State motor-vehicle offices, secretaries of state and recorders

State departments and divisions of motor vehicles (DMV, BMV, RMV, MVA, MVD, MVC), secretaries of state and their business-services, notary and election divisions, county recorders, registers of deeds and county clerks, and the emergency remote-notarization instruments (executive orders and statutes) of 2020-2021, in all fifty States and the District of Columbia, as they reached employers' title, registration, licensing, recording, corporate-filing, notarization and public-records functions.

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Summary

The motor-vehicle, secretary-of-state, recorder and notarial layer of the 2020-2021 orders is a layer of governmental authorities that limited commerce directly: every vehicle sale, every mortgage, every deed, every corporate filing and every notarized instrument in the United States passes through one of these offices, and between March 16 and March 27, 2020 nearly every one of them closed its doors to the public, cancelled its appointments, or moved to mail and online service by order of a governor, a legislature, a commissioner or the office itself. 2020 Q2: the closures were national. Illinois' Secretary of State closed all Driver Services facilities on March 17 (IL-055); Pennsylvania's PennDOT closed every driver and photo license center on March 16 (PA-102); New Jersey's MVC closed 'all... agencies, road testing, and inspection facilities' to the public from March 16 (AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-019; NJ-107); Michigan's Secretary of State branches closed March 24 (MI-012); Indiana's BMV branches closed from March 24 under the Governor's closure of all State offices to in-person activity (AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-002); Ohio's deputy registrars closed March 18 to May 26 (OH-060); Minnesota's exam stations and agent offices closed to May 4 (MN-056); Connecticut's branches closed under EO 7C (CT-003, CT-062); Nevada's DMV closed March 16 (NV-006); California's 169 field offices closed March 27 and reopened in two steps on May 8 and June 11 (AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-015); Vermont suspended in-person transactions March 19 (VT-006); the District's DMV went appointment-only (DC-082). Where offices stayed open they did so by appointment and with expirations extended by executive order or statute: Tennessee EO 15 paras. 22-23 (AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-005), Nebraska EO 20-05 (AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-006), North Carolina S.L. 2020-3 sec. 4.7 (AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-043), Ohio Am. Sub. H.B. 197 sec. 11 (OH-012), Maryland's March 12 order (MD-098), Kansas EO 20-12 (KS-006), Georgia EO 03.25.20.01 (GA-007), Maine EO 18 FY 19/20 (ME-006), Mississippi EO 1474 (MS-012), North Dakota EO 2020-07 (ND-007), South Dakota EO 2020-28 and 2020-30 (SD-024, SD-025), Washington Proclamations 20-15 and 20-41 (WA-011, WA-025), Florida's FLHSMV emergency orders (FL-087, FL-088), Rhode Island's seven DMV extension orders (RI-086 to RI-088), Texas' title and registration waiver (TX-068) and California EO N-40-20 para. 13, which waived in-person renewal requirements for 60 days 'to limit the need for in-person transactions at Department of Motor Vehicle offices' (AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-076). The same weeks produced the emergency remote-notarization regime: New York EO 202.7 (March 19; AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-036), New Hampshire Emergency Order 11 (March 23; NH-006), Washington Proclamation 20-27 (March 24; WA-019), Illinois EO 2020-14 (March 26; IL-007), Colorado D 2020 019 (March 27; CO-014), Maryland's order of March 30 (MD-031 chain), Connecticut EO 7Q (March 30; CT-011), Georgia EO 03.31.20.01 (GA-057), Nebraska EO 20-13 (April 1; AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-046), Michigan EO 2020-41 (April 8; AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-041), Maine EO 37 (ME-016), Arizona EO 2020-26 (AZ-014), Texas' suspension of April 8 (AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-044), Kansas EO 20-20 (KS-013), Tennessee EO 26 (TN-010), Missouri EO 20-08 (MO-011), New Jersey P.L. 2020, c. 26 (April 14; AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-038), Pennsylvania Act 15 (April 20; PA-076), Massachusetts ch. 71 (April 23; AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-039), Vermont Act 95 (April 28; AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-050) and North Carolina S.L. 2020-3 sec. 4.1 (May 4; AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-043); Florida, Virginia, Texas, Nevada, Minnesota, Ohio and others operated under permanent online-notarization statutes (AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-047 to -049). County recorders and clerks closed to the public in the same window: the Fayette County, Kentucky Clerk (March 16 and 27; MET-SDF-008, MET-SDF-021), Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (March 19; MET-PHL-086), Madison County, Illinois (MET-STL-085), Michigan's registers of deeds until May 7 (MI-024 sec. 11(h)), Nebraska's county recorders and treasurers March to May (EO 20-30 recital), Texas' local recording offices until May 1 (TX-011 para. 2(i)), Oklahoma's courthouse clerks under SCAD 2020-29 (OK-050), and the District's Recorder of Deeds counters through July 12, 2021. Secretaries of state and corporate-filing offices closed their public counters: California's Sacramento counters closed March 20 and Los Angeles' hours were cut from April 6 (AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-077 to -079); New York's Division of Corporations, State Records and UCC suspended 'all walk in services' under EO 202.8 (-080); Illinois' Department of Business Services 'suspended all processing of paper documents submitted by mail' (-082); Virginia's State Corporation Commission suspended in-person visits and directed all business to electronic channels (-084); the Arizona Corporation Commission closed its Phoenix and Tucson counters from March 25-26, 2020 (-094). County recorders' own notices: the Cook County Clerk 'closed to the public until further notice' (-052), the Maricopa County Recorder's counters closed under EO 2020-18 with e-recording only (-054), San Diego's Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk closed to the public from March 23 (-057), the Dallas County Clerk closed all offices with recording 'from title companies only' (-065, -114), the Tarrant County Clerk with 'no public access to physical office spaces' from March 23 (-072), Mecklenburg's Register of Deeds by appointment only (-075), and Fulton County's recording backlog (-062). 2020 Q3: offices reopened by appointment with capacity caps and masks; the extensions ran out in steps (Wisconsin's license extension ended July 25, AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-009; Nebraska's on August 31; North Carolina's five-month extensions into January 2021; Nevada's to November 12, NV-027); the remote-notarization orders were renewed monthly; Michigan's registers and Texas' recording offices had reopened. 2020 Q4 and 2021 Q1: the winter surge re-closed offices in Illinois (Driver Services closed November 17, 2020 to January 5, 2021; IL-056 to IL-058) and suspended California's behind-the-wheel tests to January 11, 2021 (AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-016); appointment-only operation continued nationally (New York's county offices to May 17, 2021, NY-054; the District's to July 2021, DC-082); the remote-notarization orders continued in every State that had one. 2021 Q2: the general reopening left the notarial and licensing relief in force in most States and the appointment regimes in several. 2021 Q3: still in force were Massachusetts' remote notarization (extended to December 15, 2021 by ch. 20, sec. 7; AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-040), Texas' notary suspension (tied to the continuing disaster declaration; AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-044), Vermont's emergency period to July 15, 2021 (AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-050), Washington's DOL proclamations (WA-011, WA-025; rescinded 2022), Georgia's continued suspensions (GA-042, GA-061), Maryland's MVA and remote-notarization orders to August 15, 2021 (MD-031), the District's DMV appointment-only rule to July 19-20, 2021 and its Recorder counters to July 12, 2021, West Virginia's vehicle-inspection suspension to October 1, 2021 (WV-067) and California's commercial-license extensions through November 30, 2021. The authorities were 'appropriate' in the statutory sense because each held the statutory power over the very transaction it limited: the governor's emergency-powers statute over the deadlines and the personal-appearance rules, the legislature over the notarial and motor-vehicle codes, the commissioner over the offices, the recorder and clerk over the land records.

