California DMV Offices Close Due to COVID-19 Outbreak

A Department of Motor Vehicles worker (R) speaks with a man who did not have an appointment at an appointment desk in front of the DMV building, with a cone used to implement social distancing in Los Angeles, California, on March 23, 2020. Mario Tama/Getty Images

California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced Thursday it is temporarily closing its field offices statewide and will shift to online services in an attempt to stem the spread of COVID-19.

All field offices across the state of California will be closed beginning Friday, March 27 and will reopen virtually on April 2, as the agency takes steps “to address employee health and safety concerns, including public contact and increasing social distancing between individuals,” DMV Field Operations Deputy Director Coleen Solomon wrote in a memo obtained by the Los Angeles Times Thursday.