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What this page says about Elizabethtown was read on October 21, 2026 from the state's own DMV office data, published by the New York State DMV on data.ny.gov, from dmv.ny.gov and from the Vehicle and Traffic Law, and those sources are linked beside each fact.

About this guide

Elizabethtown DMV Office at 7559 Court St, P.O. Box 247, Elizabethtown, NY 12932: every day's hours, the transactions the state lists for it, who runs it, the notice it carries and the other offices in Essex County.

In this guide: Address and telephone, Hours at Elizabethtown, What Elizabethtown handles, Who runs Elizabethtown, The notice the state is showing for Elizabethtown, Appointments and what you can do online, Other DMV offices in Essex County, Before you go to Elizabethtown, Questions about Elizabethtown

Address and telephone

Elizabethtown DMV office
7559 Court St
P.O. Box 247
Elizabethtown, NY 12932
Telephone: (518) 873-3620

The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles lists Elizabethtown at 7559 Court St, P.O. Box 247, Elizabethtown, NY 12932 in its own office table, which it published last on October 21, 2026 and which was read for this page the same day.

The state gives the map point for Elizabethtown as 44.21511, -73.59411, in its office locations data.

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Hours at Elizabethtown

DayHours
Monday9:00 AM to 4:45 PM
Tuesday9:00 AM to 4:45 PM
Wednesday9:00 AM to 4:45 PM
Thursday9:00 AM to 4:45 PM
Friday9:00 AM to 4:45 PM
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed

The state publishes the Elizabethtown week as Monday to Friday 9:00 AM to 4:45 PM, and those are the counter hours rather than the hours of the building around it.

Elizabethtown is shut at the weekend, so a Saturday errand means one of the 14 New York offices that does open on a Saturday.

The next closing the state names for Elizabethtown is Veterans' Day, November 11, 2026.

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What Elizabethtown handles

The state lists 4 transactions for Elizabethtown by name:

  • Take a CDL Test Please be in line by 3:00 PM
  • Take a Car or Motorcycle Permit Test Please be in line by 3:45 PM
  • Upgrade to Real ID or EDL Please be in line by 3:45 PM
  • Apply for Restricted or Conditional License Please be in line by 3:45 PM

A transaction that is not on that list is not done at 7559 Court St, which is the point of the list: the state publishes it office by office rather than claiming every counter does everything.

As a county office, Elizabethtown works under section 205 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, which has the county clerk act as the agent of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in registering vehicles, issuing non-driver identification cards and drivers' licenses on an inspector's certification, receiving certificate of title papers and handling motor vehicle enforcement transactions.

What the transactions on the Elizabethtown list actually require is set out guide by guide: New York commercial driver license guide, New York permit test and road test guide, New York motorcycle license guide and New York REAL ID and Enhanced license guide.

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Who runs Elizabethtown

Elizabethtown is run by the county clerk as an agent of the state DMV.

That is why the hours above are set in Essex rather than in Albany, and why the clerk keeps 10.75 percent of the gross receipts from the motor vehicle work done at 7559 Court St, the retention percentage written into section 205.

Essex County, where Elizabethtown sits, is one of the 51 New York counties whose clerk holds that agency, while the 11 the statute excepts by name, Albany, Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Onondaga, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester, have state run district offices instead.

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The notice the state is showing for Elizabethtown

The notice the state is carrying against Elizabethtown reads: The office is CLOSED from 12:00 - 1:00 for lunch.

Read that before setting out for 7559 Court St, because it shuts the counter for part of the day or longer and the day table above does not show it.

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Appointments and what you can do online

On its office locator the DMV says it "strongly encourage[s] making a reservation" at offices such as Elizabethtown, and that when waits are long only people holding one are let in. The same page says booking is "not available for all DMV office locations", so whether Elizabethtown takes a reservation is settled on that locator and not here.

Anything that can be finished online does not need Elizabethtown at all, and the New York online services guide sets out which transactions those are.

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Other DMV offices in Essex County

Besides Elizabethtown, the state lists 1 other DMV listing in Essex County:

  • Ticonderoga, 132 Montcalm St, Ticonderoga, county office

Every one of the 142 New York listings, Elizabethtown among them, is on the New York DMV office list, and the public records for this county are on the Essex County page.

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Before you go to Elizabethtown

Call (518) 873-3620 before setting out for 7559 Court St if your transaction is at all unusual, because the state files that number as the public line for Elizabethtown itself rather than as a statewide queue.

Take to Elizabethtown the documents the transaction needs rather than the ones you happen to have: what counts for a New York license or ID is listed in the REAL ID and Enhanced license guide, and what a registration needs is in the registration guide. A second trip to Elizabethtown costs more than the reading does.

What you pay is set statewide rather than at the Elizabethtown counter, and the current schedule is in the New York DMV fee guide.

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Questions about Elizabethtown

Where is the Elizabethtown DMV office?
The state lists Elizabethtown at 7559 Court St, P.O. Box 247, Elizabethtown, NY 12932.

What are the hours at Elizabethtown?
The state publishes Elizabethtown as Monday to Friday 9:00 AM to 4:45 PM.

What is the telephone number for Elizabethtown?
The state gives (518) 873-3620 for Elizabethtown.

Is Elizabethtown open on a Saturday?
No. The state lists Elizabethtown as closed on Saturday.

Who runs Elizabethtown?
Elizabethtown is run by the county clerk as an agent of the state DMV.

What can you do at Elizabethtown?
The state names 4 transactions for Elizabethtown, beginning with Take a CDL Test Please be in line by 3:00 PM.

How many other DMV offices are in Essex County besides Elizabethtown?
The state lists 1 others in Essex County besides Elizabethtown.

Is there a notice on Elizabethtown right now?
Yes. The notice the state carries against Elizabethtown reads: The office is CLOSED from 12:00 - 1:00 for lunch.