHICLE ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT.

(C) WHEN THE OWNER OF AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE FIRST REGISTERS IT IN THE OWNER'S NAME, AND A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOTORCYCLE OR VEHICLE, THE OWNER SHALL PRESENT FOR INSPECTION A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OR MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SHOWING TITLE TO THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE IN THE NAME OF THE OWNER. IF, WHEN THE OWNER OF SUCH A MOTORCYCLE OR VEHICLE FIRST MAKES APPLICATION TO REGISTER IT IN THE OWNER'S NAME, THE APPLICATION IS NOT IN PROPER FORM OR IF THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OR MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE DOES NOT ACCOMPANY THE REGISTRATION, THE REGISTRATION SHALL BE REFUSED AND NEITHER A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION NOR A REGISTRATION STICKER SHALL BE ISSUED. WHEN A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION AND REGISTRATION STICKER ARE ISSUED UPON THE FIRST REGISTRATION OF AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER, THE OFFICIAL ISSUING THEM SHALL INDICATE THE ISSUANCE WITH A STAMP ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OR MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.

(D) Each deputy registrar shall be allowed a fee of two dollars and twenty-five cents for each application or renewal application received by him THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR, which shall be for the purpose of compensating the deputy registrar for his services, and such office and rental expense, as may be necessary for the proper discharge of his THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR'S duties in the receiving of applications and the issuing of certificates of registration.

Each deputy registrar shall, upon receipt of any application for registration, together with the registration fee, SHALL transmit the fee, together with the original and duplicate copy of the application, to the registrar in such manner and at such times as the registrar, subject to the approval of the director of public safety and the treasurer of state, shall prescribe by rule.

Sec. 4519.031. The registrar of motor vehicles shall transmit to the tax commissioner the names, addresses, and any other information requested by the commissioner, of all persons who register a snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle under section 4519.03 of the Revised Code. Such information shall be transmitted in such A form as agreed to by the registrar and the commissioner.

Sec. 4519.04. (A) Upon the filing of an application for registration of a snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle and the payment of the tax therefor, the registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar shall assign to the snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle a distinctive number and issue and deliver to the owner in such manner as the registrar may select, a certificate of registration, in such form as the registrar shall prescribe. Any number so assigned to a snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle shall be a permanent number, and shall not be issued to any other snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle, except as provided in section 4519.05 of the Revised Code.

IN ADDITION TO THE CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION, THE REGISTRAR OR DEPUTY REGISTRAR ALSO SHALL ISSUE TO THE OWNER OF THE SNOWMOBILE, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE A REGISTRATION STICKER. THE REGISTRAR SHALL PRESCRIBE THE COLOR AND SIZE OF THE STICKER, THE COMBINATION OF NUMERALS AND LETTERS DISPLAYED ON IT, AND PLACEMENT OF THE STICKER ON THE SNOWMOBILE, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE.

(B) Upon receipt of a certificate of registration for a snowmobile or all-purpose vehicle other than a mini-bike or trail bike, the owner shall paint on the vehicle or otherwise attach in such manner as the registrar shall prescribe, UPON EACH SIDE OF THE FORWARD COWLING OF THE SNOWMOBILE the identifying registration number, in block characters of not less than two inches in height and of such color as to be distinctly visible and legible, as follows:

(1) In the case of a snowmobile, the number shall be displayed upon each side of the forward cowling.

(2) In the case of an all-purpose vehicle, the number shall be displayed upon the front and rear of the vehicle.

(C) the certificate of registration for a mini-bike or trail bike shall be evidenced and displayed on the vehicle in such manner as the registrar shall prescribe.

(D)(C) Unless previously canceled, each certificate of registration issued for a snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle shall expire EXPIRES upon the thirty-first day of December in the third year after the date it is issued. Application for renewal of a certificate may be made not earlier than ninety days preceding the expiration date, and shall be accompanied by a fee of five dollars. The renewal of a certificate of registration for a snowmobile or all-purpose vehicle shall be evidenced by a decal or similar device identifying the registration period for which it is issued, and shall be displayed upon the vehicle in such manner as the registrar shall prescribe.

Sec. 4519.05. (A) Whenever a registered snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle is destroyed or similarly disposed of, the owner shall surrender the certificate of registration and any license plate issued for a mini-bike or trail bike, to the registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar within fifteen days following the destruction or disposal. The registrar shall thereupon SHALL cancel the certificate and enter such THAT fact in his THE REGISTRAR'S records, and the vacated registration number may be assigned to another snowmobile or all purpose vehicle.

IN THE CASE OF AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE FOR WHICH A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE HAS BEEN ISSUED, THE OWNER ALSO SHALL SURRENDER THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS WHO ISSUED IT AND THE CLERK, WITH THE CONSENT OF ANY LIENHOLDERS NOTED THEREON, SHALL ENTER A CANCELLATION UPON THE CLERK'S RECORDS AND SHALL NOTIFY THE REGISTRAR OF THE CANCELLATION. UPON THE CANCELLATION OF A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THIS DIVISION, THE CLERK AND THE REGISTRAR MAY CANCEL AND DESTROY ALL CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATES OF TITLE IN THAT CHAIN OF TITLE.

(B) Whenever SUBJECT TO DIVISION (B) OF SECTION 4519.03 of the Revised Code, WHENEVER the ownership of a registered snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle is transferred by sale or otherwise, the new owner shall, within fifteen days following the transfer, SHALL make application to the registrar or a deputy registrar for the transfer of the certificate of registration. Upon receipt of the application and a fee of one dollar, the registrar shall transfer the certificate to the new owner and shall enter the new owner's name and address in his THE REGISTRAR'S records. Whenever the ownership of a registered mini-bike or trail bike is transferred under this section, the new owner shall retain the license plate originally issued for the vehicle.

(C) Whenever the owner of a registered snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle changes his address, he THE OWNER shall surrender the certificate of registration to the registrar or a deputy registrar within fifteen days following the address change. Upon receipt of the certificate, the registrar shall enter the new address thereon and shall make the appropriate change in his THE REGISTRAR'S records. In any A case where the owner's change of address involves a move outside of the state, the owner shall also surrender any license plate issued for the vehicle, and the registrar shall cancel the certificate of registration and may thereafter assign the vacated registration number to another FOR THAT snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle.

(D) Whenever a certificate of registration for a snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle, or a license plate for a mini-bike or trail bike, has been IS lost, mutilated, or destroyed, the owner may obtain a duplicate certificate, which shall be identified as such, or a new plate, upon application and the payment of a fee of one dollar.

Sec. 4519.06. Any person who is a dealer in snowmobiles, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, or all-purpose vehicles shall make application for registration, for each place in this state at which the business of selling, manufacturing, leasing, or renting snowmobiles, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, or all-purpose vehicles is carried on. The application shall show the make of snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle manufactured, sold, leased, or rented at such place, and shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty-five dollars. Upon the filing of the application and the payment of the fee therefor, the registrar of motor vehicles shall assign to the applicant a distinctive number, prefixed by the lettersDSin the case of a snowmobile and by the lettersDAPVin the case of an all purpose vehicle, and, where applicable, shall issue a license plate as provided in section 4519.04 of the Revised Code. The number or license plate shall be displayed upon each snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle in the places set forth PRESCRIBED in divisions (B) and (C) of section 4519.04 of the Revised Code whenever the vehicle is being used prior to sale or transfer. The registrar shall adopt rules and regulations specifying the manner in which the number may be temporarily affixed to the vehicle additional license plates bearing the dealer's number may be issued upon application and the payment of a fee of one dollar for each plate.

Upon the termination of any dealership registered under this section, the dealer, within fifteen days following such termination, shall notify the registrar, who shall enter that fact in his THE REGISTRAR'S records and may thereafter assign the vacated registration number to some other dealer. The dealer shall also surrender to the registrar any license plates issued under this section.

Notwithstanding section 4517.01 of the Revised Code, a dealer licensed to sell motor vehicles may also MAY be registered as a dealer in snowmobiles, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, or all-purpose vehicles under this section, and may display, sell, or rent such vehicles at his THE DEALER'S established place of business.

Sec. 4519.08. Any snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle owned or leased by the state, by any of its political subdivisions, or by any volunteer organization that uses such vehicles exclusively for emergency purposes shall be registered free of charge in the same manner as provided by section 4519.03 of the Revised Code for the registration of privately owned vehicles. The registration number or license plate AND REGISTRATION STICKER assigned TO each such snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle shall be displayed as required by divisions (B) and (C) of section 4519.04 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4519.09. Every owner or operator of a snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle who is a resident of a state not having a registration law similar to Chapter 4519. of the Revised Code THIS CHAPTER, and who expects to use the snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle in Ohio, shall apply to the registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar for a temporary operating permit. The temporary operating permit shall be issued for a period not to exceed fifteen days from the date of issuance, shall be in such form as the registrar determines, shall include the name and address of the owner and operator of the snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle, and such ANY other information as the registrar considers necessary, and shall be issued upon payment of a fee of five dollars. Every owner or operator receiving a temporary operating permit shall display the same IT upon the reasonable request of any law enforcement officer or other person as authorized by sections 4519.42 and 4519.43 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4519.10. (A) THE PURCHASER OF AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, UPON APPLICATION AND PROOF OF PURCHASE, MAY OBTAIN A TEMPORARY LICENSE PLACARD FOR IT. THE APPLICATION FOR SUCH A PLACARD SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE PURCHASER OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE. THE TEMPORARY LICENSE PLACARD SHALL BE ISSUED ONLY FOR THE APPLICANT'S USE OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE TO ENABLE THE APPLICANT TO OPERATE IT LEGALLY WHILE PROPER TITLE AND A REGISTRATION STICKER ARE BEING OBTAINED AND SHALL BE DISPLAYED ON NO OTHER OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE. A TEMPORARY LICENSE PLACARD ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE IN A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES, SHALL DIFFER IN SOME DISTINCTIVE MANNER FROM A PLACARD ISSUED UNDER SECTION 4503.182 of the Revised Code, SHALL BE VALID FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS FROM THE DATE OF ISSUANCE, AND SHALL NOT BE TRANSFERABLE OR RENEWABLE. THE PLACARD EITHER SHALL CONSIST OF OR BE COATED WITH SUCH MATERIAL AS WILL ENABLE IT TO REMAIN LEGIBLE AND RELATIVELY INTACT DESPITE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS TO WHICH THE PLACARD IS LIKELY TO BE EXPOSED DURING THE THIRTY-DAY PERIOD FOR WHICH IT IS VALID. THE PURCHASER OF AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE SHALL ATTACH THE TEMPORARY LICENSE PLACARD TO IT, IN A MANNER PRESCRIBED BY RULES THE REGISTRAR SHALL ADOPT, SO THAT THE PLACARD NUMERALS OR LETTERS ARE CLEARLY VISIBLE.

