Staggered Registration

Staggered Registration

(Commercial Trucks, Trailers and Semi Trailers)

House Bill (HB) 87 introduced staggered registration of commercial vehicles, trucks, trailers, and semi trailers. The result is the revision of the administrative rule 4501:1-7-03 and the adoption of administrative rules 4501:1-7-05 and 4501:1-7-06.

Staggered registration is effective for Ohio beginning March 1, 2004. Once staggered registration is fully implemented, commercial vehicles will expire throughout the entire year.

Staggered registration will assign a new primary expiration month for commercial vehicles based on the last two numbers of the carrier’s Tax ID Number (TIN) or Social Security Number (SSN). The carrier will have the option to split his/her fleets in to predetermined months. See Staggered Registration Chart.

During the transition, expirations will vary from not less than 6 to no more than 17 months. Staggered registration has allowed options for carriers to choose the most optimal plan for their company.

Click HERE to view staggered registration frequently asked questions (FAQ).

Registration Options

Commercial Vehicle

Expiration Date

One vehicle/fleet

Primary month

Two vehicles/fleets

Primary month and secondary month*

Three vehicles/fleets

Primary month, secondary month and one (1) assigned optional month

Four or more vehicles/fleets

Primary month, secondary month, and 1-2 assigned optional months

*The secondary month is the assigned month that is six months from the primary month.

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All registrations will expire the last day of the month.

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All registrations are eligible for renewal 90 days prior to expiration.

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Some registrations may exceed 12 months during the transition period only.

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Current required documents must be presented at renewal or when applying for a new commercial registration (i.e. form 2290).

Staggered Transition Period

(6-17 Months)

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During the transition year, all commercial registrations expiring May of 2004 will be for no longer than 17 months and no shorter than 6 months.

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Those who are assigned to registration periods 12 months or longer have the option to pay for the full registration at the time of renewal.

- OR -

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Carriers Assigned to 12+ month expirations (TIN’s ending in 40-82) have the option to renew for 6 months (receiving November 2004 stickers). Carriers who choose this option will return in November to pay for the remainder of their renewal, taking them to their assigned month.

6 month registration – November 2004

17 month registration – October 2005

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Those who will return in November will receive a registration notice for the remainder of their renewal fees. Carriers should bring both the notice and the payment when returning to their local deputy registrar. No other documents are required at this registration time. This payment will complete the registration until the new assigned month.

New Registrants

All new registrants bringing in a new commercial vehicle will immediately be staggered, beginning March 1st, 2004.

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The new registrant may have a registration period longer than 12 months during the transition period. In this case, they will have the option to split the payment.

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The first payment must take them to a registration expiration of November, 2004-even if this will be longer than 6 months! The customer will return in November to pay the rest of the year’s registration, placing them in their proper expiration month.

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Of course, the new registrant has the option to pay for the entire registration period without splitting the payment, if the registration is not more than 17 months.

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The Deputy Registrar is required to calculate registration fees from the “first used” date. The first used date is considered to be the purchase date of the commercial vehicle. Therefore, some new registrants may have more registration fees added from prior use of the vehicle.

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A currently registered customer may place new vehicles in any of the predetermined months as long as he or she already has vehicles registered in both the primary and secondary months!

Staggered Transition Samples

Sample #1:
A registrant has a TIN #00. His primary month is January. The registrant has four (4) vehicles and each is registered for 80,000 pounds gross weight. The registrant is renewing in May of 2004. This registrant wants to have all 4 vehicles expire in his primary month.

Primary Month: January 2005 (8 months registration)

4 vehicles for 8 Months

Sample #2:
Another registrant with the same number of vehicles, same gross weight and the same primary month comes to renew in May, 2004. The registrant wants to have 2 vehicles expire in his primary month and 2 vehicles expire in his secondary month, which is July.

Primary Month: January 2005 (8 months registration)

Secondary Month: July 2005 (14 months)

2 vehicles for 8 months

2 vehicles for14 Months

Sample #3:
Another registrant with the same number of vehicles, same gross weight and the same primary month comes to renew in May, 2004. The registrant wants to have each of his vehicles expire in his primary, secondary and each of the other two optional assigned months.

