Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4503 - Licensing Of Motor Vehicles

• Section 4503.01 - Motor Vehicle Defined.
  "Motor vehicle" as defined in section 4505.01 of the Revised Code applies to sections 4503.02 to 4503.10, and 4503.12 to 4503.18 of the Revised...
• Section 4503.02 - Levy Of Annual License Tax.
  An annual license tax is hereby levied upon the operation of motor vehicles on the public roads or highways, for the purpose of enforcing...
• Section 4503.03 - Deputy Registrars.
  (A) (1) (a) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the registrar of motor vehicles may designate one or more of the...
• Section 4503.031 - Office Space For Carrying Out Deputy Registrars' Duties.
  (A) (1) If the registrar of motor vehicles determines that space is available at a deputy registrar's office, the clerk of the court of...
• Section 4503.032 - Political Contributions.
  (A) As used in this section, "candidate," "contribution," and "campaign committee" have the same meanings as in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code. (B)...
• Section 4503.033 - Deputy Registrar To File Annual Statement - Contents Of Statement.
  (A) Annually, on or before the thirty-first day of January, every deputy registrar shall file with the registrar of motor vehicles on a form...
• Section 4503.034 - Statewide Satisfaction Rate.
  (A) Notwithstanding sections 4503.10, 4503.102, 4503.12, 4503.182, 4503.24, 4505.061, 4506.08, 4507.24, 4507.50, 4507.52, 4519.03, 4519.05, 4519.10, 4519.56, and 4519.69 of the Revised Code: (1)...
• Section 4503.035 - Electronic Motor Vehicle Dealers.
  The registrar of motor vehicles shall designate as an electronic motor vehicle dealer a motor vehicle dealer who meets all of the following criteria:...
• Section 4503.036 - Limited Authority Deputy Registrars.
  (A) Not later than January 1, 2005, the registrar of motor vehicles shall adopt rules for the appointment of limited authority deputy registrars. Notwithstanding...
• Section 4503.037 - Allocation Of Motor Vehicle-related Duties Between County Auditor And Clerk Of Court Of Common Please.
  (A) To promote the efficient use of governmental resources, including staff and facilities, and to improve service to the public, a county auditor who...
• Section 4503.04 - [Effective Until 1/1/2017] Schedule Of Rates.
  Except as provided in sections 4503.042 and 4503.65 of the Revised Code for the registration of commercial cars, trailers, semitrailers, and certain buses, the...
• Section 4503.04 - [Effective 1/1/2017] Schedule Of Rates.
  Except as provided in sections 4503.042 and 4503.65 of the Revised Code for the registration of commercial cars, trailers, semitrailers, and certain buses, the...
• Section 4503.041 - Weight Of Trailer Used Exclusively For Noncommercial Purposes.
  (A) The original owner of any trailer weighing four thousand pounds or less and used exclusively for noncommercial purposes , upon application for initial...
• Section 4503.042 - Rates After Operation Of International Registration Plan.
  The registrar of motor vehicles shall adopt rules establishing the date, subsequent to this state's entry into membership in the international registration plan, when...
• Section 4503.05 - Noncommercial Motor Vehicle Use Restriction.
  (A) No person shall use a motor vehicle registered as a noncommercial motor vehicle for other than the purposes set forth in section 4501.01...
• Section 4503.06 - Manufactured Or Mobile Home Tax.
  (A) The owner of each manufactured or mobile home that has acquired situs in this state shall pay either a real property tax pursuant...
• Section 4503.061 - Registration Of Manufactured And Mobile Homes In County Of Situs.
  (A) All manufactured and mobile homes shall be listed on either the real property tax list or the manufactured home tax list of the...
• Section 4503.062 - Register Of All Manufactured And Mobile Homes.
  (A) Every operator of a manufactured home court, or manufactured home park, as defined in section 4781.01 of the Revised Code, or when there...
• Section 4503.063 - Appointment Of Deputies Of Auditor And Treasurer.
  The county auditor and county treasurer may appoint any suitable residents of the county as their deputies to perform any of the duties required...
• Section 4503.064 - Homestead Exemption Definitions.
  As used in sections 4503.064 to 4503.069 of the Revised Code: (A) "Sixty-five years of age or older" means a person who will be...
• Section 4503.065 - Qualification For Reduction In Assessable Value.
  (A) (1) Division (A) of this section applies to any of the following persons: (a) An individual who is permanently and totally disabled; (b)...
