DMV clerk
Behind the counter
A DMV clerk is an employee at a Department of Motor Vehicles office who processes driver's licenses, vehicle registrations, and related paperwork.
The term often carries connotations of bureaucratic indifference—the stereotypical DMV clerk is bored, unhelpful, and maddeningly slow: I waited two hours just for the DMV clerk to tell me I had the wrong form.
- driver's licenseOfficial driving permit
- licenseFormal grant of permission
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- expired tagsInvalid vehicle registration markers
- waitingRemaining in expectation
long wait · queue · take a number · number · now serving · counter · bureaucracy · forms · paperwork · photo · eye test · vision test · ID · renewal · appointment · slow · line · government
- public workerscivil servant, firefighter, mail carrier, police officer, social worker
- traffic controllerstraffic cop, traffic officer, traffic warden, crossing guard, flagger
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