The goal for this past Tuesday was to get my South Dakota driver’s license and start the vehicle registration process for my Jeep Wrangler and Newmar Dutch Star (JBAM).
I am using Americas Mailbox as my mail forwarding/permanent address company. They will do the vehicle registrations for a very reasonable rate. So, I prepared all the paperwork and handed it over to them. Sadly, my Newmar registration was messed up by the dealer from which I bought her and this has resulted in a mess. However; my bank is doing most of the work to straighten it out so that is good. Nonetheless; it will be a few weeks before any progress can be made on it.
I drove over to the Rapid City DMV, got a bit lost, and arrived at about 11:40 AM. I figured that was bad cause these offices are sometimes closed over the lunch hour.
I walked in and there was a very clear sign – ‘fill out an application and then take a number’ with a big arrow pointing to the applications. Ok – that makes sense. I did as instructed and before I could sit down from pulling a number, my number was called. Wow!
The lady that helped me was VERY polite and easy to talk to. She did not make me feel like I was spoiling her whole day nor creating work for her. She started tapping on her keyboard, asked for various pieces of paperwork (which I had ready to go – thanks America’s Mailbox for the necessary information), told me it would be $20.00, handed me a new South Dakota driver’s license and told me thank you and to have a great day.
Double WOW!!
I don’t think I stood at the window for more than 5 minutes. I was most definitely walking out of the DMV before noon.
Triple WOW!!
I am super, super impressed! I wish all states could operate their DMV like this. Well done South Dakota!
I am officially a South Dakota resident!
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