Resource Number: 4661229
Alternate name: DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES; CALIFORNIA DMV
Description
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) offers many services.
Some of those services include:
- Licensing
- Plates, Permits, & Placards
- Records
- Registration
- Request miscellaneous original documents
- Testing
- Title Transfers
- Records ownership (certificate of title) of vehicles DMV registers
- ID cards (Including Real IDs)
- Investigates consumer complaints
Additional notes:
The DMV encourages people to make appointments at their local DMV office if they’re in need of a service. Some services, like renewing the registration for a vehicle, can be completed online or by mail.
Web Pages
DRIVER AND MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICES - DMV
|
Location:
|
Sacramento, CA 95818
(Map)
|
|
|
|
|
Program Hours:
Hours vary by office.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service Area:
|
| Defined coverage area: |
| CA | -Statewide |
|
|
|
Eligibility:
|
Adults Teens Families Females Males
|
|
|
|
|
Languages:
|
English
|
|
|
|
|
Payment methods:
|
|
|
Program Fees:
|
Check, Monday orders, Cash.
Credit Cards are not accepted at DMV field offices but are accepted online.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Normal Wait Time:
|
For faster service, make an appointment online or call for an appointment.
|
|
Service Area:
|
|
| Defined coverage area: |
| CA | -Statewide |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Custom fields |
| Disabilities Access - check all that apply | ACCESS - Fully accessible to people using mobility aids |
| Quarters for AVRs | Q 2 - April-June |
| Web-based | Web-based for verifications |
|
Verification
|
|
|
|
Last Verified On:
|
6/26/2026
|
|
Last Verified By:
|
211 Connecting Point
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Programs at DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
|
Tax Status:
|
None or unknown
|