I hammer on and on about this, but:
The state of Missouri does not have a Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
License offices are independently operated, often by charitable organizations, and all licensing fees go to the state’s Department of Revenue.
“DMV” comes from the pop culture, where it’s slang for the kind of thing Missouri license offices handle, presumably prevalent in California and/or New York, where movies and television shows have been made historically.
I have to be pedantic, since so much in the news just ain’t so.
