What this page says about La Crosse Area 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.
La Crosse Area Service Center at 9477 Hwy 16 East, Onalaska, WI 54650: 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 La Crosse Area Service Center, What La Crosse Area Service Center handles, Appointments and what you can do online, Other DMV service centers near La Crosse Area Service Center, Before you go to La Crosse Area Service Center, Questions about La Crosse Area Service Center
Address and telephone
La Crosse Area Service Center
9477 Hwy 16 East, Onalaska, WI 54650
The DMV publishes no telephone number for its service centers; its statewide line is (608) 264-7447
The Wisconsin DMV lists La Crosse Area Service Center as station LAX1 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 La Crosse Area Service Center takes cash, checks and credit cards and is listed as accessible for people with disabilities.
WisDOT files La Crosse Area Service Center under La Crosse County.
WisDOT's service center data places La Crosse Area Service Center at 43.878283, -91.179099.
Hours at La Crosse Area Service Center
| Day | Hours at 9477 Hwy 16 East |
|---|---|
| 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 | 8:30 am to 12:00 pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
WisDOT publishes the week at La Crosse Area Service Center as Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:45 pm, Saturday 8:30 am to 12:00 pm, Sunday closed, in Central time.
La Crosse Area Service Center opens on Saturday, 8:30 am to 12:00 pm; the DMV's service center page lists seven centers with Saturday morning hours and says they close on legal holidays, the Saturday before Memorial Day and the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
La Crosse Area 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 La Crosse Area Service Center handles
WisDOT flags 13 services for La Crosse Area 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)
La Crosse Area 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 La Crosse Area 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 La Crosse Area 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 La Crosse Area 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 La Crosse Area 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 La Crosse Area Service Center
La Crosse Area Service Center is the only service center the DMV lists in La Crosse County.
By straight line distance from the map point for La Crosse Area Service Center, the 5 nearest are:
- Viroqua Service Center, 1316 N. Main Street, Viroqua, WI 54665, about 25 miles
- Black River Falls Service Center, 910 State Highway 54, Black River Falls, WI 54615, about 34 miles
- Tomah Service Center, 1021 N. Superior Avenue, Tomah, WI 54660, about 35 miles
- Whitehall Service Center, 36270 Tower Drive, Suite 400, Whitehall, WI 54773, about 35 miles
- Alma Service Center, 407 S. 2nd Street, Alma, WI 54610, about 48 miles
All 88 Wisconsin DMV service centers, La Crosse Area Service Center among them, are on the Wisconsin DMV service center list.
Before you go to La Crosse Area Service Center
For a license, an ID or a REAL ID at La Crosse Area 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 La Crosse Area Service Center.
What a transaction at La Crosse Area 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 La Crosse Area 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 La Crosse Area 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 La Crosse Area Service Center
Where is La Crosse Area Service Center?
The DMV lists La Crosse Area Service Center at 9477 Hwy 16 East, Onalaska, WI 54650.
What are the hours at La Crosse Area Service Center?
The DMV publishes the La Crosse Area Service Center hours as Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:45 pm, Saturday 8:30 am to 12:00 pm, Sunday closed.
Is La Crosse Area Service Center open on Saturday?
Yes, La Crosse Area Service Center opens 8:30 am to 12:00 pm on Saturday.
What is the telephone number for La Crosse Area Service Center?
The DMV publishes no number for La Crosse Area Service Center; its statewide line is (608) 264-7447.
What can you do at La Crosse Area Service Center?
The DMV lists 13 services for La Crosse Area Service Center, the first being driver licenses.
What kind of office is La Crosse Area Service Center?
The DMV lists La Crosse Area Service Center as a DMV customer service center.
What does La Crosse Area Service Center not do?
WisDOT lists this for La Crosse Area 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 La Crosse Area Service Center?
WisDOT's data lists La Crosse Area 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: La Crosse County public records and Onalaska city records.