Department of Motor Vehicles

Fast!
Your in and out in no time.
No nasty disgruntled employees
Knows they’re stuff

I’m comparing this to every other DMV I have been to. It is a DMV and waiting times are expected to be long and the employees are expected to be unfriendly. Most of the employees there seem very friendly. I sat there during lunch hour (I know… I chose the worst time to go) and it took about 50 minutes to be helped. Near the end, I did notice there weren’t as many people. The place is clean, they have enough seating for all, and the numbers go by pretty quickly.

As a former Californian, I was expecting the typical dmv experience. I went in, after I realized my out of state license was expired. The wait time was short, 4 minutes to be exact! The entire staff was super friendly, efficient, courteous, and joyful! I took my written test and was out in 20 minutes! Beyond impressed with the level of service I received and glad they have great folks serving us residents of the great state of Oregon! Job well done!

I had the impression that the staff at the Sherwood location knows what it’s doing, starting at the information station, where an employee patiently listened to my case and put me at ease. I took my seat with a clipboard, pen, and the proper form. My situation involved moving to a new state, an expired license in the previous state, and a vision problem. I put off my visit to the Oregon DMV for several months, dreading it, but the staff at Sherwood had things figured out and resolved within 45 minutes. At one point, two employees conferred, and it was clear they all get along. I still have to take a driving test, because I let my out-​of-​state license expire, but everything else is now in order and everyone was pleasant and efficient.
I really like the automated test-​taking protocol. You find out if your answer is correct immediately and the monitor displays your progress. Total questions = 35. Passing score = 27. I could be wrong, but I think the test terminated after question 30, since I had missed only 3, so I couldn’t fail — all of a sudden I was just done. BTW, if you read the book, the test is easy. I studied for about an hour altogether. I saw only one questions that was a sort-​of trick question, and a couple that were actually pretty funny.
Altogether, a low-​stress, smooth experience. Perhaps approaching the DMV with a positive attitude is helpful. Nobody looks forward to going to the there, and I imagine the employees have to deal with crabby customers a lot. If you are not one of them, you are more likely to have a pleasant experience.

I waited only 10 minutes to get a registration done, it was a weekday around noon. Reasonably friendly workers too and they got the job done with little trouble.

I never thought to give a dmv a 5 star (or really to even write a review at all) before this experience!
Had to register the car and get drivers licenses among other things like emissions test — all the basics for new to the state.
The lady at the front was pleasant, comprehensive, and helpful. She not only provided us all the information we needed, she even checked in with us shortly after we were seen at the desk, joking about the w8 time.
Oh and we only waited roughly 2 minutes after taking out number.
Our dmv representative, pat, was funny and courteous. He assured us several times that we had all our ducks in a row.
If you need emissions test or vin test, you have to get it done nearby, about a half mile down the road, and make sure you do it before going to the physical dmv office. This will ensure you don’t have to do any back and forth, and was unclear to us before we arrived.
I wouldn’t say I’m looking forward to retuning, since I have to spend money here, but I certainly won’t be dreading it, as I have previously.

Cause it’s the DMV.
There is no rhyme or reason to the madness that it is.
It smells.
It’s Dirty.
They give you a ticket and tell you to wait for your number and then call the numbers out of order. What the HECK planet are they on where numbers don’t get called in order? NUMBERS are the universal language. GRRRRRRRRRRRR.
HOORAY for me that I only need to grace their Hallowed doorway every 4years or so.
That is all.

Out of all the DMV offices I’ve been to, this one has the shortest wait times. From my experience, the best time of day to come to this office is at the end of the day, a half hour before they close, because there is no wait at all. The staff here is pretty friendly, and I witnessed an employee let an old lady who was renewing her license have her picture retaken several times. I always make it a point to visit this DMV office if I must go.

They are no longer open on Saturdays. They are however open on Mondays now.
The counter people have always been nice on my visits. Helpful too.
They would get five stars but last time I went the whole place smelled like San Francisco (a big giant urinal). No offense SF.

I always go to this DMV thinking since it is a bit off the beaten track it will be quicker. I actually took my Motorcycle Permit Test here as well.
As far as DMV’s go, this one is not bad. It seems newer and cleaner than some of the others I have been to, and not as smelly. There is great people watching and the wait seemed to go by quickly, they have a large number of people behind the counter to help you.
They only take cash or checks, which I find to be odd, but they also have an ATM in the building for your convenience, with an accompanying fee of course.
We forgot our passport and had to drive home to get it and they gave us a special yellow ticket which put us at the front of the line when we came back. That was pretty nice, considering we were the ones who made the mistake of forgetting them!

I’d been dreading this visit to the DMV — I recently moved to Oregon and had to register my car and get a new driver’s license. I expected it to take hours and hours. I called to see if I could make an appointment — in California, if you don’t make an appointment, you’ll be stuck in the DMV for an eternity. No appointments for this stuff in Oregon though (except for a driving test, which luckily I didn’t need to take). So when I walked through the doors and pushed the button to take a number, I thought I’d never see my family again.
What a surprise! I was out the door an hour after taking my number. I went on a Tuesday morning (which is apparently one of the busier times) and only waited about 10 minutes. Then, the woman who helped me was pleasant and and commiserated with me about the California DMVs (she used to live there too), and was very helpful in answering all my questions. Of course, I did walk in prepared with all the right forms filled out already, so that sped things up. And I did the DEQ test right before, so that was all done too. I did forget my passport for the license, so I had to return with it to get my license photo taken. They gave me a «daily pass» so as long as I returned by 4pm the same day, I didn’t need to take a new number. When I returned, I was helped right away and was out of there fast.
All in all, it was a very pleasant experience, and I can’t say that very often about government agencies.