Brazil BMV office to close through October 30

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles announced on Friday that its Brazil office is one of eight around the state that will be closed from October 4-30.

These offices will reopen on Monday, November 1.

The Brazil office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 2, for its final day of business this month.

Other offices impacted are at Danville, two in Indianapolis, New Albany, Plymouth, Tipton and West Lafayette.

Similar closures took place in September. The Associated Press reported that the action was needed to reallocate workers to the agency’s 118 other branches, BMV spokeswoman Christine Meyer said.

About 12% of BMV branch jobs haven’t been staffed on a daily basis because they are unfilled or the worker is out because of COVID-19 precautions, Meyer said.

The branches temporarily closed and scheduled to reopen on Saturday are in Alexandria, Danville, Evansville, Indianapolis, Greenfield, Nappanee, New Albany, New Haven, Pendleton, Schererville and Walkerton.

Available workers from those offices are being moved to larger or centrally located branches to maintain customer service at those locations during the closures, Meyer said.

Some transactions can take place online at mybmv.com.

The nearest open offices remain in Terre Haute, Greencastle and Spencer.