Effective: June 30, 2021
Latest Legislation: House Bill 74 - 134th General Assembly
(A) No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Procure or attempt to procure a certificate of title or a salvage certificate of title or assignment form as prescribed by the registrar of motor vehicles for a motor vehicle, or pass or attempt to pass a certificate of title, a salvage certificate of title, an assignment form, or any assignment of a certificate of title or salvage certificate of title or assignment form for a motor vehicle, or in any other manner gain or attempt to gain ownership to a motor vehicle, knowing or having reason to believe that the motor vehicle or any part of the motor vehicle has been acquired through commission of a theft offense as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code;
(2) Purport to sell or transfer a motor vehicle without delivering to the purchaser or transferee of it a certificate of title, a salvage certificate of title, an assignment form, or a manufacturer's or importer's certificate to it, assigned to the purchaser as provided for in this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter;
(3) With intent to defraud, possess, sell, offer to sell, counterfeit, or supply a blank, forged, fictitious, counterfeit, stolen, or fraudulently or unlawfully obtained certificate of title, registration, bill of sale, or other instruments of ownership of a motor vehicle, or conspire to do any of the foregoing;
(4) Knowingly obtain goods, services, credit, or money by means of an invalid, fictitious, forged, counterfeit, stolen, or unlawfully obtained original or duplicate certificate of title, registration, bill of sale, or other instrument of ownership of a motor vehicle;
(5) Knowingly obtain goods, services, credit, or money by means of a certificate of title to a motor vehicle, which is required to be surrendered to the registrar of motor vehicles or the clerk of the court of common pleas as provided in this chapter.
(B) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned in the county jail not less than six months nor more than one year, or both, or in a state correctional institution not less than one year nor more than five years.
Last updated April 14, 2021 at 7:28 AM
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.