Shelby County Clerk’s Office Closing for 2 Weeks to Address Backlog of Work - Articles

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Posted by: Kate Prince on Aug 16, 2022

Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert has announced her office will be closed to the public for two weeks to “catch up on critically outstanding services,” the Daily Memphian reports. The clerk’s office will be closed the weeks of Aug. 22-26 and Sept. 19-23. The office has faced criticisms recently for a backlog of thousands of license plates and vehicle tags. Shelby County commissioners voted last week to call for state oversight, specifically by the state comptroller’s office, of all functions of the office, including the backlog of license plates and car tags renewed by mail and online. Halbert says her office is not to blame for the backlog. She notified commissioners earlier this month that the office would likely close to make up for work not done while addressing the license plate backlog.