Ohio § 4519.47 Impoundment of vehicle

Ohio Statutes

§ 4519.47 — Impoundment of vehicle

Ohio § 4519.47

Title 45Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft

Ch. 4519Special Vehicles

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4519.47 (2026).

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(A)Whenever a person is found guilty of operating a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle in violation of any rule authorized to be adopted under section4519.21or4519.42of the Revised Code, the trial judge of any court of record, in addition to or independent of any other penalties provided by law, may impound for not less than sixty days the certificate of registration and license plate, if applicable, of that snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle. The court shall send the impounded certificate of registration and license plate, if applicable, to the registrar of motor vehicles, who shall retain the certificate of registration and license plate, if applicable, until the expiration

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(A) Whenever a person is found guilty of operating a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle in violation of any rule authorized to be adopted under section4519.21or4519.42of the Revised Code, the trial judge of any court of record, in addition to or independent of any other penalties provided by law, may impound for not less than sixty days the certificate of registration and license plate, if applicable, of that snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle. The court shall send the impounded certificate of registration and license plate, if applicable, to the registrar of motor vehicles, who shall retain the certificate of registration and license plate, if applicable, until the expiration of the period of impoundment.

(B) If a court impounds the certificate of registration and license plate of an all-purpose vehicle pursuant to section2911.21of the Revised Code, the court shall send the impounded certificate of registration and license plate to the registrar, who shall retain them until the expiration of the period of impoundment.