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Hendersonville DMV office to open an hour earlier

By Lightning Reports, Published: August 30, 2024

Five additional driver license offices, including the one in Hendersonville, will open earlier to serve customers beginning Tuesday, the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles announced.

The new early openers join 45 other driver license offices that provide extended service hours.  Besides the Hendersonville office at 125 Baystone Drive, offices opening at 7 a.m. include: 

• Raleigh East, 4121 New Bern Ave. 
• Hillsborough, 1201 U.S. Hwy. 70 W.  
• Morehead City, 5347 U.S Hwy. 70 W.
• Newton, 1033 Smyre Farm Rd.

“Over the last two years DMV has expanded weekday office hours to help meet the increased customer demand brought about by explosive population growth,” DMV Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said in a news release. “Adding five more offices that open at 7 a.m. translates to thousands of additional customers receiving appointments and DMV services annually.”

Each driver license office will accept appointments from 7 a.m. to noon Monday-Friday and walk-in customers from noon to 5 p.m. Customers can schedule appointments at skiptheline.ncdot.gov.

In addition, 16,943 customers were serviced from June-August during Saturday peak season service hours at 16 driver license offices. Those offices provided services such as driver license or ID cards, renewals or duplicate orders, address changes, REAL ID issuances, and road tests for customers that had already completed the knowledge and written tests.

“Our weekend hours proved to be both quite popular for customers statewide and very efficient for our workers in completing renewals, road tests, and other services,” Goodwin said. “Because of our Saturday success, that means there will be 17,000 fewer customers in line seeking DMV services in communities statewide.”