DMV outage could bring fines for those who missed appointment

Update: Indio DMV and Palm Desert DMV back to full operations again

Half of the DMV field offices in California experienced a hardware failure on Monday morning. The outage affected both the Palm Desert and Indio DMVs, and now officials are saying if you missed your vehicle registration date, you have to write a letter to avoid paying a fine.

DMV officials said if you missed your registration date, you must complete a Statement of Facts (REG 256) or write a letter explaining why you were late and the penalty may be waived.

The DMV made significant progress Wednesday night in getting offices back online. As of Thursday at 8:30 a.m., 16 offices were still down and 11 were providing driver license transactions. By Friday morning, all DMV’s were operating normally again except for offices in Brawley, Fontana and Inglewood.

The DMV has 188 facilities in California, including field offices

Monday Report:

According to Jessica Gonzalez, a spokeswoman for the Department of Motor Vehicles, Palm Desert’s DMV and Indio’s DMV both experienced the hardware problem beginning on Monday.

DMV’s throughout the state are working to bring everything back online. The offices that were down are conducting drive tests, making appointments return, allowing customers to drop off driver license renewals, and helping with paperwork and answering questions, Gonzales said Monday afternoon.

Crews have been working all night to rebuild the system and get offices back up and running. The offices that are still down will continue providing drive tests, making return appointments, helping with paperwork, and answering customer’s questions. The department wants to remind customers that DMV online services are still available and apologizes for any inconvenience this issue has caused.

Below are the DMV field offices that are still affected by the outage. The list will be updated as field offices resume full operations:

Arleta
Arvin
Auburn
Bakersfield (F Street)
Bell Gardens
Bellflower
Brawley
Carmichael
Chula Vista
Clovis
Compton
Concord
Costa Mesa
Daly City
El Cerrito
El Monte
Eureka
Fairfield
Fairfield Business Service Center
Folsom
Fort Bragg
Fremont
Fresno North
Fullerton
Garberville
Glendale
Hawthorne
Hayward
Hemet
Hollister
Hollywood
Indio
Inglewood
Jackson
King City
LA Driver License Processing Center (DLPC)
LA Metro Business Service Center
Lakeport
Lincoln Park
Lompoc
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Los Banos
Madera
Manteca
Mariposa
Modesto
Mountain View
Napa
Needles
Newhall
Norco
Oakland Claremont
Palm Desert
Pasadena
Paso Robles
Petaluma
Placentia Industry Service Center
Pomona
Porterville
Rancho Cucamonga
Red Bluff
Redding
Redlands
Reedley
Ridgecrest
Roseville
Sacramento Business Service Center
San Bernardino Industry Business Center
San Diego Clairemont
San Diego Normal
San Francisco
San Jose Driver License Processing Center (DLPC)
San Luis Obispo
San Marcos
San Marcos Industry Business Center
San Mateo
Santa Ana
Santa Barbara
Santa Clara
Santa Monica
Santa Paula
Santa Rosa
Sonora
South Lake Tahoe
Stanton Driver License Processing Center (DLPC)
Stockton
Taft
Temecula
Thousand Oaks
Torrance
Tulare
Tulelake
Turlock
Vacaville
Van Nuys
Victorville
Watsonville
West Covina
West Hollywood
Westminster
Whittier
Winnetka
Woodland
Yuba City

It’s expected that all DMVs throughout the state should be back to normal operations soon. KESQ and CBS Local 2 will keep you updated if the problems continue throughout the week.