Darlington SCDMV Branch

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Darlington SCDMV Branch
2200 East Bobo Newsome Highway, Hartsville, SC 29550
Telephone: (843) 332-4237

The SCDMV lists Darlington 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 Darlington SCDMV Branch at 34.304104, -79.9868401.

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Hours at Darlington SCDMV Branch

The SCDMV publishes the week at Darlington 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.

Darlington 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.

Darlington 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 Darlington SCDMV Branch.

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What Darlington SCDMV Branch handles

The SCDMV lists 5 services for Darlington 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.
• CDL Knowledge Tests, customers will not be able to take knowledge tests after 4 p.m. Monday through Friday

Darlington 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 Darlington 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 Darlington SCDMV Branch for each transaction.

The SCDMV's Locations page shows the live wait at Darlington 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 Darlington SCDMV Branch: Security Deposit, Class E Skills Test, Class F Skills Test, Motorcycle 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 Darlington 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 Darlington 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 Darlington SCDMV Branch

Darlington SCDMV Branch is the only branch the SCDMV lists in Hartsville.

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

• Bishopville SCDMV Branch, 508 South Lee Street, Bishopville, SC 29010, about 17 miles
• Florence SCDMV Branch, 3102 East Palmetto Street, Florence, SC 29506, about 18 miles
• Bennettsville SCDMV Branch, 337 Highway 9 West, Bennettsville, SC 29512, about 28 miles
• Chesterfield SCDMV Branch, 100 Laney St., Chesterfield, SC 29709, about 30 miles
• Sumter SCDMV Branch, 430 South Pike Street, Sumter, SC 29150, about 32 miles

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

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Before you go to Darlington SCDMV Branch

For a license, an ID or a REAL ID at Darlington 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 Darlington SCDMV Branch.

What a transaction at Darlington 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 Darlington SCDMV Branch.

For a title or registration at Darlington 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 Darlington SCDMV Branch visit does not collect at the counter.

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Questions about Darlington SCDMV Branch

Where is Darlington SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV lists Darlington SCDMV Branch at 2200 East Bobo Newsome Highway, Hartsville, SC 29550.

What are the hours at Darlington SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV publishes the Darlington 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 Darlington SCDMV Branch open on Saturday?
No. The SCDMV lists Darlington SCDMV Branch as closed on Saturday.

What is the telephone number for Darlington SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV gives (843) 332-4237.

What can you do at Darlington SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV lists 5 services for Darlington SCDMV Branch, the first being class d, e, f, m knowledge tests, until 4:00 pm.

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

Can a non-citizen apply at Darlington SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV does not list Darlington 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: when a South Carolina license has to be renewed and how a South Carolina car title is transferred.

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