The Paper Trail
A used car with no title, a job with no pay stub, an ex who will not stop, and a call about something years old
A used car from a lot. Six weeks on, the temporary tag is about to expire and the title has not come.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
The title defect recision fund's claim procedure, what a pay statement deduction may lawfully be, aggravated menacing and menacing, protection orders, the full list of twenty year offenses and the DNA extension are not walked here. Nothing on this page says whether a particular sale is rescindable, whether particular messages were a pattern, or whether time has run on a particular charge.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
6 words · tap one for its definition
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- CommencedFor the criminal clock, the date an indictment is returned or an information filed, or the date a lawful arrest without a warrant is made, or the date a warrant, summons, citation or other process is issued, whichever comes first, provided reasonable diligence is used to execute it.
- Minor misdemeanorThe bottom rung of the Ohio code. No jail term at all, a fine capped at one hundred and fifty dollars, and a section that says an officer shall issue a citation rather than arrest unless one of four exceptions applies.
- WorkweekThe unit overtime is measured in. Hours worked in excess of forty hours in one workweek carry one and one half times the wage rate, and the count starts again the following week.
- Rebuilt salvage vehicleA vehicle whose title shows it was a salvage vehicle that has been rebuilt. A dealer who sells one without disclosing that in writing before the purchase agreement gives the buyer an unconditional right to rescind, on notice to the dealer within sixty days of the title issuing in the buyer's name.
- DegreeThe classification every Ohio offense carries, from minor misdemeanor up to felony of the first degree. The degree sets the available range before anyone looks at the facts.
- Pattern of conductTwo or more actions or incidents closely related in time. It is the element that separates menacing by stalking from a single unpleasant encounter.