What this page says about Escanaba 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.
Escanaba Secretary of State Office at 305 Ludington, Escanaba, MI 49829: 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 Escanaba, What Escanaba handles, Appointments and what you can do online, Other Secretary of State offices near Escanaba, Before you go to Escanaba, Questions about Escanaba
Address and telephone
Escanaba Secretary of State Office
305 Ludington, Escanaba, MI 49829
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 Escanaba, branch number 381, at 305 Ludington, Escanaba, MI 49829, 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 Escanaba at 305 Ludington St., Escanaba, MI49829 with fax (906) 786-2658.
The state office map layer places Escanaba at 45.74542091019269, -87.05170031001926.
Hours at Escanaba
The Secretary of State publishes no hours for Escanaba Secretary of State Office or any single office. Its offices FAQ, read October 21, 2026, gives Escanaba 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 Escanaba on a given day are shown when a visit there is scheduled.
Escanaba 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 Escanaba handles
The Secretary of State publishes no service list for Escanaba 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.
Escanaba is one of the 131 Secretary of State branch offices the offices FAQ counts, alongside seven mobile offices. A branch office like Escanaba 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 Escanaba and what to bring.
The FAQ says a visit to Escanaba 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 Escanaba 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 Escanaba 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 Escanaba
Escanaba Secretary of State Office is the only office The Secretary of State lists in Escanaba.
By straight line distance from the map point for Escanaba, the 5 nearest are:
- Manistique Secretary of State Office, 300 Walnut St Rm 164, Manistique, MI 49854, about 42 miles
- Iron Mountain Secretary of State Office, 1044 S Stephenson Ave, Iron Mountain, MI 49801, about 49 miles
- Munising Secretary of State Office, 418 Mill St, Munising, MI 49862, about 50 miles
- Menominee Secretary of State Office, 1305 8th Avenue, Menominee, MI 49858, about 52 miles
- Marquette Secretary of State Office, 1250 Wilson St, Marquette, MI 49855, about 58 miles
All 131 Michigan Secretary of State offices, Escanaba among them, are on the Michigan Secretary of State office list.
Before you go to Escanaba
For a first license, a state ID or an enhanced license at Escanaba 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 Escanaba.
What a transaction at Escanaba 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 Escanaba; the FAQ says the local branch numbers were replaced by that one line.
Questions about Escanaba
Where is Escanaba Secretary of State Office?
The Secretary of State lists Escanaba at 305 Ludington, Escanaba, MI 49829.
What are the hours at Escanaba?
The Secretary of State publishes no hours for Escanaba 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 Escanaba?
The Secretary of State replaced the Escanaba 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 Escanaba?
The Secretary of State publishes no service list for Escanaba; its FAQ says every office offers instant title service.
What kind of office is Escanaba?
The Secretary of State lists Escanaba 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, the Michigan vehicle registration and titling a vehicle in Michigan.
The public records of the same place, kept by the county and the city, not the DMV: Delta County public records.