No manufacturer, importer, dealer, or other person shall sell or otherwise dispose of a new motor vehicle to a dealer to be used by the dealer for purposes of display and resale, without delivering to the dealer a manufacturer’s or importer’s certificate executed in accordance with this chapter, and with such assignments thereon as are necessary to show title in the buyer thereof. No dealer shall purchase or acquire a new motor vehicle without obtaining from the seller thereof a manufacturer’s or importer’s certificate as prescribed by the registrar of motor vehicles.

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 4505.05

  • Motor vehicle: includes manufactured homes, mobile homes, recreational vehicles, and trailers and semitrailers whose weight exceeds four thousand pounds. See Ohio Code 4505.01
  • Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • title: include an electronic certificate of title, unless otherwise specified. See Ohio Code 4505.01