• Section 4503.066 - Applying For Reduction.
  (A) (1) To obtain a tax reduction under section 4503.065 of the Revised Code, the owner of the home shall file an application with...
• Section 4503.067 - Certificate Of Reduction In Assessable Value.
  The county auditor shall approve or deny an application for reduction under section 4503.065 of the Revised Code and shall so notify the applicant...
• Section 4503.068 - Reimbursing County For Reduction.
  On or before the second Monday in September of each year, the county treasurer shall total the amount by which the manufactured home taxes...
• Section 4503.069 - Employees To Carry Out Reduction Process.
  Each county treasurer and county auditor shall employ the assistants, clerks, and other employees necessary to carry out the duties imposed by sections 4503.064...
• Section 4503.0610 - Partial Real Property Tax Exemption.
  (A) If a board of county commissioners adopts a resolution granting a partial real property tax exemption under section 323.158 of the Revised Code,...
• Section 4503.0611 - Refund Or Waiver Of Taxes On Injured Or Destroyed Manufactured Home.
  Whenever it is made to appear to the county auditor, by the oath of the owner or one of the owners of a manufactured...
• Section 4503.07 - Church Bus Registration Fee.
  (A) In lieu of the schedule of rates for commercial cars fixed in section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, the fee shall be ten...
• Section 4503.08 - Determination Of Weight And Horsepower.
  (A) The weight of all motor vehicles, except those taxed under section 4503.042 of the Revised Code, shall be the weight of the vehicle...
• Section 4503.09 - Tax On Manufacturer, Dealer, Or Distributor Of Motor Vehicles.
  For the purpose of enforcing and paying the expense of administering the law relative to the registration and operation of motor vehicles, each manufacturer,...
• Section 4503.10 - Application For Registration Or Renewal - Transmission Of Fees - Inspection Certificates.
  (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...
• Section 4503.101 - Establishing System Of Motor Vehicle Registration.
  (A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall adopt rules to establish a system of motor vehicle registration based upon the type of vehicle to...
• Section 4503.102 - Centralized System Of Motor Vehicle Registration Renewal By Mail Or By Electronic Means.
  (A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall adopt rules to establish a centralized system of motor vehicle registration renewal by mail or by electronic...
• Section 4503.103 - Multi-year Registration.
  (A) (1) The registrar of motor vehicles may adopt rules to permit any person or lessee, other than a person receiving an apportioned license...
• Section 4503.104 - Contribution To Save Our Sight Fund.
  In addition to the fees collected under sections 4503.10 and 4503.102 of the Revised Code, the registrar of motor vehicles or deputy registrar shall...
• Section 4503.105 - Vehicle Renting Dealer's Fee To Recover Title And Registration Costs.
  (A) A motor vehicle renting dealer may charge each vehicle renter a separate vehicle license fee to recover the dealer's cost related to the...
• Section 4503.11 - Owner Required To File Application - Taxes.
  (A) Except as provided by sections 4503.103, 4503.173, 4503.41, 4503.43, and 4503.46 of the Revised Code, no person who is the owner or chauffeur...
• Section 4503.111 - Registration Within Thirty Days Of Residency.
  (A) Within thirty days of becoming a resident of this state, any person who owns a motor vehicle operated or driven upon the public...
• Section 4503.12 - Transfer Of Ownership And Registration.
  (A) Upon the transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle, the registration of the motor vehicle expires, and the original owner immediately shall remove...
• Section 4503.13 - Report Of Outstanding Municipal, County, Or Mayor's Court Arrest Warrants.
  (A) A municipal court or county court, at the court's discretion, may order the clerk of the court to send to the registrar of...
• Section 4503.14 - License Plates With Radio Or Television Call Letters.
  Owners and lessees of motor vehicles who are residents of this state and hold an unrevoked and unexpired official amateur radio station license or...
• Section 4503.15 - License Plates For Physicians.
  Owners and lessees of motor vehicles who are residents of this state and hold an unrevoked and unexpired license duly admitting them to the...
• Section 4503.16 - State And Federal Vehicle Registration.
  As used in this section, "original owner" includes, with respect to any motor vehicle owned by the federal government and loaned to the state...
• Section 4503.17 - Exemption Of Board Of Education School Buses And Post-office Department Vehicles From Annual License Tax.
  (A) No school bus as defined in division (F) of section 4511.01 of the Revised Code is required to pay the annual license tax...
