What this page says about Lake City 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.
Lake City Secretary of State Office at 49 N Morey Rd, Lake City, MI 49651: 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 Lake City, What Lake City handles, Appointments and what you can do online, Other Secretary of State offices near Lake City, Before you go to Lake City, Questions about Lake City
Address and telephone
Lake City Secretary of State Office
49 N Morey Rd, Lake City, MI 49651
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 Lake City, branch number 337, at 49 N Morey Rd, Lake City, MI 49651, 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 Lake City at 49 N. Morey Road, Lake City, MI 49651 with fax (231) 839-5729.
The state office map layer places Lake City at 44.33963785993775, -85.21558255971826.
Hours at Lake City
The Secretary of State publishes no hours for Lake City Secretary of State Office or any single office. Its offices FAQ, read October 21, 2026, gives Lake City 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 Lake City on a given day are shown when a visit there is scheduled.
Lake City 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 Lake City handles
The Secretary of State publishes no service list for Lake City 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.
Lake City is one of the 131 Secretary of State branch offices the offices FAQ counts, alongside seven mobile offices. A branch office like Lake City 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 Lake City and what to bring.
The FAQ says a visit to Lake City 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 Lake City 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 Lake City 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 Lake City
Lake City Secretary of State Office is the only office The Secretary of State lists in Lake City.
By straight line distance from the map point for Lake City, the 5 nearest are:
- Cadillac Secretary of State Office, 1911 N Mitchell, Cadillac, MI 49601, about 10 miles
- Kalkaska Secretary of State Office, 114 Northland Plaza Northland Plaza Suite F, Kalkaska, MI 49646, about 28 miles
- Prudenville Secretary of State Office, 2565 S Gladwin Rd PO Box 169, Prudenville, MI 48651, about 28 miles
- Grayling Secretary of State Office, 2384 C I-75 Business Loop, Grayling, MI 49738, about 33 miles
- Traverse City Secretary of State Office, 1759 Barlow St PO Box 6220, Traverse City, MI 49696, about 33 miles
All 131 Michigan Secretary of State offices, Lake City among them, are on the Michigan Secretary of State office list.
Before you go to Lake City
For a first license, a state ID or an enhanced license at Lake City 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 Lake City.
What a transaction at Lake City 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 Lake City; the FAQ says the local branch numbers were replaced by that one line.
Questions about Lake City
Where is Lake City Secretary of State Office?
The Secretary of State lists Lake City at 49 N Morey Rd, Lake City, MI 49651.
What are the hours at Lake City?
The Secretary of State publishes no hours for Lake City 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 Lake City?
The Secretary of State replaced the Lake City 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 Lake City?
The Secretary of State publishes no service list for Lake City; its FAQ says every office offers instant title service.
What kind of office is Lake City?
The Secretary of State lists Lake City 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, how a car is registered 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: Missaukee County public records.