About DMV Decoded

DMV Decoded is a privately owned, independent guide that helps you find the right DMV office, check its hours and services, and get to the official booking page quickly. Despite the name, we are not a government agency, not a DMV, and not affiliated with, endorsed by or operated by any state or federal government body or by DMV.ORG.

Who runs this site

DMV Decoded is run by MRServices, a sole proprietorship registered in Poland. Guides and answers on the site are written and checked by Matt Rum, who also publishes the news.

How we check information

  • Office details (addresses, hours, phone numbers, services) come from public sources published by the state agencies themselves. Every source, with the date we last retrieved it, is listed on data sources.
  • How often: an automatic job checks every hour which sources are due and imports them again: most state sources weekly, a few daily. Offices that disappear from a source are flagged, not silently deleted, and large or unusual changes wait for a human review.
  • Guides and answers: every claim is backed by an official agency page, listed under “Sources” with the date it was last checked against them.
  • The official site wins: when anything here differs from the agency’s own website, the agency is right. We link to it on every office page and guide.
  • Corrections go through the contact page; we check each report against the official source and correct the page when the source confirms it.
  • News: News items are drafted with AI assistance from official agency announcements, with the source linked and the date checked against it, and published by Matt Rum.

About the author: Matt Rum

Matt Rum is passionate about cars and web technology. He created DMV Decoded to make reliable DMV information easy to find for people who have to visit an office and may find that visit stressful. A DMV trip often comes with unclear requirements, long waits and the risk of being sent home for one missing document, and the site exists to help you arrive prepared and get it done on the first visit. Matt writes and checks every guide and answer here against the agency’s own published pages, and lists those sources with the date he last checked them. Office details come from public state sources that are checked regularly, and when anything differs, the official agency site has the final word. If you spot something out of date, he wants to hear about it through the contact page.

How we make money

The site is free to use and currently shows no advertising. We plan to fund it with advertising, always clearly separated from our information; any offer from a partner, such as a driving school or insurer, will be labelled “Sponsored”. Advertisers and partners never affect office data or what our guides say, and we never charge for DMV services or reservations. The operator page has the details.