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2008 BMV Facts & Figures


WEB SITE

5,860,195 visits to the BMV Web site.

165,226 visits to the Ohio Auto Dealers Web site (www.OhioAutoDealers.com)

 

DRIVER LICENSE

8,757,280 licensed drivers and identification card holders in the state of Ohio.

2,856,099 driver licenses were issued.

401,881 identification cards were issued.

4,106,019 abstract driver record reports were processed.

183,480 six-point warning letters were generated.

31,483 12-point suspension letters were generated.

5,440 probationary suspension letters were generated.

626,255 administrative and court mandated driver license suspensions were processed by the BMV.

284,158 motorcycle endorsements issued, renewed or added to a driver license.

$36,692,637 was collected for driver license reinstatement fees by BMV reinstatement offices throughout the state, serving 440,021 customers.  $12,675,717 was collected for driver license reinstatement fees by mail.

VEHICLE REGISTRATION

11,944,527 vehicle registrations were issued.

2,063,101 vehicle registrations were processed through the mail renewal registration program.

700,466 temporary tag registrations were sold.

956,630 temporary tags were consigned to Ohio Auto Dealers.

 

Telecommunications

1,880,102 calls were answered by the BMV telephone centers.

1,485,281 calls answered with no delay.

 

mail

3,279,090 pieces of incoming mail were received by the BMV.

15,657,370 pieces of outgoing mail were processed by the BMV, including mail-in vehicle registration notices and vehicle registrations issued through the mail-in program.

198,036 license plates were processed by Ohio Penal industries.

 

Deputy Registrar services

204,863 new voters were registered by Ohio’s Deputy Registrars.

50.90% of Ohio drivers made the commitment to be organ/tissue donors.

13,251,887 transactions were processed by Deputy Registrars. This business resulted in $613,868,448 for the State of Ohio.

$1,928,207 was collected for Save Our Sight Fund.

$878,240 was collected for the Second Chance Trust Fund.

 

CHARITIES

$313,319 was raised by the Department of Public Safety for the Combined Charitable Campaign.

$33,573 contributed and 61,495 pounds of food collected; totaling 122,990 meals for Operation Feed.

$11,832 contributed and 10,432 pounds of food collected; totaling 34,097 meals for the Holiday Food Baskets.

 

recycling

$13,139 was received in recycling reimbursement from the recycling of 512,801 pounds of material from obsolete records, pamphlets, telephone books, miscellaneous paper products and cardboard.

 

titles

5,156,932 titles were issued in Ohio’s 88 counties by 88 main and 42 branch offices of the Clerk of Courts.

$14,100,891 was collected for titles and inspections.

$527,922 received from out-of-state VIN inspections.

$209,454 received from pre-paid accounts.

 

DEALERS

75,893 dealer license plates were issued.

19,053 vehicle dealer and leasing licenses (new and renewal) were issued.

 

PLACARDS

269,365 Total Permanent Disability Placards Issued in 2008

21,967 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 2008.

License revenue distributed = $314,879,635

Permissive tax revenue distributed = $154,281,721

Total revenue distributed to 2,297 taxing districts and 88 counties = $469,161,356

IRP revenue distributed to 58 out-of-state jurisdictions = $63,471,398

Total revenue distributed to Ohio & out-of-state jurisdictions = $532,632,754

 

INTERNET / TELEPHONE TRANSACTIONS & SALES

893,292 Internet transactions recorded

$52,151,944 collected from Internet sales

57,346 telephone transactions

$3,182,423 collected from telephone transactions

 

SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES

848,551 special license plates were issued and renewed in 2008, including:

329,846 Personalized (non-logo)

118,592 Initial Reserved (non-logo)

40,608 Disability

37,098 Collegiate

29,736 Wildlife (Cardinal)

19,597 Lake Erie

12,520 Ohio Pets

11,621 Bald Eagle

8,446 One Nation Under God

8,114 CASA Ad-Litem

 

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