Saluda SCDMV Branch

Address and telephone

Saluda SCDMV Branch
400 West Wheeler Circle, Saluda, SC 29138
Telephone: (864) 445-2571

The SCDMV lists Saluda 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 Saluda SCDMV Branch at 34.0111328, -81.7794022.

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Hours at Saluda SCDMV Branch

The SCDMV publishes the week at Saluda 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.

Saluda 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.

Saluda 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 Saluda SCDMV Branch.

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What Saluda SCDMV Branch handles

The SCDMV lists 6 services for Saluda 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

Saluda 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 Saluda 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 Saluda SCDMV Branch for each transaction.

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

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

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

• Batesburg SCDMV Branch, 509 Liberty Street, Batesburg, SC 29006, about 16 miles
• Edgefield SCDMV Branch, 849 Highway 25 North, Edgefield, SC 29824, about 17 miles
• Newberry SCDMV Branch, 275 Mt. Bethel-Garmany Road, Newberry, SC 29108, about 22 miles
• Greenwood SCDMV Branch, 510 W. Alexander Ext., Greenwood, SC 29646, about 25 miles
• McCormick SCDMV Branch, 504 Airport Road, Suite A, McCormick, SC 29835, about 29 miles

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

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Before you go to Saluda SCDMV Branch

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

What a transaction at Saluda 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 Saluda SCDMV Branch.

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

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Questions about Saluda SCDMV Branch

Where is Saluda SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV lists Saluda SCDMV Branch at 400 West Wheeler Circle, Saluda, SC 29138.

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

What is the telephone number for Saluda SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV gives (864) 445-2571.

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

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

Can a non-citizen apply at Saluda SCDMV Branch?
The SCDMV does not list Saluda 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 titling a vehicle in South Carolina.

The courts, the sheriff and the recorder for the same place are on SearchSystems: Saluda County public records.