Legal Question in Traffic Law in Ohio

Orc 4511.203

I was drinking and was offered by another to drive me home in my vehicle. I accepted and we were pulled over.Unknowingly to me the person driving my vehicle licence was suspended. We both were ticketed.Mine was the ORC4511.203.What type of penalty can somewhat be expected?


Asked on 7/22/06, 2:14 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Timothy Hess T. Hess & Associates, LLC

Re: Orc 4511.203

Below is the statute that you ar in violation of:4511.203 Wrongful entrustment of motor vehicle.

C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of wrongful entrustment of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor of the first degree. In addition to the penalties imposed under Chapter 2929. of the Revised Code, the court shall impose a class seven suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code, and, if the vehicle involved in the offense is registered in the name of the offender, the court shall order one of the following:

(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) or (3) of this section, the court shall order, for thirty days, the immobilization of the vehicle involved in the offense and the impoundment of that vehicle's license plates. The order shall be issued and enforced under section 4503.233 of the Revised Code.

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Answered on 7/25/06, 12:01 pm


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