Context records are never pleaded as orders

This cluster holds 27 binding instruments and 34 context records. A binding instrument is an order, rule, emergency amendment, license condition or administrative order with the force of law. A context record is a guidance document, an announcement, an enforcement summary or a data release that explains what the binding instruments did and how the regulator applied them. The Library shows every context record with its source so a reader can check the account; the record builder, the orders clock and every count of orders in force leave it out.

The six quarters

What the file records as in force on the first and the last day of each quarter. For the second quarter of 2020 the record begins on March 13, 2020, the first day whose wages the credit reaches.

Quarter	On the quarter’s first day	On the quarter’s last day
2020 Q2Mar. 13, 2020 – June 30, 2020	Motor-vehicle offices closed to the public or appointment-only in at least Illinois (IL-053), Pennsylvania (PA-102), New Jersey (AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-019), Michigan (MI-012), Indiana (AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-002), Ohio (OH-060), Minnesota (MN-056), Connecticut (CT-003), Nevada (NV-006), California (AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-015 recital), Vermont (VT-006), Colorado (CO-100), Arizona (AZ-094), Maryland (MD-098), Kentucky (KY-020), Iowa (IA-002), Wisconsin (AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-009 recital), Washington (WA-011), Delaware (DE-072), Texas (TX-068); license and registration expirations extended in more than thirty States; remote notarization authorized in New York (036), New Hampshire (NH-006), Washington (WA-019), Illinois (IL-007), Colorado (CO-014), Maryland, Connecticut (CT-011), Georgia (GA-057), Arkansas (EO 20-14, secondary); California Secretary of State counters closed (077); recorders closed in Fayette County KY, Montgomery County PA, Madison County IL (MET-SDF-021, MET-PHL-086, MET-STL-085).	Offices reopening by appointment (California all field offices from June 11, 015; Ohio from May 26, OH-060; Illinois from June 1, IL-053; Nevada from June 15, NV-021; New Jersey still closed until July 7, NJ-107 caveat); extensions running (Nebraska to August 31, 006; North Carolina five months, 043; Tennessee six months, 005; Wisconsin to July 25, 009; Nevada to September 13, NV-021); remote notarization in force in New York, New Jersey (038), Massachusetts (039), Michigan (041), North Carolina (043), Texas (044), Nebraska (046), Vermont (050), Pennsylvania (PA-076), Tennessee (TN-042), Kansas, Missouri, Georgia, Alabama, Iowa, Delaware, Maine, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Washington, Illinois, Maryland.
2020 Q3July 1, 2020 – Sept. 30, 2020	Appointment-only DMV operation nationally; New Jersey MVC agencies closed to the public through July 6, 2020 under the MVC closure notice as extended [AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-019], reopening in stages from July 7 (NJ-107 caveat); the July 21, 2020 capture [AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-027] evidences the regime from that date; Nevada credentials extended to September 13 (NV-021); Nebraska to August 31 (006); North Carolina extensions running (043); remote notarization in force in the States listed for June 30; Michigan EO 2020-41 chain; Texas suspension (044).	Appointment-only operation continuing (Oregon, OR-057 recital; New York, NY-054; District, DC-082); Nevada extension to November 12 (NV-027); North Dakota phased renewal schedule to December 31 (ND-052); remote notarization in force in the same States (Missouri EO 20-14 from September 3, MO-015; Maryland amended September 29, MD-031 chain).
2020 Q4Oct. 1, 2020 – Dec. 31, 2020	As at September 30, 2020.	Illinois Driver Services facilities closed November 17, 2020 to January 5, 2021 (IL-056, IL-057); California behind-the-wheel tests suspended (016); appointment-only operation in New York, the District, Oregon, Massachusetts (MA-027); North Carolina extensions expiring in stages to January 2021 (043); remote notarization in force in New York (202 series), New Jersey (038), Massachusetts (039), Michigan (statutory carry, secondary), Pennsylvania (PA-076), Texas (044), Vermont (050), Illinois (IL-035 chain), Kansas (KS-049 chain), Tennessee (TN-042), Missouri (MO-015), Maryland (MD-031 chain), Georgia (GA-015 chain), Arkansas (EO 21-07 chain), Washington (WA-019), Colorado (CO-014 chain), Connecticut (CT-011 chain).
2021 Q1Jan. 1, 2021 – Mar. 31, 2021	Illinois facilities closed to January 5 (IL-057, IL-058); California tests suspended to January 11 (016); appointment-only DMV regimes in New York, District, Oregon, Massachusetts, Nevada (secondary); remote notarization in force as at December 31, 2020; Kansas EO 21-16 drivers' licenses (KS-049).	Appointment-only regimes continuing (NY-054 to May 17; DC-082 to July; OR-057 to June 30; MA-027 to May 29); Texas title and registration waiver to April 14, 2021 (TX-069); remote notarization in force in the same States; Kansas EOs to June 15, 2021 (KS-049).
2021 Q2Apr. 1, 2021 – June 30, 2021	As at March 31, 2021.	Motor-vehicle offices reopened to walk-in service in most States (New York May 17, NY-054; Massachusetts May 29, MA-027; Oregon June 30, OR-057; Kansas rescinded June 30, KS-031 end note; Arkansas EO 21-07 expired May 30, AR-015; New York EO 202 series rescinded June 25, EO 210); still in force: District DMV appointment-only (DC-082), District Recorder counters remote, Maryland orders to August 15 (MD-031), Massachusetts ch. 20 sec. 7 from June 16 (040), Texas suspension (044), Vermont emergency period to July 15 (050), Washington DOL proclamations (WA-011, WA-025), Georgia continued suspensions (GA-042), West Virginia inspection suspension (WV-007).
2021 Q3July 1, 2021 – Sept. 30, 2021	In force: Massachusetts remote notarization to December 15, 2021 (040); Texas notary suspension (044); Vermont emergency period to July 15, 2021 (050); District DMV appointment-only to July 19-20, 2021 (DC-082) and Recorder counters remote to July 12, 2021 (DC file); Maryland MVA and remote-notarization orders to August 15, 2021 (MD-031); Washington Proclamations 20-15 and 20-41 (WA-011, WA-025); Georgia Economic Recovery suspensions (GA-042, GA-061); West Virginia EO 7-20 sec. 14 to October 1, 2021 (WV-067); California CDL extensions (release of August 2021; New Jersey remote notarization continued by P.L. 2021, c. 179 (July 22, 2021; described by category, text not read).	In force: Massachusetts ch. 20 sec. 7 (040); Texas suspension (044); Washington Proclamations 20-15 and 20-41 (WA-011, WA-025; rescinded April 2022); Georgia suspensions (GA-061); California CDL extensions to November 30, 2021; New Jersey permanent remote notarization (category). Not in force: every DMV closure and appointment-only regime; Maryland orders (ended August 15, 2021); Vermont emergency period (ended July 15, 2021); District DMV appointment rule (ended July 19-20, 2021); West Virginia inspection suspension (ended October 1, 2021, so in force through September 30).

