Legal Question in DUI Law in Ohio

can you be held responsible if you let a friend drive drunk??


Asked on 5/03/12, 5:13 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Timothy Hess T. Hess & Associates, LLC

It depends on the fact of the case, but, yes, you could be charged with wrongful entrustment of a motor vehicle under Ohio Revised Code section 4511.203

4511.203 Wrongful entrustment of motor vehicle.

(A) No person shall permit a motor vehicle owned by the person or under the person�s control to be driven by another if any of the following apply:

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(4) The offender knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the other person�s act of driving would violate section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or any substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.

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Answered on 5/03/12, 8:44 am


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