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Live on this state’s named ALPR highway-occupancy instrument. No ALPR use-or-retention statute was retrieved as primary.

DOT instrument
Open the workbenchThe method
Highway system
Primary
State highways and the state highway system under R.C. 5511.01. Additional highways and significant changes are established by the director of transportation after public-involvement activities. This is not Florida’s State Highway System and not Minnesota’s trunk highway.
Owner
Primary
Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), acting through the director of transportation (R.C. 5511.01; R.C. 5501.01 transportation facilities include highways and rights-of-way). Do not write MDOT, TDOT, KYTC, INDOT, or FDOT here. City Flock contracts are not ODOT.
Right-of-way
Primary
R.C. 5501.01(D), incorporating R.C. 4511.01(UU)(2). R.C. 5501.01(D) says “Right-of-way” has the same meaning as in R.C. 4511.01(UU)(2): a general term denoting land, property, or the interest therein, usually in the configuration of a strip, acquired for or devoted to transportation purposes. When used in this context, right-of-way includes the roadway, shoulders or berm, ditch, and slopes extending to the right-of-way limits under the control of the state or local authority. (UU)(1) is the traffic-priority sense — not packed as the land definition.) Do not substitute Florida § 334.03(21).
Public records
Primary
Ohio Public Records Act (R.C. 149.43; inspection 149.43(B)(1)). Who may request: Any person. Upon request by any person, all public records responsive to the request shall be promptly prepared and made available for inspection at all reasonable times during regular business hours; copies at cost within a reasonable period of time (R.C. 149.43(B)(1), effective 30 Sept 2025 text).
Open meetings
Primary
Ohio Open Meetings Act (R.C. 121.22)
ALPR statute
None found
No Ohio statewide ALPR use, retention, or sharing statute was retrieved. ODOT’s LPR permit page is an install instrument, not a data-retention law. Who Approved This holds Ohio city Flock procurement records — those are Layer A leads, not an ODOT install pack and not a substitute statute. Do not pack Shaker Heights, Strongsville, Green, or Ohio State University dollar figures or camera counts here.

NCSL 2022 listed none. Empty beats inventing a 90-day clock.

ROW permit
Primary
ODOT License Plate Reader (LPR) Permits — a Right of Way Permit, type “Other,” through the ePermitting System. Each location is a separate application. Upload RE 900 LPR Permit Submittal Checklist, RE 901 LPR Supplemental Agreement, an aerial map with lat/long, and the fully executed agreement between the LPR manufacturer/vendor and the law-enforcement agency for that location.. Who may apply: The LPR Manufacturer/Vendor shall apply for the permit, not the law enforcement agency. First-time users register for an E-Permitting account. Do not check “I am submitting this permit on someone else’s behalf.” In Permit Information, add the law-enforcement agency name, physical address, contact name, email, and telephone.. Page published 29 June 2026 (ODOT Resource). Allow at least 30 days. This is not Florida’s General Use Permit, not Minnesota’s OLPA, and not Utah’s ALPRS Special Use. City Flock contracts are not this instrument.

Page published 29 June 2026 (ODOT Resource). Allow at least 30 days. This is not Florida’s General Use Permit, not Minnesota’s OLPA, and not Utah’s ALPRS Special Use. City Flock contracts are not this instrument.

https://www.transportation.ohio.gov/business/permits/row-permits/lpr-permits

Install process in this state

Steps 1–7 are ODOT’s LPR page (primary). No packed ALPR statute.

  1. This is ODOT state-highway right-of-way under R.C. 5511.01 / 5501.01. Not Florida’s State Highway System, not Minnesota trunk highway, not Utah UDOT ROW. Do not import FAC 14-20.010, MnDOT OLPA, or UDOT Special Use + Encroachment.
  2. Ohio has no packed statewide ALPR data statute. Do not invent a retention period. Who Approved This city records are Layer A leads — not the install spec.
  3. The ROW instrument is ODOT’s License Plate Reader (LPR) Permit: ePermitting → Right of Way Permit → type “Other.” One application per LPR location. The LPR manufacturer/vendor applies, not the law-enforcement agency.
  4. Upload RE 900 (LPR Permit Submittal Checklist), RE 901 (LPR Supplemental Agreement), an aerial map depicting the LPR with latitude and longitude, and the fully executed vendor–law-enforcement agreement for that location. Name the LEA in Permit Information. Allow at least thirty days.
  5. Installation: freestanding LPRs by listed preference (breakaway / offset / behind guardrail or barrier — new barrier not allowed solely to protect an LPR). Co-mounted LPRs: clamp supports only, on ODOT-owned vertical members except bridges and lowering-device infrastructure; 2-foot offset from existing devices; not on overhead or horizontal members. Nameplate: Law Enforcement Entity and Vendor. No external light facing travel. Solar-charged battery only; wireless communications only; no underground or aerial drops. No lane closures. Call OUPS. MOT per ODOT; LPR owner pays reinstallation if ODOT must remove the device from an ODOT asset.
  6. Records: R.C. 149.43 to any person. Split clerk (votes), purchasing (city contract — a city record, not ODOT’s spec), police (policy/logs), ODOT district permits (LPR Other Permit file, RE 900/901, vendor–LEA agreement).
  7. Do not copy Johnson City, Tennessee dollar figures or camera counts, FDOT EOM 26-01, or a Who Approved This Ohio city contract into this pack.

Primary

Where to ask

  • City or township clerk / person responsible for public records

    Minutes, resolutions, vote records (R.C. 121.22; R.C. 149.43)

  • Purchasing / finance

    Contract, amendments, invoices — city Flock or camera procurement is a city record, not ODOT’s install spec

  • Law-enforcement records

    Use policy if one exists; captured-plate data — no packed ALPR classification statute

  • ODOT Office of Real Estate / District Permit Coordinator (Wendi Snyder, Utilities Manager, listed contact)

    LPR Other Permit file, RE 900 checklist, RE 901 supplemental agreement, vendor–LEA agreement, aerial map

SupportedEvidence
ODOT’s current instrument for a license-plate reader in state right-of-way is a Right of Way Permit, type “Other,” applied for in ePermitting by the LPR manufacturer/vendor — not by the law-enforcement agency — with RE 900 and RE 901 attached.

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UnprovenAssumption
Ohio currently has a statewide ALPR data-retention statute.

None found this hunt. ODOT’s LPR page is an install instrument, not a retention law.

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DisputedAssumption
Ohio city Flock contracts (Who Approved This Layer A) are ODOT’s install spec.

City procurement records. Not packed. No dollar figure or camera count belongs in this pack.

Sources in this pack

What was checked

  1. 2026-09-01

    https://www.transportation.ohio.gov/business/permits/row-permits and /business/permits/row-permits/lpr-permits

    Primary: ODOT Right-of-Way & Utility Permits lists License Plate Reader (LPR) Permits as a related topic. LPR page packed: vendor applies, not the LEA; Other permit; RE 900/RE 901; solar/wireless; no lane closures. Published 29 June 2026.

  2. 2026-09-01

    https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-149.43 and /section-121.22 and /section-5511.01 and /section-5501.01 and /section-4511.01

    Primary: Public Records any person; Open Meetings 121.22; state highway system 5511.01; ROW via 5501.01(D) → 4511.01(UU)(2).

  3. 2026-09-01

    NCSL 2022 ALPR statutes list and Who Approved This Ohio city index

    No Ohio ALPR statute on the 2022 NCSL sheet. Who Approved This has Ohio city Flock records as Layer A leads — not packed as ODOT’s install spec.

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