The third quarter of 2021

In force in the third quarter of 2021

AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-040 (Mass. ch. 20 of 2021, sec. 7: remote notarization under ch. 71 of 2020 to December 15, 2021)
AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-039 (Mass. ch. 71 of 2020, as so extended)
AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-044 (Texas: suspension of notary personal-appearance statutes 'until terminated by the Office of the Governor or until the March 13, 2020 disaster declaration is lifted or expires')
AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-050 (Vermont Act 95, secs. 2-3 and 7: emergency period ending 30 days after termination of the state of emergency, i.e., July 15, 2021)
DC-082 (District of Columbia DMV appointment-only operation to July 19-20, 2021)
DC file, courts-and-public-offices chronology (Recorder of Deeds and DCRA counters remote until July 12, 2021)
MD-031 (Maryland Order 21-06-15-01 terminating orders as of August 15, 2021; MVA extensions and remote notarization to that date)
WA-011 and WA-025 (Washington Proclamations 20-15 and 20-41, Department of Licensing waivers, extended through the series and rescinded April 2022)
GA-042 and GA-061 (Georgia Economic Recovery executive orders continuing the notarization suspensions after July 1, 2021)
WV-007 sec. 14 and WV-067 (West Virginia vehicle-inspection deadline suspension, ending October 1, 2021)
AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-017 (California DMV release of September 2, 2021: commercial driver's licenses, permits, endorsements and special certificates expiring March 2020 to November 30, 2021 'automatically extended through November 30, 2021'; the previous extension ran to August 31, 2021) (context, not an order)
AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-113 (Mississippi EO 1467: notarial rule modified 'for the duration of the State of Emergency and for fourteen days thereafter'; the Mississippi emergency ran through 2021 Q3)
AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-042 (Maryland Order Authorizing Remote Notarizations, 'effective until the termination of the state of emergency', terminated August 15, 2021 by MD-031)
AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-087 (New Jersey P.L. 2020, c. 10: OPRA response deadlines inapplicable 'During a period declared... as a state of emergency', which New Jersey's continuing state of emergency kept operative through the quarter)
AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-038 (New Jersey P.L. 2020, c. 26, operative during the EO 103 state of emergency; remote notarial acts made permanent by P.L. 2021, c. 179 (July 22, 2021), statute text not read, described by category)

What ended the general restrictions, and what remained

Instrument: No single instrument; the cluster's restrictions ended office by office. Motor-vehicle offices reopened to walk-in service between May 2020 (Ohio, May 26; California, June 11; New Jersey, July 7) and mid-2021 (New York county offices, May 17, 2021, NY-054; District of Columbia, July 19-20, 2021, DC-082). The remote-notarization instruments ended with the State emergencies (New York, June 25, 2021, EO 210; Illinois EO series; Tennessee EO 26 chain, April 28, 2021; Arkansas EO 21-07, May 30, 2021; Nebraska, June 1, 2021, per the Nebraska State file) or by statutory sunset (Massachusetts, December 15, 2021; Maryland, August 15, 2021).
Date: 2021-07-20 (last verified appointment-only DMV regime, District of Columbia); notarial relief continued in Massachusetts to 2021-12-15 and in Texas for the duration of the disaster declaration
What remained: In 2021 Q3: Massachusetts ch. 20 of 2021, sec. 7 (remote notarization to December 15, 2021); Texas' suspension of notary-appearance statutes (until the disaster declaration is lifted); Vermont Act 95's emergency period to July 15, 2021; Washington Proclamations 20-15 and 20-41 (DOL waivers; series rescinded 2022); Georgia's Economic Recovery suspensions continuing the notarization relief; Maryland orders to August 15, 2021; District of Columbia DMV appointment-only to July 19-20, 2021 and Recorder of Deeds counters remote to July 12, 2021; West Virginia EO 7-20 sec. 14 vehicle-inspection suspension to October 1, 2021 (WV-067); California DMV commercial driver license extensions through November 30, 2021 (CDX-listed release.

