As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session H. B. No. 70
2025-2026
Representatives Fowler Arthur, Dean
Cosponsors: Representatives Williams, Johnson, Brennan, Klopfenstein
A B I L L
To amend sections 4501.01, 4505.08, 4513.071,
4513.38, and 4513.41 and to enact sections
4503.183 and 4505.072 of the Revised Code to
establish requirements relative to the
registration, titling, and use of replica motor
vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 4501.01, 4505.08, 4513.071,
4513.38, and 4513.41 be amended and sections 4503.183 and
4505.072 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 4501.01. As used in this chapter and Chapters 4503.,
4505., 4507., 4509., 4510., 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 electric
personal assistive mobility devices, low-speed micromobility
devices, vehicles that are operated exclusively on rails or
tracks or from overhead electric trolley wires, and vehicles
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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 mobile
homes and recreational vehicles, that is propelled or drawn by
power other than muscular power or power collected from overhead
electric trolley wires. "Motor vehicle" does not include utility
vehicles as defined in division (VV) of this section, under-
speed vehicles as defined in division (XX) of this section,
mini-trucks as defined in division (BBB) of this section,
motorized bicycles, electric 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, 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.
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(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,
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except any motor vehicle that is designed and used for carrying
not more than fifteen passengers in a ridesharing arrangement.
(J) "Commercial car" or "truck" 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 device that
is designed solely for use as a play vehicle by a child, that is
propelled solely by human power upon which a person may ride,
and that has two or more wheels, any of which is more than
fourteen inches in diameter.
(L) "Motorized bicycle" or "moped" means any vehicle that
either has two tandem wheels or one wheel in the front and two
wheels in the rear, that may be 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.
"Motorized bicycle" or "moped" does not include an electric
bicycle.
(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
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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 ten thousand pounds, and that is used
exclusively for purposes other than engaging in business for a
profit, such as the transportation of personal items for
personal or recreational purposes.
(O) "Mobile home" means a building unit or assembly of
closed construction that is fabricated in an off-site facility,
is more than thirty-five body feet in length or, when erected on
site, is three hundred twenty or more square feet, is built on a
permanent chassis, is transportable in one or more sections, and
does not qualify as a manufactured home as defined in division
(C)(4) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code or as an
industrialized unit as defined in division (C)(3) of section
3781.06 of the Revised Code.
(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
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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 meets all of the following conditions:
(1) It is designed for the sole purpose of recreational
travel.
(2) It is not used for the purpose of engaging in business
for profit.
(3) It is not used for the purpose of engaging in
intrastate commerce.
(4) It is not used for the purpose of commerce as defined
in 49 C.F.R. 383.5, as amended.
(5) It is not regulated by the public utilities commission
pursuant to Chapter 4905., 4921., or 4923. of the Revised Code.
(6) It is classed as one of the following:
(a) "Travel trailer" or "house vehicle" means a nonself-
propelled recreational vehicle that does not exceed an overall
length of forty feet, exclusive of bumper and tongue or
coupling. "Travel trailer" includes a tent-type fold-out camping
trailer as defined in section 4517.01 of the Revised Code.
(b) "Motor home" means a self-propelled recreational
vehicle that has no fifth wheel and is constructed with
permanently installed facilities for cold storage, cooking and
consuming of food, and for sleeping.
(c) "Truck camper" means a nonself-propelled recreational
vehicle that does not have wheels for road use and is designed
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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.
(d) "Fifth wheel trailer" means a vehicle that is of such
size and weight as to be movable without a special highway
permit, 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.
(e) "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
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place of storage or supply and the farm, agricultural tractors,
threshing machinery, hay-baling machinery, corn shellers,
hammermills, and machinery used in the production of
horticultural, agricultural, and vegetable products.
(V) "Owner" includes any person or firm, 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 and
firms 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 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
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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) "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
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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.
(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.
(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, or vehicles owned and operated by the
United States, this state, or any political subdivisions
thereof.
(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
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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.
(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.
(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 (J)
of section 4503.04 of the Revised Code.
(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 or 4503.65 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.
(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 or
4503.65 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.
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(LL) "Chauffeured limousine" means a motor vehicle that is
designed to carry nine or fewer passengers and is operated for
hire 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. "Chauffeured limousine" does not include any vehicle
that is used exclusively in the business of funeral directing.
(MM) "Manufactured home" has the same meaning as in
division (C)(4) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code.
