What this page says about Traverse 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.
Traverse City Secretary of State Office at 1759 Barlow St PO Box 6220, Traverse City, MI 49696: 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 Traverse City, What Traverse City handles, Appointments and what you can do online, Other Secretary of State offices near Traverse City, Before you go to Traverse City, Questions about Traverse City
Address and telephone
Traverse City Secretary of State Office
1759 Barlow St PO Box 6220, Traverse City, MI 49696
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 Traverse City, branch number 341, at 1759 Barlow St PO Box 6220, Traverse City, MI 49696, 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 Traverse City at 1759 Barlow St., Traverse City, MI 49696 with fax (231) 922-2110.
The state office map layer places Traverse City at 44.7353793598201, -85.60500453956277.
Hours at Traverse City
The Secretary of State publishes no hours for Traverse City Secretary of State Office or any single office. Its offices FAQ, read October 21, 2026, gives Traverse 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 Traverse City on a given day are shown when a visit there is scheduled.
Traverse 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 Traverse City handles
The Secretary of State publishes no service list for Traverse 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.
Traverse City is one of the 131 Secretary of State branch offices the offices FAQ counts, alongside seven mobile offices. A branch office like Traverse 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 Traverse City and what to bring.
The FAQ says a visit to Traverse 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 Traverse 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 Traverse 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 Traverse City
Traverse City Secretary of State Office is the only office The Secretary of State lists in Traverse City.
By straight line distance from the map point for Traverse City, the 5 nearest are:
- Suttons Bay Secretary of State Office, 100B Cedar St PO Box 236, Suttons Bay, MI 49682, about 17 miles
- Kalkaska Secretary of State Office, 114 Northland Plaza Northland Plaza Suite F, Kalkaska, MI 49646, about 21 miles
- Honor Secretary of State Office, 10577 Main St, Honor, MI 49640, about 21 miles
- Bellaire Secretary of State Office, 4607 S M-88 Hwy, Bellaire, MI 49615, about 26 miles
- Cadillac Secretary of State Office, 1911 N Mitchell, Cadillac, MI 49601, about 33 miles
All 131 Michigan Secretary of State offices, Traverse City among them, are on the Michigan Secretary of State office list.
Before you go to Traverse City
For a first license, a state ID or an enhanced license at Traverse 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 Traverse City.
What a transaction at Traverse 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 Traverse City; the FAQ says the local branch numbers were replaced by that one line.
Questions about Traverse City
Where is Traverse City Secretary of State Office?
The Secretary of State lists Traverse City at 1759 Barlow St PO Box 6220, Traverse City, MI 49696.
What are the hours at Traverse City?
The Secretary of State publishes no hours for Traverse 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 Traverse City?
The Secretary of State replaced the Traverse 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 Traverse City?
The Secretary of State publishes no service list for Traverse City; its FAQ says every office offers instant title service.
What kind of office is Traverse City?
The Secretary of State lists Traverse 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, the Michigan vehicle registration and the Michigan vehicle title.
For the same place, the court cases, jail bookings and deeds are on SearchSystems: Grand Traverse County public records and Traverse City city records.