What this page says about East Tawas 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.
East Tawas Secretary of State Office at 1712 E Huron Road PO Box 629, East Tawas, MI 48730: 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 East Tawas, What East Tawas handles, Appointments and what you can do online, Other Secretary of State offices near East Tawas, Before you go to East Tawas, Questions about East Tawas
Address and telephone
East Tawas Secretary of State Office
1712 E Huron Road PO Box 629, East Tawas, MI 48730
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 East Tawas, branch number 356, at 1712 E Huron Road PO Box 629, East Tawas, MI 48730, 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 East Tawas at 1712 E. Huron Road, East Tawas, MI 48730 with fax (989) 362-0742.
The state office map layer places East Tawas at 44.289080027623626, -83.45321795041252.
Hours at East Tawas
The Secretary of State publishes no hours for East Tawas Secretary of State Office or any single office. Its offices FAQ, read October 21, 2026, gives East Tawas 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 East Tawas on a given day are shown when a visit there is scheduled.
East Tawas 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 East Tawas handles
The Secretary of State publishes no service list for East Tawas 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.
East Tawas is one of the 131 Secretary of State branch offices the offices FAQ counts, alongside seven mobile offices. A branch office like East Tawas 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 East Tawas and what to bring.
The FAQ says a visit to East Tawas 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 East Tawas 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 East Tawas 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 East Tawas
East Tawas Secretary of State Office is the only office The Secretary of State lists in East Tawas.
By straight line distance from the map point for East Tawas, the 5 nearest are:
- Harrisville Secretary of State Office, 205 N State St, Harrisville, MI 48740, about 27 miles
- Standish Secretary of State Office, 529 S Main PO Box 10, Standish, MI 48658, about 33 miles
- West Branch Secretary of State Office, 2394 West M-55, West Branch, MI 48661, about 38 miles
- Bad Axe Secretary of State Office, 33 Patrick Dr, Bad Axe, MI 48413, about 40 miles
- Mio Secretary of State Office, 302 N Morenci Ave PO Box 298, Mio, MI 48647, about 42 miles
All 131 Michigan Secretary of State offices, East Tawas among them, are on the Michigan Secretary of State office list.
Before you go to East Tawas
For a first license, a state ID or an enhanced license at East Tawas 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 East Tawas.
What a transaction at East Tawas 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 East Tawas; the FAQ says the local branch numbers were replaced by that one line.
Questions about East Tawas
Where is East Tawas Secretary of State Office?
The Secretary of State lists East Tawas at 1712 E Huron Road PO Box 629, East Tawas, MI 48730.
What are the hours at East Tawas?
The Secretary of State publishes no hours for East Tawas 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 East Tawas?
The Secretary of State replaced the East Tawas 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 East Tawas?
The Secretary of State publishes no service list for East Tawas; its FAQ says every office offers instant title service.
What kind of office is East Tawas?
The Secretary of State lists East Tawas 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: Iosco County public records.