Ohioans with vehicles will have to spend more money starting next year.

On Jan. 1, the annual cost to register a vehicle will go up by $5. That amounts to $16 per year for personal vehicles and $35 for commercial vehicles.

Also in January, title fees will jump from $15 to $18. County commissioners can increase that to $23, but only if they give the additional funding to clerks' offices that process titles.

State lawmakers voted to increase several fees at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles in the two-year state budget .

One fee increase in the state budget already took effect. As of Sept. 30, deputy registrar fees went from $5 to $8.

A BMV spokesperson said the agency provided a grace period for registrations around that time. About 0.5% of applications were rejected because people weren'

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