What this page says about Elkhorn 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.
Elkhorn Service Center at 835 S. Lincoln Street, Elkhorn, WI 53121: 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 Elkhorn Service Center, What Elkhorn Service Center handles, Appointments and what you can do online, Other DMV service centers near Elkhorn Service Center, Before you go to Elkhorn Service Center, Questions about Elkhorn Service Center
Address and telephone
Elkhorn Service Center
835 S. Lincoln Street, Elkhorn, WI 53121
The DMV publishes no telephone number for its service centers; its statewide line is (608) 264-7447
The Wisconsin DMV lists Elkhorn Service Center as station EK01 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 Elkhorn Service Center takes cash, checks and credit cards and is listed as accessible for people with disabilities.
WisDOT files Elkhorn Service Center under Walworth County.
WisDOT's service center data places Elkhorn Service Center at 42.65832, -88.539022.
Hours at Elkhorn Service Center
| Day | Hours at 835 S. Lincoln Street |
|---|---|
| Monday | 8:30 am to 4:45 pm |
| Tuesday | 8:30 am to 4:45 pm |
| Wednesday | 8:30 am to 4:45 pm |
| Thursday | 8:30 am to 4:45 pm |
| Friday | 8:30 am to 4:45 pm |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
WisDOT publishes the week at Elkhorn Service Center as Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:45 pm, Saturday and Sunday closed, in Central time.
Elkhorn 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.
Elkhorn 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 Elkhorn Service Center handles
WisDOT flags 13 services for Elkhorn 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
- Commercial vehicle plates (over 10,000 lb)
Elkhorn 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 Elkhorn 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 Elkhorn Service Center closes, and that no pets other than trained service animals come in.
Appointments and what you can do online
A driver license or ID card visit to Elkhorn 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 Elkhorn 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 Elkhorn Service Center
Elkhorn Service Center is the only service center the DMV lists in Walworth County.
By straight line distance from the map point for Elkhorn Service Center, the 5 nearest are:
- Janesville Service Center, 645 S. Wright Road, (near HWY 11/14 about 1/2 mile E of I90), Janesville, WI 53546, about 22 miles
- Fort Atkinson Service Center, 101 N. Main Street, (Municipal Building), Fort Atkinson, WI 53538, about 24 miles
- Beloit Service Center, 1900 Sutler Avenue, Beloit, WI 53511, about 25 miles
- Waukesha Area Service Center, 2019 Golf Road, Pewaukee, WI 53072, about 30 miles
- Kenosha Service Center, 4911 88th Avenue, Suite A, (near the corner of Hwy H & State 158), Kenosha, WI 53144, about 32 miles
All 88 Wisconsin DMV service centers, Elkhorn Service Center among them, are on the Wisconsin DMV service center list.
Before you go to Elkhorn Service Center
For a license, an ID or a REAL ID at Elkhorn 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 Elkhorn Service Center.
What a transaction at Elkhorn 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 Elkhorn 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 Elkhorn 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 Elkhorn Service Center
Where is Elkhorn Service Center?
The DMV lists Elkhorn Service Center at 835 S. Lincoln Street, Elkhorn, WI 53121.
What are the hours at Elkhorn Service Center?
The DMV publishes the Elkhorn Service Center hours as Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:45 pm, Saturday and Sunday closed.
Is Elkhorn Service Center open on Saturday?
No. The DMV lists Elkhorn Service Center as closed on Saturday.
What is the telephone number for Elkhorn Service Center?
The DMV publishes no number for Elkhorn Service Center; its statewide line is (608) 264-7447.
What can you do at Elkhorn Service Center?
The DMV lists 13 services for Elkhorn Service Center, the first being driver licenses.
What kind of office is Elkhorn Service Center?
The DMV lists Elkhorn Service Center as a DMV customer service center.
What does Elkhorn Service Center not do?
WisDOT lists this for Elkhorn Service Center: 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 Elkhorn Service Center?
WisDOT's data lists Elkhorn 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: when a Wisconsin license has to be renewed.
For the same place, the court cases, jail bookings and deeds are on SearchSystems: Walworth County public records.