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Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.092 (2026)

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As used in sections 4511.092 to 4511.0914 of the Revised Code:

(A) "Designated party" means the person whom the registered owner of a motor vehicle, upon receipt of a ticket based upon images recorded by a traffic law photo-monitoring device that indicate a traffic law violation, identifies as the person who was operating the vehicle of the registered owner at the time of the violation.

(B) "Law enforcement officer" means a police officer who is employed on a permanent, full-time basis by the law enforcement agency of a local authority that assigns such person to the location of a traffic law photo-monitoring device.

(C) "Local authority" means a municipal corporation.

(D) "Motor vehicle leasing dealer" has the same meaning as in section 4517.01 of the Revised Code.

(E) "Motor vehicle renting dealer" has the same meaning as in section 4549.65 of the Revised Code.

(F) "Recorded images" means any of the following images recorded by a traffic law photo-monitoring device that show, on at least one image or on a portion of the videotape, the rear of a motor vehicle and the letters and numerals on the rear license plate of the vehicle:

(1) Two or more photographs, microphotographs, electronic images, or digital images;

(2) Videotape.

(G) "Registered owner" means all of the following:

(1) Any person or entity identified by the bureau of motor vehicles or any other state motor vehicle registration bureau, department, or office as the owner of a motor vehicle;

(2) The lessee of a motor vehicle under a lease of six months or longer;

(3) The renter of a motor vehicle pursuant to a written rental agreement with a motor vehicle renting dealer.

(H) "System location" means the approach to an intersection or area of roadway toward which a traffic law photo-monitoring device is directed and is in operation.

(I) "Ticket" means any traffic ticket, citation, summons, or other ticket issued in response to an alleged traffic law violation detected by a traffic law photo-monitoring device, that represents a civil violation.

(J) "Traffic law photo-monitoring device" means an electronic system consisting of a photographic, video, or electronic camera and a means of sensing the presence of a motor vehicle that automatically produces recorded images.

(K) "Traffic law violation" means either of the following:

(1) A violation of section 4511.12 of the Revised Code based on the failure to comply with section 4511.13 of the Revised Code or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance that occurs at an intersection due to failure to obey a highway traffic signal;

(2) A violation of section 4511.21 or 4511.211 of the Revised Code or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance due to failure to observe the applicable speed limit.

Last updated April 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2009–2022 · leading case: Dayton v. State (Slip Opinion), 2017 Ohio 6909 (Ohio 2017).
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Dayton v. State (Slip Opinion), 2017 Ohio 6909 (Ohio 2017). · cites it 2× “” See also R.C. 4511.092(C) (defining law-enforcement officer).”
Newburgh Hts. v. State, 2022 Ohio 1642 (Ohio 2022). · cites it 2× “502(B)(1) requires municipalities like Newburgh Heights and East Cleveland that use “traffic law photo-monitoring devices,” R.C. 4511.092, to file annual reports with the tax commissioner disclosing the amount of fines collected during the preceding year from the use of traffic…”
Dickson & Campbell, L.L.C. v. City of Cleveland, 908 N.E.2d 964 (Ohio Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 4× “R.C. 4511.092 became effective on June 30, 2007.”
Dayton v. State, 2021 Ohio 967 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “Viewed collectively, the new sections provided a comprehensive definition section (R.C. 4511.092) and expanded upon existing requirements for municipalities that employ the use of traffic photo-monitoring systems.”
Springfield v. State, 2016 Ohio 725 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 3× “See R.C. 4511.092 – R.C. 4511.0914. {¶ 3} In its complaint, Springfield specifically challenged the requirement in R.”
Dayton v. State, 2015 Ohio 3160 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “See R.C. 4511.092 – R.C. 4511.0914. In its complaint, Dayton specifically challenged the requirement in R.”
Dayton v. State, 2022 Ohio 4412 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “342's passage: R.C. 4511.092; 4511.093; 4511.095; 4511.096; 4511.”
Phillips v. Vill. of New Richmond (S.D. Ohio 2020). · cites it 4× “” O.R.C §4511.092. Some of these sections outline requirements of using traffic law photo- monitoring devices.”
Brice v. Crair, 2021 Ohio 2595 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× “" Here, appellant, a "local authority" as defined in R.C. 4511.092(C), mailed a ticket to appellee, the "registered owner" as defined in R.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.092(B): 1 case
Dickson & Campbell, L.L.C. v. City of Cleveland, 908 N.E.2d 964 (Ohio Ct. App. 2009). “R.C. 4511.092 became effective on June 30, 2007.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.092(C): 2 cases
Dayton v. State (Slip Opinion), 2017 Ohio 6909 (Ohio 2017). “” See also R.C. 4511.092(C) (defining law-enforcement officer).”
Brice v. Crair, 2021 Ohio 2595 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “" Here, appellant, a "local authority" as defined in R.C. 4511.092(C), mailed a ticket to appellee, the "registered owner" as defined in R.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.092(D): 1 case
Dayton v. State (Slip Opinion), 2017 Ohio 6909 (Ohio 2017). “” See also R.C. 4511.092(C) (defining law-enforcement officer).”
Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.092(G): 1 case
Brice v. Crair, 2021 Ohio 2595 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “" Here, appellant, a "local authority" as defined in R.C. 4511.092(C), mailed a ticket to appellee, the "registered owner" as defined in R.”
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