Ohio Code 4503.106 – Charging of fees by person other than registrar
(A) No person other than the registrar of motor vehicles, an agent or employee of the registrar, or a deputy registrar shall charge any fee for the submission of an application for motor vehicle registration or registration renewal by electronic means unless all of the following apply:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4503.106
- Internet: means the international computer network of both federal and nonfederal interoperable packet switched data networks, including the graphical subnetwork known as the world wide web. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Whoever: includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents, and employees; and all officials, public or private. See Ohio Code 1.02
(1) The person prominently displays on the internet web site on which the registration service is offered that the service is not provided by a government agency;
(2) The person requires any person who seeks to submit an application for the registration or registration renewal of a motor vehicle to specifically confirm that the person understands that the service is not provided by a government agency;
(3) The person ensures that the internet web site states that a person may submit the application directly to the registrar and provides a link to the web site of the registrar through which a person may directly submit an application for the registration or registration renewal of a motor vehicle.
(B) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.