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DMV Services Back Online

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All West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) services are back online after a mainframe issue, affecting multiple agencies, was resolved at 8:30 p.m. Thursday evening.

Services were down for approximately 24 hours.
 
According to a Friday morning press release, all services at the 26 regional DMV offices and county sheriff’s offices are being offered. Online services and DMV Now kiosk services have also been restored.

All regional offices are open at their normal operating times as of Friday, April 19.
 
The mainframe computer outage was discovered late Wednesday, April 17. It affected driver’s licenses, IDs and motor vehicle registration renewals.