[smhenderson]

So it’s ok to lie to the DMV about your address? I had to give them three documents to prove my address to get a license and my wife did as well to get a state ID. Is the assumption that he knows he’s breaking the law and ok with it or is there some scenario where you can provide a false address and that’s ok?

Maybe ir differs state to state?

[blattimwind]

Do you need to get a new driver's license every time you move?

[zdragnar]

In at least some states, yes, your driver's license needs to have your primary residence on it, or so an officer told me when I was pulled over and i hadnt updated mine yet.

[jjeaff]

How would the officer know that unless you told him? My address goes to a mailbox in a different state. If asked, I'm just living in the area temporarily for business.

[zdragnar]

I had only recently moved and had no idea if he was a neighbor or lived on the other side of the city. Not that I would have done anything differently otherwise, but I also happen to be a terrible liar.

[itake]

I think you run into problems when your current vehicle registration expires and you need to update it.

[jjeaff]

Luckily, the state where I have it registered has online renewal.

[shimms]

In my area you are required to update our roads authority within 14 days of changing address, and they send you a sticker to put on the back of your current license card.

[smhenderson]

I heard about this again on NPR this afternoon. Turns out in addition to buying a new house and not telling anyone about it he also rented a super cheap, rundown apartment. He used this for anything he was required to provide a valid address for.