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Ohio · Knowledge test

Ohio BMV permit test locations

Ohio has no Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) office to visit; the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) runs the testing. Ohio BMV permit test locations are its Driver Exam Stations and select deputy registrar license agencies, and the deputy registrars are where you buy the permit and the license.

  • 45Driver Exam Stations on the BMV’s list
  • 6Kinds of location on the BMV map
  • OnlineGet In Line Online before a visit
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Updated November 2026 · Written from official sources, listed at the bottom of this page

Where are the Ohio BMV permit test locations?

What each kind of location does:

  • Driver Exam Station: the knowledge test and vision screening, tests in another language with your interpreter, disability accommodations, and the maneuverability and road tests
  • Deputy registrar license agency: selling the temporary instruction permit identification card (TIPIC), licenses and ID cards, and at select agencies the knowledge test
  • BMV Online Services: the knowledge test online, and booking the driving test

For the motorcycle and commercial knowledge tests, the BMV’s own pages send you to a Driver Exam Station, not to the other Ohio BMV permit test locations.

See the online test →

Ohio’s Driver Exam Stations

The BMV’s location list names these stations:

StationCounty
AthensAthens
BarbertonSummit
BataviaClermont
BedfordCuyahoga
Bowling GreenWood
BridgeportBelmont
CanfieldMahoning
ChillicotheRoss
Cincinnati, Hamilton AvenueHamilton
Columbus (2 stations)Franklin
Cuyahoga FallsSummit
DefianceDefiance
DelawareDelaware
ElyriaLorain
FindlayHancock
FremontSandusky
HamiltonButler
HilliardFranklin
Huber HeightsMontgomery
IrontonLawrence
JacksonJackson
JeffersonAshtabula
LancasterFairfield
LebanonWarren
LimaAllen
LisbonColumbiana
MariettaWashington
MarionMarion
Mayfield HeightsCuyahoga
MedinaMedina
New BostonScioto
New PhiladelphiaTuscarawas
NewarkLicking
NilesTrumbull
North CantonStark
NorwalkHuron
OntarioRichland
PainesvilleLake
ParmaCuyahoga
SpringfieldClark
ToledoLucas
TroyMiami
XeniaGreene
ZanesvilleMuskingum

The list gives no addresses. To find the nearest of these Ohio BMV permit test locations, use the BMV’s map, which shows each station’s address, hours and phone number when you pick it.

Other locations on the BMV map

The map also shows BMV Express Kiosks, Limited Authority Deputy Registrars, commercial driver’s license (CDL) skills and testing locations, and County Clerk of Courts title offices. The commercial license page lists the CDL testing sites.

See CDL test sites →

Get In Line Online and the Ohio BMV check-in

Before a visit, you can save your place with Get In Line Online, which the BMV links from its location page and from BMV Online Services. The location page also lists agencies closing around holidays, so check it before you set out.

Sources: Ohio Department of Public Safety · Ohio BMV and 2 more. Checked November 2026.

Rules and fees can change, so check the official site before your test.

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