2020 Ohio Revised Code
Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft
Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions
Section 4501.15 | Department of Public Safety Not to Provide Social Security Numbers or Credit Card Information - Exceptions.
Effective: June 30, 1997
Latest Legislation: House Bill 210 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) The department of public safety shall not provide social security numbers from its driver license and vehicle registration records to any person, except local, state, or federal governmental agencies. This division does not preclude the registrar from reporting a person's social security number if the number was provided in the request for information.
(B) The department shall not provide to any person credit card account numbers or any other information obtained when a person uses a credit card to pay motor vehicle registration taxes or fees, license fees, or other similar taxes, fees, penalties, or charges imposed or levied by the state and collected by the department, except that such information may be provided to the financial institutions and credit issuing companies directly involved in the credit transaction or to local, state, or federal governmental agencies.
