Department of Motor Vehicles: electronic transactions.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to allow a person to submit any document required to be submitted to the department by using electronic media, as specified, instead of requiring the actual submission of the original document. If a signature is required on a document in order to complete a transaction, the requirement may be satisfied for an electronically submitted document if the signature is also submitted electronically. This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish a virtual field office allowing the electronic completion of transactions that require manual review by the department. The bill would permit the department to allow any transaction that is required to otherwise be completed in person at a field office or by mail to instead be conducted through the virtual field office, to the extent authorized by federal law. The bill would make conforming changes to permit various transactions to be conducted electronically, including, among others, electronically submitting an application for a low emission vehicle decal and electronically completing a title transfer transaction.