News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	June 18, 2009
NEWS FROM: Field Services Division	09-009

Gardnerville office, Reno and Sparks Express Offices Close June 24
The DMV is looking for a kiosk partner in the Carson Valley

The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles will cease operations at three locations in Northern Nevada on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. The Reno Express office in the Old Town Mall at 180 West Peckham Lane and the Sparks Express office in the Silver State Shopping Center at 790 North McCarran Boulevard will close at 5:30 p.m. The Gardnerville office at 1352 Highway 395 will close at 5 p.m. The office closures are the result of budget cuts approved by the State Legislature last session.

"Closing the three offices will save the department and, by extension the tax payer, about $1 million by 2012,” Director Edgar Roberts said. “We don’t anticipate a spike in wait times as a result of the closures as the technicians who work in the offices slated to close will be assigned to other offices.”

The department’s main Reno office at 305 Galletti Way will serve the motorists previously served by the Reno and Sparks Express offices. Residents who previously used the Gardnerville office will have to drive a bit farther, however, to the Carson City office 16 miles away.

The DMV would like to remind motorists that many services are available online at www.dmvnv.com. The department is also actively seeking to place one of its self-service kiosks at a private location in the Gardnerville/Minden area.

“We would like to maintain a presence in the Carson Valley,” Roberts said, “so we are actively seeing applications from valley businesses interested in partnering with the department by hosting one of our self-service kiosks.“

The department’s award-winning self-service kiosks allow motorists to renew vehicle registrations, reinstate registrations after insurance lapses and print out drive records. Kiosk transactions are simple and fast. Records are updated instantly and the license plate decal or driver history is dispensed on the spot. The application and criteria for becoming a kiosk partner is at www.dmvnv.com/kiosk.

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FACTS and FIGURES

• The Reno and Sparks Express offices opened in 1989.
• The Minden office opened in 1994 and moved to Gardnerville in 2008.
• Wait times at the Carson City office averaged about 16 minutes in April of 2009.
• Wait times at the Galletti office averaged about 27 minutes in April of 2009.

LINKS

Kiosk criteria and application

DMV Office Locations and Maps

DMV News Releases and Press Clips Home Page

DMV web site