Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4513 - Traffic Laws - Equipment; Loads

• Section 4513.01 - Traffic Laws - Equipment - Load Definitions.
  As provided in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code, the definitions set forth in that section apply to this chapter. Effective Date: 04-03-2003
• Section 4513.02 - Unsafe Vehicles.
  (A) No person shall drive or move, or cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, on any highway any vehicle or combination...
• Section 4513.021 - Bumper Height - Vehicle Modifications.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Passenger car" means any motor vehicle with motive power, designed for carrying ten persons or less, except...
• Section 4513.022 - Proof Of Financial Responsibility Produced At Time Of Issuance Of Citation.
  (A) As part of the motor vehicle inspection conducted pursuant to section 4513.02 of the Revised Code, the state highway patrol trooper shall request...
• Section 4513.03 - Time For Lighted Lights On Motor Vehicles.
  (A) Every vehicle, other than a motorized bicycle, operated upon a street or highway within this state shall display lighted lights and illuminating devices...
• Section 4513.04 - Headlights.
  (A) Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, and every trackless trolley shall be equipped with at least two headlights with at least one...
• Section 4513.05 - Tail Lights And Illumination Of Rear License Plate.
  (A) Every motor vehicle, trackless trolley, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a train of vehicles...
• Section 4513.06 - Red Reflectors Required.
  (A) Every new motor vehicle sold after September 6, 1941, and operated on a highway, other than a commercial tractor, to which a trailer...
• Section 4513.07 - Regulations For Safety Lighting Of Commercial Vehicles.
  (A) The director of public safety shall prescribe and promulgate regulations relating to clearance lights, marker lights, reflectors, and stop lights on buses, trackless...
• Section 4513.071 - Stop Light.
  (A) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with two or more stop lights, except...
• Section 4513.08 - Obscured Lights On Vehicles.
  Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that lights are required, any light, except tail lights, which by reason...
• Section 4513.09 - Red Light Or Flag Required.
  (A) Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four feet or more beyond the bed or body of such vehicle, there...
• Section 4513.10 - Lights On Parked Vehicles.
  (A) Except in case of an emergency, whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway open to traffic or a shoulder adjacent...
• Section 4513.11 - Animal-drawn Or Slow-moving Vehicles, Lamps, Reflectors And Emblems.
  (A) All vehicles other than bicycles, including animal-drawn vehicles and vehicles referred to in division (G) of section 4513.02 of the Revised Code, not...
• Section 4513.111 - Requirements For Lights And Reflectors For Multi-wheel Agricultural Tractors And Farm Machinery Units.
  (A) (1) Every multi-wheel agricultural tractor whose model year was 2001 or earlier, when being operated or traveling on a street or highway at...
• Section 4513.12 - Specifications For Spotlights And Auxiliary Driving Lights.
  (A) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than one spotlight and every lighted spotlight shall be so aimed and used upon...
• Section 4513.13 - Cowl, Fender, And Back-up Lights.
  (A) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with side cowl or fender lights which shall emit a white or amber light without glare. Any...
• Section 4513.14 - Two Lighted Lights To Be Displayed.
  (A) At all times mentioned in section 4513.03 of the Revised Code at least two lighted lights shall be displayed, one near each side...
• Section 4513.15 - Headlight Illumination Requirements - Protection Of Oncoming Drivers - High Beam Indicator.
  (A) Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in section 4513.03 of the...
• Section 4513.16 - Lights Of Less Intensity.
  (A) Any motor vehicle may be operated under the conditions specified in section 4513.03 of the Revised Code when it is equipped with two...
• Section 4513.17 - Limit On Number Of Lights.
  (A) Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with headlights also is equipped with any auxiliary lights or spotlight or any other light on the front...
• Section 4513.171 - Lights On Coroner's Vehicle.
  (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a motor vehicle operated by a coroner, deputy coroner, or coroner's investigator may be equipped with a...
• Section 4513.18 - Lights On Snow Removal Equipment And Oversize Vehicles.
  (A) The director of transportation shall adopt standards and specifications applicable to headlights, clearance lights, identification, and other lights, on snow removal equipment when...
• Section 4513.181 - Standards And Specifications Applicable To Rural Mail Delivery Vehicles, State Highway Survey Vehicles, And Funeral Escort Vehicles.
  The director of public safety subject to the provisions of sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code shall adopt standards and specifications applicable...
• Section 4513.182 - Lights And Sign On Vehicle Transportating Preschool Children.
  (A) No person shall operate any motor vehicle owned, leased, or hired by a nursery school, kindergarten, or day-care center, while transporting preschool children...
• Section 4513.19 - Regulations For Focus, Aim, And Color Of Headlights.
