NJ MVC Update: 13 Sites Now Shut Due To COVID, But Some To Reopen

NEW JERSEY – At least 13 Motor Vehicle Commission sites in NJ are now closed because of the coronavirus, but some are scheduled to reopen soon.

The MVC announced this weekend that the Randolph and Salem Licensing Centers were closed due to a single employee testing positive for COVID-19 at each location. Both centers will reopen Friday, April 2.

At each location, the employee who tested positive was last in the agency on Thursday.

Road Test Operations at Randolph were closed on Friday, but will reopen for regular hours this week.

Read more: NJ MVC Updates: 13 Sites Now Shut Due To COVID, But Some To Reopen

The good news: Two sites will reopen on Monday and another two will reopen on Tuesday.

The following MVC Centers are set to reopen after a full COVID-19 cleaning and the completion of staff quarantine. They had to close because an employee tested positive for COVID-19 at each location, and they're scheduled to reopen on these dates:

• Springfield Vehicle Center; Monday, March 22
• North Bergen Licensing Center; Monday, March 22
• East Orange Vehicle Center; Tuesday, March 23
• Oakland Licensing Center; Tuesday, March 23
• Newton Vehicle Center; Thursday, March 25
• Wayne Licensing Center; Friday, March 26
• Bakers Basin Licensing Center; Saturday, March 27
• Paterson Regional/Licensing Center; Saturday, March 27
• Trenton Regional/Vehicle Center; Saturday, March 27
• Rio Grande Licensing Center; Monday, March 29
• Jersey City Vehicle Center; Thursday, April 1
• Randolph Licensing Center; Friday, April 2
• Salem Licensing Center; Friday, April 2

MVC Online

The MVC now offers about 75 percent of transactions online at NJMVC.gov. There are nearly 30 online services available at the website, including most renewals for licenses and registrations.

Before scheduling an appointment, customers should first check to see if their transaction can be completed online and skip the trip to an MVC agency.

Appointments are scheduled up to 60 days in advance and are widely available. The MVC has more than doubled daily appointments for license and registration renewals recently, officials said.

Appointment Cancellations

Any appointments canceled due to an MVC location closure must be rescheduled on the website. Customers will get an email when their appointment has been canceled.

If a customer can’t make an appointment, it should be canceled using the guidance in the MVC’s confirmation email to open the appointment for others.

Renewals

License/ID and registration renewals that can’t be completed online require an appointment. Renewals are not available on a walk-in basis.

Check Your Documents

Customers should check the expiration date on their documents and renew early. Most licenses can be renewed online three months before expiration and most vehicle registrations two months before expiration.

If you can’t renew online, make an appointment within the renewal window.

Know Before You Go

Before all MVC visits, customers should log on to NJMVC.gov to check if the agency might be closed because of an employee testing positive for COVID-19, or for any other reason. The MVC has 39 locations to serve customers throughout the state.

Customers can complete many transactions online, schedule appointments, and find out more about MVC operations on the website.

Customers can also identify whether a license or vehicle transaction is available online, by appointment, or walk-in by using the MVC “Cheat Sheet” on the home page of the website.