What this page says about Platteville 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.
Platteville Service Center at 31 Means Drive, Platteville, WI 53818: 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 Platteville Service Center, What Platteville Service Center handles, Appointments and what you can do online, Other DMV service centers near Platteville Service Center, Before you go to Platteville Service Center, Questions about Platteville Service Center
Address and telephone
Platteville Service Center
31 Means Drive, Platteville, WI 53818
The DMV publishes no telephone number for its service centers; its statewide line is (608) 264-7447
The Wisconsin DMV lists Platteville Service Center as station PL01 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 Platteville Service Center takes cash, checks and credit cards.
WisDOT files Platteville Service Center under Grant County.
WisDOT's service center data places Platteville Service Center at 42.729792, -90.448541.
Hours at Platteville Service Center
| Day | Hours at 31 Means Drive |
|---|---|
| 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 Platteville 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.
Platteville 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.
Platteville 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 Platteville Service Center handles
WisDOT flags 12 services for Platteville 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
Platteville 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 Platteville 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 Platteville Service Center closes, and that no pets other than trained service animals come in.
WisDOT flags these as not offered at Platteville Service Center: Commercial vehicle plates (over 10,000 lb).
Appointments and what you can do online
A driver license or ID card visit to Platteville 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 Platteville 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 Platteville Service Center
Platteville Service Center is the only service center the DMV lists in Grant County.
By straight line distance from the map point for Platteville Service Center, the 5 nearest are:
- Darlington Service Center, 197 Christensen Drive, Darlington, WI 53530, about 17 miles
- Dodgeville Service Center, 316 W. Spring Street, (Springate Mall), Dodgeville, WI 53533, about 23 miles
- Prairie Du Chien Service Center, 65 Riverside Square, Suite 6, Prairie du Chien, WI 53821, about 40 miles
- Monroe Service Center, 815 1st Avenue, Monroe, WI 53566, about 41 miles
- Richland Center Service Center, 26136 Executive Lane, Suite A, Richland Center, WI 53581, about 41 miles
All 88 Wisconsin DMV service centers, Platteville Service Center among them, are on the Wisconsin DMV service center list.
Before you go to Platteville Service Center
For a license, an ID or a REAL ID at Platteville 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 Platteville Service Center.
What a transaction at Platteville 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 Platteville 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 Platteville 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 Platteville Service Center
Where is Platteville Service Center?
The DMV lists Platteville Service Center at 31 Means Drive, Platteville, WI 53818.
What are the hours at Platteville Service Center?
The DMV publishes the Platteville 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 Platteville Service Center open on Saturday?
No. The DMV lists Platteville Service Center as closed on Saturday.
What is the telephone number for Platteville Service Center?
The DMV publishes no number for Platteville Service Center; its statewide line is (608) 264-7447.
What can you do at Platteville Service Center?
The DMV lists 12 services for Platteville Service Center, the first being driver licenses.
What kind of office is Platteville Service Center?
The DMV lists Platteville Service Center as a DMV customer service center.
What does Platteville Service Center not do?
WisDOT lists this for Platteville 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 Platteville Service Center?
WisDOT's data lists Platteville 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: the Wisconsin license renewal.
The public records of the same place, kept by the county and the city, not the DMV: Grant County public records and Platteville city records.