Gainesville Tax Collector Service Center

Address

Gainesville Tax Collector Service Center
12 SE First Street, Gainesville, FL 32601
Telephone: 352-374-5236

FLHSMV lists 12 SE First Street on its Alachua County locations page, read October 16, 2026.

FLHSMV gives the map point for this address as 29.6514728, -82.3266325.

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Hours

FLHSMV publishes those Gainesville hours as "Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm", and the SE First Street counter is shut on the Florida state holidays that the Department of Management Services lists each year.

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Services at this office

FLHSMV marks 12 SE First Street, in Alachua County, as a DL & MV office, which means driver licenses and motor vehicle work.

At 12 SE First Street, FLHSMV notes: No driving tests at this location.

No driving test is given at the SE First Street counter, so a Class E road test has to be booked at another Florida office.

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Who runs this office

The Gainesville office at 12 SE First Street is run by the county tax collector under contract with FLHSMV.

Because it is run locally, the opening hours and the appointment system at the SE First Street counter are set in Alachua County rather than in Tallahassee, and some transactions carry a county service charge on top of the state fee.

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Appointments and online options

FLHSMV says an appointment can be booked online for 12 SE First Street through the booking page it links.

The office that runs the SE First Street counter keeps its own page at alachuacollector.com, which is where a change to its hours shows up before FLHSMV picks it up.

For a renewal or a replacement, FLHSMV sends people at 12 SE First Street to the statewide MyDMV Portal rather than the counter, and what that portal will and will not do is set out in the Florida driver license renewal guide and the registration renewal guide.

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Other offices in Alachua County

Apart from 12 SE First Street, FLHSMV lists 3 other service centers in Alachua County:

• Gainesville, 5830 NW 34th Blvd., Gainesville, FL 32653, DL & MV
• Gainesville, 3837 Windmeadows Blvd., Gainesville, FL 32608, DL & MV
• High Springs, 23718 West U.S. Highway 27, High Springs, FL 32543, MV

All 266 Florida service centers, the SE First Street counter among them, are on the Florida service center list.

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Before you go

Like every Florida service center, the SE First Street counter wants identity, Social Security and two Florida residential address documents before it will issue, and the Florida REAL ID guide sets out which papers count.

Call 352-374-5236 before travelling to 12 SE First Street if your transaction is unusual, because that number reaches the office itself rather than a statewide queue.

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Questions about the Gainesville office

Where is the Gainesville service center at 12 SE First Street?
FLHSMV gives the address as 12 SE First Street, Gainesville, FL 32601, on its Alachua County locations page.

What are the hours at 12 SE First Street?
FLHSMV publishes the 12 SE First Street hours as Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm.

What is the telephone number for the 12 SE First Street office?
FLHSMV gives 352-374-5236 for 12 SE First Street, Gainesville, FL 32601.

Does the office at 12 SE First Street do both licenses and tags?
FLHSMV marks 12 SE First Street as DL & MV, which is driver licenses and motor vehicle work.

Who operates the Gainesville office at 12 SE First Street office?
The counter at 12 SE First Street is run by the county tax collector under contract with FLHSMV.

Besides 12 SE First Street, how many other service centers are in Alachua County?
Besides 12 SE First Street, FLHSMV lists 3 others in Alachua County.