• Section 4503.171 - Exemption Of Ohio Wing, Civil Air Patrol Vehicles Used For Official Business.
  Vehicles of the type required to be registered under this chapter titled in the name of the Ohio wing, civil air patrol, and used...
• Section 4503.172 - Exemption Of Volunteer Rescue Service Vehicles From Fees Or Taxes.
  (A) As used in this section, "volunteer rescue service organization" means any organization of volunteers organized to perform as an emergency medical service organization...
• Section 4503.173 - Exemption Of Boat Trailers Owned By Disabled Veterans, Certain Military Honorees Or Former Prisoners Of War.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Boat trailer" means any trailer designed and used for the transportation of no more than one watercraft....
• Section 4503.18 - Special License Issued.
  (A) As used in this section, "United States veterans service organization" means any organization chartered by congress or recognized by the United States department...
• Section 4503.181 - Historical Motor Vehicles.
  (A) As used in this section, "historical motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle that is more than twenty-five years old and that is owned...
• Section 4503.182 - Temporary License Placard Or Windshield Sticker.
  (A) A purchaser of a motor vehicle, upon application and proof of purchase of the vehicle, may be issued a temporary license placard or...
• Section 4503.183 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1979
• Section 4503.19 - Issuance Of Certificates Of Registration And License Plates Or Validation Stickers.
  (A) Upon the filing of an application for registration and the payment of the tax for registration, the registrar of motor vehicles or a...
• Section 4503.191 - Issuance Of License Plates And Validation Stickers - Production By Ohio Penal Industries.
  (A) (1) The identification license plate shall be issued for a multi-year period as determined by the director of public safety, and shall be...
• Section 4503.192 - Retention Of Personalized License Plate Letters And Numbers.
  (A) (1) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, any person who is replacing vehicle license plates, upon request and payment of...
• Section 4503.20 - Application For Registration To Contain Statement Regarding Proof Of Financial Responsibility.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Dealer engaged in the business of leasing motor vehicles" means any person engaged in the business of...
• Section 4503.21 - [Effective Until 1/1/2017] Display Of License Plates And Validation Stickers Or Temporary License Placard Or Windshield Sticker.
  (A) No person who is the owner or operator of a motor vehicle shall fail to display in plain view on the front and...
• Section 4503.21 - [Effective 1/1/2017] Display Of License Plates And Validation Stickers Or Temporary License Placard Or Windshield Sticker.
  (A) No person who is the owner or operator of a motor vehicle shall fail to display in plain view on the front and...
• Section 4503.22 - [Effective Until 1/1/2017] Specifications For License Plates.
  The identification license plate shall consist of a placard upon the face of which shall appear the distinctive number assigned to the motor vehicle...
• Section 4503.22 - [Effective 1/1/2017] Specifications For License Plates.
  The identification license plate shall consist of a placard upon the face of which shall appear the distinctive number assigned to the motor vehicle...
• Section 4503.23 - Special License Plates For State Owned Motor Vehicles.
  No motor vehicle designed to carry passengers owned or leased by the state, or any of its departments, bureaus, commissions, or institutions supported in...
• Section 4503.231 - Unique License Plates For Motor Vehicles Whose Standard Plates Have Been Impounded.
  (A) No motor vehicle registered in the name of a person whose certificate of registration and identification license plates have been impounded as provided...
• Section 4503.232 - Registrar May Destroy Suspended Or Impounded License Plates.
  (A) Upon the receipt of identification license plates that have been suspended or impounded under any provision of law, and notwithstanding any other provision...
• Section 4503.233 - Immobilization Orders.
  (A) (1) If a court is required to order the immobilization of a vehicle for a specified period of time pursuant to section 4510.11,...
• Section 4503.234 - Order Of Criminal Forfeiture Of Vehicle.
  (A) If a court orders the criminal forfeiture of a vehicle pursuant to section 4503.233, 4503.236, 4510.11, 4510.14, 4510.161, 4510.41, 4511.19, 4511.193, or 4511.203...
• Section 4503.235 - Vehicle Immobilization Waiver Order - Terms.
  (A) If division (G) of section 4511.19 or division (C) of section 4511.193 of the Revised Code requires a court, as part of the...
• Section 4503.236 - Forfeiture For Violation Of Immobilization Order.
  (A) No person shall operate a motor vehicle or permit the operation of a motor vehicle upon any public or private property used by...
