Ohio Administrative Code|Rule 4501:1-2-06 | Procedures for the surrender of suspended certificates of registration, license plates, and driver's licenses and procedures for reinstatement.

                                                
(A) The following procedures shall be followed for any driver or
		  owner who to show proof of financial responsibility to the registrar of motor
		  vehicles as required after a motor vehicle accident, upon issuance of a traffic
		  ticket, or in conjunction with a motor vehicle inspection pursuant to section
		  4509.101 of the Revised Code:
(1) The registrar shall
			 send a written notice to the last known address of the driver or owner
			 that:
(a) Shall inform the driver or owner that his or her certificate
				of registration, license plates, driver's license, or all of them, are
				suspended;
(b) Shall direct the driver or owner to surrender his or her
				certificate of registration, license plates, driver's license, or all of
				them, to the bureau of motor vehicles;
(c) Shall state the duration of the suspension;
(d) May give notice of the driver's or owner's right,
				if any, to request a hearing or appeal the suspension and surrender
				determination; and
(e) May contain any other information the registrar may
				prescribe.
(2) Upon receipt of
			 notice, the driver or owner shall immediately surrender his or her certificate
			 of registration, license plates, driver's license, or all of them in
			 accordance with the registrar's notice by transmitting them to the bureau
			 of motor vehicles at the address specified in the notice.
(3) The registrar may
			 cause such information about the notice and directive to surrender as he deems
			 appropriate to be entered in the law enforcement automated data system
			 (LEADS).
(4) Any peace officer who, in the
			 performance of his duties as authorized by law, becomes aware of a person whose
			 license is under an order of suspension, or whose certificate of registration
			 and registration plates are under an order of impoundment, pursuant to section
			 4509.101 of the Revised Code, may confiscate such license, certificate of
			 registration, and registration plates, and return them to the
			 registrar.
(5) If the driver or owner does not make
			 a timely and voluntary surrender, the registrar may designate and authorize
			 employees of the bureau of motor vehicles to obtain the surrender of
			 certificates of registration, license plates, or driver's license directly
			 from the driver or owner.
(B) Upon receipt of any certificates of registration, license
		  plates, or driver's licenses surrendered in accordance with this rule, the
		  registrar shall destroy them pursuant to sections 4503.232 and 4510.52 of the
		  Revised Code.
(C) The registrar shall determine the length of any driver's
		  license suspension based upon the records of the bureau of motor vehicles. The
		  registrar shall not restore any driver's license until the suspension
		  period has expired and any reinstatement requirements have been
		  met.
(D) The registrar shall determine from the records of the bureau
		  of motor vehicles the amount of the financial responsibility reinstatement fee
		  in accordance with division (A)(5)(a) of section 4509.101 of the Revised
		  Code.
(E) The registrar shall determine from the records of the bureau
		  of motor vehicles whether the driver or owner is required to pay a financial
		  responsibility nonvoluntary compliance fee in accordance with division
		  (A)(5)(b) of section 4509.101 of the Revised Code and the amount of that fee,
		  if any, for failure to comply with any order or notice requiring the surrender
		  of his certificate of registration, license plates, or driver's
		  license.
(F) The registrar shall not restore any operating privileges or
		  registration rights or return any license, certificate of registration, or
		  license plates unless the rights are not subject to suspension or revocation
		  under any other law and unless the person, in addition to complying with all
		  other conditions required by law for reinstatement of the operating privileges
		  or registration rights, complies with all of the following:
(1) Pays a financial
			 responsibility reinstatement fee as determined by the registrar in accordance
			 with this rule;
(2) Pays the financial
			 responsibility nonvoluntary compliance fee, if any, as determined by the
			 registrar in accordance with this rule; and
(3) Files and maintains
			 proof of financial responsibility in accordance with paragraph (B) of rule
			 4501:1-2-01 of the Administrative Code.
(G) When the period of any driver's license suspension has
		  expired and the person has complied with all requirements of paragraph (F) of
		  this rule, the registrar shall authorize the person to obtain a driver's
		  license. The authorization shall be conditioned upon any other applicable
		  requirement prescribed by law, including the requirement that the person submit
		  to a driver's license examination if the driver's suspended
		  driver's license has been expired for six months or more.
(H) The registrar shall authorize any person whose certificate of
		  registration or license plates that have been suspended to apply for a
		  certificate of registration or license plates upon the registrar's
		  determination that the person has complied with paragraph (F) of this
		  rule.