DMV privatization plan gets cool reception from Alaska lawmakers Posted by Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Mar 12, 2021 The Division of Motor Vehicles office is in the Gateway Building in downtown Haines. The nearest DMV is over water in either Skagway or Juneau. (Photo courtesy Alaska DMV) DMV officials say that if the private vendors — which have yet to be named — don’t materialize the residents in those communities would still be able to access alternate sites by driving more than a hundred miles or taking a state ferry to the nearest office. “One of the big reasons that the six locations were selected that were selected was because they were on a transportation system,” Division of Motor Vehicles Director Jeffrey Schmitz told a House Finance subcommittee on Thursday.