Effective: July 1, 1999
Latest Legislation: House Bill 611 - 122nd General Assembly
The operator of a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle involved in any accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person, or damage to the property of any person in excess of one hundred dollars, shall report the accident within forty-eight hours to the state highway patrol, the sheriff of the county within which the accident occurred, or the chief of police, if the accident occurred within a municipal corporation, and, within thirty days, shall forward a written report of the accident to the registrar of motor vehicles on a form prescribed by the registrar. If the operator is physically incapable of making the reports and there is another participant in the accident not so incapacitated, the participant shall make the reports. In the event there is no other participant, and the operator is other than the owner, the owner, within the prescribed periods of time, shall make the reports.
Any law enforcement officer, or other person authorized by sections 4519.42 and 4519.43 of the Revised Code, who investigates or receives information of an accident involving a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle, shall forward to the registrar a written report of the accident within forty-eight hours.
The registrar shall maintain a file of all reports received by the registrar of accidents involving a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle. The reports shall be for the confidential use of the director of public safety and the director of natural resources in the development of equipment and operating regulations, and of programs relating to the safe use of snowmobiles, off-highway motorcycles, and all-purpose vehicles, except that the registrar shall furnish a copy of such report to any person claiming to have been injured or damaged in such accident, or the person's attorney, upon the payment of a fee of one dollar.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft
Chapter 4519 | Special Vehicles
Section 4519.01 | Special Vehicle Definitions.
Section 4519.02 | Registration Required - Exceptions - Operation of Watercraft.
Section 4519.03 | Application for Registration or Renewal - Fee.
Section 4519.031 | Registration Information to Be Transmitted to Tax Commissioner.
Section 4519.05 | Destruction or Transfer of Vehicle - Lost or Destroyed Registration.
Section 4519.08 | Vehicles Used for Emergency Purposes Registered Free of Charge.
Section 4519.09 | Temporary Operating Permit for Nonresidents.
Section 4519.10 | Temporary License Registration for Off-Highway Motorcycle or All-Purpose Vehicle.
Section 4519.11 | State Recreational Vehicle Fund.
Section 4519.21 | Director May Authorize Sample Tests to Determine Conformity.
Section 4519.22 | Sale, Lease or Rental of Nonconforming Vehicle.
Section 4519.40 | Prohibited Acts.
Section 4519.401 | Operation of a Mini-Truck.
Section 4519.41 | Operation of Vehicle on or Near Highway, Street or Road.
Section 4519.42 | Powers and Duties of Director of Natural Resources.
Section 4519.43 | Powers of Board of Park Commissioners.
Section 4519.44 | Driver's License Required.
Section 4519.45 | Dealer to Maintain Vehicles.
Section 4519.46 | Reporting of Accident.
Section 4519.47 | Impoundment of Vehicle.
Section 4519.48 | Local Regulations.
Section 4519.51 | Adoption of Rules.
Section 4519.511 | Electronic Dealers.
Section 4519.52 | Obtaining Certificate of Title Prerequisite for Selling Vehicle.
Section 4519.53 | Showing Evidence of Ownership.
Section 4519.54 | Manufacturer's or Importer's Certificate of Origin.
Section 4519.55 | Application for Certificate of Title.
Section 4519.551 | Use of Term Sworn to in Casual Sales.
Section 4519.56 | Application Contents.
Section 4519.57 | Issuing Physical Certificate.
Section 4519.58 | Issuing Duplicate Certificate.
Section 4519.60 | Transfer of Ownership by Operation of Law; Transfer on Death.
Section 4519.61 | Surrender and Cancelling Certificate.
Section 4519.62 | Duplicate and Memorandum Certificates.
Section 4519.63 | Fees for Supplying Title Information and Copies.
Section 4519.631 | Public Access to Title Information via Electronic Means.
Section 4519.64 | Appointing Agents to Sign.
Section 4519.65 | Administration of Oaths.
Section 4519.66 | Prohibited Acts.
Section 4519.67 | Additional Prohibited Acts.
Section 4519.68 | Effect of Secured Transaction Restrictions.
Section 4519.69 | Application Accompanied by Physical Inspection Certificate.
Section 4519.70 | Minor Prohibited From Acquiring or Disposing of Vehicle.