2020 Ohio Revised Code
Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft
Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons
Section 4517.43 | Confidentiality of Applications.
Effective: July 1, 2010
Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A) The applications for licenses and the copies of contracts required by sections 4517.04, 4517.05, 4517.051, 4517.06, 4517.07, 4517.08, and 4517.09 of the Revised Code are not part of the public records but are confidential information for the use of the registrar of motor vehicles and the motor vehicle dealers board. No person shall divulge any information contained in such applications and acquired by the person in the person's capacity as an official or employee of the bureau of motor vehicles or of the board, except in a report to the registrar, to the board, or when called upon to testify in any court or proceeding.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
