Motor Vehicle Clerk (Livingston County Residents Only)

Description

This position involves responsibility for determining eligibility of drivers’ licenses and vehicle registration through a review of the applications and a variety of supporting documents, and for processing various types of transactions related to the licensing of drivers of motor vehicles and applications for vehicle registrations. The work is performed under general supervision with supervisory employees deciding questions of an unusual nature. Supervision of others is not a responsibility of this class. Employees will be assigned to work in satellite office. A Motor Vehicle Clerk does related work as assigned.

Examples of Duties

• Reviews and processes applications for all types of licenses, learner permits and registrations, including REAL and Enhanced drivers’ licenses;
• Checks supporting documents such as proof of ownership, insurance coverage, vehicle inspections, etc., for accuracy and completeness of information required;
• Computes, receives and accounts for fees paid for transactions;
• Conducts vision tests and learner permit tests;
• May receive, count and store license plates, stickers, documents, forms and other supplies;
• Takes pictures for identification purposes;
• Assists applicants in the proper completion of forms and answers routine requests for information both in person and by phone;
• Adheres to departmental customer service standards;
• Serves as primary contact for customer inquiries;
• Responds to and analyzes customer complaints;
• May be required to type minor records and reports for which skilled typing is not necessary;
• Operates computer equipment, scanning and document authenticator used in processing applications;
• May be responsible for calculating sales tax and maintaining sales tax records;
• May perform other duties in the County Clerk’s Office during slack periods of time; and
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Typical Qualifications

Applicants must meet allrequirements described in the following table in order to be approved for examination and/or appointment:

Supplemental Information

1. Applicants must be United States citizens.
2. Prior to appointment, applicants must submit to criminal history background check(s) as required to be eligible to process REAL and Enhanced drivers’ licenses and as otherwise deemed necessary by the appointing authority. This will require applicants to be fingerprinted and execute any necessary releases, etc. Applicants must not have any disqualifying criminal offenses.
3. Prior to appointment, applicants must consent to and provide necessary information to the appointing authority to enable it to do reference check(s) as required to be eligible to process REAL and Enhanced drivers’ licenses and as otherwise deemed necessary by the appointing authority.

1. 49 CFR § 1572.103 sets forth disqualifying criminal offenses.
2. 15 NYCRR §3.3(f) sets forth special qualifications.

Livingston County offers a robust benefits package for our employees.

This includes a variety of benefits that include - but are not limited to: health insurance options, dental insurance paid fully by the County, paid vacation leave, paid holidays, ability to participate in our deferred compensation program, participation in the NYS Retirement System, wellness offerings, and more.

For full details view the benefits guide here:
Livingston County Benefit Information