• Section 4503.24 - Registration And Licensing Of Chauffeured Limousines - Livery License Place Sticker.
  (A) The owner of a chauffeured limousine, upon compliance with the motor vehicle laws relating to the registration and licensing of motor vehicles, upon...
• Section 4503.25 - Index Of Licenses Issued.
  The registrar of motor vehicles shall keep on file in his office a complete index of all motor vehicle license registrations issued by license...
• Section 4503.251 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-31-2003
• Section 4503.26 - Lists Of Registration Information - Acceptance Of Bids For Preparation.
  (A) As used in this section, "registration information" means information in license plate applications on file with the bureau of motor vehicles. (B) The...
• Section 4503.27 - Registration Requirements For Manufacturers, Dealers And Distributors.
  A manufacturer, dealer, or distributor shall make application for registration, for each place in this state at which the business of manufacturing, dealing, or...
• Section 4503.271 - Operation Of New Vehicle Without Plate Or Placard After Railroad Car Accident.
  A new motor vehicle may be operated on the public roads or highways of this state without displaying a license plate or placard issued...
• Section 4503.28 - Manufacturer, Dealer Or Distributor Required To File Application For Registration.
  (A) No person who is a manufacturer of, dealer in, or distributor of motor vehicles shall fail to file an application for registration and...
• Section 4503.29 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 4503.30 - Display Of Placards Issued To Manufacturers, Dealers Or Distributors.
  (A) Any placards issued by the registrar of motor vehicles and bearing the distinctive number assigned to a manufacturer, dealer, or distributor pursuant to...
• Section 4503.301 - Commercial Car Demonstration Placards.
  (A) A manufacturer, dealer, or distributor of motor vehicles may apply for a reasonable number of commercial car demonstration placards. The application shall show...
• Section 4503.31 - Annual Registration By Persons Other Than Manufacturers, Dealers, Or Distributors - Use Of Placards.
  As used in this section, "person" includes, but is not limited to, any person engaged in the business of manufacturing or distributing, or selling...
• Section 4503.311 - Manufacturer Or Dealer Of Watercraft Trailers - Annual Registration.
  A manufacturer of or dealer in trailers for transporting watercraft may apply for registration with the registrar of motor vehicles for each place in...
• Section 4503.312 - Manufacturer Or Distributor Of Utility Trailers Or Trailers For Transporting Vehicles - Annual Registration.
  As used in this section: (A) "Utility trailer" means any trailer, except a travel trailer or trailer for transporting watercraft, having a gross weight...
• Section 4503.32 - Unauthorized Use Of Placard.
  (A) No person shall use the license placards provided for in section 4503.31 of the Revised Code contrary to said section. (B) Whoever violates...
• Section 4503.33 - In Transit Permits Required.
  A person, firm, or corporation engaged in this state as a drive-away operator or trailer transporter or both in the business of transporting and...
• Section 4503.34 - Drive-away Operator Required To File Application.
  (A) No person who is a drive-away operator or trailer transporter, or both, engaged in the business of transporting and delivering new motor vehicles...
• Section 4503.35 - Certain Motor Vehicles Exempted.
  (A) The motor vehicles furnished by the state for use by the elective state officials, and motor vehicles owned and operated by political subdivisions...
• Section 4503.36 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-02-1996
• Section 4503.37 - Certificate Of Reciprocity - Exemption From Requirements.
  (A) A certificate of reciprocity issued under this section shall exempt the owner and the driver of every motor vehicle which is duly registered...
• Section 4503.38 - Exemption For Foreign Trailers.
  A trailer that is duly registered in any state, district, country, or sovereignty other than this state is exempt from the laws of this...
• Section 4503.39 - Blocking Registration Of Vehicle Lessees With Outstanding Fines Or Costs.
  With regard to a motor vehicle leased by or in the name of a person named in a suspension order or who is precluded...
• Section 4503.40 - Special State Reserved License Plate Numbers And Validation Stickers - Fee.
  For each registration renewal with an expiration date before October 1, 2009, and for each initial application for registration received before that date the...
• Section 4503.41 - Disabled Veterans License Plates.
  Any disabled veteran who, because of a service-connected disability, has been or is awarded funds for the purchase of a motor vehicle under the...
• Section 4503.42 - Special Reserved License Plate Numbers - Fee.
  For each registration renewal with an expiration date before October 1, 2009, and for each initial application for registration received before that date the...
