10th MVC agency closed by COVID
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
The number of state Motor Vehicle Commission agencies closed by the coronavirus reached 10 Tuesday afternoon.
The Rio Grande Licensing Center closed Tuesday afternoon after an employee tested positive for COVID-19 and is scheduled to reopen on March 29. The employee who tested positive was last in the agency Saturday, March 13, MVC officials said.
The agency, located in Cape May County, had been shut down briefly by a technical problem on March 11.
Drivers who had appointments at the Rio Grade agency will need to reschedule them on the MVC website.
That means roughly 25% of the states 39 agencies are closed.
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As another MVC agency shuts down, legislators try to bring relief to drivers facing deadlines
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
As state Motor Vehicle Commission officials shut down the Paterson agency late Sunday night due to an employee testing positive for the coronavirus, legislators are moving a bill to extend some dates that driver and vehicle documents expire.
The Paterson Licensing and Regional Service Center will remain closed for sanitizing, contact tracing and quarantining until Feb. 5.
This closure blunts the impact of reopening two agencies Monday in North Bergen and Lodi. Drivers who lost appointments due to agency shutdowns complained they are running up against dates their documents expire for in-person transactions.