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Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-023 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

TDOSHS news release: Former Driver Services Centers Reopen as Express Centers in Nashville and Memphis (Sept. 1, 2020)

Former Driver Services Centers Reopen as Express Centers in Nashville and Memphis

Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security · Tennessee (Department of Safety and Homeland Security, Driver Services Division) (State)

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Jurisdiction
Tennessee (Department of Safety and Homeland Security, Driver Services Division) · Tennessee
Level
State
Authority
Tenn. Code Ann. secs. 4-3-2001 et seq., 55-50-201 et seq.
Issued
2020-09-01 Sept. 1, 2020
Effective
2020-09-01
End
Express-center model continued into 2021 (Centennial Express center closed April 30, 2021 per a later release, Wayback-listed) (read as 2021-04-30)
In force
Sept. 1, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Capacity limitCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • Nashville and Memphis driver license customers
Functions reached
  • HR driver credentialing (limited transaction list; no testing at express centers)
  • DM
  • CB
Character
context
Collection
State motor-vehicle offices, secretaries of state and recorders AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS

Operative words

The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDOSHS) has reopened former Centennial and Summer Avenue Driver Services Center locations as express centers.... An express services center can only process the following transactions: REAL ID; New or Returning Resident; Identification License Duplicate and Renewal; Handgun Carry Permits Renewal and Duplicate; Driver License Duplicate and Renewal; Driving Records (MVR)

Enforcement

Agency operating rule (limited transaction list)

Notes

Documents the 2020 Q3 posture in Tennessee's two largest cities: former full-service centers reopened only for a short list of transactions.