§ 4510.01 License suspension definitions
§ 4510.011 Drug of abuse defined as in RC 3719.01
§ 4510.02 Definite periods of suspension – suspension classes
§ 4510.021 Granting limited driving privileges
§ 4510.022 Petition for unlimited driving privileges with certified ignition interlock device
§ 4510.03 Court records and abstracts of traffic violations
§ 4510.031 Traffic offenses on federal property
§ 4510.032 Abstracts where charges dismissed or reduced or bail forfeiture
§ 4510.034 Ineligibility for vehicle registration
§ 4510.035 Failure to comply with traffic record requirements
§ 4510.036 Records of bureau of motor vehicles – points assessed
§ 4510.037 Warning letter – notice of suspension – remedial driving course
§ 4510.038 Conditions for reinstatement of driving privileges
§ 4510.04 Affirmative defenses to driving under suspension or cancellation
§ 4510.05 Suspension of driver’s license for violation of municipal ordinance substantially similar to state statute
§ 4510.06 Suspension or cancellation of license by federal court
§ 4510.07 Suspension of driver’s license for violation of municipal ordinance substantially similar to certain criminal offenses
§ 4510.10 Reinstatement fees payment plan or payment extension plan
§ 4510.101 Definitions
§ 4510.102 Permanent driver’s license reinstatement fee debt reduction and amnesty program
§ 4510.103 First phase
§ 4510.104 Second phase
§ 4510.105 Reinstatement; payment plans
§ 4510.106 Notice
§ 4510.107 Verification of address
§ 4510.108 Promotion; administration
§ 4510.11 Driving under suspension or in violation of license restriction
§ 4510.111 Driving under suspended license for failing to appear or pay fine or for default in payment of child support
§ 4510.12 Operating a motor vehicle without a valid license
§ 4510.13 Restrictions on suspending suspension periods or granting limited driving privileges
§ 4510.14 Driving under OVI suspension
§ 4510.15 Suspension of license for reckless operation
§ 4510.16 Driving under financial responsibility law suspension or cancellation; driving under a nonpayment of judgment suspension
§ 4510.161 Additional sanctions for violations of municipal ordinance substantially similar to driving under suspension
§ 4510.17 Suspension of license for drug or OVI offense substantially similar to state statute
§ 4510.18 Driving under specified lifetime suspension
§ 4510.21 Failure to reinstate license
§ 4510.22 Suspension of license for failure to appear or to pay fine
§ 4510.23 Suspension of license upon adjudication of incompetence
§ 4510.31 Suspension of probationary, restricted license, or temporary permit for juvenile adjudications
§ 4510.311 Juvenile driver improvement programs
§ 4510.32 Suspension of license of minor upon withdrawal from school or habitual absence
§ 4510.33 Insufficient age person using license to purchase intoxicating liquor or beer
§ 4510.34 Suspension of probationary motorized bicycle license for juvenile adjudications
§ 4510.41 Seizure of vehicle and removal of license plates upon arrest for certain traffic violations – immobilization orders
§ 4510.43 Director of public safety certification of immobilization and disabling devices
§ 4510.44 Immobilization or disabling device violation
§ 4510.45 License for ignition interlock device required for certification
§ 4510.46 Monitoring entity to inform court if vehicle operation prevented
§ 4510.52 Registrar may destroy suspended or canceled license or permit
§ 4510.53 Registrar may destroy license or permit suspended for OVI violation
§ 4510.54 Motion for modification or termination of suspension
§ 4510.61 Driver license compact
§ 4510.62 Designation of executive head and licensing authority
§ 4510.63 Information or documents furnished to appropriate authorities of other party states
§ 4510.64 Reimbursement for travel and expenses to compact administrator
§ 4510.71 Nonresident violator compact
§ 4510.72 License reinstatement fee – designation of compact administrator
§ 4510.73 Litigation of all issues concerning driver’s licenses

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Terms Used In Ohio Code > Chapter 4510 - Driver's License Suspension, Cancellation, Revocation

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Bond: includes an undertaking. See Ohio Code 1.02
  • cancellation: means the annulment or termination by the bureau of motor vehicles of a driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege because it was obtained unlawfully, issued in error, altered, or willfully destroyed, or because the holder no longer is entitled to the license, permit, or privilege. See Ohio Code 4510.01
  • Child: includes child by adoption. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Ignition interlock device: means a device approved by the director of public safety that connects a breath analyzer to a motor vehicle's ignition system, that is constantly available to monitor the concentration by weight of alcohol in the breath of any person attempting to start that motor vehicle by using its ignition system, and that deters starting the motor vehicle by use of its ignition system unless the person attempting to start the vehicle provides an appropriate breath sample for the device and the device determines that the concentration by weight of alcohol in the person's breath is below a preset level. See Ohio Code 4510.01
  • imprisonment: means being imprisoned under a sentence imposed for an offense or serving a term of imprisonment, prison term, jail term, term of local incarceration, or other term under a sentence imposed for an offense in an institution under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction, a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, a minimum security jail, a community-based correctional facility, or another facility described or referred to in section 2929. See Ohio Code 1.05
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • 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
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Moving violation: means any violation of any statute or ordinance that regulates the operation of vehicles, streetcars, or trackless trolleys on the highways or streets. See Ohio Code 4510.01
  • Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Prototype device: means any testing device to monitor limited driving privileges that has not yet been approved or disapproved by the director of public safety. See Ohio Code 4510.01
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • suspension: means the permanent or temporary withdrawal, by action of a court or the bureau of motor vehicles, of a driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege for the period of the suspension or the permanent or temporary withdrawal of the privilege to obtain a license, permit, or privilege of that type for the period of the suspension. See Ohio Code 4510.01
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Whoever: includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents, and employees; and all officials, public or private. See Ohio Code 1.02