Preemption. Not applicable as a State-preemption question: the instruments in this cluster are State agency, gubernatorial, legislative and county-office instruments operating within their own statutory spheres. County recorders and clerks acted under county emergency declarations and court administrative orders (e.g., Oklahoma SCAD 2020-29, OK-050; Texas GA-18 para. 2(i), TX-011, which limited 'local recording and permitting offices' statewide until May 1, 2020).

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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Date	State	Character	Limitation types	Quarters
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-048	Va. Code Ann. sec. 47.1-2 (Definitions), Title 47.1 (Notaries and Out-of-State Commissioners)Virginia Code sec. 47.1-2, Definitions (electronic notarial act; electronic notarization)	General Assembly of Virginia (Va. Code sec. 47.1-2 as amended by 2011 Acts cc. 731, 834 and later acts)	July 1, 2012	VA	Binding instrument	Other	2020 Q2 – 2021 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-049	Tex. Gov't Code ch. 406, subch. C (Online Notary Public), added by H.B. 1217 (2017)Texas Government Code, Chapter 406, Subchapter C, Online Notary Public	Texas Legislature (Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., ch. 340 (H.B. 1217), sec. 3)	July 1, 2018	TX	Binding instrument	Other	2020 Q2 – 2021 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-047	Chapter 2019-71, Laws of FloridaAn act relating to electronic legal documents;... authorizing online notarizations	Florida Legislature; approved by Governor Ron DeSantis June 7, 2019	Jan. 1, 2020	FL	Binding instrument	Other	2020 Q2 – 2021 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-021	NJMVC 'Extensions and CDLs' FAQ (updated October 1, 2020)NJMVC Extensions and CDLs FAQ (updated Thursday, October 1, 2020)	New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission	Mar. 1, 2020	NJ	Context	Courts and public offices	2020 Q2 – 2020 Q4
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-012	DMV news release: DMV allows customers to avoid coming to a DMV office for 60 days (Mar. 16, 2020)DMV allows customers to avoid coming to a DMV office for 60 days	California Department of Motor Vehicles	Mar. 16, 2020	CA	Context	Courts and public offices	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-019	NJMVC website notice: MVC agencies, road testing and inspection facilities closed to the public; expirations extended (as archived nearest…COVID-19 Response notice on njmvc.gov home page	New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (Chief Administrator), at the Governor's direction under Executive Orders…	Mar. 16, 2020	NJ	Context	Business closureCourts and public offices	2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-078	News release AP20:034, Update on Secretary of State Building Operations during COVID-19 PandemicUpdate on Secretary of State Building Operations during COVID-19 Pandemic	Secretary of State Alex Padilla	Mar. 18, 2020	CA	Context	Courts and public officesWorkplace rules	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-005	Executive Order No. 15An Order Suspending Provisions of Certain Statutes and Rules and Taking Other Necessary Measures in Order to Facilitate the Treatment and Containment of…	Governor Bill Lee	Mar. 19, 2020	TN	Binding instrument	Courts and public officesOther	2020 Q2 – 2020 Q4
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-006	Executive Order No. 20-05Coronavirus - Motor Vehicle Titling, Registration & Driver License Waiver	Governor Pete Ricketts	Mar. 19, 2020	NE	Binding instrument	Courts and public officesOther	2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-036	Executive Order No. 202.7Continuing Temporary Suspension and Modification of Laws Relating to the Disaster Emergency	Governor Andrew M. Cuomo	Mar. 19, 2020	NY	Binding instrument	Business closureCourts and public officesOther	2020 Q2 – 2021 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-007	WisDOT news release: DMV service centers closed Friday, March 20; reopening Monday, March 23 by appointment only; 60-day automatic…DMV service centers closed Friday, March 20 (release of March 19, 2020)	Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles ('Governor Evers has directed Wisconsin…	Mar. 20, 2020	WI	Context	Business closureCourts and public offices	2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-077	News release AP20:035, Secretary of State Sacramento Public Counters Closed during COVID-19 PandemicSecretary of State Sacramento Public Counters Closed during COVID-19 Pandemic	Secretary of State Alex Padilla	Mar. 20, 2020	CA	Context	Business closureCourts and public offices	2020 Q2 – 2021 Q1
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-087	P.L. 2020, Chapter 10 (Assembly Bill No. 3849)An Act concerning the availability of government records during periods of emergency and amending P.L.2001, c.404	New Jersey Senate and General Assembly; approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy	Mar. 20, 2020	NJ	Binding instrument	Courts and public officesOther	2020 Q2 – 2021 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-062	Fulton County Clerk website 'Emergency Alert: Board of Equalization Tax Appeal Hearing Updates' and real-estate recording Good-Thru notice…Fulton County Clerk emergency alert and recording Good-Thru notice (March-April 2020)	Fulton County Clerk of Superior and Magistrate Courts Cathelene Robinson	Mar. 21, 2020	GA	Context	Courts and public officesOther	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-086	Executive Order N-35-20Executive Order N-35-20 (deadline extensions; local ordinance suspension; health-facility licensing waivers)	Governor Gavin Newsom	Mar. 21, 2020	CA	Binding instrument	Courts and public officesSupply chainOther	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-052	Cook County Clerk website notice: 'THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS CURRENTLY CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC' (as archived March 22, 2020)Cook County Clerk notice of closure to the public (COVID-19)	Cook County Clerk Karen A. Yarbrough	Mar. 22, 2020	IL	Context	Business closureCourts and public offices	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-057	ARCC notice of March 19, 2020: 'All ARCC Offices Closed: No Over-The-Counter Services' from Monday, March 23, 2020, until further noticeAll ARCC Offices Closed: No Over-The-Counter Services	San Diego County Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr.	