4505.032 Sales of electronic motor vehicles where physical certificate of title has not been issued. - Ohio Statutes

4505.032 Sales of electronic motor vehicles where physical certificate of title has not been issued.

(A)(1) If a person who is not an electronic motor vehicle dealer owns a motor vehicle for which a physical certificate of title has not been issued by a clerk of a court of common pleas and the person sells the motor vehicle to a motor vehicle dealer licensed under Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code, the person is not required to obtain a physical certificate of title to the motor vehicle in order to transfer ownership to the dealer. The person shall present the dealer, in a manner approved by the registrar of motor vehicles, with sufficient proof of the person’s identity and complete and sign a form prescribed by the registrar attesting to the person’s identity and assigning the motor vehicle to the dealer. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the motor vehicle dealer shall present the assignment form to any clerk of a court of common pleas together with an application for a certificate of title and payment of the fees prescribed by section 4505.09 of the Revised Code.

In a case in which an electronic certificate of title has been issued and either the buyer or seller of the motor vehicle is an electronic motor vehicle dealer, the electronic motor vehicle dealer instead may inform a clerk of a court of common pleas via electronic means of the sale of the motor vehicle and assignment of ownership of the vehicle. The clerk shall enter the information relating to the assignment, including, but not limited to, the odometer disclosure statement required by section 4505.06 of the Revised Code, into the automated title processing system, and ownership of the vehicle passes to the applicant when the clerk enters this information into the system. The dealer is not required to obtain a physical certificate of title to the vehicle in the dealer’s name.

(2) (a) Except as provided in division (A)(2)(b) of this section, a clerk shall charge and collect from a dealer a fee of fifteen dollars for each motor vehicle assignment sent by the dealer to the clerk under division (A)(1) of this section.

(b) A clerk shall charge and collect from the dealer a fee of five dollars for each motor vehicle assignment sent by the dealer to the clerk for resale purposes.

(3) The fees shall be distributed in accordance with section 4505.09 of the Revised Code.

(B) If a person who is not an electronic motor vehicle dealer owns a motor vehicle for which a physical certificate of title has not been issued by a clerk of a court of common pleas and the person sells the motor vehicle to a person who is not a motor vehicle dealer licensed under Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code, the person shall obtain a physical certificate of title to the motor vehicle in order to transfer ownership of the vehicle to that person.

Amended by 128th General Assembly ch. 1, HB 2, § 101.01, eff. 7/1/2009.

Effective Date: 10-31-2001; 09-16-2004; 03-29-2005