THE FEE FOR A TEMPORARY LICENSE PLACARD ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE TWO DOLLARS. IF THE PLACARD IS ISSUED BY A DEPUTY REGISTRAR, THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR SHALL CHARGE AN ADDITIONAL FEE OF TWO DOLLARS AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS, WHICH THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR SHALL RETAIN. THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR SHALL TRANSMIT EACH TWO-DOLLAR FEE RECEIVED BY THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR UNDER THIS SECTION TO THE REGISTRAR, WHO SHALL PAY THE TWO DOLLARS TO THE TREASURER OF STATE FOR DEPOSIT INTO THE STATE BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION 4501.25 of the Revised Code.

(B) THE REGISTRAR MAY ISSUE TEMPORARY LICENSE PLACARDS TO A DEALER TO BE ISSUED TO PURCHASERS FOR USE ON VEHICLES SOLD BY THE DEALER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES PRESCRIBED BY THE REGISTRAR. THE DEALER SHALL NOTIFY THE REGISTRAR WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS OF PROOF OF ISSUANCE ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE REGISTRAR.

THE FEE FOR EACH SUCH PLACARD ISSUED BY THE REGISTRAR TO A DEALER SHALL BE TWO DOLLARS PLUS A FEE OF TWO DOLLARS AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.

Sec. 4519.11. One dollar and twenty-five cents of each fee collected under sections 4519.04 and 4519.09 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the state bureau of motor vehicles fund created by section 4501.25 of the Revised Code. All other fees, and all taxes and fines levied, charged, or referred to in Chapter 4519. of the Revised Code THIS CHAPTER, UNLESS OTHERWISE DESIGNATED BY LAW, shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the state recreational vehicle fund, which is hereby created. The state recreational vehicle fund shall be used for the purpose of enforcing and administering the law relative to the registration and operation of snowmobiles, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, and all-purpose vehicles within the state, for the purpose of expanding the activities of the department of natural resources to provide trails and other areas for the operation of such vehicles on state-controlled land and waters, for the purchase of additional land to be used for such purposes, and for the development and implementation by the department of programs relating to the safe use and enjoyment of snowmobiles, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, and all-purpose vehicles.

All investment earnings of the state recreational vehicle fund shall be credited to the fund.

Notwithstanding section 1501.01 of the Revised Code, nothing in this section authorizes the appropriation of property to provide trails and other areas for the operation of snowmobiles, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, and all-purpose vehicles.

Sec. 4519.20. By not later than July 1, 1972, the (A) THE director of public safety, pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the equipment of snowmobiles, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, and all-purpose vehicles. The rules and regulations may be revised from time to time as the director considers necessary, and shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, requirements for the following items of equipment:

(A)(1) At least one headlight having a minimum candlepower of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and objects at a distance of at least one hundred feet ahead under normal atmospheric conditions during hours of darkness;

(B)(2) At least one red tail light having a minimum candlepower of sufficient intensity to be plainly visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear under normal atmospheric conditions during hours of darkness;

(C)(3) Adequate brakes. Every snowmobile shall, while traveling on packed snow, SHALL be capable of carrying a driver who weighs one hundred and seventy-five pounds or more, and, while carrying such driver, be capable of stopping in not more than forty feet from an initial steady speed of twenty miles per hour, or locking its traction belt.

(D)(4) A muffler system capable of precluding the emission of excessive smoke or exhaust fumes, and of limiting the engine noise of vehicles. On snowmobiles manufactured after January 1, 1973, such requirement shall include sound dampening equipment such that noise does not exceed eighty-two decibels on the "A" scale at fifty feet as measured according to SAE J192 (September 1970);.

(B) No person shall operate any snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle in violation of division (A), (B)(1), (C)(2), (3), or (D)(4) of this section, except that equipment specified in divisions (A)(1) and (B)(2) of this section shall not be required on snowmobiles, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, or all-purpose vehicles operated during the daylight hours on state controlled land under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources and that are limited to off-highway use.

Sec. 4519.21. The director of public safety may authorize sample tests of new snowmobiles, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, and all-purpose vehicles to determine their degree of conformity to rules and regulations adopted under section 4519.20 of the Revised Code. In prescribing tests for muffler equipment, the director may require sound pressure levels in decibels to be measured on the "A" scale of a sound level meter having characteristics defined by the American standards association standard S1.4-1961 "General Purpose Sound Meter," and may also MAY require the use of applicable measurement practices outlined in the procedures for sound level measurement of snowmobiles endorsed by the international snowmobile industry association, January 1969, or such other sources of standards for the measurement of sound levels as the director may consider advisable.

Upon finding that any make or model of vehicle authorized to be tested under this section does not meet an applicable standard adopted by the director, the person conducting such THE test shall report that fact to the director, who shall immediately SHALL notify the manufacturer of the vehicle and the registrar of motor vehicles. Upon receipt of a notification, the registrar shall refuse to issue a certificate of registration to an owner or dealer with respect to any vehicle of the same make or model as that named in the notification until the vehicle has been modified in such manner as the director shall prescribe, and meets the applicable standard.

Sec. 4519.22. No person shall have for sale, sell, offer for sale, lease, rent, or otherwise furnish for hire in this state any new snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle which THAT fails to comply with any rule or regulation adopted by the director of public safety under section 4519.20 of the Revised Code, after the effective date of such THE rule or regulation.

Sec. 4519.40. The applicable provisions of Chapters 4511. and 4549. of the Revised Code shall be applied to the operation of snowmobiles, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, and all-purpose vehicles, except that no snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle shall be operated as follows:

(A) On any limited access highway or freeway or the right-of-way thereof, except for emergency travel only during such time and in such manner as the director of public safety shall designate;

(B) On any private property, or in any nursery or planting area, without the permission of the owner or other person having the right to possession of the property;

(C) On any land or waters controlled by the state, except at those locations where a sign has been posted permitting such operation;

(D) On the tracks or right-of-way of any operating railroad;

(E) While transporting any firearm, bow, or other implement for hunting, that is not unloaded and securely encased;

(F) For the purpose of chasing, pursuing, capturing, or killing any animal or wildfowl;

(G) During the time from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, unless displaying lighted lights as required by section 4519.20 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4519.41. Snowmobiles, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, and all-purpose vehicles being used for winter travel may be operated as follows:

(A) To make a crossing of a highway, other than a highway as designated in division (A) of section 4519.40 of the Revised Code, whenever the crossing can be made in safety and will not interfere with the movement of vehicular traffic approaching from any direction on the highway, and provided that the operator yields the right-of-way to any approaching traffic that presents an immediate hazard;

(B) On highways in the county or township road systems whenever the local authority having jurisdiction over such highways so permits;

(C) Off and alongside a street or highway for limited distances from the point of unloading from a conveyance to the point at which the snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle is intended and authorized to be operated;

(D) On the berm or shoulder of a highway, other than a highway as designated in division (A) of section 4519.40 of the Revised Code, when the terrain permits such operation to be undertaken safely and without the necessity of entering any traffic lane;

(E) ON THE BERM OR SHOULDER OF A COUNTY OR TOWNSHIP ROAD, WHILE TRAVELING FROM ONE AREA OF OPERATION OF THE SNOWMOBILE, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER SUCH AREA.

Sec. 4519.42. The director of natural resources shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the operation of snowmobiles, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, and all-purpose vehicles on land or waters controlled by the state. The director shall also SHALL undertake a program relating to the development of trails and special areas for the use of snowmobiles, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, and all-purpose vehicles, and may require any permits for such use as he THE DIRECTOR considers necessary.

The director may designate employees of the department OF NATURAL RESOURCES to enforce any rules and regulations adopted under this section. An employee so designated shall have full authority to enforce any provisions PROVISION of Chapter 4519. of the Revised Code THIS CHAPTER with respect to the proper TITLING, registration, equipping, and operation of snowmobiles, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, or all-purpose vehicles on land or waters controlled by the state.

Sec. 4519.43. A board of park commissioners of any park district created under Chapter 1545. of the Revised Code may provide by rule or regulation for the operation of snowmobiles, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, and all-purpose vehicles in the parks, parkways, and other reservations of land under its jurisdiction, and shall file a copy of any such rules or regulations with the director of natural resources.

Any employee of a board of park commissioners designated pursuant to section 1545.13 of the Revised Code shall have full authority to enforce any of the provisions of Chapter 4519. of the Revised Code THIS CHAPTER with respect to the proper TITLING, registration, equipping, and operation of snowmobiles, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, or all-purpose vehicles within the lands under the jurisdiction and control of the board.

Sec. 4519.44. (A) No person who does not hold a valid, current motor vehicle driver's or commercial driver's license, motorcycle operator's endorsement, or probationary license, issued under Chapter 4506. or 4507. of the Revised Code, shall operate a snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle on any street or highway in this state, on any portion of the right-of-way thereof, or on any public land or waters.

