Department of Motor Vehicles

 The Department of Motor Vehicle is open by appointment only! 

NOTICE:  We will be honoring appointments for St. Lawrence County residents as well as residents of adjoining Jefferson and Franklin Counties. If you live in another County, you need to go to the DMV in your own County. We reserve the right to refuse service for out-of-county residents.  

Make your appointment for the CANTON DMV ONLY!

Make your appointment for the MASSENA DMV ONLY!

Make your appointment for the OGDENSBURG DMV ONLY!

Make your appointment for the GOUVERNEUR DMV ONLY!

• Please do NOT arrive more than five minutes prior to your scheduled appointment! 
• There will be NO LOITERING allowed!
• Face masks are required!
• Due to high demand, all transactions that are not complete or are missing necessary documentation will NOT be processed resulting in the need to schedule an additional appointment at a later date.
• Documentation cannot be filled out in the DMV lobby, it must be completed prior to your appointment.  We encourage you to complete as much paper work as possible to limit the time spent in the office. 
• Instructions regarding all registration transactions can be found at: https://nys.dmv.gov/registrations.
• Instructions regarding REAL ID and ENHANCED Driver’s License upgrades can be found by visiting: https://dmv.ny.gov/driver-license/get-enhanced-driver-license-edl.​​​​​​
• The DMV drop boxes are still available for registration renewals, plate surrenders, duplicate titles and abstracts.

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Keep your hard earned dollars in St. Lawrence County!

Help us help you! Please bring in or mail your DMV Renewals to one of our four St. Lawrence County Motor Vehicle offices. When the local office processes your registration or driver's license renewal, the County keeps 12.7% of the fee. This goes directly to the County's general fund which helps to reduce your County Tax Levy. 

Presently, customers receive their vehicle registrations renewals with a bar-coded return envelope that if mailed goes back to the Utica Office.  Please do not use this envelope.  We can process your renewal and return it to you much faster.  Help prevent St. Lawrence County from losing revenue.  If you prefer to mail your renewal, please place your renewal in a separate envelope addressed to DMV, 48 Court Street, Canton NY 13617.

Thank you for your help and we sincerely appreciate your business!

Services and Information:

• Driver Licenses, Including Commercial
• Enhanced Driver Licenses
• Commercial Driver Licenses
• Learner Permits
• Non-Driver Identification Cards
• Vehicle Registrations
• Plate Surrenders / Transfers

To make your trip to our office as convenient as possible please note that all transactions require the driver license of the individual for whom the work is being processed. You may also choose to save the trip and just mail your renewal to one of our 4 convenient DMV locations. 

*No EDLs or Permits ½ hour before closing. No CDLs 1 hour before closing.

Types of Available ID's

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Congratulations New Driver! You have passed your written test and now you may be wondering what the next step is. Please view our New Driver Information sheet. 

Forms of Payment:

• Cash
• Check made payable to “St. Lawrence County Clerk”
• Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express

Online Resources:

• NYS Department of Motor Vehicles
• Information on the Enhanced Drivers License
• Phone Numbers
• Forms
• Publications
• Snowmobile Club Certificate
• US DOT Numbers

Click here to go to the NYS Governor's Traffic Safety Committee's website.
 

Enroll as an organ & tissue donor:  donatelife.ny.gov

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