Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles experienced outage statewide, resolved mid-afternoon
Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette
The Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles experienced total or periodic outages affecting most services as a result of a technical issue Tuesday, the agency said.
Services were back online around 1 p.m.
The agency didn’t specify which technical difficulty shut down its services.
The agency said affected services included the following:
- Online DMV services
- Driver license and ID card services at state and county driver license offices
- MV Express Kiosk services
- County Motor Vehicle Office services
- DMV call centers
The agency said there is currently is no timeline for when services would be be restored.
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