What this page says about Howell 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.
Howell Secretary of State Office at 1448 Lawson Rd, Howell, MI 48843: 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 Howell, What Howell handles, Appointments and what you can do online, Other Secretary of State offices near Howell, Before you go to Howell, Questions about Howell
Address and telephone
Howell Secretary of State Office
1448 Lawson Rd, Howell, MI 48843
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 Howell, branch number 230, at 1448 Lawson Rd, Howell, MI 48843, 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 Howell at 1448 Lawson Drive, Howell, MI 48843 with fax (517) 552-2498.
The state office map layer places Howell at 42.58016054032038, -83.8595837698898.
Hours at Howell
The Secretary of State publishes no hours for Howell Secretary of State Office or any single office. Its offices FAQ, read October 21, 2026, gives Howell 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 Howell on a given day are shown when a visit there is scheduled.
Howell 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 Howell handles
The Secretary of State publishes no service list for Howell 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.
Howell is one of the 131 Secretary of State branch offices the offices FAQ counts, alongside seven mobile offices. A branch office like Howell 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 Howell and what to bring.
The FAQ says a visit to Howell 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 Howell 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 Howell 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 Howell
Howell Secretary of State Office is the only office The Secretary of State lists in Howell.
By straight line distance from the map point for Howell, the 5 nearest are:
- Highland Secretary of State Office, 672 N Milford Rd, Highland, MI 48357, about 13 miles
- Novi Secretary of State Office, 31164 Beck Rd, Novi, MI 48377, about 18 miles
- Chelsea Secretary of State Office, 1113 M-52 Village Plaza, Chelsea, MI 48118, about 21 miles
- Ann Arbor - North Maple Road Secretary of State Office, 295 North Maple Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, about 21 miles
- Ypsilanti Secretary of State Office, 4675 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, about 25 miles
All 131 Michigan Secretary of State offices, Howell among them, are on the Michigan Secretary of State office list.
Before you go to Howell
For a first license, a state ID or an enhanced license at Howell 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 Howell.
What a transaction at Howell 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 Howell; the FAQ says the local branch numbers were replaced by that one line.
Questions about Howell
Where is Howell Secretary of State Office?
The Secretary of State lists Howell at 1448 Lawson Rd, Howell, MI 48843.
What are the hours at Howell?
The Secretary of State publishes no hours for Howell 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 Howell?
The Secretary of State replaced the Howell 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 Howell?
The Secretary of State publishes no service list for Howell; its FAQ says every office offers instant title service.
What kind of office is Howell?
The Secretary of State lists Howell 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 how a Michigan car title is transferred.
The courts, the sheriff and the recorder for the same place are on SearchSystems: Livingston County public records and Howell city records.