# CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents — Chapter Overview

# CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents

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Codified Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH  
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD LAKE, OHIO  
CERTIFICATION  
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS  
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 116-84  
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE  
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD LAKE  
CHARTER  
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE  
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE  
TITLE ONE - Administration  
TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices  
TITLE FIVE - Vehicles  
CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally  
CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed  
CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents  
335.01 DRIVER'S LICENSE OR COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIRED.  
335.02 PERMITTING OPERATION WITHOUT VALID LICENSE; ONE LICENSE PERMITTED.  
335.021 OHIO DRIVER’S LICENSE REQUIRED FOR IN STATE RESIDENTS.  
335.03 DRIVING WITH TEMPORARY INSTRUCTION PERMIT; CURFEW.  
335.031 DRIVING WITH PROBATIONARY LICENSE; CURFEW.  
335.032 USE OF ELECTRONIC WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE PROHIBITED WHILE DRIVING.  
335.04 CERTAIN ACTS PROHIBITED.  
335.05 WRONGFUL ENTRUSTMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE.  
335.06 DISPLAY OF LICENSE.  
335.07 DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION OR LICENSE RESTRICTION.  
335.071 DRIVING UNDER OVI SUSPENSION.  
335.072 DRIVING UNDER FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW SUSPENSION OR CANCELLATION; DRIVING UNDER A NONPAYMENT OF JUDGMENT SUSPENSION.  
335.073 DRIVING WITHOUT COMPLYING WITH LICENSE REINSTATEMENT REQUIREMENTS.  
335.074 DRIVING UNDER LICENSE FORFEITURE OR CHILD SUPPORT SUSPENSION.  
335.08 OPERATION OR SALE WITHOUT CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.  
335.09 DISPLAY OF LICENSE PLATES OR VALIDATION STICKERS; REGISTRATION.  
335.091 OPERATING WITHOUT DEALER OR MANUFACTURER LICENSE PLATES.  
335.10 EXPIRED OR UNLAWFUL LICENSE PLATES.  
335.11 USE OF ILLEGAL LICENSE PLATES; TRANSFER OF REGISTRATION.  
335.111 REGISTRATION WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF RESIDENCY.  
335.12 STOPPING AFTER ACCIDENT UPON STREETS; COLLISION WITH UNATTENDED VEHICLE.  
335.13 STOPPING AFTER ACCIDENT UPON PROPERTY OTHER THAN STREET.  
335.14 VEHICLE ACCIDENT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO REALTY.  
CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment  
CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles  
CHAPTER 341 Commercial Drivers  
CHAPTER 343 Transportation of Hazardous Wastes  
TITLE SEVEN - Parking  
TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles  
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE  
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE  
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE  
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE  
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE  
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE  
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Codified Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH  
CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents  
CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents  
CHAPTER 335  
Licensing; Accidents  
335.01 Driver’s license or commercial driver’s license required.  
335.02 Permitting operation without valid license; one license permitted.  
335.021 Ohio driver’s license required for in state residents.  
335.03 Driving with temporary instruction permit; curfew.  
335.031 Driving with probationary license; curfew.  
335.032 Use of electronic wireless communication device prohibited while driving.  
335.04 Certain acts prohibited.  
335.05 Wrongful entrustment of a motor vehicle.  
335.06 Display of license.  
335.07 Driving under suspension or license restriction.  
335.071 Driving under OVI suspension.  
335.072 Driving under financial responsibility law suspension or cancellation; driving under a nonpayment of judgment suspension.  
335.073 Driving without complying with license reinstatement requirements.  
335.074 Driving under license forfeiture or child support suspension.  
335.08 Operation or sale without certificate of title.  
335.09 Display of license plates or validation stickers; registration.  
335.091 Operating without dealer or manufacturer license plates.  
335.10 Expired or unlawful license plates.  
335.11 Use of illegal license plates; transfer of registration.  
335.111 Registration within thirty days of residency.  
335.12 Stopping after accident upon streets; collision with unattended vehicle.  
335.13 Stopping after accident upon property other than street.  
335.14 Vehicle accident resulting in damage to realty.  
   
