{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-4503.111","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 4503.111","heading":"Registration within thirty days of residency.","body":"(A) Within thirty days of becoming a resident of this state, any person who owns a motor vehicle operated or driven upon the public roads or highways shall register the vehicle in this state. If such a person fails to register a vehicle owned by the person, the person shall not operate any motor vehicle in this state under a license issued by another state\n(B)(1) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.\n(2) The offense established under division (B)(1) of this section is a strict liability offense and strict liability is a culpable mental state for purposes of section 2901.20 of the Revised Code. The designation of this offense as a strict liability offense shall not be construed to imply that any other offense, for which there is no specified degree of culpability, is not a strict liability offense.\n(C) For purposes of division (A) of this section, \"resident\" means any person to whom any of the following applies:\n(3) The person maintains their principal residence in this state and does not reside in this state as a result of the person's active service in the United States armed forces.\n(4) The person is determined by the registrar of motor vehicles to be a resident in accordance with standards adopted by the registrar under section 4507.01 of the Revised Code.","path":["Title 45 Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft","Chapter 4503 Licensing Of Motor Vehicles"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4503.111","current_through":"2015-07-01 (House Bill 53 - 131st General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:37Z","sha256":"ce91a43b8e7dad1ab73ef23655ff496ad5dabfcdfdc76572d6db1b658fa1ab15","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-4503.11","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-4503.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}