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    Default Re: Vehicle Impounded from My Private Driveway

    I understand that I broke the law and im sure I will be punished for that when I go to court. I have the tickets and a court date. So what was the point of taking the car from my property? If his reasoning was that.of that he may have believed that the car would again been driven illegaly, I have a very clean driving record and am a class A cdl holder. There is nothing that would support that theroy. He wrote the ticket for fictitious registration because I had just bought the car two weeks before. My old car had blown up and I sent it to the scrap yard. I took my tags off of the old car and put them on my new one. Which is perfectly legal in Ohio for thirty days while you are filling for a new registration. The problem was that I didn't have proof that I had scraped the old car and that was his reasoning for the ticket and the impound. I cannot find the law that says that you have to carry proof and he refused to tell me. Also as for the search, he was not doing an inventory he was doing an actual search, looking through everything. He stopped once he realized that I was recording him with my phone. He searched for what seemed like 10 minutes and only wrote 6 items on the inventory list. But I realize this is my problem, just was hoping someone that knew something about the laws in ohio would lead me in the right direction towards a law I use for the impoundment. It's common sense that impound laws were only created to remove vehicles out of the way of the public for safety reasons once a driver has been arrested. Not for the impoundment from ones personal driveway just because of a traffic ticket.

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    Default Re: Vehicle Impounded from My Private Driveway

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    I understand that I broke the law and im sure I will be punished for that when I go to court. I have the tickets and a court date. So what was the point of taking the car from my property?
    To remove the tool of the unlawful activity. To compel you to properly register the vehicle. To force you to obey the law. Take your pick.

    If his reasoning was that.of that he may have believed that the car would again been driven illegaly, I have a very clean driving record and am a class A cdl holder.
    That's great. But, now, you clearly appear to have a blemish on that clear driving record.

    There is nothing that would support that theroy. He wrote the ticket for fictitious registration because I had just bought the car two weeks before. My old car had blown up and I sent it to the scrap yard. I took my tags off of the old car and put them on my new one. Which is perfectly legal in Ohio for thirty days while you are filling for a new registration.
    Then, I suppose you'll have a great defense. This seems odd, but, I suppose in some states plates follow the owner and not the vehicle.

    The problem was that I didn't have proof that I had scraped the old car and that was his reasoning for the ticket and the impound.
    So, if you are able to get this proof, you should have a good defense, correct?

    Also as for the search, he was not doing an inventory he was doing an actual search, looking through everything.
    The "inventory" IS, essentially, a search. He doesn't have to be writing down every little item in the car.

    It's common sense that impound laws were only created to remove vehicles out of the way of the public for safety reasons once a driver has been arrested. Not for the impoundment from ones personal driveway just because of a traffic ticket.
    I suspect the impound was because the unlawful registered vehicle was being operated on the public roadway, not simply for a ticket.

    Oh, and if the law had been designed solely to remove potential traffic hazards, I suspect the legislature would have written the relevant code sections to cover only that circumstance. I have not looked up the sections, but, I strongly suspect that they cover a number of contingencies including unregistered vehicles.

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