• Section 4503.43 - Congressional Medal Of Honor License Plates.
  Any person being awarded the congressional medal of honor may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for the registration of his personal motor...
• Section 4503.431 - Silver Star Medal License Plates.
  (A) Any person who has been awarded the silver star may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for the registration of any passenger...
• Section 4503.432 - Bronze Star Medal License Plates.
  (A) Any person who has been awarded the bronze star medal may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for the registration of any...
• Section 4503.433 - Battle Star Display On Combat Or Military License Plates.
  (A) As used in this section, "battle star" means a military award approved by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff for service...
• Section 4503.44 - Windshield Placards, License Plates And Parking Cards For Walking-impaired Persons - Registration Of Altered Vehicles.
  (A) As used in this section and in section 4511.69 of the Revised Code: (1) "Person with a disability that limits or impairs the...
• Section 4503.45 - Collector's Vehicle License.
  An owner of a collector's vehicle, upon complying with the motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and upon payment...
• Section 4503.46 - Former Pow License Plates.
  (A) For the purposes of this section, "prisoner of war" means any regularly appointed, enrolled, enlisted, or inducted member of the military forces of...
• Section 4503.47 - Volunteer Firefighter License Plates.
  (A) Any person who is a volunteer firefighter may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for the registration of one passenger car or...
• Section 4503.471 - International Association Of Firefighters License Plates.
  (A) Any person who is a member in good standing of the international association of firefighters may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles...
• Section 4503.48 - Ohio National Guard Or Armed Forces Reserves Member License Plates.
  Any person who is a member of the Ohio national guard or the reserves of the armed forces of the United States may apply...
• Section 4503.481 - Retired Ohio National Guard Veteran License Plates.
  (A) Any person who is a retired veteran of the Ohio national guard may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for the registration...
• Section 4503.49 - Registration Of Emergency Medical Service Organization Vehicles.
  (A) As used in this section, "ambulance," "ambulette," "emergency medical service organization," "nonemergency medical service organization," and "nontransport vehicle" have the same meanings as...
• Section 4503.491 - [Effective Until 1/19/2016] Breast Cancer Awareness License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.491 - [Effective 1/19/2016] Breast Cancer Awareness License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, motorcycle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the...
• Section 4503.492 - Ovarian Cancer Awareness License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.493 - Autism Awareness License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.494 - Multiple Sclerosis Awareness License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.496 - Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.498 - Special Olympics License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.499 - Pediatric Brain Tumor Awareness License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.50 - Future Farmers Of America License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.501 - 4-h License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.502 - Ohio Cattlemen's Foundation Beef License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.503 - Ohio Agriculture License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.504 - Ohio Sustainable Agriculture License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.505 - Phi Theta Kappa License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.51 - Collegiate License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of...
• Section 4503.511 - Termination Of Program Of Particular Type Of Collegiate License Plates.
  (A) As used in this section, "collegiate license plate" means a license plate issued under section 4503.51 or 4503.512 of the Revised Code. (B)...
• Section 4503.512 - Reestablishment Of Program Of Particular Type Of Collegiate License Plates.
  If the program involving a particular collegiate license plate is terminated under division (B) or (C) of section 4503.511 of the Revised Code and...
• Section 4503.513 - Historically Black Fraternity-sorority License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of...
• Section 4503.515 - "Ohio Geology" License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.52 - Lake Erie License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.521 - Share The Road License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.522 - Perry's Monument License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.523 - Fairport Harbor Breakwall Lighthouse License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.524 - Massillon Tiger Football Booster Club License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.525 - Power Squadron License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.526 - Kiwanis Club License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.527 - "Ohio Statehouse" License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.53 - Veterans Who Served In Certain Combat Zones - License Plates.
  Any person who served in the armed forces of the United States during the global war on terrorism, in Afghanistan during operation enduring freedom,...
• Section 4503.531 - Thank You U. S. Military License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.532 - Global War On Terror And Similar License Plates.
  (A) Any person who has been awarded the global war on terrorism expeditionary medal, global war on terrorism service medal, Afghanistan campaign medal, or...
• Section 4503.533 - "Combat Action Ribbon" Or "Combat Action Badge" License Plates And Stickers.
  (A) Any person who has been awarded the combat action ribbon or badge may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for the registration...
