Maine’s Online Vehicle Registration Renewal Service Nears 50 Percent Municipal Adoption

By the end of the year, 225 municipalities – or nearly half the cities and towns in Maine – will offer Rapid Renewal, the state’s online vehicle registration renewal service, to their residents.

Rapid Renewal makes it possible for citizens in participating municipalities to renew their motor vehicle registrations and pay their local excise taxes in one simple transaction. Ten municipalities served as pilot communities for the service when it was introduced by the Maine Secretary of State’s office in 2001. Other cities have steadily adopted Rapid Renewal since that time, with a record 25 municipalities signing on in 2015. In 2014, the service saw its millionth customer.

“Citizens increasingly want to conduct business with government online, rather than having to travel to a physical location and stand in line,” said Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap. “Rapid Renewal’s brisk adoption rate demonstrates that Maine municipalities are working to respond to citizens’ needs.”

An additional 9 municipalities have come on board in 2016. Dan Andrews, general manager of Maine Information Network LLC, the state’s digital government services provider which built and manages the Rapid Renewal service, said he expects the trend to continue and anticipates that as many as 225 municipalities may offer the service by year-end.

“It is great to have nearly half of the cities in Maine using the Rapid Renewal service,” said Andrews. “Our goal is to make government more efficient – both state and local government. Rapid Renewal is a great example of delivering online efficiencies.”

Augusta, Maine-based Maine Interactive Network has been managing the state of Maine’s portal, Maine.gov, since 1999. During this time, the company has developed hundreds of online services for both state and local government.

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