Effective Date

(A) Original rules The Ohio Traffic Rules originally took effect on January 1, 1975, pursuant to R.C. 2935.17 and R.C. 2937.46. Some rules have been amended in succeeding years in accord with the aforementioned statutes. (B) Use of tickets conforming to prior rules Paper tickets conforming to prior rules may be used after the effective date of amendments to such rules to exhaust inventories, but issuing authorities must order new supplies of tickets which fully comply with effective amendments. Electronic tickets shall be updated as promptly as possible to comply with effective amendments. (C) Effective date of amendments Amendments to these rules and the Uniform Traffic Ticket adopted by the Supreme Court shall take effect following adoption. They shall govern all proceedings in actions brought after they take effect and also all further proceedings in actions then pending, except to the extent that their application in a particular action pending when the amendments take effect would not be feasible or would work injustice, in which event the former procedure applies. Effective Date: January 1, 1975; July 1, 2025 TEMPORARY PROVISION Notwithstanding Traffic Rule 3, the Bowling Green Municipal Court is authorized to develop and use a modified version of the Uniform Traffic Ticket in all moving traffic cases. The modified version of the Uniform Traffic Ticket shall be used by the Bowling Green Municipal Court beginning on a date not later than three months from October 21, 1991 and its use shall terminate one year from the date on which it is first used. As used in the Ohio Traffic Rules and defined by Traffic Rule 2, "traffic ticket" shall include the modified version of the Uniform Traffic Ticket in all moving traffic developed and used by the Bowling Green Municipal Court pursuant to this provision. Effective Date: October 21, 1991 TEMPORARY PROVISION Notwithstanding Traffic Rule 3, the Akron Municipal Court, Berea Municipal Court, Licking County Municipal Court, Newton Falls Municipal Court, Parma Municipal Court, Brown County Court, Broadview Heights Mayor’s Court, Moraine Mayor’s Court, North Royalton Mayor’s Court, and the Ohio Highway Patrol are authorized to use the modified version of the Uniform Traffic Ticket approved by the Supreme Court Traffic Rules Review Commission in all moving traffic cases. The modified version of the Uniform Traffic Ticket shall be used by these courts and the Highway Patrol beginning on a date no earlier than April 1, 1996. The use of the modified Uniform Traffic Ticket shall continue for a period of six months from the date on which it is first used in the individual courts or by the Highway Patrol. As used in the Ohio Traffic Rules and defined by Traffic Rule 2, “traffic ticket” shall include the modified version of the Uniform Traffic Ticket used pursuant to this provision. Effective Date: April 1, 1996 TEMPORARY PROVISION A law enforcement officer who issues an automated traffic ticket is considered to have signed the ticket, for purposes of Traffic Rule 3(E), if the issuing officer properly authorizes the appearance of his or her facsimile signature on the ticket. For purposes of this Temporary Provision: (A) “Automated traffic ticket” means the computerized traffic citation developed by the Office of Criminal Justice Services, Ohio Highway Patrol, and local law enforcement agencies and courts and being used on a pilot project basis by the Licking County Sheriff’s Office, Newark Police Department, Heath Police Department, Licking County Municipal Court, Circleville Police Department, Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office, Circleville Municipal Court, the Circleville Post of the Ohio Highway Patrol, the Newark Post of the Ohio Highway Patrol, and the General Headquarters of the Ohio Highway Patrol. (B) “Properly authorizes” means the issuing officer uses a secure password, in the manner demonstrated to the Traffic Rules Review Commission at its December 18, 1998 meeting, that, when entered, allows an electronic version of the his or her signature to appear on the automated traffic ticket and on any printed version of that ticket. Effective Date: January 12, 1999 Uniform Traffic Ticket (MUTT) Effective Date: January 1, 2010 Amended: July 1, 2020 (previous version permitted for use until July 1, 2021) REVERSE OF ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RECORD COMMISSION COMMENTARY (July 1, 1997 Amendments) This is the Reverse Side of the Enforcement Agency’s copy of the basic ticket. This side provides an information and tracking process for the Enforcement Agency to track court action on the case and to provide the officer with space for limited notes as to the offense at the time of citation, including identification of witnesses. The bottom of the form is to provide information location to the officer for PUCO and weight citations, so that the information may be preserved.