A brand new Department of Driver Services (DDS) customer service center is tentatively scheduled to open in Douglas County in August. 

The center will be “a modern, hi-tech 8,000 square foot facility with 12 service counters; 20 computer testing stations; and 9 tech deck computers,” according to a spokeswoman from the DDS.  

With the opening of the new service center, people will no longer need to travel far to do things like apply for learner’s permits, and driver’s licenses. The location (off of Hwy. 5 by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office on Earl D. Lee Blvd) will also have two testing pads “dedicated to CDL testing”. 

Although Douglas County has a TAG office available for patrons to get their vehicles registered,  in the past residents had to travel to neighboring counties for all of their DDS needs.

DDS states that the center “could not have been accomplished without the partnership with Douglas County”.  The groundbreaking ceremony took place in May 2022.