COLUMBUS — The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) announced Thursday it will issue refunds to disabled vets who had paid for specialty license plates when they should not have been charged.
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The BMV said it did not implement a charge that allows certain disabled veterans to receive up to two free disabled veteran license and/or military license plates, according to a BMV spokesperson.
Nearly 2,000 individuals were improperly charged for those license plates, including fees and taxes, since the law went into effect in 2019, the BMV said.
“The BMV deeply regrets this error,” said Charlie Norman,” Ohio BMV Registrar. “We are grateful for Ohio veterans’ sacrifice and their service to our state and our country. We are undertaking an internal review to determine why the legislative change wasn’t adopted in a timely manner to ensure that this will not happen in the future.”
The BMV is in the process of contacting all veterans who were improperly charged and refunds are expected to processed in the next month, a spokesperson said.
The law does not apply to personalized specialty disabled/military license plates, the BMV said.
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