What this page says about Canton 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.
Canton Secretary of State Office at 8565 N Lilley Rd, Canton, MI 48187: 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 Canton, What Canton handles, Appointments and what you can do online, Other Secretary of State offices near Canton, Before you go to Canton, Questions about Canton
Address and telephone
Canton Secretary of State Office
8565 N Lilley Rd, Canton, MI 48187
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 Canton, branch number 128, at 8565 N Lilley Rd, Canton, MI 48187, 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 Canton at 8565 N. Lilley Road, Canton, MI 48187 with fax (734) 453-8178.
The state office map layer places Canton at 42.348914549845624, -83.46124140967949.
Hours at Canton
The Secretary of State publishes no hours for Canton Secretary of State Office or any single office. Its offices FAQ, read October 21, 2026, gives Canton 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 Canton on a given day are shown when a visit there is scheduled.
Canton 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 Canton handles
The Secretary of State publishes no service list for Canton 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.
Canton is one of the 131 Secretary of State branch offices the offices FAQ counts, alongside seven mobile offices. A branch office like Canton 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 Canton and what to bring.
The FAQ says a visit to Canton 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 Canton 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 Canton 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 Canton
Canton Secretary of State Office is the only office The Secretary of State lists in Canton.
By straight line distance from the map point for Canton, the 5 nearest are:
- Westland Secretary of State Office, 6090 N Wayne Rd, Westland, MI 48185, about 4 miles
- Livonia Secretary of State Office, 17176 Farmington Rd Burton Hollow Plaza, Livonia, MI 48152, about 6 miles
- Redford Secretary of State Office, 25700 Joy Rd, Redford, MI 48239, about 9 miles
- Inkster Secretary of State Office, 26603 Michigan Ave, Inkster, MI 48141, about 9 miles
- Belleville Secretary of State Office, 164 E. Columbia Ave, Belleville, MI 48111, about 10 miles
All 131 Michigan Secretary of State offices, Canton among them, are on the Michigan Secretary of State office list.
Before you go to Canton
For a first license, a state ID or an enhanced license at Canton 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 Canton.
What a transaction at Canton 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 Canton; the FAQ says the local branch numbers were replaced by that one line.
Questions about Canton
Where is Canton Secretary of State Office?
The Secretary of State lists Canton at 8565 N Lilley Rd, Canton, MI 48187.
What are the hours at Canton?
The Secretary of State publishes no hours for Canton 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 Canton?
The Secretary of State replaced the Canton 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 Canton?
The Secretary of State publishes no service list for Canton; its FAQ says every office offers instant title service.
What kind of office is Canton?
The Secretary of State lists Canton 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: the Michigan license renewal, registering a vehicle in Michigan and titling a vehicle in Michigan.
The courts, sheriffs and recorders of Michigan are indexed separately on the Michigan public records page.