Ohio Code § 4501.05
Ohio Code § 4501.05. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 4501.05.
Keepers of garages, parking lots, or other places where motor vehicles of any kind
are stored or left for repair or for any other purpose, or any employee of any such
person, who knows or becomes aware of the fact that any motor vehicle so stored or
left has upon it, or in it, bullet marks, gunshot marks, blood stains, or marks or
evidence of any crime, shall immediately report the facts to the police of a municipal
corporation, a sheriff of the county, or a state highway patrol trooper. Whoever violates this section shall forfeit not more than one hundred dollars, to
be recovered on petition as in civil cases, filed by the prosecuting attorney, in
the name of the state of Ohio, in the court of common pleas in the county in which
such place is located.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 4501.05
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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