Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch

Address and telephone

Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch
1630 Shop Rd, Columbia, SC 29201
Telephone: (803) 737-8350

The SCDMV lists Columbia - Shop Road 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 Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch at 33.9689581, -81.0022895.

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Hours at Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch

The SCDMV publishes the week at Columbia - Shop Road 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.

Columbia - Shop Road 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.

Columbia - Shop Road 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 Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch.

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What Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch handles

The SCDMV lists 8 services for Columbia - Shop Road 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
• CDL Road Test
• International Customers

Columbia - Shop Road 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 Columbia - Shop Road 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 Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch for each transaction.

The SCDMV's Locations page shows the live wait at Columbia - Shop Road 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 Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch: Security Deposit, Class E Skills Test, Class F Skills Test, IFTA/IRP.

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Appointments and what you can do online

A regular road test at Columbia - Shop Road 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 Columbia - Shop Road 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 Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch

The SCDMV lists 1 other SCDMV branches in Columbia besides Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch:

• Columbia - O'Neil Court SCDMV Branch, 228-A O'Neil Court, Columbia, SC 29223

By straight line distance from the map point for Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch, the 5 nearest are:

• Columbia - O'Neil Court SCDMV Branch, 228-A O'Neil Court, Columbia, SC 29223, about 8 miles
• Lexington SCDMV Branch, 122 Park Rd, Lexington, SC 29072, about 14 miles
• Irmo - Ballentine SCDMV Branch, 1016 Broad Stone Road, Irmo, SC 29063, about 18 miles
• Saint Matthews SCDMV Branch, 415 Chestnut Street Suite 2, St. Matthews, SC 29135, about 25 miles
• Winnsboro SCDMV Branch, 1161 Kincaid Bridge Road, Winnsboro, SC 29180, about 28 miles

All 65 South Carolina SCDMV branches, Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch among them, are on the South Carolina SCDMV branch list.

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Before you go to Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch

For a license, an ID or a REAL ID at Columbia - Shop Road 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 Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch.

What a transaction at Columbia - Shop Road 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 Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch.

For a title or registration at Columbia - Shop Road 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 Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch visit does not collect at the counter.

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Questions about Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch

Where is Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV lists Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch at 1630 Shop Rd, Columbia, SC 29201.

What are the hours at Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV publishes the Columbia - Shop Road 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 Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch open on Saturday?
No. The SCDMV lists Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch as closed on Saturday.

What is the telephone number for Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV gives (803) 737-8350.

What can you do at Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV lists 8 services for Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch, the first being class d, e, f, m knowledge tests, until 4:00 pm.

What kind of office is Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV lists Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch as a SCDMV branch office.

Are there other SCDMV branches in Columbia besides Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch?
Yes, 1 more in Columbia besides Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch: Columbia - O'Neil Court SCDMV Branch.

Can a non-citizen apply at Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch?
Yes. The SCDMV lists Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch as a branch serving international customers, where a lawfully present non-citizen applies.

Does Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch give CDL road tests?
Yes, the SCDMV lists the CDL road test at Columbia - Shop Road SCDMV Branch.

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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: when a South Carolina license has to be renewed and the South Carolina vehicle title.

The public records of the same place, kept by the county and the city, not the DMV: Richland County public records and Columbia city records.