3 DMVs Now Open 2 Saturdays A Month In San Fernando Valley

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CA – Going to the DMV is getting a little easier.

Nine California Department of Motor Vehicles offices in Los Angeles County, including three in the San Fernando Valley area, will be open for business the first and third Saturdays of the month from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. -- beginning Saturday, July 7, an agency spokesperson said.

The facilities are among 43 field offices throughout the state offering the Saturday hours as part of a DMV effort to ease weekday wait times.

In the San Fernando Valley, the offices are at 16201 San Fernando Mission Blvd. in Granada Hills, 1810 E. Avenida De Los Arboles in Thousand Oaks and in Van Nuys at 14920 Vanowen St.

Other Southland sites are in Bellflower, Hawthorne, Lancaster, Los Angeles, Pasadena and Santa Monica.

Note, however, that behind-the-wheel exams will not be available. And the Granada Hills office will only process driver license and identification card transactions.

Appointments are not required, but always are encouraged and can be scheduled up to 90 days in advance using the DMV’s website or calling 1-800-777-0133. To see the full list of offices with Saturday hours, click here.

The DMV offered the following tips and reminders:

• Customers applying for a REAL ID driver license or identification card should visit REALID.dmv.ca.gov to make sure they have the required documents to apply for the federal compliant cards. Individuals who choose to apply for a REAL ID must visit a DMV field office. View the full list of acceptable documents on DMV’s website.

• Individuals can avoid making a trip to a field office by using DMV’s online services at www.dmv.ca.gov. Online services allow customers to renew their driver license and ID card, pay a registration suspension fee, file a notice of transfer and release of liability, order personalized license plates, add or remove an affidavit of non-use from a vehicle on record, request a driver or vehicle record, and much more.

• Customers can easily and quickly renew their vehicle registration by using a DMV Now Self-Service Terminal, which prints a new registration card and license plate tag on the spot. The kiosk is available in 60 field offices and 39 grocery stores.

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