(A) Every vehicle, other than a motorized bicycle, operated upon a street or highway within this state shall display lighted lights and illuminating devices as required by sections 4513.04 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code during all of the following times:
(1) The time from sunset to sunrise;
(2) At any other time when, due to insufficient natural light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons, vehicles, and substantial objects on the highway are not discernible at a distance of one thousand feet ahead;
(3) At any time when the windshield wipers of the vehicle are in use because of precipitation on the windshield.
Every motorized bicycle shall display at such times lighted lights meeting the rules adopted by the director of public safety under section 4511.521 of the Revised Code. No motor vehicle, during any time specified in this section, shall be operated upon a street or highway within this state using only parking lights as illumination.
Whenever in such sections a requirement is declared as to the distance from which certain lamps and devices shall render objects visible, or within which such lamps or devices shall be visible, such distance shall be measured upon a straight level unlighted highway under normal atmospheric conditions unless a different condition is expressly stated.
Whenever in such sections a requirement is declared as to the mounted height of lights or devices, it shall mean from the center of such light or device to the level ground upon which the vehicle stands.
(B) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no law enforcement officer shall cause the operator of a vehicle being operated upon a street or highway within this state to stop the vehicle solely because the officer observes that a violation of division (A)(3) of this section has been or is being committed or for the sole purpose of issuing a ticket, citation, or summons for a violation of that division, or causing the arrest of or commencing a prosecution of a person for a violation of that division.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 34
cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1954–2024 · leading case: State v. Awan, 489 N.E.2d 277 (Ohio 1986).
State v. Awan, 489 N.E.2d 277 (Ohio 1986). · cites it 8דThe basic issues presented are whether the failure to raise the issue of the constitutionality of a statute at the trial of a matter may, in a given instance, effectively waive the claim of such an issue upon appeal, and whether the failure to raise such question of the…”
Tritt v. Judd's Moving & Storage, Inc., 574 N.E.2d 1178 (Ohio Ct. App. 10th Dist. 1990). · cites it 5דCode 4901: 2-5-14, in effect at the time off collision, required a stopped motor vehicle to place lighted fuses and three flares, electric lanterns or red reflectors on the roadway during the times specified in R.C. 4513.03. The language of R.C. 4513.03 regulates lighted lights…”
State v. Taylor-Billings, 2023-Ohio-3104. · cites it 14ד]” Whoever violates R.C. 4513.03 and R.C. 4513.14 “is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.”
State v. Jones, 902 N.E.2d 464 (Ohio 2009). · cites it 2ד, R.C. 4513.03 (lights required between sunset and sunrise, during unfavorable weather conditions, or any other time when there is insufficient light, 4513.”
Williams v. Am. Homes 4 Rent Mgt. Holdings, L.L.C., 2019-Ohio-3740. · cites it 2דAH4R argued that the mold in the home did not constitute a nuisance under Columbus City Code Ordinance Section 4513.03(A), that the home had not been declared a nuisance and unfit for habitation by the authorized city official, and that the Williamses had continued to live in…”
Petti v. Perna, 621 N.E.2d 580 (Ohio Ct. App. 3d Dist. 1993). · cites it 2דFurthermore, as part of the general charge to the jury, the trial judge gave the following detailed instructions: “The Court: Ohio Revised Code, Section 4513.03 entitled Lighted Lights Required states in pertinent part as follows: Every vehicle upon a street or highway within…”
State v. Spellacy, 2019-Ohio-785. · cites it 2ד15, which provides in relevant part: (A) Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in section 4513.03 of the Revised Code, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough…”
State v. Willis, 2013-Ohio-2391. “{¶ 21} R.C. 4513.03(A)(1) requires every vehicle other than a motorized vehicle that operates upon a street or highway display lights during sunset to sunrise.”
State v. Jackson, 2014-Ohio-2249. · cites it 2דYet, a traffic ticket was attached, which showed that appellant was cited for failing to use headlights in violation of R.C. 4513.03 and for failing to use a turn signal in violation of R.”
Cleveland v. Jones-McFarlane, 2020-Ohio-3662. “Count 2 was a violation of R.C. 4513.03, a minor misdemeanor, for not displaying lighted lights on a motor vehicle.”
State v. Wilson, 2020-Ohio-3227. “After the traffic stop, appellant walked away from and failed to comply with Officer Kellum's commands, providing the officer additional probable cause to detain appellant for failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer pursuant to R.”
Williams v. Am. Homes 4 Rent Mgt. Holdings, L.L.C., 2019-Ohio-3740. “AH4R argued that the mold in the home did not constitute a nuisance under Columbus City Code Ordinance Section 4513.03(A), that the home had not been declared a nuisance and unfit for habitation by the authorized city official, and that the Williamses had continued to live in…”
State v. Taylor-Billings, 2023-Ohio-3104. “]” Whoever violates R.C. 4513.03 and R.C. 4513.14 “is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.”
State v. Willis, 2013-Ohio-2391. “{¶ 21} R.C. 4513.03(A)(1) requires every vehicle other than a motorized vehicle that operates upon a street or highway display lights during sunset to sunrise.”
State v. Taylor-Billings, 2023-Ohio-3104. “]” Whoever violates R.C. 4513.03 and R.C. 4513.14 “is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.”
State v. Wilson, 2020-Ohio-3227. “After the traffic stop, appellant walked away from and failed to comply with Officer Kellum's commands, providing the officer additional probable cause to detain appellant for failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer pursuant to R.”
State v. Taylor-Billings, 2023-Ohio-3104. “]” Whoever violates R.C. 4513.03 and R.C. 4513.14 “is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 4513.03(B): 1 case
State v. Taylor-Billings, 2023-Ohio-3104. “]” Whoever violates R.C. 4513.03 and R.C. 4513.14 “is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 4513.03(C): 1 case
State v. Taylor-Billings, 2023-Ohio-3104. “]” Whoever violates R.C. 4513.03 and R.C. 4513.14 “is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.”
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