(NN) "Acquired situs," with respect to a manufactured home
or a mobile home, means to become located in this state by the
placement of the home on real property, but does not include the
placement of a manufactured home or a mobile home in the
inventory of a new motor vehicle dealer or the inventory of a
manufacturer, remanufacturer, or distributor of manufactured or
mobile homes.
(OO) "Electronic" includes electrical, digital, magnetic,
optical, electromagnetic, or any other form of technology that
entails capabilities similar to these technologies.
(PP) "Electronic record" means a record generated,
communicated, received, or stored by electronic means for use in
an information system or for transmission from one information
system to another.
(QQ) "Electronic signature" means a signature in
electronic form attached to or logically associated with an
electronic record.
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(RR) "Financial transaction device" has the same meaning
as in division (A) of section 113.40 of the Revised Code.
(SS) "Electronic motor vehicle dealer" means a motor
vehicle dealer licensed under Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code
whom the registrar of motor vehicles determines meets the
criteria designated in section 4503.035 of the Revised Code for
electronic motor vehicle dealers and designates as an electronic
motor vehicle dealer under that section.
(TT) "Electric personal assistive mobility device" means a
self-balancing two non-tandem wheeled device that is designed to
transport only one person, has an electric propulsion system of
an average of seven hundred fifty watts, and when ridden on a
paved level surface by an operator who weighs one hundred
seventy pounds has a maximum speed of less than twenty miles per
hour.
(UU) "Limited driving privileges" means the privilege to
operate a motor vehicle that a court grants under section
4510.021 of the Revised Code to a person whose driver's or
commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating
privilege has been suspended.
(VV) "Utility vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle
designed with a bed, principally for the purpose of transporting
material or cargo in connection with construction, agricultural,
forestry, grounds maintenance, lawn and garden, materials
handling, or similar activities.
(WW) "Low-speed vehicle" means a three- or four-wheeled
motor vehicle with an attainable speed in one mile on a paved
level surface of more than twenty miles per hour but not more
than twenty-five miles per hour and with a gross vehicle weight
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rating less than three thousand pounds.
(XX) "Under-speed vehicle" means a three- or four-wheeled
vehicle, including a vehicle commonly known as a golf cart, with
an attainable speed on a paved level surface of not more than
twenty miles per hour and with a gross vehicle weight rating
less than three thousand pounds.
(YY) "Motor-driven cycle or motor scooter" means any
vehicle designed to travel on not more than three wheels in
contact with the ground, with a seat for the driver and floor
pad for the driver's feet, and is equipped with a motor with a
piston displacement between fifty and one hundred cubic
centimeters piston displacement that produces not more than five
brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the vehicle at a
speed greater than twenty miles per hour on a level surface.
(ZZ) "Motorcycle" means a motor vehicle with motive power
having a seat or saddle for the use of the operator, designed to
travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground,
and having no occupant compartment top or occupant compartment
top that can be installed or removed by the user.
(AAA) "Cab-enclosed motorcycle" means a motor vehicle with
motive power having a seat or saddle for the use of the
operator, designed to travel on not more than three wheels in
contact with the ground, and having an occupant compartment top
or an occupant compartment top that is installed.
(BBB) "Mini-truck" means a vehicle that has four wheels,
is propelled by an electric motor with a rated power of seven
thousand five hundred watts or less or an internal combustion
engine with a piston displacement capacity of six hundred sixty
cubic centimeters or less, has a total dry weight of nine
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hundred to two thousand two hundred pounds, contains an enclosed
cabin and a seat for the vehicle operator, resembles a pickup
truck or van with a cargo area or bed located at the rear of the
vehicle, and was not originally manufactured to meet federal
motor vehicle safety standards.
(CCC) "Autocycle" means a three-wheeled motorcycle that is
manufactured to comply with federal safety requirements for
motorcycles and that is equipped with safety belts, a steering
wheel, and seating that does not require the operator to
straddle or sit astride to ride the motorcycle.
(DDD) "Plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle" means a
passenger car powered in part by a battery cell energy system
that can be recharged via an external source of electricity.
(EEE) "Hybrid motor vehicle" means a passenger car powered
by an internal propulsion system consisting of both of the
following:
(1) A combustion engine;
(2) A battery cell energy system that cannot be recharged
via an external source of electricity but can be recharged by
other vehicle mechanisms that capture and store electric energy.
(FFF) "Low-speed micromobility device" means a device
weighing less than one hundred pounds that has handlebars, is
propelled by an electric motor or human power, and has an
attainable speed on a paved level surface of not more than
twenty miles per hour when propelled by the electric motor.
