DMVs to reopen Monday
DMVs to reopen Monday
Mississippi driver's license stations will reopen Monday with social distancing guidelines in place.
NEWS.ON DMV TODAY OUR NEWCOMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETYSEAN TYNDALL WILL TAKE USTHROUGH THE DETAILS.WE’LL BE OPENING BACK UP.MONDAY THERE WILL BE PROCEDURESIN PLACE TO HELP THEM OPERATESAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY.LET’S BE HONEST.THEY WERE NOT THE MOSTEFFICIENTLY RUN OPERATION IN THEHISTORY OF THE WORLD.FOR COVID-19 THE PENT-UP DEMANDCREATED BY THIS PANDEMIC.IS GOING ONLY GOING TO MAKE THEEXISTING CHALLENGES EVEN WORSE.WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A PLANIN PLACE TO MAKE IT RUN ASSAFELY AND SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE.BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS ALOT OF STRUCTURAL WORK THATWE’VE GOT TO DO FOR A REAL FIX.IF YOU CAN WAY TO DEAL WITH ANYISSUE, PLEASE DO SO.WE’RE TAKING STEPS TO MAKE ITFAR LESS NECESSARY FOR MANYPEOPLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE TOPHYSICALLY VISIT.THE DM IF YOU NEED TO RENEW ORDUPLICATE YOUR ID DO NOT GO TOTHE STATION TO DO IT.IN FACT, THAT’S NOT EVEN GOINGTO BE AN OPTION.DO IT ONLINE.WE’RE EXTENDING THE EXPIRATIONDATE FOR CONCEALED CARRY PERMITSAUTOMATICALLY THROUGH THE RESTOF THE YEAR.ROAD TEST FOR TEENAGERS LOOKINGTO GET THEIR LICENSE WILL BEWAIVED.NO NEED TO DO THAT IF YOU’VEBEEN RESPONSIBLE USING YOURLEARNER’S PERMIT, YOU WILL BEABLE TO GET YOUR LICENSE.WE’RE ALSO GOING TO TRY ANDORGANIZE THE CROWDS BY HAVINGSPECIFIC DAYS FOR DIFFERENT LASTNAMES.MONDAY WILL BE LAST NAMESSTARTING WITH A THROUGH ETUESDAY LAST NAME STARTING FTHROUGH L, WEDNESDAY.ANYBODY CAN COME WALK-IN.WEDNESDAY IS WHAT WE’RE GOING TOCALL IT.THURSDAY WILL BE M THROUGH S ANDFRIDAY WILL BE WITH THOSE LASTNAMES THAT BEGIN T THROUGH Z.WE BELIEVE AND WE HOPE THAT THATWILL CUT DOWN ON WAIT TIMES.WE ALSO HOPE THE CROWDING.IF WE ALLOW IF WE DON’T DO THISTHEN THE CROWDING COULDCONTRIBUTE TO SPREADINGCOVID-19.AT THIS TIME, I’M GOING TO TURNIT OVER TO COMMISSIONER TYNDALLWHO’S GOING TO OFFER EVEN MOREDETAILS COMMISSIONER.THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.THANK YOU GOVERNOR AS THEGOVERNOR MENTIONED.OBVIOUSLY.THIS IS A BIG DAY FOR MOSTMISSISSIPPIANS AS SOON AS HISNOMINATION OF ME WAS ANNOUNCED.I STARTED RECEIVING TEXT ANDEMAIL.WHEN IS THE DEPARTMENT OFDRIVER’S SERVICE IS GOING TO BEOPEN.SO IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THATAND GET US OPEN IN A MANNER INWHICH DOESN’T CREATE ADDITIONALCHAOS AND LONG LINES ANDCONTRIBUTE TO THE SPREAD OFCOVID.WE CAME UP WITH THESE PROCEDURESWHICH WE FEEL LIKE WILL HELPMOVE THINGS ALONG ACCORDINGLYFIRST AND FOREMOST.I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE WILLBE OPERATING WITH STRICTADHERENCE TO THE RECOMMENDEDSOCIAL DISTANCING.HARD LINES WE HAVE PLANS ANDPROCEDURES IN PLACE FOR THEOPERATIONS OF THE DRIVER’SLICENSE SERVICES BUREAUS ANDSTATIONS AS WELL AS NIGHTLYCLEANING SO THAT THE NEXT DAYWHEN PEOPLE COME BACK THEFACILITIES WILL BE CLEANED TOSTART WITH I WILL LIST THESERVICES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLEAT ALL / PERMANENT DRIVER’SLICENSE STATIONS.YOU’LL BE ABLE TO GET YOUR