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The record
- Jurisdiction
- California (State agency: Department of Motor Vehicles) · California
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Cal. Veh. Code sec. 1651; Governor's March 4, 2020 State of Emergency proclamation
- Issued
- 2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-16
- End
- 60 days (to May 15, 2020); superseded by the field-office closure of March 27 (AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-018) and the April 14 extensions (-013) (read as 2020-05-15)
- In force
- Mar. 16, 2020 to May 15, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public offices
- Addressees
- driver license and vehicle registration holders
- California law enforcement
- Functions reached
- DM registrations and licenses (renewal visits deferred)
- HR
- CB
- Character
- context
- Collection
- State motor-vehicle offices, secretaries of state and recorders AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS
Operative words
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) today asked California law enforcement to exercise discretion for 60 days in their enforcement of driver license and vehicle registration expiration dates beginning March 16, 2020. The DMV is taking this action so that at-risk populations, including seniors and those with underlying health conditions, can avoid required visits to DMV field offices for driver license or vehicle registration renewals.
Enforcement
Agency request for enforcement discretion; renewals delayed
Notes
The first California DMV COVID measure, eleven days before the statewide field-office closure.