Stark County
Stark County Auditor
In short
Stark County Auditor issues 2 permits we publish for Stark County, last verified 2026-10-20. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular (County) Vendor's License | Stark County Auditor | $50 one-time, for each fixed place of business in the county; under ORC 5739.17(A) the auditor sends $25 of it to the state Organized Crime Commission Fund and credits $25 to the county general fund, so the $50 is a combined state and county amount | one-time; the Auditor's vendor page states that 'there is no annual renewal fee' | 2026-10-20 |
| Retail Dealer's Cigarette Licenseonly if it applies to you | Stark County Auditor | $125 a year, for each physical place where cigarettes are sold at retail, set by ORC 5743.15(B); an application filed after June 1 is prorated to the rest of the license year but is never less than $25; a duplicate of a lost, destroyed or defaced license is $5 | one year commencing on the first day of June (ORC 5743.15(B)(2)); applications are due annually on or before June 1 | 2026-10-20 |
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
Regular (County) Vendor's License
A shop, restaurant, cafe, salon, garage, gym or clinic that makes taxable retail sales from a fixed location in Stark County takes this license from the County Auditor, one for each location. The Auditor's vendor page states that the 'Regular/County Vendor's License is the only vendor's license issued by the Stark County Auditor Office and is required to sell products at a fixed place of business within the county. Vendors with multiple locations must obtain one regular vendor's license for each fixed sales location. The application fee is $50.00, and there is no annual renewal fee.' The amount is set by statute: ORC 5739.17(A) requires '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,' with twenty-five dollars sent to the state's organized crime commission fund and twenty-five dollars credited to the county general fund. ORC 5739.17(C) also states that 'each vehicle intended to be used within a county constitutes a place of business.' The same Auditor page states that 'Transient Licenses can ONLY be purchased through the State of Ohio', so a vendor selling at shows and events around the state deals with the state, not the county.
Retail Dealer's Cigarette License
This record rests on the statute. A store, cafe, restaurant or service station that sells cigarettes at retail in Stark County needs a license for each physical place of business. ORC 5743.15(B)(1) requires each applicant, 'annually, on or before the first day of June,' to file with 'the county auditor of the county in which the applicant desires to engage in the retail business of trafficking in cigarettes', and 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.' ORC 5743.15(B)(2) has the auditor issue the license 'for one year commencing on the first day of June'. When an application is filed after June 1, the fee 'shall be proportioned in amount to the remainder of the license year, except that it shall not be less than twenty-five dollars in any one year.' A duplicate license costs five dollars. The Stark County Auditor's licensing pages do not publish a cigarette license page, so contact the Auditor's office at (330) 451-7354 for its application form and calendar. A business that does not sell cigarettes needs no cigarette license.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Stark County
- Phone
- (330) 451-7354
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.
- 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
- 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
- Vendor Licenses — Stark County AuditorStark County Auditor, Ohio · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-20
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