What this page says about Cookeville Driver Service Center was read from the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security's own location data, its help centre location table, its appointment page and the state holiday list on October 21, 2026, and those pages are linked beside each fact.
Cookeville Driver Service Center at 4600 S Jefferson Ave, Cookeville, TN 38506: its hours, the services Driver Services flags for it, appointments and the online route, and the other driver services locations nearby.
In this guide: Address and telephone, Hours at Cookeville Driver Service Center, What Cookeville Driver Service Center handles, Appointments and what you can do online, Other driver services locations near Cookeville Driver Service Center, Before you go to Cookeville Driver Service Center, Questions about Cookeville Driver Service Center
Address and telephone
Cookeville Driver Service Center
4600 S Jefferson Ave, Cookeville, TN 38506
Telephone: (931) 528-5669
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security lists Cookeville Driver Service Center at 4600 S Jefferson Ave, Cookeville, TN 38506 in the location data behind its locations and appointments page, read October 21, 2026, and in the location table on its help centre, which carries every center, partner office and kiosk with its address, hours and telephone.
Driver Services files Cookeville Driver Service Center under Putnam County.
The department's location data places Cookeville Driver Service Center at 36.09631926616599, -85.50304117879715.
Hours at Cookeville Driver Service Center
| Day | Hours at 4600 S Jefferson Ave |
|---|---|
| Monday | 8:30 am to 4:30 pm |
| Tuesday | 8:30 am to 4:30 pm |
| Wednesday | 8:30 am to 4:30 pm |
| Thursday | 8:30 am to 4:30 pm |
| Friday | 8:30 am to 4:30 pm |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Driver Services publishes the week at Cookeville Driver Service Center as Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday closed, in local time.
Cookeville Driver Service Center has no Saturday hours; Driver Services keeps nearly every center to a Monday to Friday week.
Driver Services adds this to the Cookeville Driver Service Center hours: Local Time.
Cookeville Driver Service Center closes on the 2026 state holidays Tennessee lists for its offices, with the day after Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve among them; a kiosk or a county clerk partner follows its host's or the county's own closings.
What Cookeville Driver Service Center handles
Driver Services flags 17 services for Cookeville Driver Service Center:
- Renewal
- Name change
- Address change
- GDL upgrades
- Duplicate
- Motor vehicle report
- Set up payment plan
- Pay fees
- Submit documentation
- REAL ID
- New application
- Photo ID
- Handgun permit
- Vision test
- Road or motorcycle test
- Knowledge test
- CDL skills test
Cookeville Driver Service Center is a full service driver services center, run by the Department of Safety and Homeland Security itself: a first Tennessee license or ID, a transfer from another state, REAL ID, renewals, the vision, knowledge and road tests, reinstatements and handgun permits where flagged above. Titles, registration and plates are not done at Cookeville Driver Service Center or any driver services center: they belong to the county clerk, and the county clerk guide says which errand goes where.
The department's appointment help page says appointment categories vary by center, that a general appointment needs an email address and telephone number, and that customers should arrive 15 minutes early at Cookeville Driver Service Center or be treated as walk-ins; applicants under 16 and out-of-state applicants book a road test another way.
Appointments and what you can do online
An appointment at Cookeville Driver Service Center, where Driver Services takes them, is made through the department's online ticketing system per its appointment help page, which says to arrive 15 minutes early and to cancel or reschedule through My Appointments with the telephone number used to book.
A renewal, a duplicate, an address change and a driving record for someone near Cookeville Driver Service Center can be done without the trip through the department's e-Services, listed on its online services directory; the renewal guide says who must appear in person.
Other driver services locations near Cookeville Driver Service Center
Cookeville Driver Service Center is the only location Driver Services lists in Putnam County.
By straight line distance from the map point for Cookeville Driver Service Center, the 5 nearest are:
- City of Sparta Kiosk, 6 Liberty Square, Sparta, TN 38483, about 12 miles
- Jackson County Clerk Kiosk, 101 E Hull Ave, Gainesboro, TN 38562, about 20 miles
- Dekalb County Clerk Kiosk, 732 S Congress Blvd, Room 102, Smithville, TN 37166, about 20 miles
- Overton - Millard Oakley Library Kiosk, 107 East Main St, Livingston, TN 38570, about 22 miles
- Smith County Clerk Kiosk, 122 Turner High Cir, Carthage, TN 37030, about 27 miles
All 186 Tennessee driver services locations, Cookeville Driver Service Center among them, are on the Tennessee driver services location list.
Before you go to Cookeville Driver Service Center
For a first license, a REAL ID or an ID card at a full service center take the documents on the department's identity and citizenship list and its residency checklist: identity and citizenship or lawful status, Social Security number and two proofs of Tennessee residence from separate sources. The REAL ID guide and the identity and residency guide set them out for a visit to Cookeville Driver Service Center.
What a visit to Cookeville Driver Service Center costs is on the department's fee page and in the Tennessee fee guide: $28 for a regular eight year Class D license, $12 for an ID card, $8 for a first duplicate.
The number on this page, where Driver Services gives one, reaches Cookeville Driver Service Center; the department's statewide line is (866) 903-7357, per its contact page.
Questions about Cookeville Driver Service Center
Where is Cookeville Driver Service Center?
Driver Services lists Cookeville Driver Service Center at 4600 S Jefferson Ave, Cookeville, TN 38506.
What are the hours at Cookeville Driver Service Center?
Driver Services publishes the Cookeville Driver Service Center hours as Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday closed.
Is Cookeville Driver Service Center open on Saturday?
No. Driver Services lists Cookeville Driver Service Center as closed on Saturday.
What is the telephone number for Cookeville Driver Service Center?
Driver Services gives (931) 528-5669.
What can you do at Cookeville Driver Service Center?
Driver Services lists 17 services for Cookeville Driver Service Center, the first being renewal.
What kind of office is Cookeville Driver Service Center?
Driver Services lists Cookeville Driver Service Center as a Driver Services Center (full service).
More Tennessee DMV pages
Other offices and the rules behind them: all 186 Tennessee DMV offices and the Tennessee DMV guide.
What to bring and what it costs before you go: registering a vehicle in Tennessee and the Tennessee vehicle title.
The public records of the same place, kept by the county and the city, not the DMV: Putnam County public records and Cookeville city records.