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Reviewed and updated October 21, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every fact on this page was read that day from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles' own pages and the Department of Public Safety's office directory, and the official page each fact came from is linked where it appears.

About this guide

Every Ohio BMV location by county with its address, hours and telephone, the six kinds of location and what each does, the queue, and how holiday closings are announced.

In this guide: All 451 Ohio BMV locations by county, The kinds of BMV locations, Hours patterns, Appointments and walk-ins, Holiday closings, Questions about Ohio BMV locations

All 451 Ohio BMV locations by county

The Ohio BMV sends people looking for an office to the Department of Public Safety's local office directory, a map and list of every BMV location in the state. Read October 21, 2026 it carried every entry below, each linked to its own page with the hours and the notes the directory gives it.

The BMV itself answers on (844) 644-6268, Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm; where the directory gives a location its own number it is on that location's page.

Counties starting with A 20 BMV locations

Adams County, 2 BMV locations

Allen County, 6 BMV locations

Ashland County, 2 BMV locations

Ashtabula County, 4 BMV locations

Athens County, 4 BMV locations

Auglaize County, 2 BMV locations

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Counties starting with B 20 BMV locations

Belmont County, 5 BMV locations

Brown County, 2 BMV locations

Butler County, 13 BMV locations

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Counties starting with C 66 BMV locations

Carroll County, 2 BMV locations

Champaign County, 1 location

Clark County, 10 BMV locations

Clermont County, 12 BMV locations

Clinton County, 2 BMV locations

Columbiana County, 4 BMV locations

Coshocton County, 2 BMV locations

Crawford County, 2 BMV locations

Cuyahoga County, 31 BMV locations

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Counties starting with D 11 BMV locations

Darke County, 2 BMV locations

Defiance County, 3 BMV locations

Delaware County, 6 BMV locations

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Counties starting with F 45 BMV locations

Fairfield County, 8 BMV locations

Fayette County, 2 BMV locations

Franklin County, 33 BMV locations

Fulton County, 2 BMV locations

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Counties starting with G 11 BMV locations

Gallia County, 2 BMV locations

Geauga County, 2 BMV locations

Greene County, 5 BMV locations

Guernsey County, 2 BMV locations

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Counties starting with H 38 BMV locations

Hamilton County, 18 BMV locations

Hancock County, 5 BMV locations

Hardin County, 2 BMV locations

Harrison County, 2 BMV locations

Henry County, 2 BMV locations

Highland County, 2 BMV locations

Hocking County, 2 BMV locations

Holmes County, 2 BMV locations

Huron County, 3 BMV locations

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Counties starting with L 50 BMV locations

Lake County, 8 BMV locations

Lawrence County, 5 BMV locations

Licking County, 8 BMV locations

Logan County, 2 BMV locations

Lorain County, 14 BMV locations

Lucas County, 13 BMV locations

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Counties starting with M 59 BMV locations

Madison County, 2 BMV locations

Mahoning County, 9 BMV locations

Marion County, 3 BMV locations

Medina County, 8 BMV locations

Meigs County, 2 BMV locations

Mercer County, 2 BMV locations

Miami County, 4 BMV locations

Monroe County, 2 BMV locations

Montgomery County, 19 BMV locations

Morgan County, 1 location

Morrow County, 2 BMV locations

Muskingum County, 5 BMV locations

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Counties starting with P 16 BMV locations

Paulding County, 2 BMV locations

Perry County, 2 BMV locations

Pickaway County, 2 BMV locations

Pike County, 3 BMV locations

Portage County, 3 BMV locations

Preble County, 2 BMV locations

Putnam County, 2 BMV locations

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Counties starting with S 40 BMV locations

Sandusky County, 3 BMV locations

Scioto County, 4 BMV locations

Seneca County, 2 BMV locations

Shelby County, 2 BMV locations

Stark County, 13 BMV locations

Summit County, 16 BMV locations

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Counties starting with T 14 BMV locations

Trumbull County, 7 BMV locations

Tuscarawas County, 7 BMV locations

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Counties starting with W 26 BMV locations

Warren County, 8 BMV locations

Washington County, 3 BMV locations

Wayne County, 5 BMV locations

Williams County, 2 BMV locations

Wood County, 6 BMV locations

Wyandot County, 2 BMV locations

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The kinds of BMV locations

A deputy registrar license agency is a private business under contract to the BMV. It issues and renews licenses and ID cards, registers vehicles and sells plates, and adds its own charge to the state fee, $8 on a one year registration per the BMV's fee page. A limited authority deputy registrar does a narrower list.

A driver exam station gives the knowledge and driving skills tests and issues nothing; a CDL skills testing location gives the commercial driving test by appointment with the site.

A county clerk of courts title office is the only office that issues an Ohio title, $18 or $23 depending on the county under the title fee law; many deputy registrars share a building with one, and the directory says so in the agency's notes.

A BMV Express is a self-service kiosk for the transactions the BMV's online services handle, listed with the hours of the building it stands in.

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Hours patterns

Of the 451 BMV locations, 317 have published hours; 289 open on Saturday and 271 open on Monday.

Hours in Ohio are set agency by agency, because each deputy registrar is its own business; the directory gives each one its own week, and the title offices often say only to call. The page for each location carries the directory's own day table.

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Appointments and walk-ins

The BMV's directory sends every visitor to Get In Line Online to reserve a place in the queue before going; a driving skills test is booked ahead through the BMV's scheduling instructions, and a knowledge test can be taken online, at a driver exam station or at the deputy registrars the BMV lists for it.

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Holiday closings

The BMV publishes no statewide holiday schedule for deputy registrars. When agencies close around a holiday the Department of Public Safety lists them one by one on the local office directory; on October 21, 2026 the directory showed no such notice, and the directory and the agency itself are the places to check before a holiday week.

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Questions about Ohio BMV locations

How many Ohio BMV locations are there?
The Department of Public Safety's directory carries 451 BMV locations in 88 counties, read October 21, 2026.

Which BMV locations open on Saturday?
289 of the 451 list Saturday hours; each one says so on its page and in the list above.

Which Ohio location issues a title?
A county clerk of courts title office, the only kind that issues one; deputy registrars do licenses, registrations and plates.

Do Ohio BMV locations take appointments?
The BMV uses a queue: reserve a place through Get In Line Online, the service its directory links. A driving skills test is booked ahead separately.

What is the Ohio BMV telephone number?
(844) 644-6268, Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm, per the BMV contact page; some locations also carry their own number in the directory.

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