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Ohio Revised Code Title XLV. Motor Vehicles Aeronautics Watercraft § 4513.62

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

An unclaimed motor vehicle ordered into storage pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 4513.60 or section 4513.61 of the Revised Code is subject to one of the following:

(A) The sheriff of the county or the chief of a law enforcement agency of the municipal corporation, township, port authority, conservancy district, university campus police department, park district police force, or township or joint police district, or the department of natural resources may dispose of it with a motor vehicle salvage dealer or scrap metal processing facility as defined in section 4737.05 of the Revised Code, or with any other facility owned by or under contract with the county, municipal corporation, port authority, conservancy district, university campus, park district, township, or department for the disposal of such motor vehicles.

(B) The sheriff, chief, department, or a licensed auctioneer may sell the motor vehicle at public auction, after giving notice thereof by advertisement, published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code.

(C) A towing service or storage facility may obtain title to the motor vehicle in accordance with section 4505.104 of the Revised Code.

(D)(1) Except as provided in division (D)(2) of this section, money accrued pursuant to division (A) or (B) of this section that are in excess of the expenses resulting from the removal and storage of the vehicle shall be credited to the general fund of the county, municipal corporation, port authority, township, conservancy district, university campus, park district, or joint police district, as the case may be.

(2) Any money accrued by the department of natural resources pursuant to division (A) or (B) of this section that is in excess of the expenses resulting from the removal and storage of the vehicle shall be credited as follows:

(a) To the wildlife fund created under section 1531.17 of the Revised Code if the unclaimed motor vehicle was removed from property under the control or jurisdiction of the division of wildlife;

(b) To the state park fund created under section 1546.21 of the Revised Code if the unclaimed motor vehicle was removed from property under the control or jurisdiction of the department of natural resources other than property under the control or jurisdiction of the division of wildlife.

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