What this page says about Covington 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.
Covington Driver Service Center at 220 Highway 51 North Suite 1, Covington, TN 38019: 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 Covington Driver Service Center, What Covington Driver Service Center handles, Appointments and what you can do online, Other driver services locations near Covington Driver Service Center, Before you go to Covington Driver Service Center, Questions about Covington Driver Service Center
Address and telephone
Covington Driver Service Center
220 Highway 51 North Suite 1, Covington, TN 38019
Telephone: (901) 475-2517
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security lists Covington Driver Service Center at 220 Highway 51 North Suite 1, Covington, TN 38019 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 Covington Driver Service Center under Tipton County.
The department's location data places Covington Driver Service Center at 35.566477373280094, -89.64720355784279.
Hours at Covington Driver Service Center
| Day | Hours at 220 Highway 51 North Suite 1 |
|---|---|
| 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 Covington Driver Service Center as Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday closed, in local time.
Covington 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 Covington Driver Service Center hours: Local Time.
Covington 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 Covington Driver Service Center handles
Driver Services flags 16 services for Covington 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
Covington 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 Covington 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 Covington 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 Covington 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 Covington 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 Covington Driver Service Center
Driver Services lists 1 other driver services locations in Tipton County besides Covington Driver Service Center:
- Tipton County/TCAT NW - Covington Kiosk, 1600 Hwy 51 South, Covington, TN 38019
By straight line distance from the map point for Covington Driver Service Center, the 5 nearest are:
- Tipton County/TCAT NW - Covington Kiosk, 1600 Hwy 51 South, Covington, TN 38019, about 2 miles
- Lauderdale County Clerk Kiosk, 307 S Washington St, Ripley, TN 38063, about 13 miles
- Lauderdale County/TCAT NW Ripley Kiosk, 127 Industrial Dr, Ripley, TN 38063, about 16 miles
- Millington Driver Service Center, 5019 W Union Road, Millington, TN 38053, about 20 miles
- Haywood County Clerk, 1 North Washington Street, Brownsville, TN 38012, about 22 miles
All 186 Tennessee driver services locations, Covington Driver Service Center among them, are on the Tennessee driver services location list.
Before you go to Covington 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 Covington Driver Service Center.
What a visit to Covington 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 Covington Driver Service Center; the department's statewide line is (866) 903-7357, per its contact page.
Questions about Covington Driver Service Center
Where is Covington Driver Service Center?
Driver Services lists Covington Driver Service Center at 220 Highway 51 North Suite 1, Covington, TN 38019.
What are the hours at Covington Driver Service Center?
Driver Services publishes the Covington Driver Service Center hours as Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday closed.
Is Covington Driver Service Center open on Saturday?
No. Driver Services lists Covington Driver Service Center as closed on Saturday.
What is the telephone number for Covington Driver Service Center?
Driver Services gives (901) 475-2517.
What can you do at Covington Driver Service Center?
Driver Services lists 16 services for Covington Driver Service Center, the first being renewal.
What kind of office is Covington Driver Service Center?
Driver Services lists Covington Driver Service Center as a Driver Services Center (full service).
Are there other driver services locations in Tipton County besides Covington Driver Service Center?
Yes, 1 more in Tipton County besides Covington Driver Service Center: Tipton County/TCAT NW - Covington Kiosk.
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 how a Tennessee car title is transferred.
For the same place, the court cases, jail bookings and deeds are on SearchSystems: Tipton County public records and Covington city records.