"The The Golden State Division of Electric Motor Cars (DMV) is the state company that registers automobile and also watercrafts and also concerns motorist licenses in the U.S. state of The golden state. It manages new car suppliers (via the New Automobile Board), commercial cargo service providers, personal driving institutions, as well as exclusive web traffic colleges. The DMV collaborates with the superior courts of The golden state to without delay videotape convictions versus vehicle driver licenses and also consequently puts on hold or revokes licenses when a chauffeur gathers excessive sentences (as gauged by a point-based system). It issues California license plates and motorist's licenses. The DMV also provides recognition cards to individuals that ask for one.

The DMV belongs to the California State Transport Agency. It is headquartered in Sacramento and also runs neighborhood offices in virtually every part of the state. As of December 2017, the DMV used over 8,900 people-- 35% at headquarters and also 65% at 172 field workplaces (and also numerous other locations). Also, since December 2017, it preserved documents for 30,112,927 individuals, 33,993,857 chauffeur licenses and/or recognition cards (there is overlap as some persons can and do hold both records), as well as 35,391,347 vehicles. The golden state has 26,957,875 licensed vehicle drivers.

On July 23, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom released a report by the California Federal Government Procedures Company "" DMV Reinvention Strike Team"" detailing recommendations for boosting DMV openness, worker training as well as efficiency, rate of service, as well as total consumer satisfaction. As part of the release of the record, Newsom revealed the appointment of Steve Gordon as the supervisor of the California DMV."