DMV Adds New Features To Online Services Menu

Redesigned Website Now Offers Vanity Tag Reservation Service & Handicap Placard Issuance & Renewals

Dover -- In conjunction with a new website design, the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has added three new functions to their menu of online services. The new features will assist the elderly and persons with disabilities and their caregivers; as well as customers looking to reserve a vanity registration plate for their vehicle. The website is www.dmv.de.gov.

The DMV now allows the online reservation of desired vanity license plates to complement the existing vanity plate registration search functions. These two functions have been combined and any reservation made online is valid for 60 days from the date of initial reservation. This allowance will benefit the customer and DMV staff by eliminating the possibility of a vanity tag combination being issued to another party before a person has the chance to visit the DMV to make payment on the tag.

Also launched this week are two services aimed at assisting the elderly, persons with disabilities and their caregivers. Delaware citizens that have reached the age of 85, by law, are entitled to receive a handicap placard for their personal use. These citizens and/or their caregivers may now request this placard on line. Citizens that already have a handicap placard and simply need to renew the placard may also renew their existing placard online. The handicap placard renewal can be done 90 days prior to the expiration.

Certain security measures and identification requirements have been put into place to ensure that these transactions are accurate and the transaction information is secure. The online service is for placards only. Handicap license plates must still be renewed in person at a DMV facility.

These new options add to the growing menu of DMV online service offerings such as; vehicle registration renewal notifications, administrative hearing requests, DMV fee calculator, Centennial License plate purchases, and organ donor requests.