Primary Month: January 2005 (8 months registration)

Secondary: July 2005 (14 months)

Optional: April 2005 (11 months)

Optional: October 2005 (17 months)

1 vehicle for 8 months (to Jan ’05)

1 vehicle for 14 months (to July ’05)

1 vehicle for 11 months (to April ’05)

1 vehicle for 17 months (to Oct ’05)

Sample #4:
Another registrant with the same number of vehicles, same gross weight and the same primary month comes to renew in May, 2004. The registrant wants to have 2 vehicles expire in his primary month and 2 vehicles expire in his secondary month, which is July. The registrant would also like to split his payment on the 2 vehicles expiring in July, which he is able to do since the period is longer than 12 months.

Primary Month: January 2005 (8 months registration)

Secondary: July 2005 (14 months)

In May, the customer will register for:

2 vehicles for 8 months (2 vehicles until Jan ’05)

2 vehicles for 6 months (2 vehicles until Nov ‘04)*

*The customer must return in November to complete renewal payment for those 2 vehicles

In November, the customer will register for:

2 vehicles for 8 months (2 vehicles from Nov ’04 to July ’05)

Sample #5:
Another registrant with the same number of vehicles, same gross weight and the same primary month comes to renew in May, 2004. The registrant wants to have each of his vehicles expire in his primary, secondary and each of the other two optional assigned months. The registrant would also like to split his payment on the vehicle expiring in July and the vehicle expiring in October, which he is able to do since the periods are longer than 12 months.

Primary Month: January 2005 (8 months registration)

Secondary: July 2005 (14 months)

Optional: April 2005 (11 months)

Optional: October 2005 (17 months)

In May, the customer will register for:

1 vehicle for 8 months (Jan ’05)

1 vehicle for 6 months (July ’05 vehicle split payment will take customer to Nov ’04)

1 vehicle for 11 months (April ’05)

1 vehicle for 6 months (Oct ’05 will take customer to Nov ’04)

In November, the customer will register for:

1 vehicle for 8 months (Nov ’04 to July ’05)

1 vehicle for 11 months (Nov ’04 to Oct ’05)

Commercial Truck Conversion Chart

WT.
STR. #

GVW

17
MONTHS

16
MONTHS

15
MONTHS

14
MONTHS

13
MONTHS

12
MONTHS

11
MONTHS

10
MONTHS

9
MONTHS

8
MONTHS

7
MONTHS

6
MONTHS

5
MONTHS

4
MONTHS

3
MONTHS

2
MONTHS

1
MONTH

1 - 2,000

$75

$71

$68

$64

$60

$56

$53

$49

$45

$41

$38

$34

$30

$26

$23

$19

$15

2,001 - 6,000

$111

$105

$99

$93

$87

$81

$76

$70

$64

$58

$52

$46

$41

$35

$29

$23

$17

6,001 - 10,000

$132

$125

$118

$111

$104

$96

$89

$82

$75

$68

$61

$54

$47

$40

$33

$26

$19

10,001 - 14,000

$160

$151

$143

$134

$125

$116

$108

$99

$90

$81

$73

$64

$55

$46

$38

$29

$20

14,001 - 18,000

$189

$178

$168

$157

$147

$136

$126

$116

$105

$95

$84

$74

$64

$53

$43

$32

$22

18,001 - 22,000

$224

$211

$199

$186

$174

$161

$149

$136

$124

$111

$99

$86

$74

$61

$49

$36

$24

22,001 - 26,000

$259

$245

$230

$216

$201

$186

$172

$157

$143

$128

$114

$99

$84

$70

$55

$41

$26

26,001 - 30,000

$514

$485

$455

$426

$396

$366

$337

$307

$278

$248

$219

$189

$159

$130

$100

$71

$41

30,001 - 34,000

$606

$571

$536

$501

$466

$431

$396

$361

$326

$291

$256

$221

$186

$151

$116

$81

$46

34,001 - 38,000

$691

$651

$611

$571

$531

$491

$451

$411

$371

$331

$291

$251

$211

$171

$131

$91

$51

38,001 - 42,000

$776

$731

$686

$641

$596

$551

$506

$461