Ohio car registration fee calculator (embed)

Your vehicle

Vehicle type

Truck classCommercial trucks pay a license tax by declared gross vehicle weight. Apportioned (IRP) and farm trucks are not covered.

Declared gross vehicle weight

FuelHybrids pay $100, plug-in hybrids $150 and electric vehicles $200 extra a year.

Your situation

Purchase price

After any dealer discount. Manufacturer rebates don't lower the taxed price.

Trade-in allowance

Ohio deducts a trade-in only when you buy a new vehicle from a new-car dealer. On a used vehicle the full price is taxed.

Bought and used outside Ohio at least six months before movingIf so, no Ohio tax is due. If not, Ohio tax is due, less sales tax paid to the other state.

Sales tax paid to another state

If you bought the vehicle out of state, tax you legally paid there is credited against Ohio's.

County you live in (sets the sales tax rate)

Sales tax rate, state + county

From the Department of Taxation's county rate table or The Finder. Leave blank if you don't know it.

Permissive (local) tax in your districtSet by your county, city and township in $5 steps, up to $30 a year. It depends on your taxing district: check the BMV's list or your last renewal.

Registration term

My county charges the $23 title feeCounty commissioners may add $5 to the $18 title fee. The BMV publishes which counties do.

Applying for the title more than 30 days after the sale

How late is the renewal?Count full months since the expiration date. The $10 late fee starts more than 30 days after expiration. From the second month the $20 license tax drops by 1/12 for each full month, and from the sixth month the permissive tax is halved. Driving on an expired registration is an offense from the first day.

Estimated total

$2,482.00

Example for a $30,000 car. Enter your own price to update it.

Registration (1 yr)Passenger carOhio BMV · checked Oct 20, 2026$36.00
Permissive tax (1 yr)Your district's local taxOhio BMV · checked Oct 20, 2026$20.00
Deputy registrar feeOhio BMV · checked Oct 20, 2026$8.00
Title feeOhio Revised Code 4505.09 (certificate of title $18, or $23 where the county has adopted the extra $5, from January 1, 2026; $5 late title application after 30 days) · checked Oct 20, 2026$18.00
Sales tax8% of priceOhio Department of Taxation · checked Oct 20, 2026$2,400.00

What you'll pay later

Renewal at today's rates: $64.00/yr

Year 1 $2,482.00 · Years 2–5 $64.00/yr · 5-year total $2,738.00

Estimate only, at today's rates for the same car.

Estimate only. Rates checked October 20, 2026 · Ohio. Confirm with the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV).SOURCE-CITED

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