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General Information

  • Puerto Rico Birth Certificate Validation
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  • Changes to I-94 Asylum Procedure
  • Driver License FAQ
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  • Driver Privacy Protection Act
  • Identity Fraud
    • Living Will [ + ]
    • Applicants for driver license and state ID's will be asked if they have executed a valid power of attorney for health care, a declaration governing the use of life-sustaining equipment and if they wish the driver license or ID card to indicate that the power of attorney and life-sustaining equipment instruments have been executed.
    • A Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care is a written statement that lets another person act as one's legal decision maker for health care matters anytime the patient loses the ability to decide.
    • A Living Will is a written statement that tells the doctor your desires concerning medical treatments. This could include decisions to start or not to start, to continue or to stop medical treatments; such as life support, food and/or fluids. The doctor will use this as a guide if you are not able to make decisions at the time these decisions need to be made. The Living Will will be used if you are terminally ill or in a permanent unconscious state.
  • Ohio Revised Code - Offense & Conviction Code List
    • Organ Donation [ + ]
    • All customers obtaining or renewing a driver license or identification card will be asked if they would like to be an organ and tissue donor, and the information will be entered on the driver license or ID card and entered in the BMV driver license database. With more than five million on file, more Ohioans are recognizing the benefits of registering their donation decision. One individual can save up to eight lives and enhance the lives of up to 50 people through tissue and eye donation.
    • Click HERE to access the Ohio Organ Donor Registry.
  • Remedial Driving Instruction Course
  • Safe ID Requirements
    • Second Chance Trust Fund [ + ]
    • The Second Chance Trust Fund was established to help solve the critical shortage of organ donors in Ohio and was implemented statewide by the BMV on its effective date of July 1, 1997. When a person applies for or renews an Ohio driver license or state ID card, he or she is given the opportunity to make a $1.00 voluntary contribution to the Second Chance Trust Fund to help promote organ donation.
  • Social Security Number Information
    • Voter Registration [ + ]
    • All customers (who will be at least 18 at the time of the next election) for driver licenses and identification (ID) cards will be asked if they would like to register to vote or change their voter status. An applicant or anyone who wishes to register to vote or change their voter status, may do so at the Deputy Registrar agency by filling out a Voter Registration/Change of Address Form at the Deputy Registrar agency. Completed voter forms will be sent to the County Board of Elections by the Deputy Registrar.
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Ohio Driver License

Cosigner Requirement [ + ]
  • If you are under 18 years of age you must be accompanied by a parent or guardian, or person having legal custody, or, if there is no parent or guardian a responsible person who is willing to assume the obligations imposed under Rule 4501:1-1-19 of the Ohio Administrative Code. The co-signer must also take documentary proof of his identification. See Acceptable Documents.
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Commercial Driver License (CDL)

    Who Needs a CDL? [ + ]
    • Ohio Revised Code, Section 4506.01 (D)
    • You need a CDL if you operate any of the following vehicles:
    1. Any combination of vehicles with a combined gross vehicle weight rating of twenty-six thousand one pounds or more, provided the gross vehicle weight rating of the vehicle or vehicles being towed is in excess of ten thousand pounds;
    2. Any single vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty-six thousand one pounds or more, or any such vehicle towing a vehicle having a gross vehicle weight rating that is not in excess of ten thousand pounds;
    3. Any single vehicle or combination of vehicles that is not a class A or class B vehicle, but that either is designed to transport sixteen or more passengers including the driver;
    4. Any school bus with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than twenty-six thousand one pounds that is designed to transport fewer than sixteen passengers including the driver;
    5. Is transporting hazardous materials for which placarding is required under subpart F of 49 C.F.R. part 172;
    6. Any single vehicle or combination of vehicles that is designed to be operated and to travel on a public street or highway and is considered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to be a commercial motor vehicle, including, but not limited to, a motorized crane, a vehicle whose function is to pump cement, a rig for drilling wells, and a portable crane.

       

    CDL Guidelines and Information [ + ]
  • New Federal Regulations for CDL Holders - effective 1/30/12
  • Hazardous Materials Information
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Reinstatement Centers [ + ]