Like taxes, a trip to the Department of Motor Vehicles is something we all have to do — and all want to avoid.

But in a stroke of forward-thinking benevolence, the state agency is now making it easier to renew vehicle registrations, without the potentially hours-long wait.

The DMV has installed self-service “DMV Now” kiosks in a handful of grocery stores in the San Fernando Valley and around Los Angeles. Drivers can renew their vehicle registrations at the bright yellow touch-screen terminals and get new registration cards and license plate tags on the spot.

They also can register their cars as non-operational if they don’t plan to drive them. To use the kiosks, drivers will need their vehicle registration renewal notice or most recent vehicle registration card.

The state already has had self-service kiosks in some DMV locations since 2010, but service is now being expanded to grocery stores for drivers’ convenience, said DMV Spokeswoman Jessica Gonzalez.

“Grocery stores nowadays are kind of becoming that one-stop-shop,” Gonzalez said. “You go there, you get your grocery shopping done as well. That’s kind of the idea behind this. … It takes about two minutes and you’re done.”

A dozen more Los Angeles grocery stores, all of them Superior Grocers, are due to get the kiosks by September, Gonzalez said. And already, the DMV is looking at what other registration tasks could be completed with the terminals, including, perhaps, renewing driver’s licenses and changing an address. Here’s a list of grocery stores where the self-service kiosks are located and ready to use.

• Vons, 8201 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Canoga Park

• Vons, 9119 Reseda Blvd., Northridge

• Vons, 19333 Victory Blvd., Reseda

• Vons, 16550 West Soledad Canyon Road, Santa Clarita

• Vons, 1855 East Cochran St., Simi Valley

• Vons, 18439 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana

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• Albertsons, 43543 20th St. West, Lancaster

• Albertsons, 38727 Tierra Subida Ave., Palmdale

• Albertsons, 27631 West Bouquet Canyon Road, Saugus

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• Superior Grocers, 7300 Atlantic Ave., Cudahy

• Superior Grocers, 10211 South Avalon Blvd., Los Angeles

• Superior Grocers, 3831 East Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Lynwood