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UPDATE: St. Lawrence County's Department of Motor Vehicles offices will reopen Monday

Posted 5/12/21

Revised 2:10 p.m. May 12 with update that DMV offices will reopen May 17. BY ANDY GARDNER North Country This Week CANTON – Department of Motor Vehicles offices in St. Lawrence County will reopen to …

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UPDATE: St. Lawrence County's Department of Motor Vehicles offices will reopen Monday

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Revised 2:10 p.m. May 12 with update that DMV offices will reopen May 17.

BY ANDY GARDNER
North Country This Week

CANTON – Department of Motor Vehicles offices in St. Lawrence County will reopen to the public with no appointments necessary on Monday, May 17. Meanwhile, the county is looking at options for security services at all of the DMV offices.

County Clerk Sandy Santamoor said she anticipates the security, which will be in the main DMV office and Canton and all the smaller satellite offices, will be temporary.

“We still don’t know where [the security] stands 100%. We hope either we have security or we don’t have any issues," she said. “We’re also worried about basically crowd control. I’m worried about people coming from other counties whose county will still be closed or by appointment.”

“We’re going to do the best we can to serve the public," Santamoor added.

She expects large numbers of people from St. Lawrence and three neighboring counties once the offices reopen for walk-in services.

“We’re always very busy there. Between our regular customers that come in, we’re also allowing our neighbor counties to come in,” Santamoor said. “Franklin, Jefferson and Lewis County residents are welcome. We’re not going to allow, and we have not allowed, other counties to have people come in.”

She said another reason for wanting security at all of the county’s DMV office is worker safety. She said there have been a few incidents involving “some very unhappy people” while the office has been by appointment only. She said those instances were “more like harassment.”

“We ask people’s patience during the transition time. It’s going to be a little challenging. If people have patience, we’ll do the best we can to serve everybody,” Santamoor said.

The St. Lawrence County Clerk’s Office, located in the St. Lawrence County Courthouse at 48 Court St. in Canton, is now open with no appointments required.