Bill Title: To apply the motor vehicle certificate of title law to trailers and semitrailers that weigh 4,000 pounds or less and are not farm trailers.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-05 - To Transportation & Infrastructure
[HB171 Detail]Download: Ohio-2009-HB171-Introduced.html
As Introduced
| 128th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2009-2010 |
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Representatives Letson, Mandel
Cosponsors:
Representatives Weddington, Boyd, Luckie, Heard, Chandler, Batchelder
A BILL
| To amend section 4505.01 and to enact section | 1 |
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4505.063 of the Revised Code to apply the motor | 2 |
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vehicle certificate of title law to trailers and | 3 |
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semitrailers that weigh 4,000 pounds or less and | 4 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That section 4505.01 be amended and section | 6 |
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4505.063 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as
follows: | 7 |
| Sec. 4505.01. (A) As used in this chapter: | 8 |
| (1) "Lien" includes, unless the context requires a different | 9 |
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meaning, a
security interest in a motor vehicle. | 10 |
| (2) "Motor vehicle" includes manufactured homes, mobile | 11 |
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homes, recreational
vehicles, and trailers and semitrailers, but | 12 |
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does not include any trailer or semitrailer used in direct | 13 |
agricultural production whose
weight exceedsdoes not exceed four | 14 |
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thousand
pounds. | 15 |
| (B) The various certificates, applications, and assignments | 16 |
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necessary to
provide certificates of title for manufactured homes, | 17 |
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mobile homes,
recreational vehicles,
and those trailers and | 18 |
semitrailers
whose weight exceeds four thousand poundsfor which a | 19 |
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certificate of title is required under this chapter, shall
be made | 20 |
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upon
forms prescribed by the registrar of motor vehicles. | 21 |
| Sec. 4505.063. (A) Notwithstanding section 4505.06 of the | 22 |
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Revised Code, if a certificate of title previously has not been | 23 |
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issued for a trailer whose weight is four thousand pounds or less, | 24 |
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the application for a certificate of title when required by this | 25 |
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chapter shall be accompanied by a manufacturer's or importer's | 26 |
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certificate; by a sworn statement of ownership; or by a | 27 |
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certificate of title, bill of sale, or other evidence of ownership | 28 |
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required by law of another state from which the trailer was | 29 |
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brought into this state. If such a trailer is assembled from | 30 |
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component parts by a person other than a manufacturer, the owner | 31 |
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of the trailer is not required to have the trailer inspected by | 32 |
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the state highway patrol under section 4505.111 of the Revised | 33 |
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Code in order to apply for and obtain a certificate of title for | 34 |
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the trailer. | 35 |
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registrar of motor vehicles, in accordance with Chapter | 36 |
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119. of the Revised Code, shall prescribe the form of the sworn | 37 |
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statement of ownership and the types of additional documentation | 38 |
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sufficient to establish proof of ownership, including, but not | 39 |
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limited to, receipts from the purchase of parts or components, | 40 |
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photographs, and affidavits of other persons. | 41 |
| (B) On and after the effective date of this section, if a | 42 |
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trailer is assembled from component parts by a person other than a | 43 |
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manufacturer and the trailer weighs four thousand pounds or less, | 44 |
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the owner of the trailer is not required to have the trailer | 45 |
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inspected by the state highway patrol under section 4505.111 of | 46 |
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the Revised Code in order to apply for and obtain a certificate of | 47 |
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title for the trailer. The owner may apply for a certificate of | 48 |
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title for the trailer by complying with any applicable provision | 49 |
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of division (A) of this section. | 50 |
| Section 2. That existing section 4505.01
of the Revised Code | 51 |
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is hereby repealed. | 52 |
