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2007 BMV Facts & Figures


WEB SITE

4,217,287 visits to the BMV Web site.

195,402 visits to the Ohio Auto Dealers Web site (www.OhioAutoDealers.com)

24,896 visits to the Ohio Titles Web site (www.OhioTitles.com)

DRIVER LICENSE

8,694,036 licensed drivers and identification card holders in the state of Ohio.

2,875,777 driver licenses were issued.

408,674 identification cards were issued.

4,778,393 abstract driver record reports were processed.

194,179 six-point warning letters were generated.

33,746 12-point suspension letters were generated.

7,553 probationary suspension letters were generated.

648,917 administrative and court mandated driver license suspensions were processed by the BMV.

262,211 motorcycle endorsements issued, renewed or added to a driver license.

$35,933,306 was collected for driver license reinstatement fees throughout the state, serving 446,591 customers.

 

VEHICLE REGISTRATION

12,021,879 vehicle registrations were issued.

2,105,534 vehicle registrations were processed through the mail renewal registration program.

 766,063 temporary tag registrations were sold.

1,049,062 temporary tags were consigned to Ohio Auto Dealers.

 

Telecommunications

1,890,015 calls were answered by the BMV telephone centers.

1,530,912 calls answered with no delay.

 

mail

3,367,190 pieces of incoming mail were received by the BMV.

17,602,304 pieces of outgoing mail were processed by the BMV, including mail-in vehicle registration notices and vehicle registrations issued through the mail-in program.

210,930 license plates were processed by Ohio Penal industries.

 

Deputy Registrar services

194,428 new voters were registered by Ohio’s Deputy Registrars.

55.60% of Ohio drivers made the commitment to be organ/tissue donors.

13,257,812 transactions were processed by Deputy Registrars. This business resulted in $621,467,673 for the State of Ohio.

$1,966,580 was collected for Save Our Sight Fund.

$893,961 was collected for the Second Chance Trust Fund.

 

CHARITIES

347,098 was raised by the Department of Public Safety for the Combined Charitable Campaign.

$27,574 contributed and 39,174 pounds of food collected; totaling 95,022 meals for Operation Feed.

$10,250 contributed and $11,252 pounds of food collected; totaling 31,752 meals for the Holiday Food Baskets.

 

recycling

75,125 lbs. of materials, primarily license plates, were recycled through Shred-It in the BMV Field Services districts.

 

titles

5,510,970 titles were issued in Ohio’s 88 counties by 88 main and 56 branch offices of the Clerk of Courts.

$12,384,126 was collected for titles and inspections.

$529,220 received from out-of-state VIN inspections.

$199,644 received from pre-paid accounts.

 

DEALERS

78,923 dealer license plates were issued.

17,291 vehicle dealer and leasing licenses (new and renewal) were issued.

 

PLACARDS

299,154 Total Permanent Disability Placards Issued in 2007

21,191 Temporary disability placards issued.

 

tax distribution

The BMV made accurate and timely distribution of payments for license tax revenue, permissive tax revenue and out-of-state International Registration Plan (IRP) revenue in 2007.

License revenue distributed = $322,196,737

Permissive tax revenue distributed = $151,737,884

Total revenue distributed to 2,297 taxing districts and 88 counties = $473,934,621

IRP revenue distributed to 58 out-of-state jurisdictions = $69,148,060

Total revenue distributed to Ohio & out-of-state jurisdictions = $543,082,681

 

INTERNET / TELEPHONE TRANSACTIONS & SALES

825,883 Internet transactions recorded

$48,574,941 collected from Internet sales

60,620 telephone transactions

$3,141,798 collected from telephone transactions

 

SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES

835,688 special license plates were issued and renewed in 2007, including:

373,181 Personalized (non-logo)

148,228 Initial Reserved (non-logo)

41,737 Disability

36,247 Collegiate

31,861 Wildlife(Cardinal)

21,289 Lake Erie

12,339 Bald Eagle

9,112 CASA Ad-Litem

11,535 Ohio Pets

4,835 Scenic Rivers

 

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