A planned Colorado Department of Revenue outage will shut down Division of Motor Vehicles systems over Presidents Day weekend, blocking access to all services, state officials said.
In-person and online services will be unavailable from Friday to Monday, and Coloradans will have limited access in the following days as offices adjust to an upgraded driver’s license and motor vehicle technology system, according to and officials.
Scheduled appointments at DMV offices will be unavailable after 3 p.m. Friday, according to a . All other services, including online and at express kiosks, will be unavailable after 7 p.m. Friday. Those services include:
- Driver’s licenses. This includes renewing, upgrading and downgrading, according to Colorado officials.
- Business filings. Anyone filing a business document and listing an individual as a registered agent will be unable to do so, according to state officials. Some filers will still be able to select an entity as the registered agent.
- Voter registration. People registering to vote for the first time online will be unable to do so with their Social Security numbers, according to Colorado officials. Individuals will still be able to register using a Colorado Driver’s License Number.
- Car registration. Car owners who want to use myDMV or the e-services platform should register vehicles and renew registrations before Feb. 13 or wait until after the system upgrade is complete, Jefferson County officials said in a .
- Disability placard applications.
- Replacement titles.
- Requesting plates.
“Our DMV offices serve more customers each day than any other county office, so we know how critical 24/7 access to these services is,” Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder Amanda Gonzalez said. “Because itap such a big upgrade though, there will be several days of downtime, and we need Jeffco drivers to plan ahead.”
The system upgrade will finish on Monday, and all online services are expected to resume by Tuesday, officials said.
Many in-person services will not resume until later in the week as county offices adjust to the new system, Jefferson County officials said.
Residents planning to visit a county location should , as each county will manage its own post-upgrade office availability schedule, according to DMV officials.
Denver DMV locations will remain closed on Tuesday and Wednesday for training on the new system, .
Jefferson County offices will reopen on Wednesday, but will have limited services and appointments available until Friday, according to the county’s release.
Coloradans can expect to see a simpler, faster and more secure system after the upgrade, state officials said in the release. That includes a new customer portal and dashboard, which will allow residents to enroll in electronic communications such as vehicle renewal notifications.