(GGG) "Specialty license plate" means a license plate,
authorized by the general assembly, that displays a combination
of words, markings, logos, or other graphic artwork that is in
addition to the words, images, and distinctive numbers and
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letters required by section 4503.22 of the Revised Code.
(HHH) "Battery electric motor vehicle" means a passenger
car powered wholly by a battery cell energy system that can be
recharged via an external source of electricity.
(III) "Adaptive mobility vehicle" means either a new
passenger car or bus purchased from a new motor vehicle dealer
or a used passenger car or bus, provided that such passenger car
or bus is designed, modified, or equipped to enable an
individual with a disability to operate or to be transported in
the passenger car or bus, in accordance with 49 C.F.R. part 568
or 595, and contains at least one of the following:
(1) An electronic or mechanical lift that enables a person
to enter or exit the motor vehicle while occupying a wheelchair
or scooter;
(2) An electronic or mechanical wheelchair ramp;
(3) A system to secure a wheelchair or scooter in order to
allow a person to operate or be transported safely while
occupying that wheelchair or scooter.
(JJJ) "Replica motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that
is constructed, assembled, or modified so as to replicate the
make, model, and model year of a motor vehicle that is at least
twenty-five years old.
Sec. 4503.183. (A) No person shall use a replica motor
vehicle for general transportation. However, a person may
operate a replica motor vehicle registered under this section on
the public roads and highways as follows:
(1) For club activities, exhibitions, tours, parades, and
similar uses;
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(2) To and from a location where maintenance is performed
on the replica motor vehicle.
(B) In lieu of the annual license tax levied in sections
4503.02 and 4503.04 of the Revised Code, the registrar of motor
vehicles or a deputy registrar shall collect a license fee of
ten dollars for the registration of a replica motor vehicle
under this section. The fee shall be deposited into the public
safety - highway purposes fund established in section 4501.06 of
the Revised Code.
(C) A person who owns a replica motor vehicle and applies
for registration and a replica license plate under this section
shall execute an affidavit that the replica motor vehicle for
which the plate is requested is owned and operated solely for
the purposes enumerated in division (A) of this section. The
affidavit also shall set forth that the replica motor vehicle
has been inspected and found safe to operate on the public roads
and highways in the state. No registration issued pursuant to
this section need specify the weight of the replica motor
vehicle.
(D) The owner of a replica motor vehicle registered under
this section shall display in plain view on the rear of the
replica motor vehicle a replica license plate issued by the
registrar. A replica license plate shall not display a date, but
shall display the inscription "Replica Motor Vehicle--Ohio" and
the registration number assigned to that replica motor vehicle.
(E) A replica license plate is valid without renewal as
long as the replica motor vehicle for which it was issued or
procured is in existence. A replica license plate is issued for
the owner's use only for such replica motor vehicle unless later
transferred to another replica motor vehicle owned by that
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person. In order to effect such a transfer, the owner of the
replica motor vehicle that originally displayed the replica
license plate shall comply with division (C) of this section. In
the event of a transfer of title, the transferor shall surrender
the replica license plate or transfer it to another replica
motor vehicle owned by the transferor. The registrar may revoke
any replica license plate issued under this section, for cause
shown and after a hearing, for failure of the applicant to
comply with this section. Upon revocation, a replica license
plate shall be surrendered.
Sec. 4505.072. (A) The owner of a motor vehicle seeking to
obtain a certificate of title indicating that the motor vehicle
is a replica motor vehicle shall do all of the following:
(1) Have that motor vehicle inspected by the state highway
patrol in the manner specified in section 4505.111 of the
Revised Code and obtain an inspection report from the state
highway patrol;
(2) Obtain a signed written statement from a person or
nonprofit corporation with expertise in historical motor
vehicles that the owner's motor vehicle reasonably replicates
the make, model, and model year of motor vehicle that the owner
is intending to replicate;
(3) Sign the written statement and have it notarized by a
notary public.
(B) When a clerk of a court of common pleas issues a
physical or electronic certificate of title for a motor vehicle,
the owner of the motor vehicle may request that the certificate
of title indicate that the motor vehicle is a replica motor
vehicle.
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When a clerk of a court of common pleas issues a duplicate
certificate of title or memorandum certificate of title for a
replica motor vehicle, that certificate of title shall be
identical to the existing certificate of title.
Prior to issuance of the certificate of title, the owner
of the replica motor vehicle shall surrender to the clerk any
existing certificate of title, a copy of the inspection report,
and the signed notarized written statement described in division
(A) of this section.