  (A) No person shall use any lights mentioned in sections 4513.03 to 4513.18 of the Revised Code upon any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer...
• Section 4513.20 - Brake Equipment For Vehicles.
  (A) The following requirements govern as to brake equipment on vehicles: (1) Every trackless trolley and motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, when operated...
• Section 4513.201 - Brake Fluid Standards.
  (A) No hydraulic brake fluid for use in motor vehicles shall be sold in this state if the brake fluid is below the minimum...
• Section 4513.202 - Brake Lining, Brake Lining Material, Or Brake Lining Assemblies Standards.
  (A) No brake lining, brake lining material, or brake lining assemblies for use as repair and replacement parts in motor vehicles shall be sold...
• Section 4513.21 - Horns, Sirens, And Warning Devices.
  (A) Every motor vehicle or trackless trolley when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with a horn which is in good working order...
• Section 4513.22 - Mufflers.
  (A) Every motor vehicle and motorcycle with an internal combustion engine shall at all times be equipped with a muffler which is in good...
• Section 4513.221 - Local Regulation Of Passenger Car And Motorcycle Noise.
  (A) The board of county commissioners of any county, and the board of township trustees of any township subject to section 505.17 of the...
• Section 4513.23 - Rear View Mirror.
  (A) Every motor vehicle, motorcycle, and trackless trolley shall be equipped with a mirror so located as to reflect to the operator a view...
• Section 4513.24 - Windshield And Windshield Wipers.
  (A) No person shall drive any motor vehicle on a street or highway in this state, other than a motorcycle or motorized bicycle, that...
• Section 4513.241 - Using Tinted Glass And Other Vision Obscuring Materials.
  (A) The director of public safety, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules governing the use of tinted glass,...
• Section 4513.242 - Displaying Security Decal On Side Window Or Sidewing.
  (A) Notwithstanding section 4513.24 and division (F) of section 4513.241 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted thereunder, a decal, whether reflectorized or...
• Section 4513.25 - Solid Tire Requirements.
  (A) Every solid tire, as defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, on a vehicle shall have rubber or other resilient material on...
• Section 4513.26 - Safety Glass Required For New Vehicles.
  (A) No person shall sell any new motor vehicle nor shall any new motor vehicle be registered, and no person shall operate any motor...
• Section 4513.261 - Vehicles To Be Equipped With Electrical Or Mechanical Directional Signals.
  (A) (1) No person shall operate any motor vehicle manufactured or assembled on or after January 1, 1954, unless the vehicle is equipped with...
• Section 4513.262 - Seat Safety Belt Or Anchorage Units Required.
  (A) As used in this section and in section 4513.263 of the Revised Code, the component parts of a "seat safety belt" include a...
• Section 4513.263 - Occupant Restraining Devices.
  (A) As used in this section and in section 4513.99 of the Revised Code: (1) "Automobile" means any commercial tractor, passenger car, commercial car,...
• Section 4513.27 - Extra Signal Equipment Required For Motor Truck, Trackless Trolley, Bus, Or Commercial Tractor.
  (A) No person shall operate any motor truck, trackless trolley, bus, or commercial tractor upon any highway outside the corporate limits of municipalities at...
• Section 4513.28 - Warning Devices Displayed On Disabled Vehicles.
  (A) Whenever any motor truck, trackless trolley, bus, commercial tractor, trailer, semi-trailer, or pole trailer is disabled upon the traveled portion of any highway...
• Section 4513.29 - Vehicle Transporting Explosives Upon Highway.
  (A) Any person operating any vehicle transporting explosives upon a highway shall at all times comply with the following requirements: (1) Said vehicle shall...
• Section 4513.30 - Limitation Of Load Extension On Left Side Of Vehicle.
  (A) No passenger-type vehicle shall be operated on a highway with any load carried on such vehicle which extends more than six inches beyond...
• Section 4513.31 - Securing Loads On Vehicles.
  (A) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless the vehicle is so constructed, loaded, or covered as to prevent any...
• Section 4513.32 - Vehicle Towing Requirements.
  (A) When one vehicle is towing another vehicle, the drawbar or other connection shall be of sufficient strength to pull all the weight towed...
• Section 4513.33 - Unlawful Vehicle Weight.
  Any police officer having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and its load is unlawful may require the driver of said...
• Section 4513.34 - Written Permits For Oversized Vehicles.
  (A) (1) The director of transportation with respect to all highways that are a part of the state highway system and local authorities with...
• Section 4513.35 - Disposition Of Traffic Fines.
  (A) All fines collected under sections 4511.01 to 4511.78, 4511.99, and 4513.01 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the county...
• Section 4513.36 - Prohibition Against Resisting Or Interfering With Official.
