State of first required its residents to register their and display in 1908, although several cities within the state issued their own license plates from as early as 1902.Plates are currently issued by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV), a division of the. Front and rear plates are required for most vehicle types, while only rear plates are required for vehicles such as.
(Beginning July 1, 2020, however, all vehicles will only require rear plates. ) All plates are manufactured by inmates at Ohio Penal Industries at the; since 2015, they have been manufactured out of, having been made of galvanized steel beforehand. The BMV issues a new license plate design about every five years, or with each new administration in the state government. A in displaying an Ohio Bicentennial passenger plate.From 1935 through 1979, serials were allocated in blocks to each of the state's 88 counties. Serials were originally up to five characters in length and featured one or two letters. Increased demand resulted in the introduction of six-character serials in 1949, followed by all-numeric serials in 1962.
The scheme was finally abandoned in 1980.In 1956, the United States, Canada, and Mexico came to an agreement with the, the and the that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for ) at 6 inches (15 cm) in height by 12 inches (30 cm) in width, with standardized mounting holes. The 1956 (dated 1957) issue was the first Ohio license plate that fully complied with these standards: the state had been issuing plates 6 inches in height by 12 inches in width since 1926, and all plates of the 1952 (dated 1953) and 1955 (dated 1956) issues were to these dimensions, but none had had standard mounting holes.In 1967, the state began issuing special plates to offenders with limited driving privileges. Judges in Ohio, however, rarely issued them until a 2004 state law made it mandatory for all DUI offenders with limited driving privileges to have them.Since 1983, plates have carried the county of issuance on a sticker.
Originally, this was a long sticker centered at the bottom of the plate, displaying the county name. In 1992, the state introduced a numerical county-coding scheme (see the County Coding section below), with the county number being displayed on a red sticker at the bottom left corner of the plate; this scheme was initially used only on specialty plates before being adopted on standard passenger plates when the Bicentennial base was introduced in October 2001.Beginning July 1, 2020, Ohio will no longer require front license plates. This was part of a two-year state transportation budget bill signed by Governor on April 3, 2019.As of August 6, 2018, Ohio has returned to the original 'COUNTY NAME' at the bottom center of plates in place of the numbers. The new stickers are black letters on white background and contain the 'OH' hologram when exposed at certain angles.County numbers are still being issued for Specialized Interest Plates, as the new stickers would cover up the slogan on Organizational Plates (i.e. Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
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