• Section 4503.534 - Disabled American Veteran License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.535 - Pow/mia Awareness License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, motorcycle, motorized bicycle or moped, trailer, or other vehicle of...
• Section 4503.54 - Retired Or Honorably Discharged Veterans License Plates.
  (A) Any person who is on active duty or is a retired or honorably discharged veteran of any branch of the armed forces of...
• Section 4503.541 - National Defense Service Medal License Plates.
  (A) Any person who has been awarded the national defense service medal may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for the registration of...
• Section 4503.543 - Armed Forces Expeditionary Service Medal License Plates.
  (A) Any person who has been awarded the armed forces expeditionary medal may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for the registration of...
• Section 4503.544 - [Effective Until 1/1/2017] Veterans Motorcycle License Plates.
  (A) Any person who is a retired or honorably discharged veteran of any branch of the armed forces of the United States may apply...
• Section 4503.544 - [Effective 1/1/2017] Veterans Motorcycle License Plates.
  (A) Any person who is a retired or honorably discharged veteran of any branch of the armed forces of the United States may apply...
• Section 4503.545 - National Rifle Association Foundation License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.546 - Gold Star Family License Plates.
  (A) Any member of the immediate family of a person who died in a combat zone while a member of any branch of the...
• Section 4503.547 - U. S. Paratrooper License Plates.
  (A) Any person who served in the armed forces of the United States as a paratrooper may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles...
• Section 4503.548 - Combat Infantryman Badge License Plates.
  (A) Any person who has been awarded the combat infantryman badge may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for the registration of any...
• Section 4503.549 - "Military Sacrifice" License Plates.
  (A) Any member of the immediate family of a person who died outside a combat zone while serving honorably and not of willful misconduct...
• Section 4503.55 - Pro Football Hall Of Fame License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.551 - Pets License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.552 - Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.553 - Ohio's Horse License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.554 - Knights Of Columbus License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.56 - Scenic Rivers License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.561 - Ducks Unlimited License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.562 - Mahoning River License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.563 - Ohio Nature Preserves License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.564 - Glen Helen Nature Preserve License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.57 - Wildlife Conservation Plates.
  (A) As used in this section, "cardinal" means the cardinalis cardinalis, the official bird of the state pursuant to section 5.03 of the Revised...
• Section 4503.571 - Purple Heart License Plates.
  Any person who has been awarded the purple heart may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for the registration of any passenger car,...
• Section 4503.572 - Bald Eagle License Plates.
  (A) As used in this section, "bald eagle" means the haliaeetus leucocephalus, the bird that appears on the great seal of the United States....
• Section 4503.573 - Sportsmen's License Plates.
  (A) As used in this section, "sportsmen's license plate" means any of four license plates created by this section, featuring either the walleye (Stizostedion...
• Section 4503.574 - Smokey Bear License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, noncommercial trailer used exclusively to transport a boat between a...
• Section 4503.575 - Ohio State Parks License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, noncommercial trailer used exclusively to transport a boat between a...
• Section 4503.576 - Ohio State Beekeepers Association License.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.58 - Marine Corps League License Plates.
  The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of...
• Section 4503.581 - .
  (A) As used in this section, "vehicle" includes a passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by...
• Section 4503.59 - Pearl Harbor License Plates.
  The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of...
• Section 4503.591 - Professional Sports Team License Plates.
  (A) If a professional sports team located in this state desires to have its logo appear on license plates issued by this state, it...
• Section 4503.60 - International Registration Plan Definitions.
  As used in sections 4503.60 to 4503.66 of the Revised Code: (A) "Carrier or motor carrier" means an individual, partnership, or corporation engaged in...
• Section 4503.61 - Duties Of Registrar As To International Registration Plan.
  (A) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the registrar of motor vehicles shall adopt rules for the apportioned registration of fleets...
• Section 4503.62 - Application For Registration Of Apportionable Vehicle; Internet Registration.
  (A) Application for the registration of an apportionable vehicle shall be made to the registrar of motor vehicles in accordance with division (J) of...
• Section 4503.63 - Calculation Of Proportionate Registration Taxes Due - Registrar To Notify Other Declared Jurisdictions.
  (A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall adopt rules in accordance with the international registration plan for the calculation of the proportionate registration tax...
• Section 4503.64 - Issuance Of License Plate And Registration Card.
  Upon receipt of an application pursuant to division (J) of section 4503.10 of the Revised Code for apportioned registration under the international registration plan...
