Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4507 - Driver's License Law

• Section 4507.01 - [Effective Until 1/1/2017] Driver's License Law Definitions - Authority Of Registrar - Deputy Registrars.
  (A) As used in this chapter, "motor vehicle," "motorized bicycle," "state," "owner," "operator," "chauffeur," and "highways" have the same meanings as in section 4501.01...
• Section 4507.01 - [Effective 1/1/2017] Driver's License Law Definitions - Authority Of Registrar - Deputy Registrars.
  (A) As used in this chapter, "motor vehicle," "motorized bicycle," "state," "owner," "operator," "chauffeur," and "highways" have the same meanings as in section 4501.01...
• Section 4507.011 - Deputy Registrar - Building Rental Fees - Registrar Rental Fund.
  (A) Each deputy registrar assigned to a driver's license examining station by the registrar of motor vehicles as provided in section 4507.01 of the...
• Section 4507.012 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.02 - Permitting Operation By Unlicensed Driver - Surrender Of Out-of State License.
  (A) (1) No person shall permit the operation of a motor vehicle upon any public or private property used by the public for purposes...
• Section 4507.022 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.038.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.023 - Exchange Of Information With Tax Commissioner.
  The registrar of motor vehicles may furnish the name and social security number of any person whose driver's license or commercial driver's license has...
• Section 4507.03 - Exemptions.
  (A) (1) No person shall be required to obtain a driver's or commercial driver's license for the purpose of temporarily driving, operating, drawing, moving,...
• Section 4507.04 - Nonresident Exemption.
  Nonresidents, permitted to drive upon the highways of their own states, may operate any motor vehicle upon any highway in this state without examination...
• Section 4507.05 - [Effective Until 1/1/2017] Temporary Instruction Permit - Temporary Instruction Permit Identification Card.
  (A) The registrar of motor vehicles, or a deputy registrar, upon receiving an application for a temporary instruction permit and a temporary instruction permit...
• Section 4507.05 - [Effective 1/1/2017] Temporary Instruction Permit - Temporary Instruction Permit Identification Card.
  (A) The registrar of motor vehicles, or a deputy registrar, upon receiving an application for a temporary instruction permit and a temporary instruction permit...
• Section 4507.06 - [Effective Until 1/1/2017] Form And Content Of Application For License - Registration Of Electors.
  (A) (1) Every application for a driver's license or motorcycle operator's license or endorsement, or duplicate of any such license or endorsement, shall be...
• Section 4507.06 - [Effective 1/1/2017] Form And Content Of Application For License - Registration Of Electors.
  (A) (1) Every application for a driver's license, motorcycle operator's license or endorsement, or motor-driven cycle or motor scooter license or endorsement, or duplicate...
• Section 4507.061 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.32.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.062 - Bureau To Forward Information To Selective Service System.
  (A) As used in this section, "license" includes a driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or identification card. (B) Any person under...
• Section 4507.07 - Application Of Minor For License Or Permit - Signature Of Adult - Liability.
  (A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall not grant the application of any minor under eighteen years of age for a probationary license, a...
• Section 4507.071 - Probationary License - Restrictions - Violations.
  (A) The registrar of motor vehicles or any deputy registrar shall not issue a driver's license to any person under eighteen years of age,...
• Section 4507.08 - Restrictions On Issuance Of License Or Temporary Instruction Permit.
  (A) No probationary license shall be issued to any person under the age of eighteen who has been adjudicated an unruly or delinquent child...
• Section 4507.081 - Replacing Restricted License.
  (A) Upon the expiration of a restricted license issued under division (D)(3) of section 4507.08 of the Revised Code and submission of a statement...
• Section 4507.09 - Expiration And Renewal Of License - Nonrenewable License.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, every driver's license issued to a resident of this state expires on the birthday...
• Section 4507.091 - Ineligibility For License Due To Outstanding Municipal, County, Or Mayor's Court Arrest Warrant.
  (A) A municipal court, county court, or mayor's court, at the court's discretion, may order the clerk of the court to send to the...
• Section 4507.10 - Examination For Temporary Permit, License, Or Endorsement - Exceptions.