(B) No person who is less than sixteen years of age shall operate a snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle on any land or waters other than private property or waters owned by or leased to such THE person's parent or guardian, unless accompanied by another person who is eighteen years of age, or older, and who holds a license as provided in division (A) of this section, except that the department of natural resources may permit such operation on state controlled land under its jurisdiction when such person is less than sixteen years of age, but is twelve years of age or older and is accompanied by a parent or guardian who is a licensed driver eighteen years of age or older.

Sec. 4519.45. Any dealer who rents, leases, or otherwise furnishes a snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle for hire shall maintain the vehicle in safe operating condition. No dealer, or his agent or employee OF A DEALER, shall rent, lease, or otherwise furnish a snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle for hire to any person who does not hold a license as required by division (A) of section 4519.44 of the Revised Code, or to any person whom the dealer, his OR AN agent, or employee OF THE DEALER has reasonable cause to believe is incompetent to operate the vehicle in a safe and lawful manner.

Sec. 4519.46. The operator of a snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle involved in any accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person, or damage to the property of any person in excess of one hundred dollars, shall report the accident within forty-eight hours to the state highway patrol, the sheriff of the county within which the accident occurred, or the chief of police, if the accident occurred within a municipal corporation, and shall, within thirty days, SHALL forward a written report of the accident to the registrar of motor vehicles on a form prescribed by the registrar. If the operator is physically incapable of making the reports and there is another participant in the accident not so incapacitated, such THE participant shall make the reports. In the event that there is no other participant, and the operator is other than the owner, the owner shall, within the prescribed periods of time, SHALL make the reports.

Any law enforcement officer, or other person authorized by sections 4519.42 and 4519.43 of the Revised Code, who investigates or receives information of an accident involving a snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle, shall forward to the registrar a written report of the accident within forty-eight hours.

The registrar shall maintain a file of all reports received by him THE REGISTRAR of accidents involving a snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle. The reports shall be for the confidential use of the director of public safety and the director of natural resources in the development of equipment and operating regulations, and of programs relating to the safe use of snowmobiles, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, and all-purpose vehicles, except that the registrar shall furnish a copy of such report to any person claiming to have been injured or damaged in such accident, or his THE PERSON'S attorney, upon the payment of a fee of one dollar.

Sec. 4519.47. Whenever a person is found guilty of operating a snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle in violation of any rule or regulation authorized to be promulgated ADOPTED under section 4519.21 or 4519.42 of the Revised Code, the trial judge of any court of record may, in addition to or independent of any other penalties provided by law, MAY impound for not less than sixty days the certificate of registration of such THAT snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle. The court shall send the impounded certificate of registration to the registrar of motor vehicles, who shall retain the certificate until the expiration of the period of impoundment.

Sec. 4519.48. Nothing contained in Chapter 4519. of the Revised Code THIS CHAPTER shall prevent local authorities from regulating the operation of snowmobiles, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES, and all-purpose vehicles on streets and highways and other public property under their jurisdiction, and within the reasonable exercise of the police power, except that no local authority shall require the registration or licensing of any snowmobile, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, or all-purpose vehicle required to be registered OR TITLED under such THIS chapter.

Sec. 4519.51. THE REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL ADOPT SUCH RULES AS THE REGISTRAR CONSIDERS NECESSARY TO ENSURE UNIFORM AND ORDERLY OPERATION OF SECTIONS 4519.51 TO 4519.70 OF THE REVISED CODE, AND THE CLERKS OF THE COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS SHALL CONFORM THERETO. THE REGISTRAR SHALL RECEIVE AND FILE IN THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE ALL INFORMATION FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR BY THE CLERKS UNDER THOSE SECTIONS, AND THE CLERKS SHALL MAINTAIN IN THEIR OFFICES INDEXES FOR THE CERTIFICATES OF TITLE.

THE REGISTRAR SHALL CHECK WITH THE REGISTRAR'S RECORDS ALL CERTIFICATES OF TITLE RECEIVED IN THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE FROM THE CLERKS. IF IT APPEARS THAT A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE HAS BEEN ISSUED IMPROPERLY, THE REGISTRAR SHALL CANCEL THE CERTIFICATE. UPON THE CANCELLATION OF ANY CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, THE REGISTRAR SHALL NOTIFY THE CLERK WHO ISSUED IT AND THE CLERK SHALL ENTER THE CANCELLATION IN THE CLERK'S RECORDS. THE REGISTRAR ALSO SHALL NOTIFY THE PERSON TO WHOM THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE WAS ISSUED, AS WELL AS ANY LIENHOLDERS APPEARING THEREON, OF THE CANCELLATION AND SHALL DEMAND SURRENDER OF THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, BUT THE CANCELLATION SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF ANY LIEN NOTED THEREON. THE HOLDER OF THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SHALL RETURN IT IMMEDIATELY TO THE REGISTRAR. THE CLERKS SHALL KEEP ON HAND A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF BLANK FORMS, WHICH, EXCEPT FOR THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATE FORMS, SHALL BE FURNISHED AND DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT CHARGE TO REGISTERED MANUFACTURERS OR DEALERS, OR OTHER PERSONS RESIDING WITHIN THE COUNTY.

Sec. 4519.52. (A) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 4519.54 OF THE REVISED CODE, ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, NO DEALER ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING NEW OR USED OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLES SHALL SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER A NEW OR USED OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE WITHOUT OBTAINING A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE NEW OR USED MOTORCYCLE OR VEHICLE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS CHAPTER, AND DELIVERING THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OR MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE.

(B)(1) A PERSON WHO IS NOT A DEALER ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING NEW OR USED OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLES AND WHO, ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, OWNS AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, MAY CHOOSE TO OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE MOTORCYCLE OR VEHICLE. THE PERSON SHALL COMPLY WITH THIS CHAPTER IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.

(2) IF A PERSON WHO IS NOT A DEALER ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING NEW OR USED OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLES AND WHO OWNS AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE OBTAINS A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE MOTORCYCLE OR VEHICLE, THAT PERSON SHALL NOT SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE MOTORCYCLE OR VEHICLE WITHOUT DELIVERING TO THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE WITH SUCH ASSIGNMENT THEREON AS IS NECESSARY TO SHOW TITLE IN THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE, AND NO PERSON SHALL SUBSEQUENTLY PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRE THE MOTORCYCLE OR VEHICLE WITHOUT OBTAINING A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE MOTORCYCLE OR VEHICLE IN THE PERSON'S OWN NAME.

Sec. 4519.53. NO PERSON WHO ACQUIRES AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE FROM THE OWNER THEREOF, IF THE OWNER IS A MANUFACTURER, IMPORTER, OR DEALER, ACQUIRES ANY RIGHT, TITLE, CLAIM, OR INTEREST IN OR TO THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE UNTIL THE PERSON HAS BEEN ISSUED A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, OR DELIVERED A MANUFACTURER'S OR IMPORTER'S CERTIFICATE FOR IT. NO WAIVER OR ESTOPPEL OPERATES IN FAVOR OF SUCH PERSON AGAINST A PERSON HAVING POSSESSION OF SUCH CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, OR MANUFACTURER'S OR IMPORTER'S CERTIFICATE FOR THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, FOR A VALUABLE CONSIDERATION.

NO COURT IN ANY CASE AT LAW OR IN EQUITY SHALL RECOGNIZE THE RIGHT, TITLE, CLAIM, OR INTEREST OF ANY PERSON IN OR TO ANY OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE SOLD OR DISPOSED OF, OR MORTGAGED OR ENCUMBERED, UNLESS EVIDENCED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

(A) A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OR A MANUFACTURER'S OR IMPORTER'S CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS CHAPTER;

(B) ADMISSION IN THE PLEADINGS OR STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES.

Sec. 4519.54. NO MANUFACTURER, IMPORTER, DEALER, OR OTHER PERSON SHALL SELL OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF A NEW OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE TO A DEALER TO BE USED BY THE DEALER FOR PURPOSES OF DISPLAY AND RESALE, WITHOUT DELIVERING TO THE DEALER A MANUFACTURER'S OR IMPORTER'S CERTIFICATE EXECUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION, AND WITH SUCH ASSIGNMENTS THEREON AS ARE NECESSARY TO SHOW TITLE IN THE PURCHASER. NO DEALER SHALL PURCHASE OR ACQUIRE A NEW OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE WITHOUT OBTAINING FROM THE SELLER THE MANUFACTURER'S OR IMPORTER'S CERTIFICATE.

A MANUFACTURER'S OR IMPORTER'S CERTIFICATE OF THE ORIGIN OF AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE SHALL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, IN SUCH FORM AND TOGETHER WITH SUCH FURTHER INFORMATION AS THE REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY REQUIRE:

(A) A DESCRIPTION OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, INCLUDING ITS MAKE, YEAR, SERIES OR MODEL, IF ANY, BODY TYPE, AND MANUFACTURER'S VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER;

(B) CERTIFICATION OF THE DATE OF TRANSFER OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE TO A DISTRIBUTOR OR DEALER OR OTHER TRANSFEREE, AND THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE TRANSFEREE;

(C) CERTIFICATION THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TRANSFER OF THE NEW OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE IN ORDINARY TRADE AND COMMERCE;

(D) THE SIGNATURE AND ADDRESS OF A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TRANSFEROR.

AN ASSIGNMENT OF A MANUFACTURER'S OR IMPORTER'S CERTIFICATE BEFORE A NOTARY PUBLIC OR OTHER OFFICER EMPOWERED TO ADMINISTER OATHS SHALL BE PRINTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE MANUFACTURER'S OR IMPORTER'S CERTIFICATE IN A FORM TO BE PRESCRIBED BY THE REGISTRAR. THE ASSIGNMENT FORM SHALL INCLUDE THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE TRANSFEREE, A CERTIFICATION THAT THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE IS NEW, AND A WARRANTY THAT THE TITLE AT THE TIME OF DELIVERY IS SUBJECT ONLY TO SUCH LIENS AND ENCUMBRANCES AS ARE SET FORTH AND DESCRIBED IN FULL IN THE ASSIGNMENT.

