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64G Licensing: Accidents 335.11 335.10 EXPIRED OR UNLAWFUL LICENSE PLATES. (a) 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) (b) No person shall. operate, drive or park upon the public streets or highways a motor vehicle acquired from a former owner who has registered the motor vehicle in Ohio, while the motor vehicle displays the distinctive number or identification mark assigned to it upon its original registration. (ORC 4549.11) (c) No person who is the owner of a motor vehicle and a resident of Ohio shall operate, drive or park the 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 identification of motor vehicles. (ORC 4549.12) (d) 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. (e) 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. (ORC 4549.11; 4549.12) (f) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. 335.11 USE OF ILLEGAL LICENSE PLATES; TRANSFER OF REGISTRATION. (a) No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle upon the streets in this Municipality if it displays a license plate or a distinctive number or identification mark that meets any of the following criteria: (1) Is fictitious.; (2) Is a counterfeit or an unlawfully made copy of any distinctive number or identification mark; (3) Belongs to another motor vehicle, provided that this section does not apply to a motor vehicle that is operated on the streets in this Municipality when the motor vehicle displays license plates that originally were issued for a motor vehicle that previously was owned by the same person who owns the motor vehicle that is operated on the streets in this Municipality, during the thirty-day period described in subsection (c) hereof. (ORC 4549.08) (b)' , Whoever violates subsection (a)(1), (2) or (3) of this section is guilty of operating a motor vehicle bearing an invalid license plate or identification mark, a misdemeanor of the second degree. 2003 Replacement