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The record
- Jurisdiction
- California (State agency: Department of Motor Vehicles) · California
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Cal. Veh. Code sec. 1651; the State's stay-at-home order (EO N-33-20) and Stage 2 reopening framework
- Issued
- 2020-05-08 May 8, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-08
- End
- 2020-06-11 (remaining offices reopened; -015) (read as 2020-06-11)
- In force
- May 8, 2020 to June 11, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- the public
- customers with existing appointments
- Functions reached
- DM (25 of 169 offices open, appointments only)
- HR
- SR dealers' transactions through the virtual field office
- CB
- Character
- context
- Collection
- State motor-vehicle offices, secretaries of state and recorders AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS
Operative words
Today, a select number of DMV offices reopened to the public. We understand there is pent up demand for services, but in order to maintain physical [distancing]... The open offices are for currently scheduled appointments only and a few select services.... Please don't come to an office. Take advantage of the extensions or go online or to the virtual field office to do your DMV business
Enforcement
Agency operating rule (appointment-only; select services)
Notes
Fixes the middle step of California's DMV chronology: 25 offices by appointment from May 8, 2020, the rest closed until June 11.