Sec. 4519.55. APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FOR AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE SHALL BE MADE UPON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND SHALL BE SWORN TO BEFORE A NOTARY PUBLIC OR OTHER OFFICER EMPOWERED TO ADMINISTER OATHS. THE APPLICATION SHALL BE FILED WITH THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE APPLICANT RESIDES IF THE APPLICANT IS A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE OR, IF NOT A RESIDENT, IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE TRANSACTION IS CONSUMMATED. THE APPLICATION SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE FEE PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 4519.59 OF THE REVISED CODE AND, IF A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE PREVIOUSLY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, THE APPLICATION ALSO SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE DULY ASSIGNED, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS CHAPTER. IF A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE PREVIOUSLY HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED FOR THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, THE APPLICATION, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS CHAPTER, SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A MANUFACTURER'S OR IMPORTER'S CERTIFICATE; BY A SWORN STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP; OR BY A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, BILL OF SALE, OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF OWNERSHIP REQUIRED BY LAW OF ANOTHER STATE FROM WHICH THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT INTO THIS STATE. THE REGISTRAR, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 119. OF THE REVISED CODE, SHALL PRESCRIBE THE TYPES OF ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH PROOF OF OWNERSHIP, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RECEIPTS FROM THE PURCHASE OF PARTS OR COMPONENTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND AFFIDAVITS OF OTHER PERSONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THE TRANSFER OF A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, IF THE CLERK IS SATISFIED THAT A SECURED PARTY HAS DULY DISCHARGED A LIEN NOTATION, BUT HAS NOT CANCELED THE LIEN NOTATION WITH THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF ORIGIN, THE CLERK MAY CANCEL THE LIEN NOTATION OF THE AUTOMATED TITLE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND NOTIFY THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF ORIGIN.

IN THE CASE OF THE SALE OF AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE BY A DEALER TO A GENERAL PURCHASER OR USER, THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SHALL BE OBTAINED IN THE NAME OF THE PURCHASER BY THE DEALER UPON APPLICATION SIGNED BY THE PURCHASER. IN ALL OTHER CASES THE CERTIFICATE SHALL BE OBTAINED BY THE PURCHASER. IN ALL CASES OF TRANSFER OF AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, THE APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SHALL BE FILED WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF THE DATE OF PURCHASE OR ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE. IF THE APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF TITLE IS NOT FILED WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF THE DATE OF PURCHASE OR ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, THE CLERK SHALL CHARGE A LATE FILING FEE OF FIVE DOLLARS IN ADDITION TO THE FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION 4519.59 OF THE REVISED CODE. THE CLERK SHALL RETAIN THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF EACH LATE FILING FEE.

EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE PURCHASED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE CLERK SHALL REFUSE TO ACCEPT AN APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF TITLE UNLESS THE APPLICANT EITHER TENDERS WITH THE APPLICATION PAYMENT OF ALL TAXES LEVIED BY OR PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5739. OR 5741. OF THE REVISED CODE, OR SUBMITS EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING:

(A) A RECEIPT ISSUED BY THE TAX COMMISSIONER OR A CLERK OF COURTS SHOWING PAYMENT OF THE TAX;

(B) AN EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE, IN ANY FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE TAX COMMISSIONER, THAT SPECIFIES WHY THE PURCHASE IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE TAX IMPOSED BY CHAPTER 5739. OR 5741. OF THE REVISED CODE.

PAYMENT OF THE TAX SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIVISION (E) OF SECTION 4505.06 OF THE REVISED CODE AND ANY RULES ISSUED BY THE TAX COMMISSIONER. WHEN A DEALER SUBMITS PAYMENT OF THE TAX TO THE CLERK, THE DEALER SHALL RETAIN ANY DISCOUNT TO WHICH THE DEALER IS ENTITLED UNDER SECTION 5739.12 OF THE REVISED CODE. THE CLERK SHALL ISSUE A RECEIPT IN THE FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE TAX COMMISSIONER TO ANY APPLICANT WHO TENDERS PAYMENT OF THE TAX WITH THE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE. IF THE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE IS FOR AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE PURCHASED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE CLERK SHALL ACCEPT THE APPLICATION WITHOUT PAYMENT OF THE TAXES LEVIED BY OR PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5739. OR 5741. OF THE REVISED CODE OR PRESENTATION OF EITHER OF THE ITEMS LISTED IN DIVISION (A) OR (B) OF THIS SECTION.

FOR RECEIVING AND DISBURSING SUCH TAXES PAID TO THE CLERK, THE CLERK MAY RETAIN A POUNDAGE FEE OF ONE AND ONE-HUNDREDTH PER CENT OF THE TAXES COLLECTED, WHICH SHALL BE PAID INTO THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE ADMINISTRATION FUND CREATED BY SECTION 325.33 OF THE REVISED CODE. IN THE CASE OF CASUAL SALES OF OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE TAX IMPOSED BY CHAPTER 5739. OR 5741. OF THE REVISED CODE, THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE TAX SHALL BE THE PURCHASE PRICE ON AN AFFIDAVIT EXECUTED AND FILED WITH THE CLERK BY THE SELLER ON A FORM TO BE PRESCRIBED BY THE REGISTRAR, WHICH SHALL BE PRIMA-FACIE EVIDENCE OF THE PRICE FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE TAX. IN ADDITION TO THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SECTION 4519.57 OF THE REVISED CODE, EACH CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SHALL CONTAIN IN BOLD LETTERING THE FOLLOWING NOTIFICATION AND STATEMENTS: "WARNING TO TRANSFEROR AND TRANSFEREE (SELLER AND BUYER): YOU ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO STATE THE TRUE SELLING PRICE. A FALSE STATEMENT IS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 2921.13 OF THE REVISED CODE AND IS PUNISHABLE BY SIX MONTHS IMPRISONMENT OR A FINE OF UP TO ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR BOTH. ALL TRANSFERS ARE AUDITED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION. THE SELLER AND BUYER MUST PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION REQUESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION. THE BUYER MAY BE ASSESSED ANY ADDITIONAL TAX FOUND TO BE DUE."

THE CLERK SHALL FORWARD ALL PAYMENTS OF TAXES, LESS POUNDAGE FEES, TO THE TREASURER OF STATE IN A MANNER TO BE PRESCRIBED BY THE TAX COMMISSIONER AND SHALL FURNISH SUCH INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSIONER AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY REQUIRE.

Sec. 4519.56. (A) AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SHALL BE SWORN TO BEFORE A NOTARY PUBLIC OR OTHER OFFICER EMPOWERED TO ADMINISTER OATHS BY THE LAWFUL OWNER OR PURCHASER OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE AND SHALL CONTAIN AT LEAST THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN A FORM AND TOGETHER WITH ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY REQUIRE:

(1) NAME, ADDRESS, AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR EMPLOYER'S TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THE APPLICANT;

(2) STATEMENT OF HOW THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE WAS ACQUIRED;

(3) NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PREVIOUS OWNER;

(4) A STATEMENT OF ALL LIENS, MORTGAGES, OR OTHER ENCUMBRANCES ON THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, AND THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH HOLDER THEREOF;

(5) IF THERE ARE NO OUTSTANDING LIENS, MORTGAGES, OR OTHER ENCUMBRANCES, A STATEMENT OF THAT FACT;

(6) A DESCRIPTION OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, INCLUDING THE MAKE, YEAR, SERIES OR MODEL, IF ANY, BODY TYPE, AND MANUFACTURER'S VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.

IF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE CONTAINS A PERMANENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER PLACED THEREON BY THE MANUFACTURER, THIS NUMBER SHALL BE USED AS THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION, IF THE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE REFERS TO AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE THAT CONTAINS SUCH A PERMANENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, BUT FOR WHICH NO CERTIFICATE OF TITLE HAS BEEN ISSUED PREVIOUSLY BY THIS STATE, THE APPLICATION SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PHYSICAL INSPECTION CERTIFICATE AS DESCRIBED IN THAT DIVISION.

IF THERE IS NO MANUFACTURER'S VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OR IF THE MANUFACTURER'S VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER HAS BEEN REMOVED OR OBLITERATED, THE REGISTRAR, UPON RECEIPT OF A PRESCRIBED APPLICATION AND PROOF OF OWNERSHIP, BUT PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, SHALL ASSIGN A VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOR THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE. THIS ASSIGNED VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER SHALL BE PERMANENTLY AFFIXED TO OR IMPRINTED UPON THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE BY THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL. THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL SHALL ASSESS A FEE OF FIFTY DOLLARS FOR AFFIXING THE NUMBER TO THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE AND SHALL DEPOSIT EACH SUCH FEE IN THE STATE HIGHWAY SAFETY FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION 4501.06 OF THE REVISED CODE.

(B) EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF A NEW OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE SOLD BY A DEALER LICENSED UNDER CHAPTER 4517. OF THE REVISED CODE TITLE TO WHICH IS EVIDENCED BY A MANUFACTURER'S OR IMPORTER'S CERTIFICATE, IF THE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE REFERS TO AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE THAT CONTAINS A PERMANENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER PLACED THEREON BY THE MANUFACTURER, BUT FOR WHICH NO CERTIFICATE OF TITLE PREVIOUSLY HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THIS STATE, THE APPLICATION SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PHYSICAL INSPECTION CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY VERIFYING THE MAKE, YEAR, SERIES OR MODEL, IF ANY, BODY TYPE, AND MANUFACTURER'S VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE FOR WHICH THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE IS DESIRED. THE PHYSICAL INSPECTION CERTIFICATE SHALL BE IN SUCH FORM AS IS DESIGNATED BY THE REGISTRAR. THE PHYSICAL INSPECTION SHALL BE MADE AT A DEPUTY REGISTRAR'S OFFICE OR AT AN ESTABLISHED PLACE OF BUSINESS OPERATED BY A LICENSED MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER. THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR OR MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER MAY CHARGE A MAXIMUM FEE OF ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS FOR CONDUCTING THE PHYSICAL INSPECTION.

THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS SHALL CHARGE A FEE OF ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS FOR THE PROCESSING OF EACH PHYSICAL INSPECTION CERTIFICATE. THE CLERK SHALL RETAIN FIFTY CENTS OF THE ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS SO CHARGED AND SHALL PAY THE REMAINING ONE DOLLAR TO THE REGISTRAR BY MONTHLY RETURNS, WHICH SHALL BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR NOT LATER THAN THE FIFTH DAY OF THE MONTH NEXT SUCCEEDING THAT IN WHICH THE CERTIFICATE IS RECEIVED BY THE CLERK. THE REGISTRAR SHALL PAY SUCH REMAINING SUMS INTO THE STATE BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION 4501.25 OF THE REVISED CODE.

Sec. 4519.57. THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS SHALL ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF TITLE FOR OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES AND ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLES OVER THE CLERK'S OFFICIAL SEAL. THE FRONT SIDE OF EACH CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SHALL CONTAIN THE INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE APPLICATION THEREFOR AS PRESCRIBED BY SECTION 4519.56 OF THE REVISED CODE, SPACES FOR THE DATES OF NOTATION AND CANCELLATION OF TWO LIENS, MORTGAGES, OR ENCUMBRANCES, AND ANY OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES, BUT SHALL CONTAIN NEITHER THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER NOR TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THE APPLICANT. THE REVERSE SIDE OF EACH CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SHALL CONTAIN ALL OF THE INFORMATION SPECIFIED IN DIVISION (F) OF SECTION 4505.07 OF THE REVISED CODE. AN ASSIGNMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF TITLE BEFORE A NOTARY PUBLIC OR OTHER OFFICER EMPOWERED TO ADMINISTER OATHS SHALL APPEAR ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF EACH CERTIFICATE OF TITLE IN THE FORM TO BE PRESCRIBED BY THE REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES. THE ASSIGNMENT FORM SHALL INCLUDE A WARRANTY THAT THE SIGNER IS THE OWNER OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE AND THAT THERE ARE NO MORTGAGES, LIENS, OR ENCUMBRANCES ON THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE EXCEPT AS ARE NOTED ON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.

CERTIFICATES OF TITLE ALSO SHALL BEAR A STATEMENT THAT LIENS APPLICABLE TO THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE OTHER THAN THE TWO FOR WHICH THERE ARE SPACES ON THE TITLES MAY EXIST AND, IF SO, ARE ENTERED INTO THE AUTOMATED TITLE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLE TITLES.

Sec. 4519.58. THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS SHALL ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF TITLE IN DUPLICATE. ONE COPY SHALL BE RETAINED AND FILED BY THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE, AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT SHALL BE TRANSMITTED TO THE REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON THE DAY IT IS ISSUED. THE CLERK SHALL SIGN AND AFFIX THE CLERK'S SEAL TO THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND, IF THERE ARE NO LIENS ON THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, SHALL DELIVER THE CERTIFICATE TO THE APPLICANT OR THE SELLING DEALER. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, IF THERE ARE ONE OR MORE LIENS ON THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE HOLDER OF THE FIRST LIEN. IF THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE IS OBTAINED BY A DEALER ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT AND THERE ARE ONE OR MORE LIENS ON THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, THE CLERK SHALL ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND MAY ISSUE A MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE. THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, IF ISSUED, SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE HOLDER OF THE FIRST LIEN OR THE SELLING DEALER, WHO SHALL DELIVER THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE HOLDER OF THE FIRST LIEN AND THE MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE APPLICANT. THE SELLING DEALER ALSO MAY MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE CLERK TO HAVE THE CLERK DELIVER THE MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE APPLICANT.

THE REGISTRAR SHALL PRESCRIBE A UNIFORM METHOD OF NUMBERING CERTIFICATES OF TITLE. THE NUMBERING SHALL BE IN SUCH MANNER THAT THE COUNTY OF ISSUANCE IS INDICATED. NUMBERS SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO CERTIFICATES OF TITLE IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE REGISTRAR. THE CLERK SHALL FILE ALL CERTIFICATES OF TITLE ACCORDING TO THE RULES TO BE PRESCRIBED BY THE REGISTRAR, AND THE CLERK SHALL MAINTAIN IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE INDEXES FOR THE CERTIFICATES OF TITLE.

THE CLERK NEED NOT RETAIN ON FILE ANY CURRENT CERTIFICATES OF TITLE, CURRENT DUPLICATE CERTIFICATES OF TITLE, CURRENT MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATES OF TITLE, OR CURRENT SALVAGE CERTIFICATES OF TITLE OR SUPPORTING EVIDENCE THEREOF COVERING ANY OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE FOR A PERIOD LONGER THAN SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF THEIR FILING; THEREAFTER THE SAME MAY BE DESTROYED. THE CLERK NEED NOT RETAIN ON FILE ANY INACTIVE RECORDS INCLUDING CERTIFICATES OF TITLE, DUPLICATE CERTIFICATES OF TITLE, MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATES OF TITLE, OR SUPPORTING EVIDENCE THEREOF COVERING ANY OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE FOR A PERIOD LONGER THAN FIVE YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF THEIR FILING; THEREAFTER, THE SAME MAY BE DESTROYED. THE CLERK SHALL RETAIN THE ACTIVE INDEX AND ALL ACTIVE RECORDS IN THE DATA BASE OF THE COMPUTER IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE, AND SHALL RETAIN IN THE DATA BASE A RECORD AND INDEX OF ALL INACTIVE TITLES FOR TEN YEARS. IF THE CLERK PROVIDES A WRITTEN COPY OF ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE DATA BASE, THE COPY SHALL BE CONSIDERED THE ORIGINAL FOR PURPOSES OF THE CLERK CERTIFYING THE RECORD OF THE INFORMATION FOR USE IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING.

Sec. 4519.59. (A) THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS SHALL CHARGE A FEE OF FIVE DOLLARS FOR EACH CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, DUPLICATE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, AND NOTATION OF ANY LIEN ON A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE. THE CLERK SHALL RETAIN TWO DOLLARS AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS OF THE FEE CHARGED FOR EACH CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, FOUR DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS OF THE FEE CHARGED FOR EACH DUPLICATE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, ALL OF THE FEES CHARGED FOR EACH MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATE, AND FOUR DOLLARS AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS OF THE FEE CHARGED FOR EACH NOTATION OF A LIEN.

THE REMAINING TWO DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS CHARGED FOR THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, THE REMAINING TWENTY-FIVE CENTS CHARGED FOR THE DUPLICATE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, AND THE REMAINING SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS CHARGED FOR THE NOTATION OF ANY LIEN ON A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SHALL BE PAID TO THE REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES BY MONTHLY RETURNS, WHICH SHALL BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR NOT LATER THAN THE FIFTH DAY OF THE MONTH NEXT SUCCEEDING THAT IN WHICH THE CERTIFICATE IS FORWARDED OR THAT IN WHICH THE REGISTRAR IS NOTIFIED OF A LIEN OR CANCELLATION THEREOF.

(B)(1) THE REGISTRAR SHALL PAY TWENTY-FIVE CENTS OF THE AMOUNT RECEIVED FOR EACH CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND ALL OF THE AMOUNTS RECEIVED FOR EACH NOTATION OF ANY LIEN AND EACH DUPLICATE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE INTO THE STATE BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES FUND ESTABLISHED IN SECTION 4501.25 OF THE REVISED CODE.

(2) FIFTY CENTS OF THE AMOUNT RECEIVED FOR EACH CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SHALL BE PAID BY THE REGISTRAR AS FOLLOWS:

(a) FOUR CENTS SHALL BE PAID INTO THE STATE TREASURY TO THE CREDIT OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS BOARD FUND CREATED IN SECTION 4505.09 OF THE REVISED CODE, FOR USE AS DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (B)(2)(a) OF THAT SECTION.

(b) TWENTY-ONE CENTS SHALL BE PAID INTO THE GENERAL REVENUE FUND;

(c) TWENTY-FIVE CENTS SHALL BE PAID INTO THE STATE TREASURY TO THE CREDIT OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE SALES AUDIT FUND CREATED IN SECTION 4505.09 OF THE REVISED CODE, FOR USE AS DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (B)(2)(c) OF THAT SECTION.

(3) TWO DOLLARS OF THE AMOUNT RECEIVED BY THE REGISTRAR FOR EACH CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SHALL BE PAID INTO THE STATE TREASURY TO THE CREDIT OF THE AUTOMATED TITLE PROCESSING FUND CREATED IN SECTION 4505.09 OF THE REVISED CODE, FOR USE AS DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (B)(3)(a) OF THAT SECTION.

