Ohio took in more than $6.5 million in late license and registration fees in first three months of new policy: Michael K. McIntyre’s Tipoff
24 January 2010
No CommentCleveland.com
By Michael K. McIntyre
Posted January 24th 2010
On Tuesday, after last week’s Tipoff item about new $20 late fees for motorists who drag their feet getting license and registration renewals, the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles sent this reminder to folks on its e-mail list:
“This is a friendly reminder about a change in Ohio driver license and vehicle registration law. Starting Oct. 1, 2009, the BMV has been required to impose a $20 late fee on all late driver license and vehicle registration renewals. There is a seven-day grace period associated with the late fee.”
The BMV also is placing posters at each of its offices and is looking at putting reminders on mailer envelopes.
It’s a few months late and about $6.5 million short for some folks, including those who complained on cleveland.com last week.
From October through December, the late fees brought in that amount, with nearly 250,000 people registering their vehicles too late and another 80,000-plus renewing their driver’s licenses too late.
Reminder or not, that’s not so friendly.
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