Arkansas Office of Motor Vehicles

The Basic Duties of the Office of Motor Vehicles are:
To administer the State of Arkansas vehicle registration, title, and lien perfection laws. Establish and maintain the vehicle registration, title and lien perfection operating procedures used in the State Revenue Offices.

It also examines all title applications submitted in State Revenue Offices for accuracy and compliance with state law, authorizes title production for all approved title applications, maintains the state repository for vehicle registration, title and lien records and administers the International Registration Plan, an agreement between the States for the apportionment of registration fees for trucks and truck/trailer combinations engaged in the interstate transportation of goods and materials.

 

OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
Responsible for program policy and administration oversight, budget, personnel, and purchasing administration, provide project management for Streamlined Registration System.

Administrator: Fred Porter
Email - fred.porter@rev.state.ar.us
Phone (501) 682-4630

 

DIRECT SERVICES SECTION
Responsible for section level personnel and budget administration, maintaining tag and decal inventories, documentation of State Revenue Office receipts by performing bookkeeping functions, corresponding with applicants for correction or receipt of required documentation to complete processing of title application, providing vehicle record information and procedural instructions to the public, establishing lien filing records for vehicle liens filed directly with the department.

Manager: Roger Duren
Email - roger.duren@rev.state.ar.us
Phone (501) 682-4661

 

REGISTRATION AND TITLE SECTION
Responsible for section level personnel and budget administration, examining and approving all applications for registration and title filed by the public in State Revenue Offices, microfilming all registration and title applications to create permanent records, provide data entry support, coordinate contracts for sale of motor vehicle and boat registration records with qualified purchasers, coordinate the development and maintenance of information posted on the DFA Motor Vehicle web site, process mail in registration renewal applications.

Manager: Charles Beaver

Email - charles.beaver@rev.state.ar.us
Phone (501) 682-4702

 

MV SYSTEMS SUPPORT SECTION
Responsible for section level personnel and budget administration, coordinates the development of new or revised motor vehicle registration systems applications with the Department of Information Systems, Office of State Revenue Office Administration and the Office of Financial and Management Services, coordinates delivery of assistance to users of the revenue office automated systems, vendors that support the counties with Streamline renewal process, county assessors, county collectors and Star renewal process.

Manager: Marla McHughes
Email - marla.mchughes@rev.state.ar.us
Phone (501) 682-4634

 

INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION PLAN SECTION
Responsible for section level personnel and budget administration, registration and titling of vehicles operated under the provisions of the IRP, transmittal of out-of-state registration fees collected on behalf of other jurisdictions, receipt of Arkansas registration fees collected and transmitted from other jurisdictions, assignment and issuance of vehicle identification numbers for all home made or shop-built vehicles.

Manager: Christy Earnhart
Email - christy.earnhart@rev.state.ar.us
Phone (501) 682-4651