DMV - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Tue, 25 Apr 2023 18:30:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png DMV - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 Can You Find the Dogwood Flower on Virginia’s New Driver’s Licenses? https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/04/25/virginia-new-drivers-licenses-dogwood-state-insect/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=virginia-new-drivers-licenses-dogwood-state-insect Tue, 25 Apr 2023 16:24:44 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1634414 Virginia announced Monday that a new look would come to the commonwealth’s driver’s licenses, including “enhanced security features that are resistant to counterfeiting and illustrate the beauty of iconic Virginia imagery,” per a press release. Each license will feature two photos of the holder. The Old Dominion imagery includes the interior of the state capitol […]

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The DMV’s Handsome Fictional Trucker Has Quite the Backstory https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/04/28/the-dmvs-handsome-fictional-trucker-has-quite-the-backstory/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-dmvs-handsome-fictional-trucker-has-quite-the-backstory Thu, 28 Apr 2022 18:30:54 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1579816 Yesterday, in a Tweet urging Washingtonians to obtain commercial drivers licenses, the DC Department of Motor Vehicles created a sensation: they provided a sample license featuring a man who, um, probably does quite well on Tinder. Here’s what we know about the unusually handsome fictional driver: His name is Thomas Alexander Herculano de Carvalho Montalvao […]

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DC DMV Will Resume Walk-in Service…On July 19 https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/06/23/dc-dmv-will-resume-walk-in-service-on-july-19/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-dmv-will-resume-walk-in-service-on-july-19 Wed, 23 Jun 2021 18:10:48 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1537079 Walk-in service will return to the DC Department of Motor Vehicles on July 19—more than six weeks after the city began enforcing parking regulations again. People should absolutely follow parking laws, but there’s one huge problem : It’s not easy to get an appointment with the DMV. So anyone who has trouble getting a temporary registration […]

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DC Residents Now Have Until September 9 to Update Their Driver Licenses https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/06/10/dc-residents-now-have-until-september-9-to-update-their-driver-licenses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-residents-now-have-until-september-9-to-update-their-driver-licenses Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:29:49 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1535431 DC’s Department of Motor Vehicles is now giving residents until September 9 to update any expired driver licenses and ID cards—an extension of its previously announced June 1 deadline. Even so, vehicle registrations and inspections still have to be up-to-date as of June 1—and that will be enforced. The extension comes as many residents have […]

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It’s Really Hard to Score an Appointment at the DC DMV Right Now https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/02/19/its-really-hard-to-score-an-appointment-at-the-dc-dmv-right-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-really-hard-to-score-an-appointment-at-the-dc-dmv-right-now Fri, 19 Feb 2021 18:17:01 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1442870 Having trouble finding an appointment at the DC Department of Motor Vehicles? You’re not alone. District residents have lit up Twitter and neighborhood message boards in recent weeks to complain about the difficulty of booking online for an in-person appointment.  “I haven’t been able to schedule an appointment at the DC DMV to register my […]

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This Twitter Bot Finds the Worst Drivers in DC https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/09/10/twitter-bot-finds-worst-dc-drivers-parking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=twitter-bot-finds-worst-dc-drivers-parking Mon, 10 Sep 2018 12:00:37 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=457738 A new Twitter bot has been exposing some hard truths about DC drivers. The worst ones rack up some intense parking tickets—as in $10,000 or more in unpaid fines. The current high score? $10,700. And was before the bot stopped granting high scores for that car’s plate. ? @Lookkuss set a new high score with […]

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Five Local Couples Prove Offbeat Weddings Are Some of The Best Weddings https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/02/23/five-local-couples-prove-alternative-offbeat-weddings-best-dc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=five-local-couples-prove-alternative-offbeat-weddings-best-dc Fri, 23 Feb 2018 12:30:24 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=303631 What we really love is a love story. So we hear our alternative-minded bride and groom friends loud and clear: big traditional, over-the-top is not for everyone. If you’re looking for a different approach, here’s some inspiration from real, local couples whose offbeat weddings we love. The Surprise Wedding: Dawn & Zach As a wedding industry […]

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