What this page says about Ellsworth 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.
Ellsworth Service Center at 179 E. Main Street, Ellsworth, WI 54011: 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 Ellsworth Service Center, What Ellsworth Service Center handles, Appointments and what you can do online, Other DMV service centers near Ellsworth Service Center, Before you go to Ellsworth Service Center, Questions about Ellsworth Service Center
Address and telephone
Ellsworth Service Center
179 E. Main Street, Ellsworth, WI 54011
The DMV publishes no telephone number for its service centers; its statewide line is (608) 264-7447
The Wisconsin DMV lists Ellsworth Service Center as station MN03 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 Ellsworth Service Center takes cash, checks and credit cards and is listed as accessible for people with disabilities.
WisDOT files Ellsworth Service Center under Pierce County.
WisDOT's service center data places Ellsworth Service Center at 44.731688, -92.475137.
Hours at Ellsworth Service Center
| Day | Hours at 179 E. Main Street |
|---|---|
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 7:00 am to 5:00 pm |
| Wednesday | Closed |
| Thursday | 7:00 am to 5:00 pm |
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
WisDOT publishes the week at Ellsworth Service Center as Monday closed, Tuesday 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, Wednesday closed, Thursday 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, Friday to Sunday closed, in Central time.
Ellsworth 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.
Ellsworth Service Center lists no Monday hours; several Wisconsin centers in smaller towns open on one, two or three days a week.
Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth Service Center handles
WisDOT flags 12 services for Ellsworth 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
Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth Service Center closes, and that no pets other than trained service animals come in.
WisDOT flags these as not offered at Ellsworth Service Center: Commercial vehicle plates (over 10,000 lb).
Appointments and what you can do online
A driver license or ID card visit to Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth Service Center
Ellsworth Service Center is the only service center the DMV lists in Pierce County.
By straight line distance from the map point for Ellsworth Service Center, the 5 nearest are:
- Hudson Service Center, 2100 O'Neil Road, Suite 100, Hudson, WI 54016, about 19 miles
- Durand Service Center, 116 W. Main Street, Durand, WI 54736, about 26 miles
- New Richmond Service Center, 156 E. 1st Street, (Civic Center), New Richmond, WI 54017, about 27 miles
- Menomonie Service Center, 393 Red Cedar Street, Suite 7, Menomonie, WI 54751, about 30 miles
- Amery Service Center, 950 Elden Avenue, Amery, WI 54001, about 39 miles
All 88 Wisconsin DMV service centers, Ellsworth Service Center among them, are on the Wisconsin DMV service center list.
Before you go to Ellsworth Service Center
For a license, an ID or a REAL ID at Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth Service Center.
What a transaction at Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth Service Center
Where is Ellsworth Service Center?
The DMV lists Ellsworth Service Center at 179 E. Main Street, Ellsworth, WI 54011.
What are the hours at Ellsworth Service Center?
The DMV publishes the Ellsworth Service Center hours as Monday closed, Tuesday 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, Wednesday closed, Thursday 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, Friday to Sunday closed.
Is Ellsworth Service Center open on Saturday?
No. The DMV lists Ellsworth Service Center as closed on Saturday.
What is the telephone number for Ellsworth Service Center?
The DMV publishes no number for Ellsworth Service Center; its statewide line is (608) 264-7447.
What can you do at Ellsworth Service Center?
The DMV lists 12 services for Ellsworth Service Center, the first being driver licenses.
What kind of office is Ellsworth Service Center?
The DMV lists Ellsworth Service Center as a DMV customer service center.
What does Ellsworth Service Center not do?
WisDOT lists this for Ellsworth Service Center: Titles or registration renewals for Commercial (over 10,000 lb.) vehicles, gross weight trailers or cargo trailers; Personalized, collector and hobbyist plates can only be applied for by mail.
How can I pay at Ellsworth Service Center?
WisDOT's data lists Ellsworth 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: Pierce County public records.