Ohio Code § 5577.10

§ 5577.10.

No person shall issue or aid in issuing any bill of lading or other document of like

nature in lieu thereof, which bill or document is to accompany a shipment of goods

or property by truck, trailer, semitrailer, commercial tractor, or any other commercial

vehicle used for the transportation of property, the gross weight of which, with load,

exceeds three tons, with intent to defraud by misrepresenting thereon the weight of

such goods or property to be so transported. Any driver or operator of a commercial car, trailer, or semitrailer may obtain from

any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association, including the owner, lessee,

or operator of such commercial car, trailer, or semitrailer, owning and operating

sealed scales in this state, a written “statement of gross vehicle weight” showing

the gross weight of the vehicle including the cargo on the vehicle, the name and address

of the person issuing the statement, and the date and place where the vehicle and

its cargo were weighed.  The driver or operator of the commercial car, trailer, or semitrailer shall retain

such statement of gross vehicle weight on his person, and any law enforcement officer

of this state may request that such driver or operator exhibit it to him.  If, upon examining the statement of gross vehicle weight, the law enforcement officer

has reason to believe that the information contained therein is correct in every respect,

he shall indorse it with his name and the date and place where it was exhibited to

him.  The law enforcement officer may then permit such driver or operator to proceed without

weighing by a law enforcement officer of this state.  No person shall willfully issue a written statement of gross vehicle weight and

knowingly give any false information in such statement.