Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4549 - Motor Vehicle Crimes
- Section 4549.01 - Stopping Motor Vehicle When Signaled By Horse-drawn Vehicle Or Horse Rider.
(A) No person while operating a motor vehicle shall fail to slow down and stop the vehicle when signalled to do so upon meeting...
- Section 4549.02 - Stopping After Accident On Public Roads Or Highways.
(A) In case of accident to or collision with persons or property upon any of the public roads or highways, due to the driving...
- Section 4549.021 - Stopping After Accident On Other Than Public Roads Or Highways.
(A) In case of accident or collision resulting in injury or damage to persons or property upon any public or private property other than...
- Section 4549.03 - Stopping After Accident Involving Damage To Realty Or Personal Property Attached To Real Property.
(A) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in damage to real property, or personal property attached to real property, legally...
- Section 4549.04, 4549.041 - [Repealed].
Effective Date: 01-01-1974
- Section 4549.042 - Sale Or Possession Of Master Key Designed To Fit More Than One Motor Vehicle.
(A) (1) No person shall sell or otherwise dispose of a master key designed to fit more than one motor vehicle, knowing or having...
- Section 4549.05 - Removing Ignition Key Left In Ignition Switch.
A law enforcement officer may remove the ignition key left in the ignition switch of an unlocked and unattended motor vehicle parked on a...
- Section 4549.06 - [Repealed].
Effective Date: 01-01-1974
- Section 4549.07 - [Repealed].
Effective Date: 03-28-1985
- Section 4549.08 - Fictitious License Plates Or Identification Number Or Mark.
(A) No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle upon the public roads and highways in this state if it displays a license...
- Section 4549.081 - Rules For Electronic Clearance Devices.
(A) The superintendent of the state highway patrol shall adopt rules governing the use of an electronic clearance device that enables an operator of...
- Section 4549.09 - [Repealed].
Effective Date: 01-01-1974
- Section 4549.10 - Operating Manufacturer Vehicle Without Placard.
(A) No person shall operate or cause to be operated upon a public road or highway a motor vehicle of a manufacturer or dealer...
- Section 4549.11 - Operating With Number Of Former Owner.
(A) No person shall operate or drive upon the highways of this state a motor vehicle acquired from a former owner who has registered...
- Section 4549.12 - Resident Operating With Number Issued By Foreign State.
(A) No person who is the owner of a motor vehicle and a resident of this state shall operate or drive the motor vehicle...
- Section 4549.13 - Marking And Equipment For Motor Vehicle Used By Traffic Enforcement Officers.
Any motor vehicle used by a member of the state highway patrol or by any other peace officer, while said officer is on duty...
- Section 4549.14 - Incompetency Of Officer As Witness.
Any officer arresting, or participating or assisting in the arrest of, a person charged with violating the motor vehicle or traffic laws of this...
- Section 4549.15 - Distinctive Uniform For Traffic Officers.
Every member of the state highway patrol and every other peace officer, while such officer is on duty for the exclusive or main purpose...
- Section 4549.16 - Arresting Officer As Witness.
Any officer arresting, or participating or assisting in the arrest of, a person charged with violating the motor vehicle or traffic laws of this...
- Section 4549.17 - Restriction On Issuing Traffic Citations Where Only Small Portion Of Freeway Located In Jurisdiction.
(A) No law enforcement officer employed by a law enforcement agency of a municipal corporation, township, or joint police district shall issue any citation,...
- Section 4549.18 - Certificate Of Registration Of Commercial Vehicles.
(A) The operator of a "commercial car," as defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, when the commercial car is required to be...
- Section 4549.19 - Enforcement Of Proceedings Against Violators.
Proceedings to enforce section 4549.18 of the Revised Code shall be brought in any court of record situated in the county in which the...
- Section 4549.20 - Improper Replacement Of Motor Vehicle Air Bag.
(A) As used in this section : (1) "Air bag" has the same meaning as in 49 C.F.R. 579.4, as amended. (2) "Counterfeit air...
- Section 4549.21 - [Repealed].
Effective Date: 01-01-1974
- Section 4549.31 - Venue.
(A) Any person who as a part of a continuing course of criminal conduct commits auto theft offenses in more than one county may...
- Section 4549.41 - Odometer Rollback And Disclosure Act Definitions.
As used in sections 4549.41 to 4549.51 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" includes an individual, corporation, government, governmental subdivision or agency, business trust,...
- Section 4549.42 - Tampering With Or Disconnection Of Odometers.
(A) No person shall adjust, alter, change, tamper with, advance, set back, disconnect, or fail to connect, an odometer of a motor vehicle, or...
- Section 4549.43 - Sale Or Use Of Fraudulent Odometer.
(A) No person, with intent to defraud, shall advertise for sale, sell, use, or install on any part of any motor vehicle or an...
- Section 4549.44 - Operating With Disconnected Or Nonfunctional Odometer.
(A) No person, with intent to defraud, shall operate a motor vehicle on any public street, road, or highway of this state knowing that...
- Section 4549.45 - Written Notice Of Tampering Or Nonfunction.
(A) No person shall transfer a motor vehicle if the person knows or recklessly disregards facts indicating that the odometer of the motor vehicle...
- Section 4549.451 - Auctioneer's Statement Of Disconnected Or Nonfunctional Odometer.
(A) No auctioneer licensed under Chapter 4707. of the Revised Code shall advertise for sale by means of any written advertisement, brochure, flyer, or...
- Section 4549.46 - Written Odometer Disclosure Statement.
(A) No transferor shall fail to provide the true and complete odometer disclosures required by section 4505.06 of the Revised Code. The transferor of...
- Section 4549.47 - Attorney General Investigations.
(A) If by his own inquiries or as a result of complaints, the attorney general has reason to believe that a person has engaged,...
- Section 4549.48 - Injunctions.
(A) Whenever it appears that a person has violated, is violating, or is about to violate any provision of sections 4549.41 to 4549.46 of...
- Section 4549.49 - Liability To Transferee Subsequent To Violation.
(A) Any person who violates any requirement imposed by sections 4549.41 to 4549.46 of the Revised Code is liable to any transferee of the...
- Section 4549.50 - Revocation Or Denial Of License Or Permit As Motor Vehicle Dealer.
Violation of sections 4549.41 to 4549.46 of the Revised Code by any person licensed or granted a permit by this state as a dealer,...
- Section 4549.51 - Remedies.
The remedies under sections 4549.41 to 4549.51 of the Revised Code are in addition to remedies otherwise available for the same conduct under federal,...
- Section 4549.52 - Criminal Action To Enforce Odometer Violations.
The prosecuting attorney of the county in which a violation of any provision of sections 4549.41 to 4549.51 of the Revised Code occurs, or...
- Section 4549.61 - Tampering With Identifying Numbers Definitions.
As used in sections 4549.61 to 4549.63 of the Revised Code, "vehicle identification number or derivative thereof" means any number or derivative of such...
- Section 4549.62 - Offenses With Purpose To Conceal Or Destroy Identity.
(A) No person, with purpose to conceal or destroy the identity of a vehicle or vehicle part, shall remove, deface, cover, alter, or destroy...
- Section 4549.63 - Seizing Vehicle Part.
(A) A law enforcement officer may seize and take possession of a vehicle or vehicle part if the officer has probable cause to believe...
- Section 4549.65 - Immunity.
(A) As used in this section: (1) "Motor vehicle leasing dealer" has the meaning set forth in division (M) of section 4517.01 of the...
- Section 4549.99 - [Repealed].
Effective Date: 01-01-2004
Last modified: October 10, 2016