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2025 Ohio Revised Code
Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft
Chapter 4549 | Motor Vehicle Crimes
Section 4549.042 | Sale or Possession of Master Key Designed to Fit More Than One Motor Vehicle.
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OH Rev Code § 4549.042 (2025)
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Effective: January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
(A)(1) No person shall sell or otherwise dispose of a master key designed to fit more than one motor vehicle, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe the key will be used to commit a crime.
(2) No person shall buy, receive, or have in the person's possession a master key designed to fit more than one motor vehicle, for the purpose of using the key to commit a crime.
(B) Whoever violates division (A)(1) or (2) of this section is guilty of a motor vehicle master key violation, a felony of the fifth degree on a first offense and a felony of the fourth degree on each subsequent offense.
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