Vehicle registration deadline approaching for many

COLUMBUS – Ohioans who received an urgent notice from the state’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles to update their vehicle registration have only three weeks left to do so without penalty.

 
Effective Dec. 8, any vehicle registration that does not have an Ohio Driver License, Ohio Identification Card or a Social Security Number on the record will be canceled. The BMV sent letters to 47,457 registrants on Oct. 8, instructing them to visit a deputy registrar by the deadline to update their record with one of the three identifiers.


This applies to all registrants on the vehicle title, so both individuals named on a joint registration must provide an Ohio driver’s license, ID card or proof of Social Security number.


Ohio law requires the update.


 As of Nov. 17, the BMV updated 2,245 records and received 16,000 letters returned as undeliverable. Customers are required to notify the BMV of an address change within 10 days of that change.

 
Customers who don’t get to a deputy registrar by Dec 8 will not be able to legally operate their vehicle until the time that the registration is updated. Upon receiving the necessary information, the record will update in the vehicle registration database within 24 to 48 hours and the registration will be valid.


A confirmation letter will be mailed to the registrant.

 
For more information regarding the notices or with questions about the verification, customers should call 1-800-589-8247, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.


For a list of deputy registrar locations where customers can update their records go to  http://bmv.ohio.gov/county/cnty_lst.htm.