California Department of Motor Vehicles Archives

DMV Vehicle Records Possibly Breached, Exposing Millions of Drivers’ Personal Data

February 19, 2021 5:21 amFebruary 18, 2021 10:22 pm

The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced Thursday that personal information of California drivers may have been leaked through a computer breach. According to the DMV, the Seattle-based Automatic Funds Transfer Services (AFTS), a department contractor that verifies vehicle...

Court Finds Restrictions of ‘Offensive’ California License Plates Unconstitutional

November 24, 2020 4:14 pmNovember 24, 2020 5:02 pm

On Tuesday, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco ruled against the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and found that their restriction of personalized license plates that it considers “offensive to good taste...

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Changing DMV Disability License Plates Requirements For Veterans

September 11, 2020 1:14 pm

On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill requiring the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to change the requirements needed for disabled veterans to get a special disability license plate. Assembly Bill 408, authored by Assemblyman Jim Frazier (D-Fairfield),...

All DMV Field Offices Close in California

March 27, 2020 1:58 pm

On Thursday, the California Department of Motor Vehicles announced that all DMV field offices in the state will close starting on Friday. While physical locations will be closed until further notice, the DMV will resume services online starting on April...

Troubled DMV Continues Changing California Voter Registrations During Routine Visits

December 16, 2019 2:12 amDecember 16, 2019 6:46 am

California has eliminated voting integrity laws that protect voters from campaign intimidation, with Democrat operatives knocking on doors collecting the ballots of Democrat voters, The perpetually troubled California DMV rides again right into election law illegalities. It is reported...

Data-Mining California DMV Selling Drivers Personal Data

November 27, 2019 2:15 amNovember 28, 2019 7:33 am

The public is not offered an opt-out option of sharing personal information. As the California Department of Motor Vehicles stumbles along with a deficit, its inability to stay in compliance with the 1993 National Voter Registration Act, and numerous computer...

Gov. Newsom’s DMV Strike Team Struck Out; DMV System Crashes During Gov’s Press Conference

July 23, 2019 3:59 pmJuly 24, 2019 1:55 pm

‘Customers have not been altogether satisfied.’ ~Steve Gordon, new California DMV director “Governor Newsom dressed up the old failing DMV in new clothes and tried to convince us it was new,” Assemblyman Jim Patterson (R-Fresno) said in an interview...