"An advantage of living in rural/small town/outside the beltway/swamp America,"

Hey! I live in the second largest city in the State. Yes, the local office is swamped at certain hours, but you can walk in mid-day. "Security" is the guy who directs you to the kiosk to take a wait ticket and confirms you aren't carrying any restricted items.

The office here and 2 hours North are to be closed per that first list. That means I could go to Spokane WA, I guess.

I have more paperwork for them and intend to stop in maybe three more times in the next two weeks, including taking my client over.

We went through local office shutdowns when I was working on motor vehicle legislative issues as a Governor's appointee to the state's Motorcycle Safety Advisory Committee (appointed by two different governors). We learned about "touches" at the registration desk. At the time, it cost more per touch than trailers, boats, motorcycles and small atvs brought to the system. We had DMV offices in farm country that didn't even open until April, and shut down by Oct. In MT now, you transfer the title and pay for Permanent registration at that time. But you might need to drive 3 hours one way to your nearest office.