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Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-019 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

NJMVC website notice: MVC agencies, road testing and inspection facilities closed to the public; expirations extended (as archived nearest April 1, 2020)

COVID-19 Response notice on njmvc.gov home page

New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (Chief Administrator), at the Governor's direction under Executive Orders 103 and 104 (2020) · New Jersey (State agency: Motor Vehicle Commission) (State)

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Jurisdiction
New Jersey (State agency: Motor Vehicle Commission) · New Jersey
Level
State
Authority
N.J.S.A. 39:2A-1 et seq. (Motor Vehicle Commission; Chief Administrator's powers); N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq. (Civilian Defense and Disaster Control Act; EO 103 of Mar. 9, 2020 and EO 104 of Mar. 16, 2020)
Issued
2020-04-01 Apr. 1, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16
End
'through April 26, 2020' by the notice's terms; closure continued and agencies reopened in stages from July 7, 2020 (reopening notice AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-027 pending; NJ-107 caveat) (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Business closureCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • the public
  • all MVC agencies, road testing and inspection facilities
  • holders of licenses, registrations and inspection stickers
Functions reached
  • DM titles and registrations (agencies closed to the public; dealers' title work suspended)
  • HR driver and CDL credentialing (road tests suspended)
  • SR dealer showrooms (no in-person MVC transactions)
  • FI lenders' lien and title processing
  • CB
Character
context
Collection
State motor-vehicle offices, secretaries of state and recorders AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS

Operative words

All New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission agencies, road testing, and inspection facilities remain closed to the public as a measure to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, through April 26, 2020. All driver licenses, non-driver IDs, vehicle registrations, and inspection stickers expiring before May 31 have been extended by two months.

Enforcement

Closure of State facilities under EO 103/104; N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49, -50 (violation of emergency orders a disorderly-persons offense)

Notes

New Jersey's dealers could not complete in-person title and registration work for nearly four months; the MVC's reopening on July 7, 2020 produced the documented queues of summer 2020.

Retrieval note

Complements NJ-107 (capture of March 25, 2020). sha256 to be filled at index compilation from the file.

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