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2014 Ohio Revised Code
Title [3] III COUNTIES
Chapter 311 - SHERIFF.
Section 311.281 - Use of sheriff's uniform and vehicle markings prohibited.

Ohio Rev Code § 311.281 (2014) What's This?

(A) No person, except a county sheriff or the deputies of a county sheriff, shall wear the badge, the standard uniform, or any distinctive part of the standard uniform prescribed for county sheriffs and their deputies by the county sheriffs' standard car-marking and uniform commission.

(B) No person, except a county sheriff or the deputies of a county sheriff, shall mark a motor vehicle in a manner similar to that prescribed for county sheriffs and their deputies by the county sheriffs' standard car-marking and uniform commission.

(C) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a violation of section 2921.51 of the Revised Code. Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of a violation of section 2913.441 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 07-01-1996

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