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Welcome

The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles touches the lives of nearly every Floridian and visitor to our great state. All members of the Department are devoted to achieving our vision of a safer Florida, and we are proud to serve you.

We are focused and committed to proactively protecting our roadways; enhancing online services; increasing strategic relationships with stakeholders; improving customer service; measuring critical business indicators and managing based on those results.

We will continue to make doing business with the Department easier, faster and better. We offer many services that can assist you in your interaction with the Department. Whether you need to conduct an online transaction, check your driver license or vehicle registration, get live traffic conditions, check to see if you are eligible to attend driving school, make an appointment for a driver license visit or find a convenient office, it’s all here.

I also encourage you to visit our Safety First page to learn about current safety issues affecting our state from safety tips while taking a road trip to the pitfalls of buying or selling a car online. If you have a teen driver, please visit Takethewheel.net and learn about the safety hazards for teen drivers and how to avoid them. You can also help law enforcement help you by taking advantage of the Emergency Contact Information program. Please explore our website to see the many ways the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles can assist you!

One of the most effective ways you can help us continue to improve is to take a moment to provide us feedback via our online customer service survey. Our mission is to “Provide Highway Safety and Security through Excellence in Service, Education, and Enforcement”. Let us know how we are doing.

Thank you for visiting our website, and please drive carefully. Your safety is important to us!

Office of the Executive Director
E-Mail: executivedirector@flhsmv.gov

Statement of Agency Organization and Operation

Agency Annual Report

Bio

Julie L. Jones
Executive Director

Julie L. Jones was unanimously appointed by Florida’s Governor and Cabinet as the Executive Director of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles on September 29, 2009.

As Executive Director, she is responsible for administering and coordinating all activities of one of the nation’s largest safety and consumer oriented agencies. She is responsible for directing law enforcement, public education and service activities of more than 4,500 members throughout the state with an annual operating budget exceeding $410 million. The Department accomplishes its mission of providing highway safety and security through excellence in service, education, and enforcement through three major program areas, including the Florida Highway Patrol, the Division of Driver Licenses and the Division of Motor Vehicles. A large information technology unit and an administrative division support the agency’s operations.

Director Jones came to DHSMV with more than 25 years of experience as a leader and public servant. Most recently, she held the rank of colonel and served as Director of the Division of Law Enforcement for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for seven years. There, she was responsible for the largest resource enforcement agency in the nation. Jones started her career with the commission in 1982 as a biologist, then she later became a sworn law enforcement officer.

In February 2010, the commission awarded Jones the 2009 Louise Ireland Humphrey Achievement Award for her outstanding leadership. A month later, the North American Wildlife Enforcement Officers Association, an organization that boasts more than 8,000 members in the United States and Canada, recognized Jones for her dedication to the commission and for her leadership as President of the National Association of Law Enforcement Chiefs.

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