(C)(1) Upon compliance with divisions (A) and (B) of this
section and payment of the fee prescribed in section 4505.09 of
the Revised Code, the clerk shall issue to the owner a
certificate of title that complies with this section.
(2) The clerk shall use reasonable care in performing the
duties imposed on the clerk by this section in issuing a
certificate of title pursuant to this section, but the clerk is
not liable for any of the clerk's errors or omissions or those
of the clerk's deputies, or the automated title processing
system in the performance of those duties.
(D)(1) The registrar of motor vehicles shall ensure that
the certificate of title of a replica motor vehicle issued under
this section complies with all of the following:
(a) It is in the same form as the original certificate of
title.
(b) It displays the word "REPLICA" in black boldface
letters on its face.
(c) It includes the make, model, and model year of motor
vehicle that the owner is intending the motor vehicle to
replicate.
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(d) It includes the year the replica motor vehicle was
constructed, assembled, or modified.
(2) The registrar shall determine the exact location on
the face of the certificate of title of the word "REPLICA," the
make, model, and model year of motor vehicle the owner is
intending to replicate, and the year the replica motor vehicle
was constructed, assembled, or modified. The registrar shall
develop an automated procedure within the automated title
processing system for purposes of this section.
(3) Every memorandum certificate of title or duplicate
certificate of title issued for a replica motor vehicle for
which a certificate of title has been issued under this section
shall display the same information as is required under division
(D)(1) of this section.
Any subsequent certificate of title issued for a replica
motor vehicle for which a certificate of title has been issued
under this section shall display the same information as is
required under division (D)(1) of this section.
(E)(1) The owner of a replica motor vehicle who titles
that vehicle as a replica motor vehicle under this section shall
obtain replica license plates and comply with the requirements
of section 4503.183 of the Revised Code.
(2) The owner of a replica motor vehicle who does not
title that motor vehicle as a replica motor vehicle under this
section is not required to obtain replica motor vehicle license
plates and comply with the requirements of section 4503.183 of
the Revised Code. Such an owner is subject to the general
registration requirements of Chapter 4503., the titling
requirements of Chapter 4505., and the equipment requirements of
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Chapter 4513. of the Revised Code.
Sec. 4505.08. (A) When the clerk of a court of common
pleas issues a physical certificate of title, the clerk shall
issue the certificate of title on a form and in a manner
prescribed by the registrar of motor vehicles. The clerk shall
file a copy of the physical evidence for the creation of the
certificate of title in a manner prescribed by the registrar. A
clerk may retain digital images of documents used as evidence
for issuance of a certificate of title. Certified printouts of
documents retained as digital images shall have the same
evidentiary value as the original physical documents. The record
of the issuance of the certificate of title shall be maintained
in the automated title processing system. The clerk shall sign
and affix the clerk's seal to the original certificate of title
and, if there are no liens on the motor vehicle, shall deliver
the certificate to the applicant or the selling dealer. If there
are one or more liens on the motor vehicle, the certificate of
title 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.
The registrar shall prescribe a uniform method of
numbering certificates of title, and such numbering shall be in
such manner that the county of issuance is indicated. The clerk
shall assign numbers to certificates of title in the manner
prescribed by the registrar. The clerk shall file all
certificates of title according to 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
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memorandum certificates of title, or current salvage
certificates of title, or supporting evidence of them covering
any motor vehicle or manufactured or mobile home for a period
longer than seven years after the date of its filing;
thereafter, the documents and supporting evidence may be
destroyed. The clerk need not retain on file any inactive
records, including certificates of title, duplicate certificates
of title, or memorandum certificates of title, or supporting
evidence of them, including the electronic record described in
division (A) of section 4505.06 of the Revised Code, covering
any motor vehicle or manufactured or mobile home for a period
longer than five years after the date of its filing; thereafter,
the documents and supporting evidence may be destroyed.
The automated title processing system shall contain all
active records and an index of the active records, a record and
index of all inactive titles for ten years, and a record and
index of all inactive titles for manufactured and mobile homes
for thirty years. If the clerk provides a written copy of any
information contained in the database, the copy shall be
considered the original for purposes of the clerk certifying the
record of the information for use in any legal proceeding.
(B)(1) If the clerk issues a certificate of title for a
motor vehicle that was last previously registered in another
state, the clerk shall record verbatim, where practicable, in
the space on the title described in division (B)(19) of section
4505.07 of the Revised Code, the words that appear as a notation
to the vehicle on the title issued by the previous state. These
notations may include, but are not limited to, words to the
effect that the vehicle was considered or was categorized by the
state in which it was last previously registered to be a law
enforcement vehicle or a taxicab or was once in a flood.
