Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Chapter 3745-80 - Statewide Motor Vehicle Anti-Tampering Program
Section 3745-80-02 - Tampering prohibitions
Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
(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.
(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: