{"id":"MN-056","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Minnesota","state":"MN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Driver and Vehicle Services (DPS-DVS)","authority":"Minn. Stat. ch. 171 (driver licensing) and ch. 168 (vehicle registration); agency closure under EO 20-20/20-33 and EO 20-07","instrument":"DPS-DVS offices close statewide until May 4 (Mar. 2020)","title":"DPS-DVS Offices Close Statewide until May 4 Due to COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-04-15","effective":"Closure in effect at the archived date (Apr. 2020); \u0027closed until May 4\u0027 2020","end":"2020-05-04 (phased reopening of exam stations and offices thereafter; not separately verified)","startDate":"2020-04-15","endDate":"2020-05-04","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["driver\u0027s license applicants, road-test candidates, vehicle title and registration customers","deputy registrars and driver\u0027s license agents"],"clause":"All DVS exam stations and driver\u0027s license agent offices are closed until May 4 to follow Governor Tim Walz\u0027s executive order for Minnesotans to stay home and slow the spread of COVID-19. New federal guidelines allow deputy registrar offices to provide limited motor vehicle services if they choose. No face-to-face transactions or driver services are available.... Many DVS exam stations, deputy registrars and driver\u0027s license agent offices have closed or limited services due to COVID-19 concerns.","enforcement":"Administrative closure of State licensing offices","functions":["DM motor-vehicle offices, titles and registrations","HR CDL and driver testing","SR/FI dealer titling and finance","CB"],"notes":"The State\u0027s own statement that no in-person driver services existed statewide from mid-March to May 4, 2020; road tests were cancelled and rescheduled \u0027once normal operations resume\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/dvs/news/Pages/default.aspx","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200415/https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/dvs/news/Pages/default.aspx","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":282757,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MN","url":"/library/MN-056","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MN-056","citation":"Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Driver and Vehicle Services (DPS-DVS), DPS-DVS offices close statewide until May 4 (Mar. 2020) (Apr. 15, 2020) (Ex. MN-056)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":[]}