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Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.09 (2026)

Manual for uniform system of traffic control devices

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June 30, 2025
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House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly
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The department of transportation shall adopt a manual for a uniform system of traffic control devices, including signs denoting names of streets and highways, for use upon any street, highway, bikeway, or site roadway open to public travel within this state. Such uniform system shall correlate with, and so far as possible conform to, the system approved by the federal highway administration.

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Cited in 46 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1955–2024 · leading case: State v. Turner (Slip Opinion), 2020-Ohio-6773, 170 N.E.3d 842.
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State v. Turner (Slip Opinion), 2020-Ohio-6773, 170 N.E.3d 842. · cites it 8× “01(QQ) and the requirement in R.C. 4511.09 that the Ohio Department of Transportation (“ODOT”) adopt a manual for a uniform system of traffic-control devices.”
Bibler v. Stevenson (Slip Opinion), 2016-Ohio-8449, 80 N.E.3d 424. · cites it 4× “11(A) provides: Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall place and maintain traffic control devices in accordance with the department of transportation manual of uniform system of traffic control devices, adopted under section 4511.09 of the Revised Code, upon…”
State v. Miller, 2015-Ohio-3529. · cites it 4× “{¶23} Further support that the General Assembly did not contemplate that stopping astride a clearly marked stop line would constitute compliance with R.”
City of Maple Heights v. Smith, 722 N.E.2d 607 (Ohio Ct. App. 8th Dist. 1999). · cites it 5× “” R.C. 4511.09 establishes that the Ohio Department of Transportation shall adopt a manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic control devices.”
Matkovich v. Penn Cent. Transp. Co., 431 N.E.2d 652 (Ohio 1982). · cites it 2× “33 provides, in part, that: “At all points where its railroad crosses a public road at a common grade, each company shall erect a sign in accordance with the department of transportation manual for uniform traffic control devices, adopted under section 4511.09 of the Revised…”
City of Bowling Green v. Godwin, 850 N.E.2d 698 (Ohio 2006). “Appellant, the city of Bowling Green, and appellee stipulated that the six signs are officially recognized in the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (“MUTCD”), adopted by the Ohio Department of Transportation pursuant to R.C. 4511.09. {¶ 5}…”
Rhodus v. Ohio Dep't of Transp., 588 N.E.2d 864 (Ohio Ct. App. 10th Dist. 1990). “Such uniform system shall correlate with, and so far as possible conform to, the system approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials.” Moreover, R.”
State v. Tyson, 2015-Ohio-3530. · cites it 4× “{¶23} Further support that the General Assembly did not contemplate that stopping astride a clearly marked stop line would constitute compliance with R.”
State ex rel. Ohio Motorists Assn. v. Masten, 456 N.E.2d 567 (Ohio Ct. App. 8th Dist. 1982). · cites it 4× “” The Department of Transportation has adopted a Manual and Specifications for a Uniform System of Traffic Control Devices, pursuant to its statutory duty under R.C. 4511.09. 1 Section 6D-10(d) and (i) of this manual state: “(d) Except where the width of the intersecting street…”
Webb v. Edwards, 845 N.E.2d 530 (Ohio Ct. App. 4th Dist. 2005). · cites it 2× “R.C. 4511.09, uniform system of traffic control devices, provides that "[t]he department of transportation shall adopt a manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic control devices, including signs denoting names of streets and highways, for use upon highways…”
Dietz v. Harshbarger, 2017-Ohio-2917, 89 N.E.3d 1271. · cites it 3× “2 The Ohio Department of Transportation adopted the Ohio Manual of Traffic Control Devices as required by R.C. 4511.09. See Bowling Green v. Godwin , 110 Ohio St.”
White v. Ohio Dep't of Transp., 564 N.E.2d 462 (Ohio 1990). “I Duty to Cut Foliage on Morgan-Ross Road The Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (“MUTCD”) has been adopted as the state’s official specifications for highway signs and markings pursuant to the mandate of R.”
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Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.09(A)(1): 1 case
State v. Krumpelman, C-080137, 2008 Ohio 6689 (Ohio Ct. App. 1st Dist. 2008).
Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.09(A)(1)(a): 1 case
State v. Harris, 2024-Ohio-246.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.09(A)(1)(d): 1 case
State v. Murray, 2020-Ohio-45.
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