Driver's license question...

Andy Griffith

Andy Griffith

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This is something I couldn't find anywhere on the net...

I have a good friend that owns homes on both side of the state line up here- one is a "vacation" home that he stays in three or four months a year. He changes his drivers license every time he goes over there so he can buy stuff and he is that state's resident during that time of the year. He has several cars registered through LLC's of his ownership made up in each state- so that isn't a problem if I am relaying the story correctly. GA-NC are the states I'm talking about.

Is there any law stating you can get back the license of your old state if you turned it in the month before? Of course, you always have to turn in the one you have presently to get another. In other words, is there a limit on how many times a year a feller can come back and change licenses between the same states, so long as he has documentation?

I guess I don't have the expendable income to have multiple homes, nor would I know what a "vacation" is. :(
 
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This is probably a state-speciifc question, although the interstate compact may have some overlay. My guess is that there probaly isn't any limit. His bigger issues may involve state income tax questions re: part-year residency status.
 
The "Vacation" home answers it's own question. But, with all the trouble he's going to, I don't think anyone would particually care to make a federal case out of it. But, come to think about it, it would be a federal case if he is claiming to be a resident to buy a gun in his vacation state.
 
Like WV - the state say's if you live here for more than 30 days you must change everything. Ohio doesn't care to much about it one way or the other. So if I lived in Ohio 182.5 days and WV 182.5 days which would be my residents? When I'm in Ohio I have a Ohio license - and when in WV I have a WV license and buy a handgun once in each location every year. I don't think you would be in trouble. Plus you can buy a long gun in any state unless the state has a rule about it.
 
Responding to the OP: This sounds like a big PIA. I hate going to the Motor Vehicle facility for any reason, ESPECIALLY DL related. In Indiana, a new resident has 60 days to get a new DL, and Plate for the car. Cost of the plate is determined by an excise tax relating to the value of the vehicle. There's an apartment complex down the road about a mile. (I wish it was 20 miles) People from Chicago move there and expect to keep their car registered in Illinois. The city PD goes in there on a regular basis and tickets suspect vehicles. Then 60 days later they set up a road block and stop any vehicle comming out of there with Illinois plates. If the car is on the list of warned offenders they tow the car. Once in a while I get to see the show if I'm driving by. It's a real chuckle seeing these folks get chased out of their Escalades to facilitate towing. Sorry for the off topic blather.
 
Armyphotog said:
The "Vacation" home answers it's own question. But, with all the trouble he's going to, I don't think anyone would particually care to make a federal case out of it. But, come to think about it, it would be a federal case if he is claiming to be a resident to buy a gun in his vacation state.
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Need to check the ATF web site for details, but the last time I looked, there would generally NOT be a federal problem. For a change, his biggest problems would be state. I actually know someone in this situation, although I'm pretty sure he owns only one gun.
 
i have thought of this situation a lot

i am not a lawyer but what i have found:

you can only be domiciled in one state
but you can be a resident in another

i think it has to do with living in the state
for more than 1/2 of the year...that is where
you are legally domiciled

for example, you can only vote in one state but
you can pay taxes in a few
 
I bet both states love him for the money he keeps forking over in new driver’s license fees each time he gets a new one. And as long as he meets both state’s residency requirements then nothing he does should be a problem.
 
I don't think I would like to get caught with 2 driver's licenses from different states, it doesn't sound right. I surely wouldn't want to get caught with 2 "resident" hunting licenses.
 
wbraswell said:
I don't think I would like to get caught with 2 driver's licenses from different states, it doesn't sound right. I surely wouldn't want to get caught with 2 "resident" hunting licenses.
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I have had 2 resident hunting licenses from different states for the last 18 years, not a thing wrong with it if you meet the standards.

As to the drivers licenses from different states, no comment.
 
There's only one state of which I am aware that permits you to hold two driver's licenses: Florida. If you have a residence in another state and a residence in Florida, you can get a Florida driver's license that is valid in Florida only, without having to turn in your driver's license from the other state. Seems like this statute is a response to the large numbers of snowbirds who flock there in the winter, and so, there may be other states that permit this as well, but in general, I'm sure this isn't permitted. Don't ask me how I know this. If I were your friend, Andy, I would call the GA and NC DMV's and just ask them straight up.


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