What this page says about Battle Creek was read from the State of Michigan's Secretary of State office map layer, the Secretary of State's offices FAQ and its branch office fax numbers document on October 21, 2026, and those sources are linked beside each fact.
Battle Creek Secretary of State Office at 5420 Beckley Road, Suite L, Battle Creek, MI 49015: where the address comes from, the statewide hours, scheduling a visit, what a branch office does, and the other Secretary of State offices nearby.
In this guide: Address and telephone, Hours at Battle Creek, What Battle Creek handles, Appointments and what you can do online, Other Secretary of State offices near Battle Creek, Before you go to Battle Creek, Questions about Battle Creek
Address and telephone
Battle Creek Secretary of State Office
5420 Beckley Road, Suite L, Battle Creek, MI 49015
The Secretary of State publishes no telephone number for any office; its one line is 888-SOS-MICH, (888) 767-6424
The State of Michigan's own Secretary of State office map layer places Battle Creek, branch number 216, at 5420 Beckley Road, Suite L, Battle Creek, MI 49015, read October 21, 2026; the Secretary of State's offices FAQ says the address of an office is also shown when a visit is scheduled. The Secretary of State's branch office fax numbers document lists Battle Creek at 5420 Beckley Road, Suite L, Battle Creek, MI 49015 with fax (269) 962-0313.
The state office map layer places Battle Creek at 42.25992115156096, -85.19044847600962.
Hours at Battle Creek
The Secretary of State publishes no hours for Battle Creek Secretary of State Office or any single office. Its offices FAQ, read October 21, 2026, gives Battle Creek the same week as every other office: 9 am to 5 pm Eastern time (8 am to 4 pm Central) on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 11 am to 7 pm Eastern (10 am to 6 pm Central) on Wednesday, and a 10 am Eastern opening on the first Thursday of each month; it says some offices close for lunch or open only on certain weekdays and that all close on state holidays. The hours that apply to Battle Creek on a given day are shown when a visit there is scheduled.
Battle Creek closes on state holidays, which is all the Secretary of State's offices FAQ says about holidays; it publishes no dated list for 2026.
What Battle Creek handles
The Secretary of State publishes no service list for Battle Creek Secretary of State Office; its FAQ says every office offers instant title service, and the transaction chosen when a visit is scheduled is what the office prepares for.
Battle Creek is one of the 131 Secretary of State branch offices the offices FAQ counts, alongside seven mobile offices. A branch office like Battle Creek does the driver and vehicle work in one place: a first license or state ID, a renewal that cannot be done online, an enhanced license, a title transfer, tabs and plates, and a driving record. The Secretary of State office guide says what to book at Battle Creek and what to bring.
The FAQ says a visit to Battle Creek is served in about 20 minutes when scheduled, that a walk-in is given the next available slot, which may be later that day or the next business day, and that the office takes cash, a check or money order to the State of Michigan, cards and Apple Pay, Google Pay or Samsung Pay, with a processing fee on a card.
Appointments and what you can do online
The Secretary of State asks everyone going to Battle Creek to schedule an office visit, up to six months ahead, online or on (888) 767-6424; its FAQ says the scheduling system walks through what to bring for the transaction and shows the office address and the day's hours.
A tab or plate renewal, a license or ID renewal, an address change and a driving record for someone near Battle Creek can be done without the trip through the Secretary of State's online services or at one of the more than 160 self-service stations its FAQ counts; the online services guide says which transactions those are.
Other Secretary of State offices near Battle Creek
Battle Creek Secretary of State Office is the only office The Secretary of State lists in Battle Creek.
By straight line distance from the map point for Battle Creek, the 5 nearest are:
- Portage Secretary of State Office, 603 Romence Rd Shoppes at Romence Village, Portage, MI 49024, about 21 miles
- Albion Secretary of State Office, 308 S Superior St, Albion, MI 49224, about 22 miles
- Kalamazoo Secretary of State Office, 3298 Stadium Drive, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, about 23 miles
- Coldwater Secretary of State Office, 7 Vans Ave, Coldwater, MI 49036, about 25 miles
- Hastings Secretary of State Office, 1611 S Hanover Suite 104, Hastings, MI 49058, about 26 miles
All 131 Michigan Secretary of State offices, Battle Creek among them, are on the Michigan Secretary of State office list.
Before you go to Battle Creek
For a first license, a state ID or an enhanced license at Battle Creek take the documents on the Secretary of State's first time license or ID page: identity, Social Security number, Michigan residence and, for an enhanced document, citizenship. The Michigan REAL ID guide and the identity and residency guide set them out for a visit to Battle Creek.
What a transaction at Battle Creek costs is on the Secretary of State's license and ID page and its title and registration page, $25 for a first operator license and $15 for a title transfer among them, and in the Michigan fee guide.
Calling (888) 767-6424 reaches the Secretary of State's call center, not a telephone inside Battle Creek; the FAQ says the local branch numbers were replaced by that one line.
Questions about Battle Creek
Where is Battle Creek Secretary of State Office?
The Secretary of State lists Battle Creek at 5420 Beckley Road, Suite L, Battle Creek, MI 49015.
What are the hours at Battle Creek?
The Secretary of State publishes no hours for Battle Creek itself; its FAQ gives one week for every office, 9 am to 5 pm Eastern on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 11 am to 7 pm on Wednesday.
What is the telephone number for Battle Creek?
The Secretary of State replaced the Battle Creek branch number, like every other, with one line, 888-SOS-MICH, (888) 767-6424, staffed 8:30 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday.
What can you do at Battle Creek?
The Secretary of State publishes no service list for Battle Creek; its FAQ says every office offers instant title service.
What kind of office is Battle Creek?
The Secretary of State lists Battle Creek as a Secretary of State branch office.
More Michigan SOS pages
Other offices and the rules behind them: all 131 Michigan SOS offices and the Michigan SOS guide.
What to bring and what it costs before you go: renewing a Michigan license, registering a vehicle in Michigan and titling a vehicle in Michigan.
The public records of the same place, kept by the county and the city, not the DMV: Calhoun County public records and Battle Creek city records.