DC DMV Service Centers and Locations

All 10 DC DMV locations by city

The District of Columbia Department of Motor Vehicles keeps every location it runs on its All DC DMV Locations page, read October 22, 2026, in four columns: DMV Service Centers, Inspection Services, Adjudication Center and Road Test Services, each entry linked to the location's own page with its hours table, Metro access, services, best times and payment options; those pages are what this list and every location page here are built from.

The District has no county offices and no contract agents: 10 locations in all, 9 of them in Washington and the commercial road test lot across the line in Landover, Maryland, with the four service centers also listed by quadrant on the DC DMV's service center page.

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The kinds of locations

The 4 DMV service centers, Benning Ridge, Georgetown, Rhode Island and Southwest, do the driver licenses, permits, ID cards and knowledge tests, the titles, tags and parking permits and the dealer, fleet and International Registration Plan work that Southwest alone carries; Georgetown has been closed since the February 5, 2026 water main break, so 3 of the four are open. The Inspection Station at 1001 Half Street SW tests every vehicle new to the District and the 2 self-service emissions kiosks at the Takoma and Fort Stanton recreation centers retest a vehicle it has seen before, all under the DC DMV's inspection page.

Adjudication Services at L'Enfant Plaza hears and takes payment for tickets, boots and tows, and the 2 road test facilities, the Deanwood office for the non-commercial road test and the CDL counters and the Landover lot for the commercial road test, work by appointment under the DC DMV's road skills test page; the new resident guide says which errand goes where.

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Hours patterns

Of the 10 locations, 9 have published hours; 8 open on Saturday and 3 open on Monday.

Hours in the District follow the kind of location: the open service centers, the Deanwood office and the Landover lot close on Sunday and Monday and open Tuesday to Saturday, from 8:15 am to 4 pm at the counters with a 9:15 am start on Wednesday, knowledge exams ending an hour or two earlier; Adjudication Services keeps Monday to Friday with its payment windows open until 5 pm; the Inspection Station runs Tuesday to Saturday on a summer table from the first Tuesday of June and a winter table from the first Tuesday of September; and the two kiosks never close.

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Appointments and walk-ins

The DC DMV books no appointment for its service center counters and names Tuesday, Saturday and the days around a holiday as the crowded ones, puts every knowledge test at the centers on a first come, first served basis and every road test on an appointment through its road skills test page, and runs the Inspection Station first come, first served with no online appointment at present; renewals, duplicates, address changes, parking permits and ticket payments run through its online services and mobile app, and a registration renewal is no longer done at a counter at all.

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DMV holidays

The DC DMV's 2026 holiday closing schedule, read October 22, 2026, closes all its facilities on 12 dates and, whenever a holiday is observed on a Monday, closes the service centers, Adjudication Services and the Inspection Station on the Saturday before it as well; the table below carries the schedule as the DC DMV published it.

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Questions about DC DMV locations

How many DC DMV locations are there?
The DC DMV's locations page, read October 22, 2026, carries 10 locations in 2 cities, Washington and, for the commercial road test lot, Landover in Maryland.

Which locations open on Saturday?
8 of the 10 list Saturday hours; each one says so on its page and in the list above.

Which DC DMV service centers are open?
Benning Ridge, Rhode Island and Southwest, Tuesday to Saturday; Georgetown has been closed since the February 5, 2026 water main break, until further notice.

Can I book an appointment at a DC DMV counter?
No. The counters and knowledge tests are first come, first served; a road test is by appointment through the online scheduler or 311, and the Inspection Station takes no online appointment at present.

Where is a DC vehicle inspection done?
At the DC DMV's own Inspection Station at 1001 Half Street SW for a first inspection, or at the Takoma and Fort Stanton self-service kiosks for a retest of a 2005 or newer private vehicle, 24 hours a day.

Where do I pay or contest a DC ticket in person?
At Adjudication Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Monday to Friday, with the payment windows open until 5 pm; tickets are also contested and paid online.

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