Southwest Safety Auto Title Agency, LLC.
Express DMV/Public Tag Agency
Little to No Wait! Conveniently located in Time Plaza
5413 Johnston St. Lafayette, La 70503
(337) 989-0120
Hours of operation:
Monday-Thursday: 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Friday: 8:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.
Saturday & Sunday: Closed
Notice: Every time a Minor comes to use our DMV services, the parent must present the Birth Certificate.
Reason: Under state law, only the biological or domiciliary parent may sign OMV paperwork.
The Birth Certificate is the only document that verifies the identity of the minor's parent. RS 32:407
-BIRTH CERTIFICATE or PASSPORT
-SOCIAL SECURITY
-2 PROOF OF RESIDENCY
(NAME ON ALL DOCUMENTS MUST MATCH)
MUST BE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS NO COPIES!
Attention: Married Ladies who have changed their name
will have to provide a Marriage License
LINKS:
Services:
- Real ID upgrade:
- Learners Permit
- Driver's License
- License Renewal
- Duplicate License
- Vehicle Registration
- Titles Transfers: Vehicles, Mobile Homes, Utility Trailers, and Boat Trailers.
- (Note: Boats themselves are regulated by Wildlife and Fisheries. We do not provide services for Wildlife and Fisheries.)
(A minor must provide a Birth Certificate every time)
Although we cannot provide all the services of the Office of Motor Vehicles, we can do many of them. Below is a list of services we can and cannot provide.
What we can provide:
- Upgrades from a Temporary Instructional Permit to a Learner's Permit or a Driver's License.
- Upgrades from a Learner's Permit to an Intermediate License or a Driver's License.
- Address Changes on any Class E or Class D Driver's License.
- Renewal of and Class E or Class D Driver's License.
- Duplicate Class E or Class D Driver's License.
- Upgrades to Real ID.
- Initial Issuance of a Louisiana ID card if a Driver's License has been previously issued.
- Handicapped Hang Tag Renewal.
- All Vehicle Registration Services, Title Transfers.
What we can NOT provide:
- Initial Issuance of Driver's License, or Temporary Instructional Permit. (The first time a Driver's License or T.I.P. is issued it must be a Government-owned and operated Office of Motor Vehicles.)
- Initial Issuance of a Louisiana ID card if no Driver's License has been previously issued.
- Commercial Driver's License.
- Out-of-state transfer into Louisiana of any Driver's license or Vehicle Registration.
- Name Changes on a Driver's License.
- Gender Changes on a Driver's License.
Southwest Safety Auto Title Agency does charge a $23.00 fee above your state fees, and or taxes in order to provide these services. We understand that your time is precious, and we work hard to keep your life on the go.
Beginning May 7, 2025, Louisiana residents will need to present a "REAL ID" compliant license/ID, or another acceptable form of identification, for accessing federal facilities, entering nuclear power plants, and boarding commercial aircraft. The card, itself, must be REAL ID compliant unless the resident is using an acceptable alternative document such as a passport or passport card, or state-issued Enhanced Driver’s License. The REAL ID Act does not require individuals to present identification where it is not currently required to access a federal facility nor does it prohibit an agency from accepting other forms of identity documents (such as a U.S. passport or passport card).
Secure driver's licenses and identification documents are a vital component of our national security framework. The REAL ID Act, passed by Congress in 2005, enacted the 9/11 Commission’s recommendation that the Federal Government “set standards for the issuance of sources of identification, such as driver's licenses.” The Act established minimum security standards for license issuance and production and prohibits Federal agencies from accepting for certain purposes driver’s licenses and identification cards from states not meeting the Act’s minimum standards. The purposes covered by the Act are: accessing Federal facilities, entering nuclear power plants, and boarding federally regulated commercial aircraft.
