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61 Licensing; Accidents 335.09 335.09 DISPLAY OF LICENSE PLATES; EXPIRED OR UNLAWFUL PLATES. (a) No person who is the owner or o~erator of a motor vehicle shall fail to properly display in plain view on the fi°ont and rear) of such motor vehicle the distinctive number and registration mark, including any county identification sticker and any validation sticker issued under Ohio R.C. 4503.19 and 4503.191, furnished by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety, except those persons expressly exempted by Ohio R.C. Chapter 4503 (Motor Vehicle Licensing Law) and except that a manufacturer of motor vehicles or dealer therein, the holder of an intransit permit, and the owner or operator of a motor- cycle, motorized bicycle, manufactured home, trailer or semitrailer shall display on the rear only. Such number plates shall be securely fastened so as not to swing and shall not be covered by any material which obstructs their visibility. No person to whom a temporary license placard or windshield sticker nas been issued for the use of a motor vehicle under Ohio R.C. 4503.182, and no operator of such motor vehicle, shall fail to display such temporary license placard in plain view from the rear of the vehicle either in the rear window or on an external rear surface of the motor vehicle, or fail to display such windshield sticker in plain view on the rear window of the motor vehicle. Such temporary license placard or windshield sticker shall not be covered by any material which obstructs its visibility. (ORC 4503.21) (b) No person who is the owner of a motor vehicle which is parked or operated upon the public streets or highways- shall fail to annually file the application for registration or to pay the tax therefor, as required by Ohio R.C. Chapter 4503. (ORC 4503.11) (c) No person shall park or operate upon the public streets or highways a motor vehicle acquired from a former owner who has registered the same in.Ohio, while such vehicle displays the distinctive number or identification mark assigned to .it upon its original registration. (ORC 4549.11) (d) No person who is the owner of a motor vehicle and a resident of Ohio shall paxk or operate such motor vehicle upon the public streets or highways, while it displays a distinctive number or identification mark issued by or under the authority of another state, without complying with the laws of Ohio relating to the registration and identifi- cation of motor vehicles. (ORC 4549.12) (e) No person shall park or operate any vehicle upon any public street or highway upon which is displayed an expired license plate or an expired validation sticker. (f) No person shall park or operate any vehicle upon any public street or highway upon which are displayed any license plates not legally registered and issued for such vehicle, or upon which are displayed any license plates that were issued on an application for registration that contains any false statement by the applicant. 1988 Replacement