• Section 4503.641 - Temporary Registration Of Apportioned Motor Vehicle.
  A carrier or motor carrier may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for the temporary registration of an apportioned motor vehicle. Upon receipt...
• Section 4503.642 - Performance Registration And Information Systems Management Program.
  (A) There is hereby created in the bureau of motor vehicles a performance registration and information systems management program for coordinating motor carrier safety...
• Section 4503.65 - Apportioned Registration Tax For Vehicles Registered In Another Jurisdiction.
  The registrar of motor vehicles shall take all steps necessary to determine and collect the apportioned registration tax due for vehicles registered in another...
• Section 4503.66 - Rules.
  Without limitation, the registrar of motor vehicles may adopt rules governing the following: (A) The temporary registration of vehicles pending receipt of the apportioned...
• Section 4503.67 - Boy Scouts Logo License Plates.
  (A) If the national organization of the boy scouts of America desires to have its logo appear on license plates issued by this state,...
• Section 4503.68 - Girl Scouts Logo License Plates.
  (A) If the national organization of the girl scouts of the United States of America desires to have its logo appear on license plates...
• Section 4503.69 - Eagle Scouts Logo License Plates.
  (A) If the national organization of the eagle scouts desires to have its logo appear on license plates issued by this state, a representative...
• Section 4503.70 - Freemason License Plates.
  The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of...
• Section 4503.701 - Prince Hall Freemason License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.71 - Fraternal Order Of Police License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.711 - Fraternal Order Of Police Associate License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.712 - Ohio C. O. P. S. License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.713 - "Honor Our Fallen" License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.72 - Court-appointed Special Advocate/guardian Ad Litem License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.721 - Donate Life License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.73 - Leader In Flight License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.731 - Civil Air Patrol License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of...
• Section 4503.732 - Truth, Justice, And The American Way License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.74 - Ohio Zoo License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.75 - Rotary International License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.751 - Realtor License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.76 - Eastern Star License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.761 - One Nation Under God License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of...
• Section 4503.762 - In God We Trust License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of...
• Section 4503.77 - Termination Of Program Of Particular Type Of Nonstandard License Plates.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Nonstandard license plate" means all of the following: (a) A license plate issued under sections 4503.52, 4503.55,...
• Section 4503.771 - Verification Of Sponsor Contact Information.
  (A) The sponsor of a nonstandard license plate, as defined in section 4503.77 of the Revised Code, shall verify the contact information for that...
• Section 4503.78 - Requirement For Implementing Creation Of New Special Plates - Reestablishment Of Terminated Program Of Nonstandard License Plates.
  (A) Except as may otherwise be specifically provided by law, the registrar of motor vehicles is not required to implement any legislation that creates...
• Section 4503.79 - Legislation To Provide For Payment Of Normal Taxes And Fees For Special Plates.
  It is the intent of the general assembly that, after the effective date of this section, no legislation creating a new license plate or...
• Section 4503.791 - Policy For Setting Normal Fees And Taxes For Special License Plates.
  Beginning on the date that is six months after the effective date of this section, any motor vehicle license plate that is in existence...
• Section 4503.80 - Bus Taxation Proration And Reciprocity Agreement.
  The bus taxation proration and reciprocity agreement is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form...
• Section 4503.81 - Registrar To Administrate Program - Renunciation Of Participation In Program.
  As used in the bus taxation proration and reciprocity agreement authorized by section 4503.80 of the Revised Code, with reference to Ohio, "administrator" means...
• Section 4503.82 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 5735.32.
  Effective Date: 07-01-1981
• Section 4503.83 - Company Logo License Plates.
  (A) Commencing January 1, 2014, the owner or lessee of a fleet of apportioned vehicles may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for...
• Section 4503.84 - Purchase Of Expired Validation Stickers And Plates No Longer Issued Or In Service.
  The registrar of motor vehicles may prescribe rules to make license plates and validation stickers available for purchase in the year following the expiration...
• Section 4503.85 - Fish Lake Erie License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.86 - Lincoln Highway License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.89 - "Proud Supporter Of The American Red Cross" License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.90 - Nationwide Children's Hospital License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.91 - Choose Life License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.92 - Support Our Troops License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.93 - Ohio Volunteer License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.94 - Teen Driver Education License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.95 - Ohio History License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.96 - Ohio Coal License Plates.
  (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar...
• Section 4503.99 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004

Last modified: October 10, 2016