The governor said development of the new service involved exceptional cooperation and coordination among state and local governments. To meet state and federal vehicle air quality and safety program standards, the four Wasatch Front counties and the Utah Department of Public Safety developed ways to provide the interactive site with daily updates of emission and safety inspections statewide. The September registration renewal packets were redesigned to highlight the variety of renewal choices. The site validates inspection information, which is uploaded from inspection stations nightly. On-line renewals can be completed the day after the vehicles have passed inspection.
Users can renew at any time, day or night, even the last night of the registration period.
DMV records are automatically updated and vehicle owners are provided with Temporary Registration Certificates, which are valid until the owners receive their new decals and simple, redesigned Vehicle Registration Certificates in the mail, within five to seven days. Users can apply the payments to their VISA, MasterCard, American Express or Discover credit cards. In addition, Gov. Leavitt said, inspection stations statewide can benefit from the new technology. The new technology will permit any station statewide to offer this service. Stations may charge an additional fee for this service.