Sec. 4519.60. IN THE EVENT OF THE TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE BY OPERATION OF LAW, AS UPON INHERITANCE, DEVISE OR BEQUEST, ORDER IN BANKRUPTCY, INSOLVENCY, REPLEVIN, OR EXECUTION OF SALE, OR WHEN REPOSSESSION IS HAD UPON DEFAULT IN PERFORMANCE OF THE TERMS OF A SECURITY AGREEMENT AS PROVIDED IN CHAPTER 1309. of the Revised Code, THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE LAST CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE WAS ISSUED, UPON THE SURRENDER OF THE PRIOR CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OR THE MANUFACTURER'S OR IMPORTER'S CERTIFICATE, OR, WHEN THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE, UPON PRESENTATION TO THE CLERK OF SATISFACTORY PROOF OF OWNERSHIP AND RIGHTS OF POSSESSION TO SUCH OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, AND UPON PAYMENT OF THE FEE PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 4519.59 of the Revised Code, AND PRESENTATION OF AN APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, MAY ISSUE TO THE APPLICANT A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE. ONLY AN AFFIDAVIT BY THE PERSON OR AGENT OF THE PERSON TO WHOM POSSESSION OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE HAS PASSED, SETTING FORTH THE FACTS ENTITLING THE PERSON TO SUCH POSSESSION AND OWNERSHIP, TOGETHER WITH A COPY OF THE JOURNAL ENTRY, COURT ORDER, OR INSTRUMENT UPON WHICH THE CLAIM OF POSSESSION AND OWNERSHIP IS FOUNDED, IS SATISFACTORY PROOF OF OWNERSHIP AND RIGHT OF POSSESSION. IF THE APPLICANT CANNOT PRODUCE SUCH PROOF OF OWNERSHIP, THE APPLICANT MAY APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND SUBMIT THE EVIDENCE THE APPLICANT HAS, AND THE REGISTRAR, UPON FINDING THE EVIDENCE SUFFICIENT, MAY AUTHORIZE THE CLERK TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE. IF, FROM THE RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK, THERE APPEARS TO BE ANY LIEN ON THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SHALL CONTAIN A STATEMENT OF THE LIEN UNLESS THE APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY PROPER EVIDENCE OF ITS EXTINCTION.

Sec. 4519.61. (A) EACH OWNER OF AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE AND EACH PERSON MENTIONED AS OWNER IN THE LAST CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, WHEN THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE IS DISMANTLED, DESTROYED, OR CHANGED IN SUCH MANNER THAT IT LOSES ITS CHARACTER AS AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, OR CHANGED IN SUCH MANNER THAT IT IS NOT THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE DESCRIBED IN THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, SHALL SURRENDER THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS WHO ISSUED IT, AND THEREUPON THE CLERK, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE HOLDERS OF ANY LIENS NOTED THEREON, SHALL ENTER A CANCELLATION UPON THE CLERK'S RECORDS AND SHALL NOTIFY THE REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF THE CANCELLATION.

UPON THE CANCELLATION OF A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THIS SECTION, THE CLERK AND THE REGISTRAR MAY CANCEL AND DESTROY ALL CERTIFICATES AND ALL MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATES IN THAT CHAIN OF TITLE.

(B) WHERE AN OHIO CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OR SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE IS ASSIGNED TO A SALVAGE DEALER, THE DEALER SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN AN OHIO CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OR A SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE IN THE DEALER'S OWN NAME IF THE DEALER DISMANTLES OR DESTROYS THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, COMPLETES THE ASSIGNMENT ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OR SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, INDICATES THE NUMBER OF THE DEALER'S MOTOR VEHICLE SALVAGE DEALER'S LICENSE THEREON, MARKS "FOR DESTRUCTION" ACROSS THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OR SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, AND SURRENDERS THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OR SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION. IF THE SALVAGE DEALER RETAINS THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE FOR RESALE, THE SALVAGE DEALER SHALL MAKE APPLICATION FOR A SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE IN THE SALVAGE DEALER'S OWN NAME AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (C)(1) OF THIS SECTION.

(C)(1) WHEN AN INSURANCE COMPANY DECLARES IT ECONOMICALLY IMPRACTICAL TO REPAIR THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE AND HAS PAID AN AGREED PRICE FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE TO ANY INSURED OR CLAIMANT OWNER, THE INSURANCE COMPANY SHALL RECEIVE THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE AND PROCEED AS FOLLOWS. WITHIN THIRTY DAYS THE INSURANCE COMPANY SHALL DELIVER THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS AND SHALL MAKE APPLICATION FOR A SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE. THE CLERK SHALL ISSUE THE SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE ON A FORM, PRESCRIBED BY THE REGISTRAR, THAT SHALL BE EASILY DISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND SHALL BEAR THE SAME NUMBER AND INFORMATION AS THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (C)(2) OF THIS SECTION, THE SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SHALL BE ASSIGNED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY TO A SALVAGE DEALER OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR USE AS EVIDENCE OF OWNERSHIP UPON THE SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, AND THE SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SHALL BE TRANSFERABLE TO ANY OTHER PERSON. THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS SHALL CHARGE A FEE OF FOUR DOLLARS FOR THE COST OF PROCESSING EACH SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.

(2) IF AN INSURANCE COMPANY CONSIDERS AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE AS DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (C)(1) OF THIS SECTION TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO RESTORE TO NORMAL OPERATION, THE INSURANCE COMPANY MAY ASSIGN THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE TO A SALVAGE DEALER OR SCRAP METAL PROCESSING FACILITY AND SEND THE ASSIGNED CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE SALVAGE DEALER OR SCRAP METAL PROCESSING FACILITY IS LOCATED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY SHALL MARK THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE "FOR DESTRUCTION" AND SHALL DELIVER A PHOTOCOPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE SALVAGE DEALER OR SCRAP METAL PROCESSING FACILITY FOR ITS RECORDS.

(3) IF AN INSURANCE COMPANY DECLARES IT ECONOMICALLY IMPRACTICAL TO REPAIR AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OF ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, AGREES TO PAY TO THE INSURED OR CLAIMANT OWNER AN AMOUNT IN SETTLEMENT OF A CLAIM AGAINST A POLICY OF MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE COVERING THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, AND AGREES TO PERMIT THE INSURED OR CLAIMANT OWNER TO RETAIN POSSESSION OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, THE INSURANCE COMPANY SHALL NOT PAY THE INSURED OR CLAIMANT OWNER ANY AMOUNT IN SETTLEMENT OF THE INSURANCE CLAIM UNTIL THE OWNER OBTAINS A SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE VEHICLE AND FURNISHES A COPY OF THE SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY.

(D) WHEN A SELF-INSURED ORGANIZATION, RENTAL OR LEASING COMPANY, OR SECURED CREDITOR BECOMES THE OWNER OF AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE THAT IS BURNED, DAMAGED, OR DISMANTLED AND IS DETERMINED TO BE ECONOMICALLY IMPRACTICAL TO REPAIR, THE SELF-INSURED ORGANIZATION, RENTAL OR LEASING COMPANY, OR SECURED CREDITOR SHALL DO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

(1) MARK THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE "FOR DESTRUCTION" AND SURRENDER THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR CANCELLATION AS DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION. THE SELF-INSURED ORGANIZATION, RENTAL OR LEASING COMPANY, OR SECURED CREDITOR THEREUPON SHALL DELIVER THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, TOGETHER WITH A PHOTOCOPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, TO A SALVAGE DEALER OR SCRAP METAL PROCESSING FACILITY AND SHALL CAUSE THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE TO BE DISMANTLED, FLATTENED, CRUSHED, OR DESTROYED.

(2) OBTAIN A SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE IN THE NAME OF THE SELF-INSURED ORGANIZATION, RENTAL OR LEASING COMPANY, OR SECURED CREDITOR, AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (C)(1) OF THIS SECTION, AND THEN SELL OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE. IF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE IS SOLD, THE SELF-INSURED ORGANIZATION, RENTAL OR LEASING COMPANY, OR SECURED CREDITOR SHALL OBTAIN A SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE IN THE NAME OF THE PURCHASER FROM THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE PURCHASER RESIDES.

(E) IF AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE TITLED WITH A SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE IS RESTORED FOR OPERATION, APPLICATION SHALL BE MADE TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AFTER INSPECTION BY THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL. THE INSPECTION SHALL INCLUDE ESTABLISHING PROOF OF OWNERSHIP AND AN INSPECTION OF THE MOTOR NUMBER AND VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE AND OF DOCUMENTATION OR RECEIPTS FOR THE MATERIALS USED IN RESTORATION BY THE OWNER OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE BEING INSPECTED, WHICH DOCUMENTATION OR RECEIPTS SHALL BE PRESENTED AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE INSPECTION, THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL SHALL ISSUE TO THE OWNER A COMPLETED INSPECTION FORM. THE CLERK, UPON SUBMISSION OF THE COMPLETED INSPECTION FORM AND SURRENDER OF THE SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, SHALL ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FOR A FEE PRESCRIBED BY THE REGISTRAR. THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SHALL BE IN THE SAME FORM AS THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, SHALL BEAR THE SAME NUMBER AS THE SALVAGE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, AND SHALL BEAR THE WORDS "REBUILT SALVAGE" IN BLACK BOLDFACE LETTERS ON ITS FACE. EVERY SUBSEQUENT CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, OR CERTIFIED COPY OF A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OR MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE ISSUED FOR THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE ALSO SHALL BEAR THE WORDS "REBUILT SALVAGE" IN BLACK BOLDFACE LETTERS ON ITS FACE. THE EXACT LOCATION ON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OF THE WORDS "REBUILT SALVAGE" SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE REGISTRAR, WHO SHALL DEVELOP AN AUTOMATED PROCEDURE WITHIN THE AUTOMATED TITLE PROCESSING SYSTEM TO COMPLY WITH THIS DIVISION. THE CLERK SHALL USE REASONABLE CARE IN PERFORMING THE DUTIES IMPOSED ON THE CLERK BY THIS DIVISION IN ISSUING A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE PURSUANT TO THIS DIVISION, BUT THE CLERK IS NOT LIABLE FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS OF THE CLERK OF COURTS, THE CLERK'S DEPUTIES, OR THE AUTOMATED TITLE PROCESSING SYSTEM IN THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH DUTIES. A FEE OF FIFTY DOLLARS SHALL BE ASSESSED BY THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL FOR EACH INSPECTION MADE PURSUANT TO THIS DIVISION.

