Torrance DMV
Torrance, CA
Official information
🌐 Languages
CA written knowledge test is officially offered in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Armenian, Farsi, Punjabi, Russian, Tagalog, and ASL; the online knowledge test is offered in 35 languages (the full list is not published by the DMV); the driver handbook is available in 9 languages. Korean is not among the enumerated in-office written-test languages (it appears only in DMV interpreter/handbook materials); it may or may not be among the unlisted 35 online languages — we do not claim it. No office-specific language-service reports were found in community sources for this office. [Source: dmv.ca.gov sample knowledge-test & online-learning pages, checked 2026-07-11]
💬 Community-reported · not official
Road-test reports are mixed — one passer warns the hardest part is exiting the DMV lot, another failed by a small margin to a strict examiner — while one highly-upvoted post praises fast Real ID service and helpful staff; others discuss the accompanying-driver rule and a multi-week mailed-card delay.
Discussed at: r/SouthBayLA 1ox4vhn · r/SouthBayLA 13yhjog · r/SouthBayLA 1d3mg1b · r/SouthBayLA 15r6jvh · r/DMV 1r38i44
Overview · sourced summary
1785 W 220th Street, Torrance, CA 90501. Hours Mon–Tue & Thu–Fri 8am–5pm, Wed 9am–5pm, closed weekends. Provides licensing, knowledge & drive testing, registration, title transfers, replacements, and records. Self-serve kiosk on site. Accepts cash, check, credit/debit, digital wallet, money order. Appointments via dmv.ca.gov. [Source: dmv.ca.gov field office, checked 2026-07-11]
Road-test reports are mixed — one passer warns the hardest part is exiting the DMV lot, another failed by a small margin to a strict examiner — while one highly-upvoted post praises fast Real ID service and helpful staff; others discuss the accompanying-driver rule and a multi-week mailed-card delay.