Ladson SCDMV Branch

Address and telephone

Ladson SCDMV Branch
135 Wimberly Drive, Ladson, SC 29456
Telephone: (843) 572-7854

The SCDMV lists Ladson 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 Ladson SCDMV Branch at 32.9934845, -80.0951179.

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Hours at Ladson SCDMV Branch

The SCDMV publishes the week at Ladson 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.

Ladson 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.

Ladson 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 Ladson SCDMV Branch.

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What Ladson SCDMV Branch handles

The SCDMV lists 9 services for Ladson SCDMV Branch, with the hours each one runs:

• Security Deposit, office can accept Security Deposits for an FR Collision Suspension
• 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

Ladson 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 Ladson 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 Ladson SCDMV Branch for each transaction.

The SCDMV's Locations page shows the live wait at Ladson 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 Ladson SCDMV Branch: 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 Ladson 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 Ladson 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 Ladson SCDMV Branch

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

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

• Charleston - Leeds Avenue SCDMV Branch, 3790 Leeds Ave, North Charleston, SC 29405, about 11 miles
• Charleston - Orleans Rd SCDMV Branch, 946 Orleans Rd., Charleston, SC 29407, about 14 miles
• Moncks Corner SCDMV Branch, 1005 N U.S. Hwy 52, Moncks Corner, SC 29641, about 15 miles
• Charleston - Mount Pleasant SCDMV Branch, 1189 Sweetgrass Basket Parkway Suite 500, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466, about 19 miles
• Saint George SCDMV Branch, 5315 East Jim Bilton Blvd., Saint George, SC 29477, about 30 miles

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

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Before you go to Ladson SCDMV Branch

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

What a transaction at Ladson 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 Ladson SCDMV Branch.

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

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Questions about Ladson SCDMV Branch

Where is Ladson SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV lists Ladson SCDMV Branch at 135 Wimberly Drive, Ladson, SC 29456.

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

What is the telephone number for Ladson SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV gives (843) 572-7854.

What can you do at Ladson SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV lists 9 services for Ladson SCDMV Branch, the first being security deposit, office can accept security deposits for an fr collision suspension.

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

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

Does Ladson SCDMV Branch give CDL road tests?
Yes, the SCDMV lists the CDL road test at Ladson 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 titling a vehicle in South Carolina.

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