  (A) Except as provided in section 4507.11 of the Revised Code, the registrar of motor vehicles shall examine every applicant for a temporary instruction...
• Section 4507.101 - International Reciprocity.
  (A) The registrar of motor vehicles may enter into a reciprocal arrangement with another country for reciprocal recognition of driver's licenses if both of...
• Section 4507.11 - [Effective Until 1/1/2017] Examination For Temporary Permit, License Or Endorsement - Examiner's Driving Permit.
  (A) (1) The registrar of motor vehicles shall conduct all necessary examinations of applicants for temporary instruction permits, drivers' licenses, or motorcycle operators' endorsements....
• Section 4507.11 - [Effective 1/1/2017] Examination For Temporary Permit, License Or Endorsement - Examiner's Driving Permit.
  (A) (1) The registrar of motor vehicles shall conduct all necessary examinations of applicants for temporary instruction permits, drivers' licenses, motorcycle operators' endorsements, or...
• Section 4507.111 - Effect Of Child Support Default On Permit.
  On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.54 of the Revised Code, the registrar of motor vehicles shall comply with sections 3123.53 to...
• Section 4507.12 - Vision Screening Prior To License Renewal - Examiner To Retain License Upon Failure To Meet Vision Standards.
  (A) Except as provided in division (C) of section 4507.10 of the Revised Code, each person applying for the renewal of a driver's license...
• Section 4507.13 - Contents And Characteristics Of Driver's License.
  (A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall issue a driver's license to every person licensed as an operator of motor vehicles other than commercial...
• Section 4507.131 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 11-02-1959
• Section 4507.14 - Registrar To Impose Restrictions Suitable To Driving Ability.
  The registrar of motor vehicles upon issuing a driver's license, a motorcycle operator's endorsement, a driver's license renewal, or the renewal of any other...
• Section 4507.141 - Hearing-impaired Identification Card.
  (A) Any hearing-impaired person may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for an identification card identifying the person as hearing-impaired. The application for...
• Section 4507.15 - County-wide Jurisdiction Of Courts - Reports Of Convictions And Forfeitures.
  For the purpose of enforcing this chapter and Chapter 4510. of the Revised Code, any court of record having criminal jurisdiction shall have county-wide...
• Section 4507.16 - Suspension Of License By Trial Judge - Prohibitions Concerning Registering, Renewing, Or Transferring Vehicle.
  (A) The trial judge of any court of record, in addition to or independent of all other penalties provided by law or by ordinance,...
• Section 4507.161 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.23.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.162 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.31.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.163 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.33.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.164 - Impounding License Plates Upon Suspension Of License - Immobilizing Or Criminal Forfeiture Of Vehicle.
  (A) Except as provided in divisions (C) to (E) of this section, when the license of any person is suspended pursuant to any provision...
• Section 4507.165, 4507.166 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.167 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.34.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.168 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.22.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.169 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.17.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.1610 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.06.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.1611 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.05.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.1612 - Reinstatement Fee Before Restoration Of License.
  The registrar of motor vehicles shall not restore any operating privileges or reissue a probationary driver's license, restricted license, driver's license, or probationary commercial...
• Section 4507.1613 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.07.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.1614 - Registrar To Suspend License Or Permit.
  The registrar shall suspend the person's license or permit under division (A) of section 4507.162 of the Revised Code regardless of whether the disposition...
• Section 4507.17 - Effect Of Suspension Or Cancellation Of License.
  Any person whose license is suspended or canceled is not entitled to apply for or receive a new license during the effective dates of...
• Section 4507.18 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.19 - Cancellation Of License.
  The registrar of motor vehicles may cancel any driver's or commercial driver's license or identification card that was obtained fraudulently or unlawfully, was issued...
• Section 4507.20 - Examination Of Licensee's Competency.
  The registrar of motor vehicles, when the registrar has good cause to believe that the holder of a driver's or commercial driver's license is...
• Section 4507.21 - Application For And Issuance Of License.
  (A) Each applicant for a driver's license shall file an application in the office of the registrar of motor vehicles or of a deputy...