Mar. 23, 2020	CA	Binding instrument	Business closureGathering capCourts and public offices	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-072	Tarrant County Clerk notice of March 20, 2020: no public access to physical office spaces from Monday, March 23, 2020 (as archived March 29…Tarrant County Clerk COVID-19 notice: no public inside physical office spaces from March 23, 2020	Tarrant County Clerk Mary Louise Nicholson	Mar. 23, 2020	TX	Binding instrument	Business closureCourts and public offices	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-002	BMV news release: BMV Announces 2-Week Branch Closure and Available Out-of-Branch OptionsBMV Announces 2-Week Branch Closure and Available Out-of-Branch Options	Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (news release announcing the Governor's closure of State offices)	Mar. 24, 2020	IN	Context	Business closureCourts and public offices	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-065	Dallas County Clerk website notice: 'Dallas County Clerk's Office Closure and Continued Service - COVID-19' (as archived March 29, 2020)Dallas County Clerk's Office Closure and Continued Service - COVID-19 (website notice)	Dallas County Clerk John F. Warren	Mar. 24, 2020	TX	Context	Business closureCourts and public offices	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-114	Press release, 'Dallas County Clerk's Office Closure and Continued Service - COVID-19' (For Immediate Release, Tuesday, March 24, 2020)Dallas County Clerk's Office Closure and Continued Service - COVID-19	Dallas County Clerk John F. Warren	Mar. 24, 2020	TX	Context	Business closureCourts and public offices	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-022	Department of Safety COVID-19 Updates page: 'All Driver Services Centers Offering Limited Services Due to COVID-19 Outbreak' (March 25, 2020…Department of Safety COVID-19 Updates: all Driver Services Centers offering limited services	Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security	Mar. 25, 2020	TN	Context	Business closureCourts and public offices	2020 Q2 – 2020 Q4
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-094	Commission notice, 'Update Regarding In-Person Services & COVID-19 at the Arizona Corporation Commission' (March 24-25, 2020): in-person…Update Regarding In-Person Services & COVID-19 at the Arizona Corporation Commission	Arizona Corporation Commission	Mar. 25, 2020	AZ	Binding instrument	Business closureCourts and public offices	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-026	SCDMV COVID-19 Update #1 (Executive Director's guidance of March 26, 2020)SCDMV Update #1, March 26, 2020: credentials and registrations expiring March 1 to June 30, 2020 treated as valid until July 1, 2020	Kevin A. Shwedo, Executive Director, South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles	Mar. 26, 2020	SC	Context	Courts and public officesOther	2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-015	DMV news release: DMV Reopens Remaining Field Offices to PublicDMV Reopens Remaining Field Offices to Public	California Department of Motor Vehicles	Mar. 27, 2020	CA	Context	Business closureCourts and public offices	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-018	DMV news release of March 26, 2020: field offices temporarily closed to the public statewide beginning March 27; Virtual Field Office from…DMV field offices temporarily closed to the public statewide (release of March 26, 2020)	California Department of Motor Vehicles	Mar. 27, 2020	CA	Context	Business closureCourts and public offices	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-008	WisDOT news release: Overweight permits for truckers hauling groceries extended (Mar. 26, 2020)Overweight permits for truckers hauling groceries extended	Wisconsin Department of Transportation (implementing the Governor's declaration)	Mar. 28, 2020	WI	Binding instrument	Supply chainOther	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-042	Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland Authorizing Remote Notarizations (No. 20-03-30-04)Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland Authorizing Remote Notarizations	Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.	