(F) NO OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO WHICH HAS BEEN MARKED "FOR DESTRUCTION" AND SURRENDERED TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS SHALL BE USED FOR ANYTHING EXCEPT PARTS AND SCRAP METAL.

Sec. 4519.62. IN THE EVENT OF A LOST OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, APPLICATION SHALL BE MADE TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE WAS ISSUED, BY THE OWNER OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, OR THE HOLDER OF A LIEN THEREON, FOR A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE, UPON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND ACCOMPANIED BY THE FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION 4519.59 of the Revised Code. THE APPLICATION SHALL BE SIGNED AND SWORN TO BY THE PERSON MAKING THE APPLICATION, AND THE CLERK SHALL ISSUE A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE IT UNDER THIS CHAPTER. THE CERTIFIED COPY SHALL BE PLAINLY MARKED ACROSS ITS FACE WITH THE WORD "DUPLICATE," AND ANY SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE IN THE CHAIN OF TITLE ORIGINATING THROUGH THE CERTIFIED COPY ACQUIRES ONLY SUCH RIGHTS IN THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE AS THE ORIGINAL HOLDER OF THE CERTIFIED COPY HAD. ANY PURCHASER OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, MAY REQUIRE THE SELLER OF THE SAME TO INDEMNIFY THE PURCHASER AND ALL SUBSEQUENT PURCHASERS OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE AGAINST ANY LOSS THAT THE PURCHASER OR SUBSEQUENT PURCHASERS MAY SUFFER BY REASON OF ANY CLAIM PRESENTED UPON THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE. IN THE EVENT OF THE RECOVERY OF THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE BY SAID OWNER, THE OWNER SHALL SURRENDER FORTHWITH THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE CLERK FOR CANCELLATION.

THE HOLDER OF A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FOR AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE UPON WHICH IS NOTED AN EXISTING LIEN, ENCUMBRANCE, OR MORTGAGE, MAY MAKE APPLICATION AT ANY TIME TO THE CLERK WHO ISSUED THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FOR A MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATE, WHICH APPLICATION SHALL BE MADE IN THE FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE REGISTRAR AND SIGNED AND SWORN TO BY THE APPLICANT. UPON RECEIPT OF THE APPLICATION, IF IT APPEARS TO BE CORRECT, TOGETHER WITH THE FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION 4519.59 of the Revised Code, THE CLERK SHALL ISSUE TO THE APPLICANT A MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATE FOR THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE. IN THE EVENT THE MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATE IS LOST OR DESTROYED, THE HOLDER THEREOF MAY OBTAIN A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE SAME ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE REGISTRAR AND ACCOMPANIED BY THE FEE PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 4519.59 of the Revised Code. THE MEMORANDUM CERTIFICATE IS NOT ASSIGNABLE AND CONSTITUTES NO EVIDENCE OF TITLE OR OF RIGHT TO TRANSFER OR ENCUMBER THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE DESCRIBED THEREIN.

Sec. 4519.63. THE REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES OR THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, UPON THE APPLICATION OF ANY PERSON AND PAYMENT OF THE PROPER FEES, MAY PREPARE AND FURNISH TITLE INFORMATION REGARDING OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES AND ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLES IN THE FORM AND SUBJECT TO ANY TERRITORIAL DIVISION OR OTHER CLASSIFICATION AS THEY MAY DIRECT. THE REGISTRAR OR THE CLERK MAY SEARCH THE RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE CLERK REGARDING OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES AND ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLES AND MAKE REPORTS THEREOF, AND MAKE COPIES OF THEIR TITLE INFORMATION AND ATTESTATIONS THEREOF.

FEES THEREFOR SHALL BE CHARGED AND COLLECTED AS FOLLOWS:

(A) FOR LISTS CONTAINING THREE THOUSAND TITLES OR MORE, TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER THOUSAND OR PART THEREOF;

(B) FOR SEARCHES OF THE RECORDS AND WRITTEN REPORTS THEREOF, TWO DOLLARS FOR EACH NAME, NUMBER, OR FACT SEARCHED OR REPORTED ON;

(C) FOR COPIES OF RECORDS AND ATTESTATIONS THEREOF, TWO DOLLARS PER COPY. THE REGISTRAR AND CLERK MAY CERTIFY COPIES OF RECORDS GENERATED BY AN AUTOMATED TITLE PROCESSING SYSTEM.

SUCH COPIES SHALL BE TAKEN AS PRIMA-FACIE EVIDENCE OF THE FACTS THEREIN STATED IN ANY COURT OF THE STATE. THE REGISTRAR AND THE CLERK SHALL FURNISH INFORMATION ON ANY TITLE WITHOUT CHARGE TO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPERS, SHERIFFS, CHIEFS OF POLICE, OR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. THE CLERK ALSO MAY PROVIDE A COPY OF A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO A PUBLIC AGENCY WITHOUT CHARGE.

THOSE FEES COLLECTED BY THE REGISTRAR AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE PAID TO THE TREASURER OF STATE TO THE CREDIT OF THE STATE BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES FUND ESTABLISHED IN SECTION 4501.25 of the Revised Code. THOSE FEES COLLECTED BY THE CLERK AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE PAID TO THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE ADMINISTRATION FUND CREATED BY SECTION 325.33 OF THE REVISED CODE.

Sec. 4519.64. MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLES OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLES SHALL APPOINT AND AUTHORIZE AGENTS WHO SHALL SIGN MANUFACTURER'S OR IMPORTER'S CERTIFICATES. THE REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFIED COPY OF A LIST CONTAINING THE NAMES AND THE FACSIMILE SIGNATURES OF THE AUTHORIZED AGENTS BE FURNISHED TO THE REGISTRAR AND BE FORWARDED TO EACH CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS IN THE RESPECTIVE COUNTIES WITHIN THE STATE, AND THE REGISTRAR MAY PRESCRIBE THE FORM OF AUTHORIZATION TO BE USED BY THE MANUFACTURERS OR IMPORTERS AND THE METHOD OF CERTIFICATION OF THE NAMES OF THE AGENTS.

Sec. 4519.65. THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS AND THE CLERK'S DEPUTIES MAY ADMINISTER OATHS ON ANY APPLICATION OR AFFIDAVIT REQUIRED BY THIS CHAPTER.

Sec. 4519.66. NO PERSON SHALL DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

(A) OPERATE IN THIS STATE AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE WITHOUT HAVING A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FOR THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, IF SUCH A CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED BY THIS CHAPTER TO BE ISSUED FOR THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE;

(B) OPERATE IN THIS STATE AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE IF A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE HAS BEEN ISSUED AND THEN HAS BEEN CANCELED;

(C) FAIL TO SURRENDER ANY CERTIFICATE OF TITLE UPON CANCELLATION OF THE SAME BY THE REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND NOTICE THEREOF AS PRESCRIBED IN THIS CHAPTER;

(D) FAIL TO SURRENDER THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS AS PROVIDED IN THIS CHAPTER, IN CASE OF THE DESTRUCTION OR DISMANTLING OF, OR CHANGE IN, THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE DESCRIBED IN THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE;

(E) VIOLATE SECTIONS 4519.51 TO 4519.70 of the Revised Code FOR WHICH NO PENALTY IS OTHERWISE PROVIDED OR ANY LAWFUL RULES PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO THOSE SECTIONS.

Sec. 4519.67. NO PERSON SHALL DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

(A) PROCURE OR ATTEMPT TO PROCURE A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, OR PASS OR ATTEMPT TO PASS A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OR ANY ASSIGNMENT THEREOF TO AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, KNOWING OR HAVING REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE HAS BEEN STOLEN;

(B) SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE IN THIS STATE AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE ON WHICH THE MANUFACTURER'S OR ASSIGNED VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER HAS BEEN DESTROYED, REMOVED, COVERED, ALTERED, OR DEFACED WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE DESTRUCTION, REMOVAL, COVERING, ALTERATION, OR DEFACEMENT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S OR ASSIGNED VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.

(C) SELL OR TRANSFER AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE WITHOUT DELIVERING TO THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE THEREOF A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, OR A MANUFACTURER'S OR IMPORTER'S CERTIFICATE THERETO, ASSIGNED TO THE PURCHASER AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS CHAPTER.

Sec. 4519.68. (A)(1) CHAPTER 1309. of the Revised Code DOES NOT PERMIT OR REQUIRE THE DEPOSIT, FILING, OR OTHER RECORD OF A SECURITY INTEREST COVERING AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (A)(2) OF THIS SECTION.

(2) SECTIONS 1309.01 TO 1309.50 OF THE REVISED CODE APPLY TO A SECURITY INTEREST IN AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE HELD AS INVENTORY, AS DEFINED IN DIVISION (D) OF SECTION 1309.07 OF THE REVISED CODE, FOR SALE BY A DEALER. THE SECURITY INTEREST HAS PRIORITY OVER CREDITORS OF THE DEALER AS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 1309.01 TO 1309.50 OF THE REVISED CODE WITHOUT NOTATION OF THE SECURITY INTEREST ON A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OR WITHOUT THE RETENTION OF A MANUFACTURER'S OR IMPORTER'S CERTIFICATE.