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(2) If the clerk, while issuing a certificate of title for
a motor vehicle that was last previously registered in another
state, receives information from the automated title processing
system indicating that a title to the vehicle previously was
issued by this state and that the previous title contained
notations that appeared in the space described in division (B)
(19) or (20) of section 4505.07 of the Revised Code, the clerk
shall enter the notations that appeared on the previous
certificate of title issued by this state on the new certificate
of title in the space described in division (B)(19) or (20) of
section 4505.07 of the Revised Code, irrespective of whether the
notations appear on the certificate of title issued by the state
in which the vehicle was last previously registered.
(3) If the clerk, while issuing a certificate of title for
a motor vehicle that was last previously registered in another
state, receives information from the automated title processing
system indicating that the vehicle was previously issued a title
by this state and that the previous title bore the notation
"REBUILT SALVAGE" as required by division (E) of section 4505.11
of the Revised Code, or the previous title to the vehicle issued
by this state was a salvage certificate of title, the clerk
shall cause the certificate of title the clerk issues to bear
the notation "REBUILT SALVAGE" in the location prescribed by the
registrar pursuant to that division.
(4) If the clerk, while issuing a certificate of title for
a motor vehicle that was last previously registered in another
state, receives information from the automated title processing
system indicating that the vehicle was previously issued a title
by this state and that the previous title included the notation
"REPLICA" in accordance with section 4505.072 of the Revised
Code, or the previous title to the vehicle issued by another
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state indicates that the vehicle is a replica motor vehicle, the
clerk shall cause the certificate of title the clerk issues to
display the notation "REPLICA" in the location prescribed by the
registrar pursuant to that section.
(C) When the clerk issues a certificate of title for a
motor vehicle that was last previously registered in this state
and was a law enforcement vehicle or a taxicab or was once in a
flood, the clerk shall record that information in the space on
the title described in division (B)(20) of section 4505.07 of
the Revised Code. The registrar, by rule, may prescribe any
additional uses of or happenings to a motor vehicle that the
registrar has reason to believe should be noted on the
certificate of title as provided in this division.
(D) The clerk shall use reasonable care in recording or
entering onto titles the clerk issues any notation and
information the clerk is required by divisions (B) and (C) of
this section to record or enter and in causing the titles the
clerk issues to bear any notation required by those divisions,
but the clerk is not liable for any of the clerk's errors or
omissions or those of the clerk's deputies, or the automated
title processing system, in the performance of the duties
imposed on the clerk by this section.
(E) The clerk may issue a duplicate title, when duly
applied for, of any title that has been destroyed as herein
provided.
(F) Except as provided in section 4505.021 of the Revised
Code, the clerk shall issue a physical certificate of title to
an applicant unless the applicant specifically requests the
clerk not to issue a physical certificate of title and instead
to issue an electronic certificate of title. The fact that a
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physical certificate of title is not issued for a motor vehicle
does not affect ownership of the vehicle. In that case, when the
clerk completes the process of entering certificate of title
application information into the automated title processing
system, the effect of the completion of the process is the same
as if the clerk actually issued a physical certificate of title
for the motor vehicle.
(G) An electronic motor vehicle dealer who applies for a
certificate of title on behalf of a customer who purchases a
motor vehicle from the dealer may print a non-negotiable
evidence of ownership for the customer if the customer so
requests. The authorization to print the non-negotiable evidence
of ownership shall come from the clerk with whom the dealer
makes application for the certificate of title for the customer,
but the printing by the dealer does not create an agency
relationship of any kind between the dealer and the clerk.
(H) The owner of a motor vehicle may apply at any time to
a clerk of a court of common pleas for a non-negotiable evidence
of ownership for the motor vehicle.
(I) In accordance with rules adopted by the registrar, a
clerk may issue a certificate of title applied for by an agent
of a licensed motor vehicle dealer when that agent has a
properly executed power of attorney from the dealer.
Sec. 4513.071. (A) Every motor vehicle, trailer,
semitrailer, and pole trailer when operated upon a highway shall
be equipped with two or more stop lights, except that passenger
cars manufactured or assembled prior to January 1, 1967,
motorcycles, and motor-driven cycles shall be equipped with at
least one stop light. Stop lights shall be mounted on the rear
of the vehicle, actuated upon application of the service brake,
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and may be incorporated with other rear lights. Such stop lights
when actuated shall emit a red light visible from a distance of
five hundred feet to the rear, provided that in the case of a
train of vehicles only the stop lights on the rear-most vehicle
need be visible from the distance specified.