CROSS REFERENCES  
See sectional histories for similar State law  
Deposit of driver's license as bond - see Ohio R.C. 2937.221  
Motor vehicle licensing law - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4503  
Driver's license law - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4507  
Power of trial court of record to suspend or revoke license for certain violations - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4510  
State point system suspension - see Ohio R.C. 4510.03.6  
State accident reports - see Ohio R.C. 4509.01(J), 4509.06, 4509.74, 5502.11  
Motorized bicycle operator's license - see Ohio R.C. 4511.521  
Glass removal from street after accident - see TRAF. 311.01  
   
   
335.01 DRIVER'S LICENSE OR COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIRED.  
 (a) (1) No person, except those expressly exempted under Ohio R.C. 4507.03, 4507.04, and 4507.05, shall operate any motor vehicle upon a public road or highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking in this Municipality unless the person has a valid driver's license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507 or a commercial driver's license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4506.  
 (2) No person, except a person expressly exempted under Ohio R.C. 4507.03, 4507.04, and 4507.05, shall operate any motorcycle upon a public road or highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking in this Municipality unless the person has a valid license as a motorcycle operator that was issued upon application by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507. The license shall be in the form of an endorsement, as determined by the Registrar, upon a driver’s or commercial driver’s license, if the person has a valid license to operate a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle, or in the form of a restricted license as provided in Ohio R.C. 4507.14, if the person does not have a valid license to operate a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle.  
 (b) Upon the request or motion of the prosecuting authority, a noncertified copy of the law enforcement automated data system report or a noncertified copy of a record of the Registrar of Motor Vehicles that shows the name, date of birth, and social security number of a person charged with a violation of subsection (a)(1) or (2) of this section may be admitted into evidence as prima-facie evidence that the person did not have either a valid driver’s or commercial driver’s license at the time of the alleged violation of subsection (a)(1) of this section or a valid license as a motorcycle operator either in the form of an endorsement upon a driver’s or commercial driver’s license or a restricted license at the time of the alleged violation of subsection (a)(2) of this section. The person charged with a violation of subsection (a)(1) or (2) of this section may offer evidence to rebut this prima-facie evidence.  
 (c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of operating a motor vehicle or motorcycle without a valid license and shall be punished as follows:  
 (1) If the trier of fact finds that the offender never has held a valid driver’s or commercial driver’s license issued by this state or any other jurisdiction, or, in a case involving the operation of a motorcycle by the offender, if the offender has never held a valid license as a motorcycle operator, either in the form of an endorsement upon a driver’s or commercial driver’s license or in the form of a restricted license, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the offense is an unclassified misdemeanor. When the offense is an unclassified misdemeanor, the offender shall be sentenced pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2929.21 to 2929.28, except that the offender shall not be sentenced to a jail term; the offender shall not be sentenced to a community residential sanction pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2929.26; notwithstanding division (A)(2)(a) of Ohio R.C. 2929.28, the offender may be fined up to one thousand dollars ($1,000); and, notwithstanding division (A)(3) of Ohio R.C. 2929.27, the offender may be ordered pursuant to division (C) of that section to serve a term of community service of up to five hundred hours.  
The failure of an offender to complete a term of community service imposed by the court may be punished as indirect criminal contempt under division (A) of Ohio R.C. 2705.02 that may be filed in the underlying case. If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any violation of Ohio R.C. 4510.12 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree.  
 (2) If the offender’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit or, in a case involving the operation of a motorcycle by the offender, the offender’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license bearing the motorcycle endorsement or the offender’s restricted license was expired at the time of the offense, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the offense is a minor misdemeanor. If, within three years of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more violations of Ohio R.C. 4510.12 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree.  
 (d) The court shall not impose a license suspension for a first violation of this section or if more than three years have passed since the offender’s last violation of Ohio R.C. 4510.12 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.  
 (e) If the offender is sentenced under subsection (c)(2) hereof, if within three years of the offense the offender previously was convicted of or pleaded guilty to one or more violations of Ohio R.C. 4510.12 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, and if the offender’s license was expired for more than six months at the time of the offense, the court may impose a class seven suspension of the offender’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02.  
(ORC 4510.12)

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## Detected legislative history

- Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH
- ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD LAKE, OHIO
- ORDINANCE NO. 116-84
- ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD LAKE
- ord to suspend or revoke license for certain violations - see Ohio R
- ord of the Registrar of Motor Vehicles that shows the name, date of birth, and social security number of a person charged with a violation of subsection (a)(1) or (2) of this section m
- ordered pursuant to division (C) of that section to serve a term of community service of up to five hundred hours
- ordinance, the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree
- ordinance. (e) If the offender is sentenced under subsection (c)(2) hereof, if within three years of the offense the offender previously was convicted of or pleaded guilty to one or more vi
- ordinance, and if the offender’s license was expired for more than six months at the time of the offense, the court may impose a class seven suspension of the offender’s driver’s license, c
- Ordinances and/or any other documents that appear on this site may not reflect the most current legislation adopted by the Municipality
- Ordinances should be consulted prior to any action being taken
- Ordinances or other documents posted on this site, please contact the Municipality directly or contact American Legal Publishing toll-free at 800-445-5588

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