(B) SUBJECT TO DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION, ANY SECURITY AGREEMENT COVERING A SECURITY INTEREST IN AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, IF A NOTATION OF THE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN MADE BY THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS ON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, IS VALID AS AGAINST THE CREDITORS OF THE DEBTOR, WHETHER ARMED WITH PROCESS OR NOT, AND AGAINST SUBSEQUENT PURCHASERS, SECURED PARTIES, AND OTHER LIENHOLDERS OR CLAIMANTS. ALL SECURITY INTERESTS, LIENS, MORTGAGES, AND ENCUMBRANCES NOTED UPON A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TAKE PRIORITY ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF TIME IN WHICH THEY ARE NOTED THEREON BY THE CLERK. EXPOSURE FOR SALE OF ANY OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE BY ITS OWNER, WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OR WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND CONSENT OF THE HOLDER OF ANY SECURITY INTEREST, LIEN, MORTGAGE, OR ENCUMBRANCE THEREON, DOES NOT RENDER THE SECURITY INTEREST, LIEN, MORTGAGE, OR ENCUMBRANCE INEFFECTIVE AS AGAINST THE CREDITORS OF THE OWNER, OR AGAINST HOLDERS OF SUBSEQUENT SECURITY INTERESTS, LIENS, MORTGAGES, OR ENCUMBRANCES UPON THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE.

THE SECURED PARTY, UPON PRESENTATION OF THE SECURITY AGREEMENT TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE WAS ISSUED, TOGETHER WITH THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND THE FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION 4519.59 of the Revised Code, MAY HAVE A NOTATION OF THE SECURITY INTEREST MADE ON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND, IF SUCH A NOTATION IS MADE, ANOTHER NOTATION OF THE LIEN SHALL BE ENTERED INTO THE AUTOMATED TITLE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLE TITLES. THE CLERK, OVER THE CLERK'S SIGNATURE AND SEAL OF OFFICE, SHALL ISSUE A NEW ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FROM THE AUTOMATED TITLE PROCESSING SYSTEM THAT INDICATES THE SECURITY INTEREST AND THE DATE OF THE SECURITY INTEREST.

WHEN THE SECURITY INTEREST IS DISCHARGED, THE HOLDER THEREOF SHALL NOTE THE DISCHARGE OVER THE HOLDER'S SIGNATURE ON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OR OVER THE HOLDER'S SIGNATURE ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES WHEN THERE IS NO SPACE FOR THE DISCHARGE ON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE. PRIOR TO DELIVERING THE CERTIFICATE TO THE OWNER, THE HOLDER OR THE HOLDER'S AGENT SHALL PRESENT IT AND ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THE CLERK REQUIRES TO THE CLERK TO HAVE THE CLERK NOTE THE CANCELLATION OF THE SECURITY INTEREST ON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND UPON THE RECORDS OF THE CLERK. IF THE CANCELLATION APPEARS TO BE GENUINE, THE CLERK SHALL NOTE THE CANCELLATION ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND ALSO SHALL NOTE THE CANCELLATION ON THE CLERK'S RECORDS AND NOTIFY THE REGISTRAR, WHO SHALL NOTE THE CANCELLATION. IF A SECURITY INTEREST THAT IS DISCHARGED DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE BUT INSTEAD WAS ENTERED INTO THE AUTOMATED TITLE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES, THE CLERK SHALL ENTER THE CANCELLATION INTO THE AUTOMATED TITLE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND ALSO SHALL NOTE THE CANCELLATION ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE REGISTRAR.

Sec. 4519.69. IF THE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE REFERS TO AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE LAST PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED IN ANOTHER STATE, THE APPLICATION SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PHYSICAL INSPECTION CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY VERIFYING THE MAKE, YEAR, SERIES OR MODEL, IF ANY, BODY TYPE, AND MANUFACTURER'S IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE FOR WHICH THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE IS DESIRED. THE PHYSICAL INSPECTION CERTIFICATE SHALL BE IN SUCH FORM AS IS DESIGNATED BY THE REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES. THE PHYSICAL INSPECTION OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE SHALL BE MADE AT A DEPUTY REGISTRAR'S OFFICE, OR AT AN ESTABLISHED PLACE OF BUSINESS OPERATED BY A LICENSED MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER. ADDITIONALLY, THE PHYSICAL INSPECTION OF A SALVAGE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE OWNED BY AN INSURANCE COMPANY MAY BE MADE AT AN ESTABLISHED PLACE OF BUSINESS OPERATED BY A SALVAGE MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER LICENSED UNDER CHAPTER 4738. OF THE REVISED CODE. THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR, THE MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER, OR THE SALVAGE MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER MAY CHARGE A MAXIMUM FEE OF ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS FOR CONDUCTING THE PHYSICAL INSPECTION.

THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS SHALL CHARGE A FEE OF ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS FOR THE PROCESSING OF EACH PHYSICAL INSPECTION CERTIFICATE. THE CLERK SHALL RETAIN FIFTY CENTS OF THE ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS SO CHARGED AND SHALL PAY THE REMAINING ONE DOLLAR TO THE REGISTRAR BY MONTHLY RETURNS, WHICH SHALL BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR NOT LATER THAN THE FIFTH DAY OF THE MONTH NEXT SUCCEEDING THAT IN WHICH THE CERTIFICATE IS RECEIVED BY THE CLERK. THE REGISTRAR SHALL PAY SUCH REMAINING SUMS INTO THE STATE TREASURY TO THE CREDIT OF THE STATE BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES FUND ESTABLISHED IN SECTION 4501.25 OF THE REVISED CODE.

Sec. 4519.70. (A)(1) NO MINOR UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE SHALL PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRE AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE AND OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FOR THE MOTORCYCLE OR VEHICLE UNLESS THE APPLICATION FOR THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE IS ACCOMPANIED BY A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES THAT IS SIGNED BY A PARENT OF THE MINOR, THE MINOR'S GUARDIAN, OR OTHER PERSON HAVING CUSTODY OF THE MINOR AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OR ACQUISITION OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE.

(2) NO MINOR UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE SHALL SELL OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE FOR WHICH A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE HAS BEEN ISSUED UNDER THIS CHAPTER UNLESS A PARENT OF THE MINOR, THE MINOR'S GUARDIAN, OR OTHER PERSON HAVING CUSTODY OF THE MINOR FURNISHES TO THE BUYER OR PERSON ACQUIRING THE MOTORCYCLE OR VEHICLE, AT THE TIME OF THE SALE OR DISPOSITION, A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE REGISTRAR THAT IS SIGNED BY THE PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR OTHER PERSON AUTHORIZING THE SALE OR DISPOSITION OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE.

(B) AT THE TIME AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FOR AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION IS SUBMITTED, THE ADULT WHO SIGNED THE FORM AUTHORIZING THE SALE, DISPOSITION, PURCHASE, OR ACQUISITION OF THE MOTORCYCLE OR VEHICLE BY THE MINOR SHALL BE PRESENT AND SHALL PROVIDE IDENTIFICATION ESTABLISHING THAT THE ADULT IS THE INDIVIDUAL WHOSE SIGNATURE APPEARS ON THE FORM. THE REGISTRAR SHALL PRESCRIBE, BY RULE, THE TYPES OF IDENTIFICATION THAT ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS DIVISION. IF THE ADULT WHO SIGNED THE FORM DOES NOT PROVIDE IDENTIFICATION AS REQUIRED BY THIS DIVISION, THE APPLICATION SHALL BE REFUSED.

(C) NO RIGHT, TITLE, CLAIM TO, OR INTEREST IN AN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE SHALL BE ACQUIRED BY OR FROM A MINOR UNLESS THE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FOR THE MOTORCYCLE OR VEHICLE IS ACCOMPANIED BY THE FORM REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION.

(D) NO CLERK OF A COURT OF COMMON PLEAS SHALL BE HELD LIABLE IN ANY CIVIL ACTION THAT ARISES UNDER THE LAW OF THIS STATE FOR INJURY OR LOSS TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY CAUSED WHEN A PERSON HAS OBTAINED A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, UNLESS THE CLERK FAILED TO USE REASONABLE DILIGENCE IN ASCERTAINING THE AGE OF THE MINOR OR THE IDENTITY OF THE ADULT WHO SIGNED THE FORM AUTHORIZING THE SALE, DISPOSITION, PURCHASE, OR ACQUISITION OF THE OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE BY THE MINOR.

Sec. 4519.99. (A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 4519.02, or division (A), (B), or (C) of section 4519.05, of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty dollars.

(B) Whoever violates section 4519.06 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.

(C) Whoever violates division (E)(B) of section 4519.20, or section 4519.22, of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for a first offense; for each subsequent offense within one year of a first offense such person shall be fined not less than fifteen nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than three days, or both.

(D) Whoever violates section 4519.40 or 4519.44 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than three nor more than thirty days, or both.

(E) Whoever violates section 4519.45 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.

(F) WHOEVER VIOLATES SECTION 4519.66 of the Revised Code SHALL BE FINED NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS, OR IMPRISONED NOT MORE THAN NINETY DAYS, OR BOTH.

(G) WHOEVER VIOLATES SECTION 4519.67 of the Revised Code SHALL BE FINED NOT MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR IMPRISONED IN THE COUNTY JAIL OR WORKHOUSE NOT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS NOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR OR IN THE PENITENTIARY NOT LESS THAN ONE NOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, OR BOTH.

(H) WHOEVER VIOLATES SECTION 4519.52 of the Revised Code SHALL BE FINED FIFTY DOLLARS.


Section 2. That existing sections 325.33, 4501.01, 4503.10, 4505.06, 4505.09, 4511.85, 4517.01, 4519.01, 4519.02, 4519.03, 4519.031, 4519.04, 4519.05, 4519.06, 4519.08, 4519.09, 4519.11, 4519.20, 4519.21, 4519.22, 4519.40, 4519.41, 4519.42, 4519.43, 4519.44, 4519.45, 4519.46, 4519.47, 4519.48, and 4519.99 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.


Section 3. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take effect January 1, 1999.


Section 4. Section 4503.10 of the Revised Code is presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am. H.B. 141 and Am. Sub. S.B. 60 of the 122nd General Assembly, with the new language of neither of the acts shown in capital letters. This is in recognition of the principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that such amendments are to be harmonized where not substantively irreconcilable and constitutes a legislative finding that such is the resulting version in effect prior to the effective date of this act.
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