(A) Proof of financial responsibility when required under section 4509.101, 4509.33, 4509.34, 4509.38, 4509.40, 4509.42, 4509.44, or 4510.038 of the Revised Code may be given by filing any of the following:
(1) A financial responsibility identification card as provided in section 4509.104 of the Revised Code;
(2) A certificate of insurance as provided in section 4509.46 or 4509.47 of the Revised Code;
(3) A bond as provided in section 4509.59 of the Revised Code;
(4) A certificate of deposit of money or securities as provided in section 4509.62 of the Revised Code;
(5) A certificate of self-insurance, as provided in section 4509.72 of the Revised Code, supplemented by an agreement by the self-insurer that, with respect to accidents occurring while the certificate is in force, the self-insurer will pay the same amounts that an insurer would have been obligated to pay under an owner’s motor vehicle liability policy if it had issued such a policy to the self-insurer.
(B) Proof under division (A) of this section shall be filed and maintained for five years from the date of the registrar’s imposition of a class A, B, or C suspension of operating privileges and shall be filed and maintained for three years from the date of the registrar’s imposition of a class D, E, or F suspension of operating privileges.
Effective Date: 01-01-2004