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Montgomery County Auditor, Licensing Division

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Montgomery County Auditor, Licensing Division issues 2 permits we publish for Montgomery County, last verified 2026-09-30. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.

What this agency issues

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
County Vendor's LicenseMontgomery County Auditor, Licensing Division$50 one-time, for each fixed place of business in the county — a combined state and county amount, of which the Auditor transmits $25 to the state Organized Crime Commission Fund and credits $25 to the Montgomery County general fundone-time registration; the Auditor's vendor page describes the $50 as a one-time fee as long as the business stays within the county, and under ORC 5739.17(B) a move within the county needs a new license or a transfer authorised by the Tax Commissioner, while a move to another county needs a license from that county's auditor2026-09-30
Retail Dealer's Cigarette Licenseonly if it applies to youMontgomery County Auditor, Licensing Division$125 a year, for each physical place where cigarettes are sold at retail — a state-set fee collected by the county Auditor, prorated when the application is filed after 1 June but never below $25; a duplicate license is $5 and a transfer to another place of business in the same county is $5one year commencing on the first day of June, per ORC 5743.15(B)(2); the Auditor's own renewal window runs annually between the first Monday in May and the fourth Monday in May, and a license bought after the fourth Monday in May is prorated2026-09-30

Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.

About each permit

County Vendor's License

Any business selling taxable goods or taxable services from a fixed location in Montgomery County registers for this license with the County Auditor at 451 W. Third Street in Dayton before making sales. The amount is set by statute, not by the county: ORC 5739.17(A) requires the applicant to pay into the county treasury 'a license fee in the sum of fifty dollars for each fixed place of business in the county that will be the situs of retail sales,' and directs the auditor to transmit twenty-five dollars of it to the Treasurer of State for the Organized Crime Commission Fund and credit the remaining twenty-five dollars to the county general fund. It is therefore a combined state and county amount of $50, and a widely repeated $25 figure is the county's share rather than the price: the Auditor's own page records that 'Effective April 9, 2025, in accordance with the passage of House Bill 366, the fee for new vendor's license applications will increase from $25 to $50.' The Auditor's page also states that 'There are only two types of vendor's licenses: County and Transient' and that 'The Auditor's Office issues only the County Vendor's License for businesses located at a fixed location within Montgomery County'; a transient vendor selling at shows and markets around the state pays $50 to the Ohio Department of Taxation under ORC 5739.17(D) instead, which is a state registration rather than a county one. Paperwork brought to the Auditor's counter after 4pm is processed the next business day.

Retail Dealer's Cigarette License

A shop, cafe, restaurant or truck selling cigarettes at retail in Montgomery County needs this license for each physical place of business. ORC 5743.15(B)(1) requires 'every person desiring to engage in the retail business of trafficking in cigarettes' to pay 'an application fee in the sum of one hundred twenty-five dollars for each physical place where the person proposes to carry on such business,' applying annually on or before the first day of June, and ORC 5743.15(B)(2) issues the license 'for one year commencing on the first day of June,' prorating it when the application is filed later but never below twenty-five dollars in any one year. The county's own page prints the same $125 per physical location and sets out the office's calendar: renewals run between the first Monday of May and the fourth Monday of May, purchases after that window are prorated, and the page states that 'Retail Dealer's Cigarette Licenses may only be purchased at the County Auditor's Office (or by mail, only from the 1st Monday in May until the 4th Monday in May).' A lost, destroyed or defaced license is replaced for $5, and a move to another place of business inside the same county transfers for $5 provided the licensee's ownership interest and business structure remain unchanged. The fee is state-set and distributed under ORC 5743.15(D)(2): 30 per cent to the municipal corporation or township where the business sits, 10 per cent to the county general fund and 60 per cent to the state cigarette tax enforcement fund. Wholesale dealers buy a separate $1,000 license from the Ohio Department of Taxation under ORC 5743.15(C)(1).

Contact

Jurisdiction
Montgomery County
Phone
937-225-4314

Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.

Sources

Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.

  1. Cigarette Licenses — the Auditor's own page: $125 per physical location, the first-Monday-to-fourth-Monday-in-May renewal window, proration after it, and the $5 transfer feeMontgomery County Auditor, Ohio · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
  2. Licensing — the Montgomery County Auditor's licensing index, listing four license types: Cigarette, Dog, Driver's and VendorMontgomery County Auditor, Ohio · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
  3. ORC 5739.17, Vendor's License — $50 fee ($25 to the state Organized Crime Commission Fund, $25 to the county general fund), effective April 9, 2025Ohio Legislative Service Commission · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-29
  4. ORC 5743.15 — retail cigarette dealer's license, $125 application fee per physical place, license year commencing 1 June, $25 proration floor, $5 duplicate and transfer fees, and the 30/10/60 distribution of the feeOhio Legislative Service Commission · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
  5. Vendor Licenses — the Auditor's own page: the County Vendor's License for a fixed location, the 9 April 2025 increase from $25 to $50 under House Bill 366, and the one-time nature of the feeMontgomery County Auditor, Ohio · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30

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