Effective: July 1, 2017
Latest Legislation: House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The registrar of motor vehicles, or the clerk of the court of common pleas, upon the application of any person and payment of the proper fee, may prepare and furnish lists containing title information in such form and subject to such territorial division or other classification as they may direct. The registrar or the clerk may search the records of the bureau of motor vehicles and furnish reports of those records under the signature of the registrar or the clerk.
(B)(1) Fees for lists containing title information shall be charged and collected as follows:
(a) For lists containing three thousand titles or more, twenty-five dollars per thousand or part thereof;
(b) For each report of a search of the records, the fee is five dollars per copy. The registrar and the clerk may certify copies of records generated by an automated title processing system.
(2) A copy of any such report shall be taken as prima-facie evidence of the facts therein stated, in any court of the state. The registrar and the clerk shall furnish information on any title without charge to the state highway patrol, sheriffs, chiefs of police, or the attorney general. The clerk also may provide a copy of a certificate of title to a public agency without charge.
(C)(1) Those fees collected by the registrar as provided in division (B)(1)(a) of this section shall be paid to the treasurer of state to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund established in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code. Those fees collected by the clerk as provided in division (B)(1)(a) of this section shall be paid to the certificate of title administration fund created by section 325.33 of the Revised Code.
(2) The registrar shall pay each five-dollar fee the registrar collects under division (B)(1)(b) of this section into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund established in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.
(3) The clerk of the court of common pleas shall retain two dollars of each fee the clerk collects under division (B)(1)(b) of this section and deposit that two dollars into the certificate of title administration fund created by section 325.33 of the Revised Code. The clerk shall forward the remaining three dollars to the registrar not later than the fifth day of the month next succeeding that in which the transaction occurred. The registrar shall deposit the remaining three dollars into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund established in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft
Chapter 4505 | Certificate of Motor Vehicle Title Law
Section 4505.01 | Certificate of Motor Vehicle Title Law Definitions.
Section 4505.02 | Duties of Registrar of Motor Vehicles.
Section 4505.022 | Administrative Rules for Electronic Applications.
Section 4505.03 | Certificate of Title.
Section 4505.031 | Sale or Disposal of Vehicles Involving Minors.
Section 4505.04 | Certificate of Title as Evidence of Ownership - Harm to Leased Motor Vehicle.
Section 4505.05 | Manufacturer's or Importer's Certificate.
Section 4505.06 | Application for Certificate of Title.
Section 4505.062 | Use of Term Sworn to in Casual Sales.
Section 4505.07 | Forms for Certificates and Applications.
Section 4505.08 | Issuance of Physical Certificate of Title.
Section 4505.09 | Certificate of Title Fees - Funds.
Section 4505.10 | Certificate of Title When Ownership Changed by Operation of Law.
Section 4505.101 | Certificate of Title to Unclaimed Motor Vehicle.
Section 4505.102 | Issuance of Certificate in Pawnbroker's Name - Procedure.
Section 4505.103 | Salvage Certificate of Title.
Section 4505.104 | Obtaining Certificate of Title to Unclaimed Motor Vehicle.
Section 4505.112 | Certificate for Buyback Motor Vehicle.
Section 4505.12 | Duplicate Certificate of Title - Memorandum Certificate.
Section 4505.13 | Security Interests - Automated Title Processing System.
Section 4505.14 | Fees for Supplying Title Information and Copies.
Section 4505.141 | Public Access to Title Information via Electronic Means.
Section 4505.15 | Appointment of Agents to Sign Certificates.
Section 4505.16 | Administration of Oaths.
Section 4505.17 | Reports and Records of Motor Vehicle Thefts.
Section 4505.18 | Prohibited Acts.
Section 4505.181 | Obtaining Certificate of Title Prerequisite to Offering Vehicle for Sale.
Section 4505.19 | Prohibited Acts Involving Certificates of Title.
Section 4505.191 | Scrap Metal Dealers; Validity of Title to Motor Vehicle.
Section 4505.20 | Selling Repossessed Manufactured Home or Recreational Vehicle.
Section 4505.21 | Owner Exporting Vehicle Outside United States.
Section 4505.25 | Money From Automated Title Processing Fund to Pay Expenses of Implementing Sb 59.