2006 Ohio Revised Code - 4517.10. Licenses, permits, forms, fees, certified copies, duplicates, expiration dates, suspension, conspicuous display.

§ 4517.10. Licenses, permits, forms, fees, certified copies, duplicates, expiration dates, suspension, conspicuous display.
 

At the time the registrar of motor vehicles grants the application of any person for a license as motor vehicle dealer, motor vehicle leasing dealer, manufactured home broker, distributor, motor vehicle auction owner, or motor vehicle salesperson, the registrar shall issue to the person a license. The registrar shall prescribe different forms for the licenses of motor vehicle dealers, motor vehicle leasing dealers, manufactured home brokers, distributors, motor vehicle auction owners, and motor vehicle salespersons, and all licenses shall include the name and post-office address of the person licensed. 
 

The fee for a dealer's license, a motor vehicle leasing dealer's license, and a manufactured home broker's license shall be fifty dollars, and the fee for a salesperson's license shall be ten dollars. The fee for a motor vehicle auction owner's license shall be one hundred dollars for each location. The fee for a distributor's license shall be one hundred dollars for each distributorship. In all cases, the fee shall accompany the application for license. 
 

The registrar may require each applicant for a license issued under this chapter to pay an additional fee, which shall be used by the registrar to pay the costs of obtaining a record of any arrests and convictions of the applicant from the Ohio bureau of identification and investigation. The amount of the fee shall be equal to that paid by the registrar to obtain such record. 
 

If a dealer, a motor vehicle leasing dealer, or a manufactured home broker, has more than one place of business in the county, the dealer or the broker shall make application, in such form as the registrar prescribes, for a certified copy of the license issued to the dealer or manufactured home broker for each place of business operated. In the event of the loss, mutilation, or destruction of a license issued under sections 4517.01 to 4517.65 of the Revised Code, any licensee may make application to the registrar, in such form as the registrar prescribes, for a duplicate copy thereof. The fee for a certified or duplicate copy of a dealer's, motor vehicle leasing dealer's, manufactured home broker's, distributor's, or auction owner's license, is two dollars, and the fee for a duplicate copy of a salesperson's license is one dollar. All fees for such copies shall accompany the applications. 
 

Beginning on the effective date of this amendment, all dealers' licenses, motor vehicle leasing dealers' licenses, manufactured home broker's licenses, distributors' licenses, auction owners' licenses, and all salespersons' licenses issued or renewed shall expire biennially on a day within the two-year cycle that is prescribed by the registrar, unless sooner suspended or revoked. Before the first day after the day prescribed by the registrar in the year that the license expires, each licensed dealer, motor vehicle leasing dealer, manufactured home broker, distributor, and auction owner and each licensed salesperson, in the year in which the license will expire, shall file an application, in such form as the registrar prescribes, for the renewal of such license. The fee provided in this section for the original license shall accompany the application. 
 

Any salesperson's license shall be suspended upon the termination, suspension, or revocation of the license of the motor vehicle dealer or manufactured home broker for whom the salesperson is acting, or upon the salesperson leaving the service of the motor vehicle dealer or manufactured home broker; provided that upon the termination, suspension, or revocation of the license of the motor vehicle dealer or manufactured home broker for whom the salesperson is acting, or upon the salesperson leaving the service of a licensed motor vehicle dealer or manufactured home broker, the licensed salesperson, upon entering the service of any other licensed motor vehicle dealer or manufactured home broker, shall make application to the registrar, in such form as the registrar prescribes, to have the salesperson's license reinstated, transferred, and registered as a salesperson for the other dealer or broker. If the information contained in the application is satisfactory to the registrar, the registrar shall have the salesperson's license reinstated, transferred, and registered as a salesperson for the other dealer or broker. The fee for the reinstatement and transfer of license shall be two dollars. No license issued to a dealer, motor vehicle leasing dealer, auction owner, manufactured home broker, or salesperson, under sections 4517.01 to 4517.65 of the Revised Code shall be transferable to any other person. 
 

Each dealer, motor vehicle leasing dealer, manufactured home broker, distributor, and auction owner shall keep the license or a certified copy thereof and, in the case of a dealer or broker, a current list of the dealer's or the broker's licensed salespersons, showing the names, addresses, and serial numbers of their licenses, posted in a conspicuous place in each place of business. Each salesperson shall carry the salesperson's license or a certified copy thereof and shall exhibit such license or copy upon demand to any inspector of the bureau of motor vehicles, state highway patrol trooper, police officer, or person with whom the salesperson seeks to transact business as a motor vehicle salesperson. 
 

The notice of refusal to grant a license shall disclose the reason for refusal. 
 

HISTORY: 137 v S 264 (Eff 11-4-77); 141 v H 382 (Eff 3-19-87); 144 v S 144 (Eff 8-8-91); 145 v H 154 (Eff 6-30-93); 146 v S 134 (Eff 8-25-95); 146 v S 182. Eff 12-03-96; 150 v H 230, § 1, eff. 9-16-04.
 

The provisions of § 3 of H.B. 230 (150 v  - ) read as follows: 

SECTION 3. Notwithstanding the amendments to sections 4517.10 and 4738.05 of the Revised Code contained in Section 1 of this act, when the Registrar of Motor Vehicles first renews the licenses for motor vehicle dealers, motor vehicle leasing dealers, manufactured home brokers, distributors, motor vehicle auction owners, motor vehicle salespersons, motor vehicle salvage dealers, salvage motor vehicle auctions, and salvage motor vehicle pools, following the effective date of this act, the Registrar may renew some of those licenses for one year and others for two years. In the case of those licenses that the Registrar specifies be renewed for one year, the fee that was applicable to that particular license prior to the effective date of this act shall apply. In the case of those licenses that the Registrar specifies be renewed for two years, the fee that is specified in section 4517.10 of the Revised Code as amended by this act shall apply. Thereafter, all such licenses shall be issued and renewed in accordance with applicable law. 

Not analogous to former RC § 4517.10 (GC § 6302-9; 117 v 680; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-1-53; 125 v 127; 131 v 1131; 135 v H 1161), repealed 137 v S 264, § 2, eff 11-4-77. Former RC § 4517.10 analogous to new RC § 4517.31.

 

Effect of Amendments

150 v H 230, effective September 16, 2004, updated the fees in the second paragraph; rewrote the fifth paragraph; and deleted the first sentence from the final paragraph, relating to fees returned to applicants upon refusal of license.