What this page says about Gaylord 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.
Gaylord Secretary of State Office at 931 S. Otsego Ave, Gaylord, MI 49735: 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 Gaylord, What Gaylord handles, Appointments and what you can do online, Other Secretary of State offices near Gaylord, Before you go to Gaylord, Questions about Gaylord
Address and telephone
Gaylord Secretary of State Office
931 S. Otsego Ave, Gaylord, MI 49735
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 Gaylord, branch number 369, at 931 S. Otsego Ave, Gaylord, MI 49735, 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 Gaylord at 931 S. Otsego Ave., Suite 4, Gaylord, MI 49735 with fax (989) 732-6088.
The state office map layer places Gaylord at 45.01608419105169, -84.67532461502745.
Hours at Gaylord
The Secretary of State publishes no hours for Gaylord Secretary of State Office or any single office. Its offices FAQ, read October 21, 2026, gives Gaylord 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 Gaylord on a given day are shown when a visit there is scheduled.
Gaylord 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 Gaylord handles
The Secretary of State publishes no service list for Gaylord 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.
Gaylord is one of the 131 Secretary of State branch offices the offices FAQ counts, alongside seven mobile offices. A branch office like Gaylord 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 Gaylord and what to bring.
The FAQ says a visit to Gaylord 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 Gaylord 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 Gaylord 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 Gaylord
Gaylord Secretary of State Office is the only office The Secretary of State lists in Gaylord.
By straight line distance from the map point for Gaylord, the 5 nearest are:
- Grayling Secretary of State Office, 2384 C I-75 Business Loop, Grayling, MI 49738, about 25 miles
- Bellaire Secretary of State Office, 4607 S M-88 Hwy, Bellaire, MI 49615, about 26 miles
- Atlanta Secretary of State Office, 12519 State Street Elkland Center, Atlanta, MI 49709, about 26 miles
- Petoskey Secretary of State Office, 1185 N US 31 Hwy, Petoskey, MI 49770, about 28 miles
- Kalkaska Secretary of State Office, 114 Northland Plaza Northland Plaza Suite F, Kalkaska, MI 49646, about 31 miles
All 131 Michigan Secretary of State offices, Gaylord among them, are on the Michigan Secretary of State office list.
Before you go to Gaylord
For a first license, a state ID or an enhanced license at Gaylord 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 Gaylord.
What a transaction at Gaylord 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 Gaylord; the FAQ says the local branch numbers were replaced by that one line.
Questions about Gaylord
Where is Gaylord Secretary of State Office?
The Secretary of State lists Gaylord at 931 S. Otsego Ave, Gaylord, MI 49735.
What are the hours at Gaylord?
The Secretary of State publishes no hours for Gaylord 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 Gaylord?
The Secretary of State replaced the Gaylord 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 Gaylord?
The Secretary of State publishes no service list for Gaylord; its FAQ says every office offers instant title service.
What kind of office is Gaylord?
The Secretary of State lists Gaylord 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: when a Michigan license has to be renewed, 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: Otsego County public records.