  (A) No person shall resist, hinder, obstruct, or abuse any sheriff, constable, or other official while that official is attempting to arrest offenders under...
• Section 4513.361 - Furnishing False Information To Officer Issuing Traffic Ticket.
  (A) No person shall knowingly present, display, or orally communicate a false name, social security number, or date of birth to a law enforcement...
• Section 4513.37 - Record Of Traffic Violations.
  Every county court judge, mayor, and clerk of a court of record shall keep a full record of every case in which a person...
• Section 4513.38 - Collector's Or Historical Motor Vehicle Exempted From Equipment Requirements.
  No person shall be prohibited from owning or operating a licensed collector's vehicle or historical motor vehicle that is equipped with a feature of...
• Section 4513.39 - Making Arrests On Highways.
  (A) The state highway patrol and sheriffs or their deputies shall exercise, to the exclusion of all other peace officers except within municipal corporations...
• Section 4513.40 - Warning Sign Before Safety Device At Street Crossing.
  When a safety device has been installed in the traveled portion of a street at a railroad grade crossing for the protection of the...
• Section 4513.41 - Collector's Or Historical Agricultural Tractor Exempted From Tests.
  (A) No owner of a licensed collector's vehicle, a historical motor vehicle, or a collector's vehicle that is an agricultural tractor or traction engine...
• Section 4513.42 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-06-1971
• Section 4513.50 - Bus Safety Definitions.
  As used in sections 4513.50 to 4513.53 of the Revised Code: (A) (1) "Bus" means any vehicle used for the transportation of passengers that...
• Section 4513.51 - Bus Safety Inspection Decal.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, on and after July 1, 2001, no person shall operate a bus, nor shall...
• Section 4513.52 - Bus Safety Inspections.
  (A) The department of public safety, with the advice of the public utilities commission, shall adopt and enforce rules relating to the inspection of...
• Section 4513.53 - Bus Safety Inspection Staff.
  (A) The superintendent of the state highway patrol, with approval of the director of public safety, may appoint and maintain necessary staff to carry...
• Section 4513.54 To 4513.58 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 02-25-1997
• Section 4513.60 - Vehicle Left On Private Residential Or Private Agricultural Property Without The Permission Of Person Having Right To Possession Of Property.
  (A) (1) The sheriff of a county or chief of police of a municipal corporation, township, or township or joint police district, within the...
• Section 4513.601 - Private Tow-away Zones.
  (A) The owner of private property may establish a private tow-away zone, but may do so only if all of the following conditions are...
• Section 4513.61 - Storing Vehicles In Possession Of Law Enforcement Officers Or Left On Public Property.
  (A) The sheriff of a county or chief of police of a municipal corporation, township, or township or joint police district, within the sheriff's...
• Section 4513.611 - Civil Actions Against Towing Service Or Storage Facility.
  (A) A vehicle owner may bring a civil action against a towing service or storage facility that violates section 4513.60, 4513.601, or 4513.68 of...
• Section 4513.62 - Disposal Of Unclaimed Vehicles Ordered Into Storage.
  Unclaimed motor vehicles ordered into storage pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 4513.60 or section 4513.61 of the Revised Code shall be disposed of...
• Section 4513.63 - Photograph And Record Of Information As To Abandoned Junk Vehicles.
  "Abandoned junk motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle meeting all of the following requirements: (A) Left on private property for forty-eight hours or longer...
• Section 4513.64 - Willfully Leaving Abandoned Junk Motor Vehicle.
  (A) No person shall willfully leave an abandoned junk motor vehicle as defined in section 4513.63 of the Revised Code on private property for...
• Section 4513.65 - Willfully Leaving Junk Motor Vehicle.
  (A) For purposes of this section, "junk motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle meeting the requirements of divisions (B), (C), (D), and (E) of...
• Section 4513.66 - Removal Of Highway Obstruction.
  (A) If a motor vehicle accident occurs on any highway, public street, or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel...
• Section 4513.67 - Operation Of Towing Service.
  (A) As used in this section, "towing service" means any for-hire motor carrier that is engaged on an intrastate basis anywhere in this state...
• Section 4513.68 - Estimates Of Costs Before Towing.
  (A) If a towing service is removing a motor vehicle, and the removal was not authorized under section 4513.60, 4513.601, 4513.61, or 4513.66 of...
• Section 4513.69 - Storage Facilities; Business Hours; Notice.
  (A) The owner of a storage facility shall ensure that the facility remains open during both of the following periods of time to allow...
• Section 4513.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Any violation of section 4513.10, 4513.182, 4513.20, 4513.201, 4513.202, 4513.25, 4513.26, 4513.27, 4513.29, 4513.30, 4513.31, 4513.32, or 4513.34 of the Revised Code shall...

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