My experience here when I went to renew my state ID was horrible. If I could give negative stars, I…read morewould.
First of all, they share walls with a laundromat and I'm severely allergic to perfumes, so I'm automatically miserable at this location because the business next door reeks and it seeps into the DMV location. I set up an appointment on July 18th this year so I wouldn't have to sit and wait; spend as little time in the building as possible. I'm writing the review now because I wanted to give them a chance to fix the issues I'm going to mention but they acted as if what happened to me isn't a problem and they did nothing wrong, so they get to have a negative review.
Anyway, back to July 18. My spouse and I got there and proceeded to pull up the email with the appointment confirmation code and went to the silly kiosk they make you use now. The kiosk refused to accept our code even though we were on time. By the time we were able to flag down an employee, we were late for the appointment and the employee couldn't make it accept the confirmation code, either. So we had to sit and wait. Thankfully, because every minute I sit in that building is literally a risk to my health, the line was short.
When we got to the counter, finally, we informed them that I am transgender and do not use my legal name, please call me Justice. I also asked if it was possible to get Justice put anywhere on my ID in quotes; they said no, which I expected, but I wanted to ask anyway. We were getting my ID renewed so we can start the long, EXPENSIVE, legal process of changing my name. Even after informing them that I am transgender, which is a legally protected class in Colorado, and to please call me Justice, they outright refused to and I got deadnamed no less than 5 times during the time I was in the literal hellhole that is this location.
By the time we left, I was in tears, shaking, and having a full panic attack. We emailed and tried calling and leaving a message to file a formal complaint about my experience but no one has ever responded. My spouse went there a few weeks ago and tried talking to someone, who literally said since we got my ID anyway that nothing that happened to me mattered. Basically, he was told to piss off and what they did to me was fine since I got that stupid, ugly piece of plastic out of the deal.
If at all possible, avoid going to this place. Renew online, pretend you live somewhere else, ride an elephant to work. Do ANYTHING to avoid going here, especially if you're trans.