Can anyone recommend a DMV location that's not slow as molasses? (Durham: chapel, school)

[Scientist27709]

Exactly! I got my learner's permit in 25 minutes and I was done with my driving test + permanent driving license issuance in 29 minutes. Excellent staff (A grade and extremely professional), superb customer service and very short wait times. But I also need to mention that I went there at 9:00 a.m. for my learner's permit and at 8:00 a.m. for my road test. This is a 5-star DMV !!! Here's the address:

DMV
3825 S Roxboro St # 119
Durham, NC 27713
(919) 560-3378

Originally Posted by hemera

the one off of 70 in Durham has a screening system. They ask for all the documentations first and if you have all of them, they will give you a number for the waiting list. It also really depends on the time you go there. My hubby went first thing in the morning when they opened and was done in 30 minutes tops.

[Scientist27709]

3825 S Roxboro St # 119, right? Totally agree with u

Originally Posted by badger77

The one is south Durham off of MLK parkway and South Roxboro St is great. I was in and out in 20 when I got my license renewed.

[cry884]

I had had enough with getting screamed at like a naughty three year old at the Raleigh DMVs so now I drive out to Wendell. The people are nice, the place isn't as busy, and no one screams at you.

[gball721]

Sshh! It's a secret (well, not anymore!) but Roxboro's offices are super-fast.

[Francois]

Don't forget, you can go to any one in the state, not just your county. If I know I'm going to travel to/through a smaller county, I arrange to have it done there. Last time my license was up for renewal, I was headed to the beach a couple of weeks before, and stopped at the DMV in Kinston (which is hardly out of the way if you're headed down 70), and there was NO line; I just walked right up and got it done. In most parts of Raleigh, it might have been a couple of hours' wait.

[lamina]

All of the Durham DMVs are swamped during the periods that new students are coming in.
This past August/September I waited 2+ hours on 3 occasions to try to get my DL transferred to NC (by taking the written test.) (I left the first two times.)

You can make an appointment during these crazy seasons, though, and they will whiz you through.

[VaNC]

If you look on the website there is also a mobile unit that goes to different places, different days of the week. It is parked downtown, for the ease of state employees i think, near the state govt complex every once in a while...Wednesdays I think? Using that one, I was in and out in 5 minutes.

[SunnyKayak]

tip.
go to a county that wasnt hit high with transplant growth
You can get inspected, license and tags in any of the 100 counties.
just a tip from a native.

[SVTLightning]

The office is Fuquay has never been busy when i went in, or when I took my wife.

[LONGISLAND2NC]

Was just going to say that SVT. My wife and I were both in and out to get our licenses at F-V and the people were actually nice!