{"id":46,"date":"2022-03-31T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merharagency.com\/blog\/?p=46"},"modified":"2022-04-11T15:29:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T21:29:57","slug":"how-to-register-a-motorcycle-in-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merharagency.com\/blog\/how-to-register-a-motorcycle-in-ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Register a Motorcycle in Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:start\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">To legally operate a motorcycle in Ohio, it must be registered with the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. If you are a new resident in Ohio, you&rsquo;ll have thirty days after establishing residency to register your motorcycle concurrently with titling and registration. The registration process consists of several parts, with the first being to complete an E-Check emissions inspection if you live in an emissions-required county. Once done, you can head to your local deputy registrar license office with the following documents to process the registration:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000\">Motorcycle Title<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000\">Lease Agreement&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000\">Proof of Motorcycle Insurance<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000\">$25 Payment for Registration and any other applicable fees and taxes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">If buying a motorcycle from a dealership, the dealer will complete the registration process for you and collect all applicable fees in the bike&#8217;s purchase price. The dealership must provide you with a temporary registration until your permanent plates arrive in the mail and a title within 30 days of the purchase date. If buying from a private seller, you must complete a title transfer and an emissions test.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">Ohio law requires insurance on any motor vehicle &#8211; including motorcycles. You are required to show proof of insurance at traffic stops, accident scenes, and vehicle inspections with the following minimum insurance requirements:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000\">$25,000 for injury\/death of one person<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000\">$50,000 for injury\/death of two or more people<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000\">$25,000 for property damage in an accident<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">At The Merhar Agency LLC in Willoughby, OH, our friendly and professional team of insurance agents is ready to help answer any of your motorcycle insurance questions. Give us a call today to learn more about our company.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To legally operate a motorcycle in Ohio, it must be registered with the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. If you are a new resident in Ohio, you&rsquo;ll have thirty days after establishing residency to register your motorcycle concurrently with titling and registration. The registration process consists of several parts, with the first being to complete an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[14,13],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motorcycle-insurance","tag-the-merhar-agency-llc","tag-willoughby-oh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merharagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merharagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merharagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merharagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merharagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merharagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47,"href":"https:\/\/www.merharagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merharagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merharagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merharagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}