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Title 45   Motor Vehicles  Ohio Revised Code
Vehicle Title Required No person, with limited exceptions, may sell or dispose of a motor vehicle without delivering to transferee a certificate of title with assignment sufficient to show title in transferee. Except for certain salvage and other situations, as provided in section 4505.11, no person may buy or  acquire a motor vehicle without obtaining a certificate of title in person's name. 4505.03
Certificate To Lienholder If Any The clerk of the court of common pleas issues certificates of title in duplicate. One copy is retained and filed by the clerks' office. The clerk signs and affixes clerk's seal to original certificate, and if there are no liens on vehicle, delivers certificate to applicant or selling dealer. If there are liens on vehicle, certificate of title is delivered to holder of  first lien or selling dealer, who shall deliver certificate of title to holder of first lien. See Section 4505.08
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Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles
P.O. Box 16520,
Columbus, Ohio 43266-0020.
Tel.: (614) 752-7500 (614) 752-7600 Fax: (614) 752-7973
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Ohio Motor Vehicle Code
1317 Retail Installment Sales
 
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Licensing Required For Dealers, Brokers, Others Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person may engage in business of displaying or selling at retail new motor vehicles, unless person is licensed as a new motor vehicle dealer under sections 4517.01 to 4517.45 of the Revised Code, or is a salesperson licensed under those sections and employed by a licensed new motor vehicle dealer. See Ohio Revised Code Section 4517.02
Presumption After Five Sales No person may engage in business of offering for sale, displaying for sale, or selling at retail or wholesale used motor vehicles, unless person is licensed as dealer under sections 4517.01 to 4517.45 of the Revised Code, or is a salesperson licensed. No person may make more than five casual sales of motor vehicles in a twelve-month period, commencing with day of month in which first sale made, nor provide a location or space for sale of vehicles at flea market, without obtaining a license as dealer under sections 4517.01 to 4517.45 of Ohio Revised Code. See Ohio Revised Code Section 4517.02
 
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