Vehicle Registration

Drivers with Excessive Tickets Excluded from Registration (DETER)

The registrar of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) has the authority to block a motor vehicle registration for failure to pay a single non-criminal disability parking violation judgment or three parking violations.

To remove the registration block and complete any vehicle registration activities, all outstanding judgments must be paid in full. In addition, a $5.00 BMV fee per judgment is required.

The BMV will remove a vehicle registration block and permit vehicle registration activity when:

• Judgments are satisfied and staus changes are received from all involved Traffic Violation and Parking Violation Bureaus (TVB/PVB)
• Note: Payments are NOT ACCEPTED by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles or deputy registrars.

Traffic Violation and Parking Violation Bureaus

Ohio Revised Code: 4521.10