Such stop lights when actuated shall give a steady warning
light to the rear of a vehicle or train of vehicles to indicate
the intention of the operator to diminish the speed of or stop a
vehicle or train of vehicles.
When stop lights are used as required by this section,
they shall be constructed or installed so as to provide adequate
and reliable illumination and shall conform to the appropriate
rules and regulations established under section 4513.19 of the
Revised Code.
Historical A historical motor vehicles as defined in
section 4503.181 of the Revised Code, vehicle that was not
originally manufactured with stop lights , are or a replica motor
vehicle that replicates a motor vehicle that was not originally
manufactured with stop lights is not subject to this section.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor
misdemeanor.
(C) As used in this section, "replica motor vehicle" means
a replica motor vehicle for which a certificate of title is
issued under section 4505.072 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 4513.38. (A) No person shall be prohibited from
owning or operating a licensed collector's vehicle or,
historical motor vehicle , or replica motor vehicle that is
equipped with a feature of design, type of material, or article
of equipment that was not in violation of any motor vehicle
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equipment law of this state or of its political subdivisions in
effect during the calendar year the vehicle was manufactured or
the calendar year that it replicates , and no licensed
collector's vehicle or, historical motor vehicle , or replica
motor vehicle shall be prohibited from displaying or using any
such feature of design, type of material, or article of
equipment.
No person shall be prohibited from owning or operating a
licensed collector's vehicle or, historical motor vehicle , or
replica motor vehicle for failing to comply with an equipment
provision contained in Chapter 4513. of the Revised Code or in
any state rule that was enacted or adopted in a year subsequent
to that in which the vehicle was manufactured or the calendar
year that it replicates , and no licensed collector's vehicle or,
historical motor vehicle , or replica motor vehicle shall be
required to comply with an equipment provision enacted into
Chapter 4513. of the Revised Code or adopted by state rule
subsequent to the calendar year in which it was manufactured or
the calendar year that it replicates . No political subdivision
shall require an owner of a licensed collector's vehicle or,
historical motor vehicle , or replica motor vehicle to comply
with equipment provisions contained in laws or rules that were
enacted or adopted subsequent to the calendar year in which the
vehicle was manufactured or the calendar year that it
replicates, and no political subdivision shall prohibit the
operation of a licensed collector's vehicle or, historical motor
vehicle, or replica motor vehicle for failure to comply with any
such equipment laws or rules.
(B) As used in this section, "replica motor vehicle" means
a replica motor vehicle for which a certificate of title is
issued under section 4505.072 of the Revised Code.
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Sec. 4513.41. (A) No owner of a licensed collector's
vehicle, a historical motor vehicle, a replica motor vehicle, or
a collector's vehicle that is an agricultural tractor or
traction engine shall be required to comply with an emission,
noise control, or fuel usage provision contained in a law or
rule of this state or its political subdivisions that was
enacted or adopted subsequent to the calendar year in which the
vehicle was manufactured or the calendar year that it
replicates.
(B) No person shall be prohibited from operating a
licensed collector's vehicle, a historical motor vehicle, a
replica motor vehicle, or a collector's vehicle that is an
agricultural tractor or traction engine for failing to comply
with an emission, noise control, or fuel usage law or rule of
this state or its political subdivisions that was enacted or
adopted subsequent to the calendar year in which his vehicle was
manufactured or the calendar year that it replicates .
(C) Except as provided in section 4505.061 of the Revised
Code, no person shall be required to submit his the person's
collector's vehicle to a physical inspection prior to or in
connection with an issuance of title to, or the sale or transfer
of ownership of such vehicle, except that a police officer may
inspect it to determine ownership.
In accordance with section 1.51 of the Revised Code, this
section shall, without exception, prevail over any special or
local provision of the Revised Code that requires owners or
operators of collector's vehicles to comply with standards of
emission, noise, fuel usage, or physical condition in connection
with an issuance of title to, or the sale or transfer of
ownership of such vehicle or part thereof.
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(D) As used in this section, "replica motor vehicle" means
a replica motor vehicle for which a certificate of title is
issued under section 4505.072 of the Revised Code.
Section 2. That existing sections 4501.01, 4505.08,
4513.071, 4513.38, and 4513.41 of the Revised Code are hereby
repealed.
Section 3. Sections 1 and 2 of this act take effect one
hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section.
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