Toms River Licensing Center

Address and telephone

Toms River Licensing Center
1861 Hooper Ave
Village Square, Toms River, NJ 08753
The MVC publishes no telephone number for any facility

The New Jersey MVC lists Toms River at 1861 Hooper Ave, Village Square, Toms River, NJ 08753 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.

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Hours at Toms River

The MVC gives Toms River 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.

Toms River 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 Toms River 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.

Toms River closes on the thirteen 2026 legal holidays the MVC lists for every facility, Election Day among them.

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What Toms River handles

The MVC lists these services for every licensing center, Toms River 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)

Toms River 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 Toms River; that is a vehicle center's work.

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Appointments and what you can do online

An appointment at Toms River 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 Toms River can be done without the trip on njmvc.gov, the MVC's own site; the online services guide says which transactions those are.

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The notice MVC shows for Toms River

The MVC's rule for Toms River: 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.

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Other MVC facilities near Toms River

Toms River Licensing Center is the only facility The MVC lists in Toms River.

All 107 New Jersey MVC facilities, Toms River among them, are on the New Jersey MVC facility list.

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Before you go to Toms River

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 Toms River 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 1861 Hooper Ave: 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 Toms River.

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Questions about Toms River

Where is Toms River Licensing Center?
The MVC lists Toms River at 1861 Hooper Ave, Village Square, Toms River, NJ 08753.

What are the hours at Toms River?
The MVC publishes the Toms River hours as Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Saturday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, Sunday closed.

Is Toms River open on Saturday?
Yes, Toms River opens 8:00 am to 3:00 pm on Saturday.

What is the telephone number for Toms River?
The MVC publishes no number for Toms River or any other facility.

What can you do at Toms River?
The MVC lists 11 services for Toms River, 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 Toms River?
The MVC lists Toms River as a licensing center.

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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, how a car is registered in New Jersey and the New Jersey vehicle title.

The courts, sheriffs and recorders of New Jersey are indexed separately on the New Jersey public records page.