UK counterpart: Driver And Vehicle Licensing Agency. DVLA. Based in Swansea, Wales. Instead of having local offices you deal with them through the post office or online.
I used to have to collect all my certificates and physically present them at the PO, but not any more.
(I'm joking, but this is actually how it should work. The Americans get in such a tangle due to fighting "the state" in the wrong places)