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DMVs Nationwide Hit With Outage, Officials In Multiple States Say
BREAKING: All motor vehicle departments in the United States went down Thursday, according to officials in multiple states.
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BREAKING: All motor vehicle departments in the United States went down Thursday, according to officials in multiple states.
Daniel Hampton
Posted Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 12:46 pm ET|Updated Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 1:21 pm ETACROSS AMERICA — All motor vehicle departments in the United States went down Thursday, according to officials in multiple states.
Officials in Illinois, Virginia, Massachusetts, Arkansas and Colorado all confirmed they experienced an outage.
"We are currently experiencing a nationwide network outage at our DMV facilities," tweeted Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias. "All DMVs across the country are currently down."
Virginia's DMV said the outage stemmed from "a third-party technical outage," and that driver's license services were unavailable online and at all in-person locations.
"We apologize for the inconvenience. Please stay tuned to social media for updates," the agency said.
Massachusetts said it couldn't process any license or ID-related transactions due to the system outage.
"We are working to resolve this interruption with the service provider," the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles tweeted.
Colorado officials said they're reaching out to people who have an appointment at a state driver's license office to reschedule appointments due to an outage with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators.
"Most driver license services, including online options, are affected, except driver license knowledge tests, endorsement tests and Commercial Driver’s License instruction permit tests, as well as scheduling hearings and requesting motor vehicle records," the Colorado DMV said in a release.
Officials in that state said there was no timeline for when services would be restored.
However, officials in Virginia and Arkansas later said their systems were back up and running.
"Transactions are once again processing," the Virginia DMV said. "We appreciate your patience while this issue was resolved."
"The database issue has been resolved and all state Revenue Offices are operating normally," the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration said.
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