Wednesday, November 6

California Department of Motor Vehicles offers online services to prevent COVID infections

Los residentes de California pueden hacer sus trámites de forma virtual.
California residents can do their paperwork virtually.

Photo: FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP / Getty Images

Ricardo Roura

In order to prevent COVID infections, California residents take advantage of the services offered by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) ) online and without having to go to an office in person.

A A large number of people in the state carry out their procedures, such as the replacement of a driver’s license, through the DMV website or at one of the 364 self-service kiosks.

Millions of California residents have taken advantage of the benefits of doing their paperwork online.

Californians can request online documents from the duplicate of a driver’s license, a title or a parking card for people with disabilities , until renewing the registration of an old vehicle, permit

Residents can go to the DMV website for a list of all available services, as well as how to go to the Service Advisor to learn about your options.

As a temporary measure during the COVID pandemic, Nearly all Californians can renew their driver’s license online, even if the notice to renew states that an in-person visit is required. They will have to go to a DMV office to complete the process, but they can take advantage of online services to make the physical operation in the office faster.

By completing the application virtually, people can take the confirmation code and documents to the DMV office, even the same day, to receive a service fast and without the need for an appointment.

At 2020 23 million of online transactions, the most in DMV history. More than 1 million virtual sessions have been carried out for procedures that previously required them to be done in person in an office, and more than 15 million transactions in kiosks since they began operations ago 10 years, which include 3.5 million since the beginning of 2020.

“When you think of the DMV, we want you to think of going in line, instead of waiting in line. We continue to incorporate new technologies and service channels to be able to serve customers when and where they want,” said DMV Director Steve Gordon.

When the COVID pandemic began, in the spring of 2020, the DMV expanded its online services so that residents could carry out more procedures without having to go to an office.

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