Ohio Admin. Code 3745-80-02 - Tampering prohibitions
(A) No person shall sell, offer for sale,
possess for sale, advertise, manufacture, install or use any part or component
intended, by such person, for use with or as part of any motor vehicle when a
purpose is to bypass, defeat, or render inoperative, in whole or part, the
emission control system.
(B) No
person shall introduce leaded fuel into a motor vehicle that is designed,
manufactured or certified by the United States environmental protection agency
to use only unleaded fuels.
(C) No
person shall tamper with any emission control system installed on or in a motor
vehicle prior to the sale and delivery to the ultimate purchaser or
lessee.
(D) No person shall
knowingly operate a motor vehicle that has been tampered with.
(E) No person shall knowingly sell, lease,
rent or offer to sell, lease, or rent or offer to transfer title or a right to
possession of a motor vehicle that has been tampered with. In the case of a
motor vehicle dealer licensed under Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code, a motor
vehicle is considered to be offered for sale, lease or rental at a motor
vehicle facility unless the motor vehicle is separated or otherwise segregated
from other motor vehicles being offered for sale, lease or rental, or unless a
placard meeting the following requirements is displayed on the vehicle's
windshield.
(1) The statement "this
This vehicle is
not being offered for sale, lease or rental at
this time" shall be printed on the placard using block letters of no less than
forty point bold type.
(2) The
dimensions of the placard shall be at least eight and one half inches by eleven
inches.
(F) No person
shall knowingly tamper with any emission control system installed on or in a
motor vehicle after sale, lease, or rental and delivery of the motor vehicle to
the ultimate purchaser, lessee or renter.
(G) Any person who witnesses any violation of
this rule or of sections
3704.16 to
3704.162 of the Revised Code, or
suspects a violation has occurred, may report the alleged violation by
contacting the mobile sources section of Ohio environmental protection agency
or the appropriate Ohio environmental protection agency district office or
local air pollution control agency.
(H) The following motor vehicles are exempt
from this rule:
(1) Race motor vehicles which
are operated off of public roads and highways one hundred per cent of the
time.
(2) Motor vehicles for which
salvage certificates of title have been issued under division (C) of section
4505.11 of the Revised
Code.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3704.03
Rule Amplifies: 3704.16
Prior Effective Dates: 11/08/1994, 01/22/2005, 02/14/2010, 12/12/2015
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