(A)(1) The registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar shall issue an identification card to a person when all of the following apply:
(a)The registrar or deputy registrar receives an application completed in accordance with section4507.51of the Revised Code and, if the person is under seventeen years of age, payment of the applicable fees.
(b)The person is a resident or a temporary resident of this state.
(c)The person is not licensed as an operator of a motor vehicle in this state or another licensing jurisdiction.
(d)The person does not hold an identification card from another jurisdiction.
(2)(a) The registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar may issue a temporary identification card when all of the following apply:
(i)The registrar or deputy registrar receives
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(A)(1) The registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar shall issue an identification card to a person when all of the following apply:
(a) The registrar or deputy registrar receives an application completed in accordance with section4507.51of the Revised Code and, if the person is under seventeen years of age, payment of the applicable fees.
(b) The person is a resident or a temporary resident of this state.
(c) The person is not licensed as an operator of a motor vehicle in this state or another licensing jurisdiction.
(d) The person does not hold an identification card from another jurisdiction.
(2)(a) The registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar may issue a temporary identification card when all of the following apply:
(i) The registrar or deputy registrar receives an application completed in accordance with section4507.51of the Revised Code and payment of the applicable fees.
(ii) The person is a resident or temporary resident of this state.
(iii) The person's Ohio driver's or commercial driver's license has been suspended or canceled.
(iv) The person does not hold an identification card from another jurisdiction.
(b) The temporary identification card shall be identical to an identification card, except that it shall be printed on its face with a statement that the card is valid for a temporary period. The temporary period shall be in accordance with the expiration dates specified in section4507.501of the Revised Code.
(c) The cardholder shall surrender the temporary identification card to the registrar or any deputy registrar before the cardholder's driver's or commercial driver's license is restored or reissued.
(B)(1) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, an applicant who is under seventeen years of age shall pay the following fees prior to issuance of an identification card or a temporary identification card:
(a) A fee of three dollars and fifty cents if the card will expire on the applicant's birthday four years after the date of issuance or a fee of six dollars if the card will expire on the applicant's birthday eight years after the date of issuance;
(b) A fee equal to the amount established under section4503.038of the Revised Code if the card will expire on the applicant's birthday four years after the date of issuance or twice that amount if the card will expire on the applicant's birthday eight years after the date of issuance;
(c) A fee of one dollar and fifty cents if the card will expire on the applicant's birthday four years after the date of issuance or three dollars if the card will expire on the applicant's birthday eight years after the date of issuance, for the authentication of the documents required for processing an identification card or temporary identification card. A deputy registrar that authenticates the required documents shall retain the entire amount of the fee.
(2) The fees collected for issuing an identification card under this section, except for any fees allowed to the deputy registrar, shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created in section4501.06of the Revised Code.
(C) A person seventeen years of age or older may apply to the registrar or a deputy registrar for the issuance to that person of an identification card or a temporary identification card under this section without payment of any fee prescribed in division (B) of this section.
(D) A resident who is permanently or irreversibly disabled and who is under seventeen years of age may apply to the registrar or a deputy registrar for the issuance of an identification card under this section without payment of any fee as prescribed in division (B) of this section. A resident who is in the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction or the department of youth services and who is under seventeen years of age may apply to the registrar for the issuance of an identification card under this section without payment of any fee as prescribed in division (B) of this section.
As used in this section, "permanently or irreversibly disabled" means a condition of disability from which there is no present indication of recovery.
An application made under division (D) of this section shall be accompanied by such documentary evidence as the registrar may require by rule.
(E)(1) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall submit an application for an identification card or temporary identification card, as applicable, to the registrar on behalf of an individual who is a prisoner at a state correctional institution and who has completed that application in accordance with section5120.59of the Revised Code.
(2) The department of youth services shall submit an application for an identification card or a temporary identification card, as applicable, to the registrar on behalf of an individual who is in the custody of the department at a juvenile correctional facility and who has completed that application in accordance with section5139.511of the Revised Code.
(3) The registrar may establish a separate application and process by which the departments shall submit any applications to the registrar in accordance with this division and section4507.51of the Revised Code.
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