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Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-018 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

DMV news release of March 26, 2020: field offices temporarily closed to the public statewide beginning March 27; Virtual Field Office from April 2

DMV field offices temporarily closed to the public statewide (release of March 26, 2020)

California Department of Motor Vehicles · California (State agency: Department of Motor Vehicles) (State)

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Jurisdiction
California (State agency: Department of Motor Vehicles) · California
Level
State
Authority
Cal. Veh. Code sec. 1651; Executive Order N-33-20 (Mar. 19, 2020)
Issued
2020-03-26 Mar. 26, 2020
Effective
2020-03-27
End
Phased reopening May 8, 2020 (25 offices) and June 11, 2020 (remaining offices) (AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-015) (read as 2020-05-08)
In force
Mar. 27, 2020 to May 8, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • the public
  • all DMV field offices
  • law enforcement (citation discretion)
Functions reached
  • DM titles, registrations and driver licenses (no in-office service statewide from March 27, 2020)
  • SR dealers' title transfers moved to the Virtual Field Office
  • HR credentialing
  • CB
Character
context
Collection
State motor-vehicle offices, secretaries of state and recorders AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS

Operative words

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

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.

Retrieval note

The URL slug names the March 17 release; the archived page content is the March 26, 2020 release announcing the statewide closure.

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