• Section 4507.212 - Statement Of Proof Of Financial Responsibility - Penalties Form.
  (A) As used in this section, "motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in section 4509.01 of the Revised Code. (B) An application for...
• Section 4507.213 - Surrender Of Foreign Driver's License.
  (A) Any person who becomes a resident of this state, within thirty days of becoming a resident, shall surrender any driver's license issued by...
• Section 4507.22 - Transmission Of Application With Report Of Findings To Registrar.
  If the deputy registrar finds that an applicant is not entitled to an identification card or a driver's license, he shall transmit to the...
• Section 4507.23 - License And Permit Fees - Disabled Veteran Exemptions.
  (A) Except as provided in division (I) of this section, each application for a temporary instruction permit and examination shall be accompanied by a...
• Section 4507.231 - Request For Voluntary Contribution To Second Chance Trust Fund.
  In addition to the fees collected under section 4507.23 of the Revised Code, the registrar or deputy registrar of motor vehicles shall ask each...
• Section 4507.232 - Student Driver Sticker Or Banner.
  When the registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar issues a temporary instruction permit under this chapter, the registrar or deputy registrar also...
• Section 4507.24 - Deputy Registrars To Collect Fees.
  (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar may collect a fee not...
• Section 4507.241 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 11-02-1991
• Section 4507.25 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4501.34.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.26 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4501.351.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.27 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4501.36.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.28 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4501.38.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.29 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4501.39.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.30 - Prohibitions.
  No person shall do any of the following: (A) Display, or cause or permit to be displayed, or possess any identification card, driver's or...
• Section 4507.31 - Prohibition Against Permitting Minor To Operate Vehicle.
  (A) No person shall cause or knowingly permit any minor to drive a motor vehicle upon a highway as an operator, unless the minor...
• Section 4507.32 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1989
• Section 4507.321 - Prohibition Against Employing Minor To Operate Taxicab.
  (A) Notwithstanding the definition of "chauffeur" in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, no person shall employ any minor for the purpose of operating...
• Section 4507.33 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4511.203.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.34 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.15.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.35 - Duty To Display License Or Furnish Satisfactory Proof Of License Upon Demand; Penalty.
  (A) The operator of a motor vehicle shall display the operator's driver's license, or furnish satisfactory proof that the operator has a driver's license,...
• Section 4507.36 - Prohibition Against False Statements.
  (A) No person shall knowingly make a false statement to any matter or thing required by this chapter. (B) Whoever violates this section is...
• Section 4507.361 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.161.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.37 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-01-1993
• Section 4507.38 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.41.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.39 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-24-1986
• Section 4507.40, 4507.41 - Amended And Renumbered.
  Effective Date: 09-24-1986
• Section 4507.45 - Reinstatement Fee.
  If a person's driver's license, commercial driver's license, or nonresident operating privilege is suspended, disqualified, or canceled for an indefinite period of time or...
• Section 4507.50 - Issuance Of Identification Card Or Temporary Identification Card.
  (A) The registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar, upon receipt of an application filed in compliance with section 4507.51 of the Revised...
• Section 4507.501 - Voluntary Contribution To Second Chance Trust Fund.
  In addition to the fees collected under section 4507.50 of the Revised Code, the registrar or deputy registrar of motor vehicles shall ask each...
• Section 4507.51 - Application For Identification Card Or Duplicate.
  (A) (1) Every application for an identification card or duplicate shall be made on a form furnished by the registrar of motor vehicles, shall...
• Section 4507.52 - Identification Card Contents.
  (A) Each identification card issued by the registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar shall display a distinguishing number assigned to the cardholder,...
• Section 4507.53 - Release Of Digitalized Photographic Records.
  Digitalized photographic records of the department of public safety may be released only to state, local, or federal governmental agencies for criminal justice purposes...
• Section 4507.54 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.52.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.55 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.53.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.60 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.61.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.61 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.62.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.62 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.63.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.63 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.64.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4507.99 - Penalty.
  Unless another penalty is provided by the section that contains the provision violated or otherwise is provided by the laws of this state, whoever...

Last modified: October 10, 2016