New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission

Sample of a current New Jersey license plate
Agency overview
Formed	2003
Preceding agency	New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles
Jurisdiction	New Jersey
Headquarters	225 E. State Street, Trenton, New Jersey
Employees	2,400
Annual budget	$409,454,000
Agency executive	Raymond P. Martinez, Chair & Chief Administrator
Parent agency	State of New Jersey
Website	http://www.njmvc.gov

The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) is the governmental agency responsible for titling, registering and inspecting automobiles and licensing drivers in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The MVC is composed of eight members, including the Chief Administrator.

The MVC is composed of eight members, four of whom are appointed by the Governor. Three cabinet members also serve on the MVC on an ex officio basis: the New Jersey Attorney General, the State Treasurer and the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation. The eighth position is reserved for the Chief Administrator, a non-voting member, who also serves as the Chair of the MVC.

Laurette K. Asante, Scott Kisch, Walter S. Orcutt and Stephen S. Scaturro are the gubernatorial appointments. On February 1, 2010, Raymond P. Martinez was nominated to the position of Acting Chief Administrator of the MVC by Governor Chris Christie. Martinez is the 22nd individual to lead the organization in its more than 100 years of existence.

There are approximately 2,400 MVC employees at 71 locations throughout the state.

Following the passage of the Motor Vehicle Security & Customer Service Act of 2003, the former New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) was renamed as the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission. The new agency underwent a number of major overhauls in the areas of security and service, including the implementation of a more secure licensing process and the digital driver license and enhanced customer service training. Like most other DMVs, the former New Jersey DMV had a notorious reputation for customer service.

Some of the major accomplishments in recent years have been a dramatic reduction of customer wait times, expansion of online services, decentralization of various services, modernization of the physical and technological infrastructure, enhancement of security measures and introduction of mandatory customer service training for employees.