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Deputy registrars and county clerks press for higher title and registration fees to keep local license bureaus open
Summary
Deputy registrars and clerks of courts told the Public Safety Committee that their current per-transaction fee has not kept pace with inflation and urged an increase so local license bureaus can remain open and retain staff; clerks asked that a larger share of the title fee be retained locally.
Deputy registrars and county clerks told the House Public Safety Committee that long-static user fees are straining local license bureaus and urged legislators to raise the per-transaction fee to preserve access and service.
Joe Evritz, president of the Ohio Deputy Registrar's Association and deputy registrar for the Montgomery and Mason BMV offices, said deputy registrars are privately owned small businesses that run over 180 local offices and that their standard service fee has not changed appreciably in two decades. Evritz told the committee that inflation has eroded fee value by more than 20 percent…
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