{"id":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-018","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"California (State agency: Department of Motor Vehicles)","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"California Department of Motor Vehicles","authority":"Cal. Veh. Code sec. 1651; Executive Order N-33-20 (Mar. 19, 2020)","instrument":"DMV news release of March 26, 2020: field offices temporarily closed to the public statewide beginning March 27; Virtual Field Office from April 2","title":"DMV field offices temporarily closed to the public statewide (release of March 26, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-03-26","effective":"2020-03-27","end":"Phased reopening May 8, 2020 (25 offices) and June 11, 2020 (remaining offices) (AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-015)","startDate":"2020-03-27","endDate":"2020-05-08","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","CLOSE"],"addressees":["the public","all DMV field offices","law enforcement (citation discretion)"],"clause":"Field offices will be temporarily closed to the public statewide beginning March 27 and reopen, virtually, on April 2. All in-office appointments at this time will be canceled.... DMV field office employees will return on Wednesday, April 1 to process transactions and begin training on the DMV Virtual Field Office, which began in a limited pilot March 23.... Beginning April 2, 2020, customers initially can complete vehicle title transfers and complex [transactions through the Virtual Field Office].... The temporary closing of offices is the latest in a number of actions the DMV already has taken during the [pandemic, including] Requesting California law enforcement to exercise discretion, for 60 days beginning March 16, before issuing citations for driving with a recently expired license or vehicle registration.","enforcement":"Agency closure of premises","functions":["DM titles, registrations and driver licenses (no in-office service statewide from March 27, 2020)","SR dealers\u0027 title transfers moved to the Virtual Field Office","HR credentialing","CB"],"notes":"The closure order for the largest motor-vehicle agency in the country: every field office closed to the public from March 27, 2020, with title transfers routed through a virtual office from April 2.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/news-and-media/dmv-field-offices-to-continue-serving-the-public-during-the-covid-19-outbreak/","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200616003129/https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/news-and-media/dmv-field-offices-to-continue-serving-the-public-during-the-covid-19-outbreak/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":238363,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-018","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-018","citation":"California Department of Motor Vehicles, DMV news release of March 26, 2020: field offices temporarily closed to the public statewide beginning March 27; Virtual Field Office from April 2 (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-018)","stateName":"California","related":["AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-015","AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-012","SEC-11-GM-010","SEC-21-GM-008","AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-013"]}