To comply with federal law, the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles will no longer put social security numbers on driver's licenses. License Rule Aims to Limit Identity Theft by Sherri Williams, The Columbus Dispatch, Feb. 9, 2006; Ohio Licenses May be Threat to 'Security', The Newark Advocate, Feb. 7, 2006. See Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, 108 PL 458, section 7214.
To see the BMV's policy concerning social security verfication for license renewals and first time issuance, see BMV Web Page, Ohio Social Security Verification Information. The BMV requires social security verification in order to prevent identity theft.