What this page says about Alma Service Center was read from WisDOT's service center data and the Wisconsin DMV's own pages on October 21, 2026, and those pages are linked beside each fact.
Alma Service Center at 407 S. 2nd Street, Alma, WI 54610: its hours, the services WisDOT flags for it and the ones it does not offer, how appointments and payments work, the closure dates, and the other service centers nearby.
In this guide: Address and telephone, Hours at Alma Service Center, What Alma Service Center handles, Appointments and what you can do online, Other DMV service centers near Alma Service Center, Before you go to Alma Service Center, Questions about Alma Service Center
Address and telephone
Alma Service Center
407 S. 2nd Street, Alma, WI 54610
The DMV publishes no telephone number for its service centers; its statewide line is (608) 264-7447
The Wisconsin DMV lists Alma Service Center as station AL01 in WisDOT's own service center data, the layer behind the map on its DMV customer service centers page, read October 21, 2026. WisDOT's data says Alma Service Center takes cash, checks and credit cards and is listed as accessible for people with disabilities.
WisDOT files Alma Service Center under Buffalo County.
WisDOT's service center data places Alma Service Center at 44.319853, -91.913504.
Hours at Alma Service Center
| Day | Hours at 407 S. 2nd Street |
|---|---|
| Monday | 7:00 am to 5:00 pm |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 7:00 am to 5:00 pm |
| Thursday | Closed |
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
WisDOT publishes the week at Alma Service Center as Monday 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, Tuesday closed, Wednesday 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, Thursday to Sunday closed, in Central time.
Alma Service Center has no Saturday hours; the DMV lists Saturday mornings at seven centers only, in Appleton, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Madison East, Milwaukee Northwest, Milwaukee Southwest and Wausau.
Alma Service Center closes on the dates in WisDOT's closure table for its service centers, 8 of them left in 2026: Thanksgiving on November 26, 2026, Thanksgiving on November 27, 2026, Thanksgiving on November 28, 2026, Professional Development Day on December 9, 2026, Christmas Eve on December 24, 2026, Christmas on December 25, 2026, Holiday on December 26, 2026, New Year's Eve on December 31, 2026.
What Alma Service Center handles
WisDOT flags 12 services for Alma Service Center:
- Driver licenses
- Identification cards
- Disabled parking identification cards
- Knowledge tests
- Knowledge tests in other languages
- Vehicle titles
- License plates
- Registration renewal stickers
- Recreational vehicle and trailer plates
- Motorcycle plates
- Farm plates
- Disabled parking plates
Alma Service Center is a DMV customer service center, run by the Wisconsin Division of Motor Vehicles itself: a license or ID transaction here needs an appointment made on the DMV's appointment page, a road test is booked separately under its road test rules, and a title or registration transaction at the counter carries the counter service fee on the DMV's fee schedule, $5 for a title and registration and $3 for a renewal. The license guide and the registration guide say what each errand at Alma Service Center needs.
The DMV's service center page says no center takes applications that must be mailed in, that a Class D or Class M written exam takes about 45 minutes and must be finished before Alma Service Center closes, and that no pets other than trained service animals come in.
WisDOT flags these as not offered at Alma Service Center: Commercial vehicle plates (over 10,000 lb).
Appointments and what you can do online
A driver license or ID card visit to Alma Service Center is by appointment through the DMV's appointment page, which also says most licenses and IDs renew online without a visit; the DMV's road test rules book the skills test on its own.
A plate renewal for someone near Alma Service Center is done without the trip through the DMV's online plate renewal or by mail, and a title transfer through eMV Public; the online services guide says which transactions those take.
Other DMV service centers near Alma Service Center
Alma Service Center is the only service center the DMV lists in Buffalo County.
By straight line distance from the map point for Alma Service Center, the 5 nearest are:
- Durand Service Center, 116 W. Main Street, Durand, WI 54736, about 22 miles
- Whitehall Service Center, 36270 Tower Drive, Suite 400, Whitehall, WI 54773, about 29 miles
- Eau Claire South Service Center, 718 W. Clairemont Avenue, (Eau Claire State Office Building), Eau Claire, WI 54701, about 38 miles
- Menomonie Service Center, 393 Red Cedar Street, Suite 7, Menomonie, WI 54751, about 39 miles
- Ellsworth Service Center, 179 E. Main Street, Ellsworth, WI 54011, about 40 miles
All 88 Wisconsin DMV service centers, Alma Service Center among them, are on the Wisconsin DMV service center list.
Before you go to Alma Service Center
For a license, an ID or a REAL ID at Alma Service Center take the documents on the DMV's documentation checklist: proof of name and date of birth, identity, citizenship or legal status, Wisconsin residence and the Social Security number, with two residence proofs for a REAL ID per the DMV's REAL ID page. The REAL ID guide and the identity and residence guide set them out for a visit to Alma Service Center.
What a transaction at Alma Service Center costs is on the DMV's fee schedule, with the $214.50 title on its title fee page and the $85 automobile registration on its plate fee page, and in the Wisconsin fee guide. For paying at Alma Service Center, the DMV's service center page lists cash, checks, money orders, debit cards and Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.
For a title at Alma Service Center take the assigned original title and any original lien release, and know where the vehicle is customarily kept, since the wheel tax and the seven county emissions program go by that; the title guide and the wheel tax guide cover both.
Questions about Alma Service Center
Where is Alma Service Center?
The DMV lists Alma Service Center at 407 S. 2nd Street, Alma, WI 54610.
What are the hours at Alma Service Center?
The DMV publishes the Alma Service Center hours as Monday 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, Tuesday closed, Wednesday 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, Thursday to Sunday closed.
Is Alma Service Center open on Saturday?
No. The DMV lists Alma Service Center as closed on Saturday.
What is the telephone number for Alma Service Center?
The DMV publishes no number for Alma Service Center; its statewide line is (608) 264-7447.
What can you do at Alma Service Center?
The DMV lists 12 services for Alma Service Center, the first being driver licenses.
What kind of office is Alma Service Center?
The DMV lists Alma Service Center as a DMV customer service center.
What does Alma Service Center not do?
WisDOT lists this for Alma Service Center: Titles or registration renewals for Commercial (over 10,000 lb.) vehicles, gross weight trailers or cargo trailers; All Salvage, Multi-Stage, Municipal/Official, and all Special Plates including Personalized, Collector and Hobbyist can only be applied for by mail.
How can I pay at Alma Service Center?
WisDOT's data lists Alma Service Center as taking cash, checks and credit cards.
More Wisconsin DMV pages
Other offices and the rules behind them: all 88 Wisconsin DMV offices and the Wisconsin DMV guide.
What to bring and what it costs before you go: renewing a Wisconsin license.
The public records of the same place, kept by the county and the city, not the DMV: Buffalo County public records.