What this page says about Elizabeth was read from the New Jersey MVC's facility locations, agency services and holiday pages on October 21, 2026, and those pages are linked beside each fact.
Elizabeth Licensing Center at 17 Caldwell Place, Elizabeth, NJ 07201: what kind of MVC facility it is, the hours and services the MVC gives that kind, appointments and walk-ins, and the other facilities nearby.
In this guide: Address and telephone, Hours at Elizabeth, What Elizabeth handles, Appointments and what you can do online, The notice MVC shows for Elizabeth, Other MVC facilities near Elizabeth, Before you go to Elizabeth, Questions about Elizabeth
Address and telephone
Elizabeth Licensing Center
17 Caldwell Place, Elizabeth, NJ 07201
The MVC publishes no telephone number for any facility
The New Jersey MVC lists Elizabeth at 17 Caldwell Place, Elizabeth, NJ 07201 on its facility locations page, read October 21, 2026, and gives the hours, services and appointment rules for every licensing center on its agency services page rather than facility by facility.
Hours at Elizabeth
| Day | Hours at 17 Caldwell Place |
|---|---|
| Monday | 8:00 am to 4:30 pm |
| Tuesday | 8:00 am to 4:30 pm |
| Wednesday | 8:00 am to 4:30 pm |
| Thursday | 8:00 am to 4:30 pm |
| Friday | 8:00 am to 4:30 pm |
| Saturday | 8:00 am to 3:00 pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
The MVC gives Elizabeth the same week as the other facilities of its kind, Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Saturday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, Sunday closed, on its agency services page; it publishes no hours for the building itself.
Elizabeth opens on Saturday, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, as every facility of its kind does under the MVC's statewide week.
The MVC's note on the Elizabeth hours: statewide hours for this facility type, the MVC publishes no per facility hours. liccenters.htm says: 8 am-4:30 pm Mon-Fri and 8 am-3 pm Saturdays, closed Sundays.
Elizabeth closes on the thirteen 2026 legal holidays the MVC lists for every facility, Election Day among them.
What Elizabeth handles
The MVC lists these services for every licensing center, Elizabeth included:
- By appointment: First-time license/permit (REAL ID or standard). If available, you can take your knowledge test at your permit appointment
- By appointment: Upgrade your class D license to a CDL
- By appointment: Knowledge test for auto, CDL or motorcycle
- By appointment: Out-of-state transfer
- By appointment: Renewal of license/ID, CDL, TVRs (temporary visa restricted licenses), or any other expiring license
- By appointment: Upgrade to REAL ID
- Walk-in: Name change
- Walk-in: Gender marker change
- Walk-in: Probationary license (after passing road test)
- Walk-in: Disability placard (initial or renewal)
- Walk-in: License plate return (most locations have a drop box)
Elizabeth is a licensing center, where the MVC processes license transactions only: a first license, permit or non-driver ID, including the REAL ID option, an out-of-state transfer, a CDL, the knowledge tests and the renewals that cannot be done online, all by appointment, and a handful of walk-in services. A title or a registration is not done at Elizabeth; that is a vehicle center's work.
Appointments and what you can do online
An appointment at Elizabeth is booked through the MVC's appointment system; the MVC's agency services page says which transactions at a facility of this kind need one and which are walk-ins, and that a renewal appointment can be made from three months before the expiration date.
A renewal, a replacement, an address change and a registration renewal for someone near Elizabeth can be done without the trip on njmvc.gov, the MVC's own site; the online services guide says which transactions those are.
The notice MVC shows for Elizabeth
The MVC's rule for Elizabeth: By appointment only: First-time licenses, non-driver IDs, and permits (including REAL ID option), out-of-state transfers, CDLs, knowledge testing, and license renewals (not eligible for online renewal); Walk-in services: Permit validation, purchase of red reflectorized decals, 5-year abstracts, and name and gender marker changes, and disability placards.
Other MVC facilities near Elizabeth
Elizabeth Licensing Center is the only facility The MVC lists in Elizabeth.
All 107 New Jersey MVC facilities, Elizabeth among them, are on the New Jersey MVC facility list.
Before you go to Elizabeth
For a first license, a REAL ID or a transfer at a licensing center the MVC uses its 6 Points of ID: the documents are set out in the New Jersey REAL ID guide and the identity and residency guide, and the MVC's REAL ID questions put the standard license at $24 and the REAL ID at $35.
What a visit to Elizabeth costs is on the MVC's license fee schedule and registration fee schedule, and in the New Jersey fee guide: a $60 title, $85 or $110 with liens, and a passenger registration from $46.50 to $84 a year by age and weight.
There is no one to call at 17 Caldwell Place: the MVC publishes no facility telephone numbers, so the appointment system and the online services are the way to check anything before a trip to Elizabeth.
Questions about Elizabeth
Where is Elizabeth Licensing Center?
The MVC lists Elizabeth at 17 Caldwell Place, Elizabeth, NJ 07201.
What are the hours at Elizabeth?
The MVC publishes the Elizabeth hours as Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Saturday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, Sunday closed.
Is Elizabeth open on Saturday?
Yes, Elizabeth opens 8:00 am to 3:00 pm on Saturday.
What is the telephone number for Elizabeth?
The MVC publishes no number for Elizabeth or any other facility.
What can you do at Elizabeth?
The MVC lists 11 services for Elizabeth, the first being by appointment: first-time license/permit (real id or standard); if available, you can take your knowledge test at your permit appointment.
What kind of office is Elizabeth?
The MVC lists Elizabeth as a licensing center.
More New Jersey MVC pages
Other offices and the rules behind them: all 107 New Jersey MVC offices and the New Jersey MVC guide.
What to bring and what it costs before you go: when a New Jersey license has to be renewed, registering a vehicle in New Jersey and titling a vehicle in New Jersey.
The public records of the same place, kept by the county and the city, not the DMV: Union County public records.