As another MVC agency shuts down, legislators try to bring relief to drivers facing deadlines
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
As state Motor Vehicle Commission officials shut down the Paterson agency late Sunday night due to an employee testing positive for the coronavirus, legislators are moving a bill to extend some dates that driver and vehicle documents expire.
The Paterson Licensing and Regional Service Center will remain closed for sanitizing, contact tracing and quarantining until Feb. 5.
This closure blunts the impact of reopening two agencies Monday in North Bergen and Lodi. Drivers who lost appointments due to agency shutdowns complained they are running up against dates their documents expire for in-person transactions.