Robert L. Benroth
 Putnam County Auditor
245 E. Main Street,  Suite 201
Ottawa,  Ohio  45875
(419) 523-6686     Fax:  (419) 523-6390

Regular and limited vendor’s licenses are obtained at the Auditor’s office.

A regular vendor’s license is issued to vendors with a fixed place of business and is only good for one location. The application fee is $25.00.

Vendor’s licenses are not transferable.  A new license is required if you change the physical location of your business within the county, or incorporate or add a partner.  If you change your trade name or d.b.a., a new license is not required.

A vendor’s license is canceled by completing line 10 on the final return (ST10 sales tax form) indicating the last day of business.

 Delivery(sales based on delivery of goods and certain services at consumer’s location).  Transient (vendors who transport stock of goods to temporary places of business in order to make sales), and Service (computer services, landscaping, private investigation, 900 numbers, exterminating service, building maintenance, janitorial service, employment service, etc. vendors licenses are obtained through the State of Ohio. For more information check out the Ohio Department of Taxation website.