Barnwell SCDMV Branch

Address and telephone

Barnwell SCDMV Branch
1270 Main Street, Barnwell, SC 29812
Telephone: (803) 259-3335

The SCDMV lists Barnwell SCDMV Branch in the locations feed behind its Locations and Wait Times page, read October 21, 2026, and gives it its own page with the day's wait times.

The SCDMV locations feed places Barnwell SCDMV Branch at 33.2482024, -81.3465906.

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Hours at Barnwell SCDMV Branch

The SCDMV publishes the week at Barnwell SCDMV Branch as Monday and Tuesday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, Wednesday 9:30 am to 5:00 pm, Thursday and Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, Saturday and Sunday closed, in Eastern time.

Barnwell SCDMV Branch has no Saturday hours; the SCDMV feed gives every branch a Monday to Friday week, opening at 8:30 am except on Wednesday, when every branch opens at 9:30 am.

Barnwell SCDMV Branch closes on the state holidays; the SCDMV publishes a closing for a branch as a notice in its feed, and this page carries the notice where the feed gives one for Barnwell SCDMV Branch.

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What Barnwell SCDMV Branch handles

The SCDMV lists 6 services for Barnwell SCDMV Branch, with the hours each one runs:

• Class D, E, F, M Knowledge Tests, until 4:00 PM
• Driver's License (Class D) Road Test
• Walk-in Road Tests, walk-in Road Test available until 1:30 PM
• Road Test Appointments, appointments are required from 2 pm to 4 pm.
• Motorcycle Skills Test
• CDL Knowledge Tests, customers will not be able to take knowledge tests after 4 p.m. Monday through Friday

Barnwell SCDMV Branch is an SCDMV branch office, run by the Department of Motor Vehicles itself, where a driver's license, a beginner's permit, an ID card, a title, a registration and a plate are all done at the same counters; the service table above is the SCDMV's own, saying which tests Barnwell SCDMV Branch gives and until what hour, and the SCDMV's testing page says what each test needs. The license guide and the registration guide say what to bring to Barnwell SCDMV Branch for each transaction.

The SCDMV's Locations page shows the live wait at Barnwell SCDMV Branch, counting the customers who have checked in with the greeter and taken a ticket, and a customer can check in from a phone through the link on the branch's own page.

The SCDMV lists these as not given at Barnwell SCDMV Branch: Security Deposit, Class E Skills Test, Class F Skills Test, CDL Road Test, IFTA/IRP, International Customers.

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Appointments and what you can do online

A regular road test at Barnwell SCDMV Branch is by appointment from 2 pm to 4 pm and walk-in until 1:30 pm where the SCDMV lists walk-in tests for the branch, per its road test page and the service table above; the rest of a visit is a walk-in during the week above, with the SCDMV's Locations page showing the wait before the trip.

A license renewal, a registration renewal, a duplicate or a record for someone near Barnwell SCDMV Branch is done without the trip through SCDMV online services, under the SCDMV's renewal rules; the online services guide says which transactions qualify.

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Other SCDMV branches near Barnwell SCDMV Branch

Barnwell SCDMV Branch is the only branch the SCDMV lists in Barnwell.

By straight line distance from the map point for Barnwell SCDMV Branch, the 5 nearest are:

• Allendale SCDMV Branch, 3657 Allendale Fairfax Rd, Fairfax, SC 29827, about 18 miles
• Bamberg SCDMV Branch, 341 Lacey Street, Bamberg, SC 29003, about 19 miles
• Aiken SCDMV Branch, 1755 Richland Ave East, Aiken, SC 29801, about 29 miles
• Hampton SCDMV Branch, 115 Cemetery Road, Varnville, SC 29944, about 31 miles
• Orangeburg SCDMV Branch, 1720 Charleston Highway, Orangeburg, SC 29115, about 33 miles

All 65 South Carolina SCDMV branches, Barnwell SCDMV Branch among them, are on the South Carolina SCDMV branch list.

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Before you go to Barnwell SCDMV Branch

For a license, an ID or a REAL ID at Barnwell SCDMV Branch take the documents on the SCDMV's United States citizens' checklist or, for a lawfully present non-citizen, its non-citizen page and checklist: identity and date of birth, citizenship or lawful presence, the Social Security number, a South Carolina address proof issued within nine months, two from different sources for a REAL ID. The REAL ID guide and the identity and residence guide set them out for a visit to Barnwell SCDMV Branch.

What a transaction at Barnwell SCDMV Branch costs is on the SCDMV's fee schedule: the $25 eight year license, the $15 title, the $40 passenger registration for two years, the infrastructure maintenance fee on a purchase, and $1 plus 1.7 percent on a card payment; the South Carolina fee guide goes through them for a visit to Barnwell SCDMV Branch.

For a title or registration at Barnwell SCDMV Branch bring the county's paid vehicle property tax receipt first, the assigned title and the insurer's name, as the SCDMV's registration page requires; the property tax guide and the infrastructure maintenance fee guide cover the two charges a Barnwell SCDMV Branch visit does not collect at the counter.

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Questions about Barnwell SCDMV Branch

Where is Barnwell SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV lists Barnwell SCDMV Branch at 1270 Main Street, Barnwell, SC 29812.

What are the hours at Barnwell SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV publishes the Barnwell SCDMV Branch hours as Monday and Tuesday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, Wednesday 9:30 am to 5:00 pm, Thursday and Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, Saturday and Sunday closed.

Is Barnwell SCDMV Branch open on Saturday?
No. The SCDMV lists Barnwell SCDMV Branch as closed on Saturday.

What is the telephone number for Barnwell SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV gives (803) 259-3335.

What can you do at Barnwell SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV lists 6 services for Barnwell SCDMV Branch, the first being class d, e, f, m knowledge tests, until 4:00 pm.

What kind of office is Barnwell SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV lists Barnwell SCDMV Branch as a SCDMV branch office.

Can a non-citizen apply at Barnwell SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV does not list Barnwell SCDMV Branch as a branch serving international customers; its Locations page filters for the branches that do.

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More South Carolina DMV pages

Other offices and the rules behind them: all 65 South Carolina DMV offices and the South Carolina DMV guide.

What to bring and what it costs before you go: renewing a South Carolina license and the South Carolina vehicle title.

For the same place, the court cases, jail bookings and deeds are on SearchSystems: Barnwell County public records.