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Ohio Rev. Code § 4507.30 (2026)

Prohibitions

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March 20, 2025
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Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly
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No person shall do any of the following:

(A) Display, or cause or permit to be displayed, or possess any identification card, driver's or commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit knowing the same to be fictitious, or to have been canceled, suspended, or altered;

(B) Lend to a person not entitled thereto, or knowingly permit a person not entitled thereto to use any identification card, driver's or commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit issued to the person so lending or permitting the use thereof;

(C) Display, or represent as one's own, any identification card, driver's or commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit not issued to the person so displaying the same;

(D) Fail to surrender to the registrar of motor vehicles, upon the registrar's demand, any identification card, driver's or commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit that has been suspended or canceled;

(E) In any application for an identification card, driver's or commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, or commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit, or any renewal, reprint, or duplicate thereof, knowingly conceal a material fact, or present any statement required under section 4507.08 or 4507.081 of the Revised Code when knowing the same to be false or fictitious.

(F) Whoever violates any division of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

Last updated February 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1984–2002 · leading case: State v. Tiger, 772 N.E.2d 144 (Ohio Ct. App. 2002).
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State v. Tiger, 772 N.E.2d 144 (Ohio Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 3× “31(B)(1) *68 and R.C. 4507.30(A), which are both misdemeanor offenses, specifically relate to his conduct.”
State v. Droste, 697 N.E.2d 620 (Ohio 1998). “Additionally, in the case sub judice, the investigators were not in the process of investigating or enforcing an R.”
State v. Bronaugh, 475 N.E.2d 171 (Ohio Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “Not only did it meet one of the exceptions to the general rule precluding arrests for minor misdemeanors, but it also can be said to have resulted in the commission of a separate offense under R.C. 4507.30(C). Pursuant to the terms of the statute, it is unlawful for a person to…”
State v. Fonseca, 705 N.E.2d 1278 (Ohio Ct. App. 1997). “02(A)(1) and (3); and possessing an identification card that is fictitious or that has been canceled, revoked, suspended, or altered, R.C. 4507.30(A). During his initial appearance on October 17, 1996, the trial court read the charges to appellant.”
State v. Farkas, 580 N.E.2d 1154 (Ohio Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 3× “24, since a more specific offense exists, R.C. 4507.30(A), which prohibits the same conduct and provides a less severe penalty.”
City of Columbus v. Sliker, 506 N.E.2d 287 (Ohio Ct. App. 1986). “While 'such deception may make appellant amenable to the sanctions provided for a violation of R.C. 4507.30(E) (see R.C. 4507.99[B]), it does not deprive him of his entitlement to the R.”
State v. Droste, 1998 Ohio 182 (Ohio 1998). “Additionally, in the case sub judice, the investigators were not in the process of investigating or enforcing an R.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 4507.30(A) — 3 cases
State v. Tiger, 772 N.E.2d 144 (Ohio Ct. App. 2002). “31(B)(1) *68 and R.C. 4507.30(A), which are both misdemeanor offenses, specifically relate to his conduct.”
State v. Fonseca, 705 N.E.2d 1278 (Ohio Ct. App. 1997). “02(A)(1) and (3); and possessing an identification card that is fictitious or that has been canceled, revoked, suspended, or altered, R.C. 4507.30(A). During his initial appearance on October 17, 1996, the trial court read the charges to appellant.”
State v. Farkas, 580 N.E.2d 1154 (Ohio Ct. App. 1989). “24, since a more specific offense exists, R.C. 4507.30(A), which prohibits the same conduct and provides a less severe penalty.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 4507.30(C) — 1 case
State v. Bronaugh, 475 N.E.2d 171 (Ohio Ct. App. 1984). “Not only did it meet one of the exceptions to the general rule precluding arrests for minor misdemeanors, but it also can be said to have resulted in the commission of a separate offense under R.C. 4507.30(C). Pursuant to the terms of the statute, it is unlawful for a person to…”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 4507.30(E) — 1 case
City of Columbus v. Sliker, 506 N.E.2d 287 (Ohio Ct. App. 1986). “While 'such deception may make appellant amenable to the sanctions provided for a violation of R.C. 4507.30(E) (see R.C. 4507.99[B]), it does not deprive him of his entitlement to the R.”
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