CDLTRANSACTIONS DONE THEIR OUT OFSTATE TRANSFERS.WE’LL BE DONE THEIR NEWCREDENTIALS NEW IDENTIFICATIONAND CARD CREDENTIALS.YOU’LL BE ABLE TO GET YOURSEARCH SECURITY GUARD PERMITSTHAT WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY.ONLY THE REASON BEING THAT ITREQUIRES FINGERPRINTS, AND WE’REREQUIRES AN MBI AGENTS TO BEPRESENT IN ORDER TO FACILITATETHE FINGERPRINTS SEXUAL OFFENDERREGISTRATION WILL BE DONE AT THEDRIVER’S LICENSE STATIONS.LEARNER’S PERMITS WILL BE DONETHERE WHEN A STUDENT COMES TOGET THE LEARNER’S PERMIT THEYWILL TO TAKE THE WRITTEN TEST ATTHE DRIVER’S LICENSE STATION.WE WERE DOING REINSTATEMENTS OFDRIVER’S LICENSE IF YOU HAD ADRIVER’S LICENSE HAS BEENSUSPENDED OR IT CANNOT BERENEWED BECAUSE IT’S BEEN MORETHAN 18 MONTHS SINCE IT EXPIREDYOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET YOURLICENSE REINSTATED OR REISSUEDNEW LICENSE AT THAT TIME NON USCITIZENS THAT ARE NEEDINGDRIVER’S LICENSES WILL BE ABLETO DO THAT AT THE DRIVER’SLICENSE STATIONED AND LASTLYINTERNET IGNITION INTERLOCK.LICENSES WILL ALSO BE ISSUEDTHEIR AS THE GOVERNOR MENTIONEDYOU WILL BE ABLE TO RENEW YOURDRIVERS LICENSE GET A DUPLICATEDRIVER’S LICENSE OR AN ID CARDRENEWAL OF A DUPLICATE OF AN IDCARD AND ADDRESS CHANGES OWNLINE.IT’S IMPERATIVE THAT IF YOU CANUTILIZE THE ONLINE SERVICES THATTHAT IS WHAT YOU DO IF WE HAVEIT THAT’S REPRESENTS 80% OF THEFOOT THAT WE HAD AT THE DRIVER’SSERVICES STATIONS AND IF WE CANTAKE THAT OUT, IT’LL HELPEVERYBODY MOVE THROUGH THEPROCESS MUCH QUICKER AND THEGREAT NEWS IS WE’VE SEEN A LOTOF DITIONAL TRAFFIC PEOPLERENEWING ONLINE WHEN YOU RENEWYOUR LICENSE ONLINE.IT’S FOR EIGHT YEARS.SO THEORETICALLY YOU CAN GET ITDONE AND NOT HAVE TO COMETHROUGH THE DRIVER’S LICENSESERVICE STATION AGAIN FOR FORSITTING FOR 16 YEARS TOTAL.SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO UTILIZETHAT AS THE GOVERNOR MENTIONED.WE WILL SEPARATE THE DAYS ANDCERTAIN DAYS.WE’LL HAVE THE FIRST LETTER OFYOUR LAST NAME IS WHEN YOU WILLNEED TO COME TO THE STATION ONCETHAT IS DONE AND WE’LL SEE HOWIT SPREADS OUT IF THE NUMBERSSTART DROPPING DOWN.WE’LL PROBABLY LIFT THAT THERE’SNO TIMELINE ON THAT.WE WILL HAVE A THING CALLEDWALK-IN WEDNESDAY, WHICH MEANSANYBODY CAN SHOW UP ON THAT DAY.DAY.SOME PEOPLE HAVE JOBS.THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO COME.MONDAY MEN MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TOCOME ON THURSDAY.WE NEEDED A DAY IN ANYBOD COULDSHOW UP?AS THE GOVERNOR MENTIONED WEWILL BE WAVING THE ROAD TEST FORTHOSE THAT ARE GETTING THEIRDRIVERS LICENSE IN PARTICULARTHOSE THAT ARE UNDER THE AGE OF18 YEARS OLD, WHICH WOULDNORMALLY MEAN THAT THEY HAD ALEARNER’S PERMIT DURING THATTIME INSTEAD WILL SUPPLY US WITHAN AFFIDAVIT FROM THEIR PARENTOR GUARDIAN CERTIFYING THAT THEYHAVE OPERATED THE VEHICLE UNDERTHE SUPERVISION OF THEIR PARENTOR GUARDIAN FOR AT LEAST T HOURSAND WITH THAT AFFIDAVIT YOU WILLBE ISSUED YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSEIF YOU’RE UNDER THE AGE OF 18.AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THOSE THATHAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED ANYTO KNOW WHAT DOCUMENTATION THEYNEED TO BRING TO GO TO THE DPSWEBSITE, WHICH ISWWW.DSC.UCI.EDU GOV AND THEY CANGO TO THE DRI
