What this page says about Pickens SCDMV Branch was read from the SCDMV's locations feed, the branch's own page and the SCDMV's fee and document pages on October 21, 2026, and those pages are linked beside each fact.
Pickens SCDMV Branch at 2133 Gentry Memorial Highway, Pickens, SC 29671: its hours, the tests and services the SCDMV lists for it, how road test appointments and walk-ins work, what to bring, and the other branches nearby.
In this guide: Address and telephone, Hours at Pickens SCDMV Branch, What Pickens SCDMV Branch handles, Appointments and what you can do online, Other SCDMV branches near Pickens SCDMV Branch, Before you go to Pickens SCDMV Branch, Questions about Pickens SCDMV Branch
Address and telephone
Pickens SCDMV Branch
2133 Gentry Memorial Highway, Pickens, SC 29671
Telephone: (864) 878-1396
The SCDMV lists Pickens 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 Pickens SCDMV Branch at 34.857756, -82.6724588.
Hours at Pickens SCDMV Branch
| Day | Hours at 2133 Gentry Memorial Highway |
|---|---|
| Monday | 8:30 am to 5:00 pm |
| Tuesday | 8:30 am to 5:00 pm |
| Wednesday | 9:30 am to 5:00 pm |
| Thursday | 8:30 am to 5:00 pm |
| Friday | 8:30 am to 5:00 pm |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
The SCDMV publishes the week at Pickens 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.
Pickens 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.
Pickens 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 Pickens SCDMV Branch.
What Pickens SCDMV Branch handles
The SCDMV lists 6 services for Pickens 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
Pickens 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 Pickens 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 Pickens SCDMV Branch for each transaction.
The SCDMV's Locations page shows the live wait at Pickens 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 Pickens SCDMV Branch: Security Deposit, Class E Skills Test, Class F Skills Test, CDL Road Test, IFTA/IRP, International Customers.
Appointments and what you can do online
A regular road test at Pickens 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 Pickens 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.
Other SCDMV branches near Pickens SCDMV Branch
Pickens SCDMV Branch is the only branch the SCDMV lists in Pickens.
By straight line distance from the map point for Pickens SCDMV Branch, the 5 nearest are:
- Greenville - Saluda Dam SCDMV Branch, 15 Saluda Dam Road, Greenville, SC 29611, about 12 miles
- Greenville - Edgeworth SCDMV Branch, 122 Edgeworth St, Greenville, SC 29601, about 17 miles
- Seneca SCDMV Branch, 13009 South Radio Station Road, Seneca, SC 29678, about 22 miles
- Anderson SCDMV Branch, 331 29 Bypass North, Anderson, SC 29621, about 25 miles
- Belton SCDMV Branch, 123 O'Neal Street, Belton, SC 29627, about 25 miles
All 65 South Carolina SCDMV branches, Pickens SCDMV Branch among them, are on the South Carolina SCDMV branch list.
Before you go to Pickens SCDMV Branch
For a license, an ID or a REAL ID at Pickens 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 Pickens SCDMV Branch.
What a transaction at Pickens 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 Pickens SCDMV Branch.
For a title or registration at Pickens 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 Pickens SCDMV Branch visit does not collect at the counter.
Questions about Pickens SCDMV Branch
Where is Pickens SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV lists Pickens SCDMV Branch at 2133 Gentry Memorial Highway, Pickens, SC 29671.
What are the hours at Pickens SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV publishes the Pickens 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 Pickens SCDMV Branch open on Saturday?
No. The SCDMV lists Pickens SCDMV Branch as closed on Saturday.
What is the telephone number for Pickens SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV gives (864) 878-1396.
What can you do at Pickens SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV lists 6 services for Pickens SCDMV Branch, the first being class d, e, f, m knowledge tests, until 4:00 pm.
What kind of office is Pickens SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV lists Pickens SCDMV Branch as a SCDMV branch office.
Can a non-citizen apply at Pickens SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV does not list Pickens SCDMV Branch as a branch serving international customers; its Locations page filters for the branches that do.
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.
For the same place, the court cases, jail bookings and deeds are on SearchSystems: Pickens County public records.