Mar. 30, 2020	MD	Binding instrument	Courts and public officesOther	2020 Q2 – 2021 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-076	Executive Order N-40-20Executive Order N-40-20 (relief to businesses; deadline extensions; DMV in-person transactions)	Governor Gavin Newsom	Mar. 30, 2020	CA	Binding instrument	Courts and public officesOther	2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-054	Maricopa County Recorder website notice: 'Due to the Stay Home, Stay Healthy, Stay Connected Executive Order our public counters are closed…Maricopa County Recorder public counters closed; e-recording through approved vendors	Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes	Mar. 31, 2020	AZ	Binding instrument	Business closureCourts and public offices	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-097	OMV home-page banner (expresslane.org, as archived nearest April 1, 2020): 'Statewide OMV Locations to Close due to COVID-19 Precautions'…Statewide OMV Locations to Close due to COVID-19 Precautions (Office of Motor Vehicles banner)	Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles (Department of Public Safety and Corrections)	Apr. 1, 2020	LA	Binding instrument	Business closureCourts and public offices	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-046	Executive Order No. 20-13Coronavirus - Accelerating Online Notary Access and Financial Institutions Regulatory Flexibility	Governor Pete Ricketts	Apr. 2, 2020	NE	Binding instrument	Courts and public officesOther	2020 Q2 – 2021 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-075	Register of Deeds website notice, 'Effective Until Further Notice': access to the office limited; services by appointment only; attorneys…Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds COVID-19 access limitation (appointment only; e-recording)	Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds Fredrick Smith	Apr. 2, 2020	NC	Context	Capacity limitCourts and public offices	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-088	Executive Order No. 2020-38Temporary extensions of certain FOIA deadlines to facilitate COVID-19 emergency response efforts	Governor Gretchen Whitmer	Apr. 5, 2020	MI	Binding instrument	Courts and public officesOther	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-079	News release AP20:038, Secretary of State Los Angeles Public Counter Hours Reduced during COVID-19 PandemicSecretary of State Los Angeles Public Counter Hours Reduced during COVID-19 Pandemic	Secretary of State Alex Padilla	Apr. 6, 2020	CA	Context	Capacity limitCurfew and hoursCourts and public offices	2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-113	Executive Order No. 1467Executive Order No. 1467 (remote notarization for the duration of the State of Emergency and fourteen days thereafter)	Governor Tate Reeves	Apr. 6, 2020	MS	Binding instrument	Courts and public officesOther	2020 Q2 – 2021 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-024	SCDMV 'COVID-19 Related Information' page (April 8, 2020; as archived April 10, 2020)SCDMV COVID-19 Related Information: appointments required at branch offices; road tests suspended; extensions of document expirations	South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles	Apr. 8, 2020	SC	Context	Capacity limitCourts and public offices	2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-041	Executive Order No. 2020-41Encouraging the use of electronic signatures and remote notarization, witnessing, and visitation during the COVID-19 pandemic	Governor Gretchen Whitmer	Apr. 8, 2020	MI	Binding instrument	Courts and public officesOther	2020 Q2 – 2021 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-044	Governor's suspension of statutes to allow appearance before a notary public via videoconference (announced April 8, 2020)Governor Abbott Temporarily Suspends Certain Statutes To Allow For Appearance Before Notary Public Via Videoconference	Governor Greg Abbott (Office of the Texas Governor release announcing the suspension)	Apr. 8, 2020	TX	Binding instrument	Courts and public officesOther	2020 Q2 – 2021 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-084	SCC website 'COVID-19 UPDATE': all business to be handled electronically, by email or telephone; in-person visits to SCC offices temporarily…Virginia State Corporation Commission COVID-19 Update: in-person visits suspended	Virginia State Corporation Commission	Apr. 9, 2020	VA	Context	Business closureCourts and public offices	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-080	Division of Corporations website notice: Customer Service Counter in Albany handling service of process only, by appointment; 'all walk in…New York Division of Corporations, State Records and UCC: walk-in services suspended; service of process by appointment	New York Department of State, Division of Corporations, State Records and Uniform Commercial Code	Apr. 11, 2020	NY	Context	Business closureCourts and public offices	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-013	DMV news release: DMV Extends All Expiring Driver Licenses (Apr. 14, 2020)DMV Extends All Expiring Driver Licenses: commercial licenses extended through June 30; drivers under 70 extended through May 31	California Department of Motor Vehicles	Apr. 14, 2020	CA	Context	Courts and public offices	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-038	P.L. 2020, Chapter 26 (Assembly Bill No. 3903)An Act concerning remote notarial acts, and other acts for executing and verifying certain documents, by notaries public and certain other authorized officials…	New Jersey Senate and General Assembly; approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy	Apr. 14, 2020	NJ	Binding instrument	Courts and public officesOther	2020 Q2 – 2021 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-099	ALEA Driver License Division web page notice: 'ALEA Driver License and Reinstatement Offices Closed Until Further Notice - Limited Services…ALEA Driver License and Reinstatement Offices Closed Until Further Notice - Limited Services Available by Phone	Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Driver License Division	Apr. 14, 2020	AL	Context	Business closureCourts and public offices	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-082	Department of Business Services website notice: 'Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the office has suspended all processing of paper documents…Illinois Secretary of State Business Services: paper-document processing suspended; online filing and fax only	Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, Department of Business Services	Apr. 18, 2020	IL	Context	Business closureCourts and public offices	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-039	Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2020An Act providing for virtual notarization to address challenges related to COVID-19	Massachusetts General Court; approved by Governor Charles D. Baker	Apr. 23, 2020	MA	Binding instrument	Courts and public officesOther	2020 Q2 – 2021 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-050	Act 95 of 2020 (S.114)An act relating to the emergency judicial response to the COVID-19 public health emergency	Vermont General Assembly; signed by Governor Phil Scott April 28, 2020	Apr. 28, 2020	VT	Binding instrument	Courts and public officesOther	2020 Q2 – 2021 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-043	Session Law 2020-3 (S.B. 704), COVID-19 Recovery ActAn Act to Provide Aid to North Carolinians in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Crisis	General Assembly of North Carolina (ratified May 2, 2020); signed by Governor Roy Cooper May 4, 2020	May 4, 2020	NC	Binding instrument	Courts and public officesOther	2020 Q2 – 2020 Q4
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-014	DMV news release: DMV Director releases statement about reopening of 25 field offices (May 8, 2020)DMV Director Releases Statement About Reopening of 25 Field Offices	California DMV Director Steve Gordon	May 8, 2020	CA	Context	Capacity limitCourts and public offices	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-096	News release AP20:045, Governor Newsom Issues Executive Order to Send Every Registered Voter a Vote-by-Mail Ballot for the November 3, 2020…Governor Newsom Issues Executive Order to Send Every Registered Voter a Vote-by-Mail Ballot for the November 3, 2020 General Election	Secretary of State Alex Padilla (release); Governor Gavin Newsom (Executive Order N-64-20)	May 8, 2020	CA	Binding instrument	Other	2020 Q2 – 2020 Q4
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-003	BMV news release: additional branches open by appointment only (May 8, 2020)BMV branch appointment expansion release of May 8, 2020	Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles	May 11, 2020	IN	Context	Capacity limitCourts and public offices	2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-030	KYTC flyer, 'Driver's License Office Reopening Guidelines' (May 19, 2020)Driver's License Office Reopening Guidelines: What we are doing to keep you safe	Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Driver Licensing	May 19, 2020	KY	Context	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-009	WisDOT news release: Extension for renewing expired driver licenses ends July 25Extension for renewing expired driver licenses ends July 25	Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles	June 25, 2020	WI	Context	Courts and public offices	2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-027	NJMVC website notice (as archived July 21, 2020): licenses, IDs, registrations, inspections and temporary tags 'extended again' to at least…NJMVC notice of July 21, 2020: extensions to at least September 30, 2020; regional center closure	New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission	July 21, 2020	NJ	Context	Business closureCourts and public offices	2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-023	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	Sept. 1, 2020	TN	Context	Capacity limitCourts and public offices	2020 Q3 – 2021 Q1
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-029	KYTC 'COVID-19 Driver Licensing Changes and Updates' page (as archived August 8, 2020)COVID-19 Driver Licensing Changes and Updates (drive.ky.gov)	Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Driver Licensing	Sept. 30, 2020	KY	Context	Capacity limitCourts and public offices	2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-010	WisDOT news release of November 10, 2020: renewal deadline extended to January 21, 2021Wisconsin DMV extends renewal deadline to January 21, 2021 (release of November 10, 2020)	Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles	Nov. 10, 2020	WI	Context	Courts and public offices	2020 Q4 – 2021 Q1
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-016	DMV news release: DMV Extends Suspension of Behind-the-Wheel Driving Tests Until January 11DMV Extends Suspension of Behind-the-Wheel Driving Tests Until January 11	California Department of Motor Vehicles	Jan. 4, 2021	CA	Context	Courts and public offices	2020 Q4 – 2021 Q1
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-011	WisDOT news release: Milwaukee Downtown DMV reopens April 5 for driver license and ID related services (Apr. 1, 2021)Milwaukee Downtown DMV reopens April 5 for driver license and ID related services	Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles	Apr. 5, 2021	WI	Context	Business closureCourts and public offices	2021 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-040	Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2021An Act relative to extending certain COVID-19 measures adopted during the state of emergency	Massachusetts General Court; approved by Governor Charles D. Baker	June 16, 2021	MA	Binding instrument	Courts and public officesOther	2021 Q2 – 2021 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-017	DMV news release: DMV Extends Expiring Commercial Driver's Licenses Through November 30DMV Extends Expiring Commercial Driver's Licenses Through November 30 (release of September 2, 2021)	California Department of Motor Vehicles	Sept. 2, 2021	CA	Context	Courts and public offices	2021 Q3