Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501:1 - Bureau of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 4501:1-7 - Vehicle Registration › Section 4501:1-7-03 - Assignment of registration periods

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) In accordance with section
			 4503.101 of the Revised Code,
			 the registrar of motor vehicles shall assign vehicles required to be registered
			 in this state to a registration period within the calendar year based upon the
			 type of vehicle to be registered, the type of ownership of the vehicle, the
			 class of license plate to be issued, or any other reasonable factor determined
			 by the registrar. If there is good cause to do so, the registrar may reassign
			 vehicles to a different registration period. To effect such a reassignment from
			 the current registration period to the new registration period, the registrar
			 may require the motor vehicle to be registered for more or less than a
			 twelve-month period at the time the motor vehicle's current registration is
			 subject to renewal. The registration taxes to be charged shall be determined by
			 the registrar on the basis of the annual tax otherwise due on the motor
			 vehicle, prorated in accordance with the number of months for which the motor
			 vehicle is registered, rounded upward to the next highest dollar amount.
(B) Notwithstanding any other
			 provision of this rule, all commercial bus registrations shall expire on the
			 thirty-first day of May of each registration year.
(C) The registrations of all special vehicles
			 governed by Chapter 4519. of the Revised Code, including snowmobiles,
			 off-highway motorcycles, and all purpose vehicles, shall be in accordance with
			 rule
			 4501:1-7-04
			 of the Administrative Code and shall expire on the thirty-first day of December
			 of the third year of their registration.
(D) All commercial trucks, commercial
			 trailers, and commercial semitrailers shall be registered in accordance with
			 rule
			 4501:1-7-05
			 of the Administrative Code.
(E)
			 Notwithstanding any other provision of this rule, all rental vehicles owned by
			 motor vehicle renting dealers shall be registered in accordance with rule
			 4501:1-7-06
			 of the Administrative Code.
(F)
			 Except as otherwise provided in this rule, the registrations of passenger cars,
			 noncommercial trucks, noncommercial trailers, motor homes, motorcycles,
			 manufactured homes, and motorized bicycles owned by individuals shall expire on
			 the individual's date of birth. The registrar may add other types of vehicles
			 to this category as the registrar sees fit. At the registrar's option,
			 "individuals" may include individual trustees who own vehicles in trust and
			 individual partners who own vehicles in partnership. If there is more than one
			 individual motor vehicle owner residing at the same address, the owners may
			 select the date of birth of any one of the owners as the date to register any
			 of the vehicles at that residence address.
(G) Except as otherwise provided in this
			 rule, vehicles owned by persons who are not individuals shall be assigned in
			 accordance with the first letter of the owner's name as follows:
(1) If the owner's name begins with "A" or
			 "B," the registration shall expire on the twentieth day of January;
(2) If the owner's name begins with "C" or
			 "D," the registration shall expire on the twentieth day of February;
(3) If the owner's name begins with "E," "F,"
			 or "G," the registration shall expire on the twentieth day of March;
(4) If the owner's name begins with "H," "I,"
			 or "J," the registration shall expire on the twentieth day of June;
(5) If the owner's name begins with "K" or
			 "L," the registration shall expire on the twentieth day of July;
(6) If the owner's name begins with "M," the
			 registration shall expire on the twentieth day of August;
(7) If the owner's name begins with "N," "O,"
			 "P," or "Q," the registration shall expire on the twentieth day of September;
(8) If the owner's name begins
			 with "R" or "T," the registration shall expire on the twentieth day of October;
(9) If the owner's name begins
			 with "S," the registration shall expire on the twentieth day of November;
(10) If the owner's name begins
			 with any of the letters "U" through "Z," the registration shall expire on the
			 twentieth day of December.