Posted: 5/7/2001 10:56:36 PM EDT
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When you apply for a drivers license out of state, do they take your license from the state you came from? Are you allowed to keep your old one? If not why? |
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It used to be that you could have multiple state drivers licenses, like interstate truckers or people who lived in two seperate states. With the advent of all the drunk driving assholes killing innocent people and then going to different states and getting new licenses most states changed their laws. Now most drivers licenses are based on where you live, so that makes your previous state license invalid. States like Kailifornicommiecation require that you get a Kalifornia state drivers license within 10 days of moving there. They will make you surrender your previous states license before they will issue you a new one. |
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Most states you can just walk in, turn in your old license and get a new in state license. Thats how they did it here in AR anyway. I *suppose* you could just not tell them you had a license, take the written and driving tests, pay the full fee, then you would have two licenses for two states. But as was said I guess that's illegal is why they take up the old one anyway. |
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Out here they use a hole punch right over your DOB. When I just renewed my liscence, I had to beg the woman to let me keep it. I informed her that the picture was from when I had a full beard and was taken the day I met my wife. She finally gave in, punched the DOB and gave it back to me. I had to ask to keep it first and then beg her to do so. |
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Well, there are many postings here. So, here's my $.02 I moved to Texas from California about three years ago. My Cal DL was issued for five years just before I left. When I got to Texas, I registered the cars in here but kept the vehicles titled in California (that's allowed). I was issued a six-year TX DL. Texas did take my Cal DL. My wife applied for her TX DL on a different date and at a different DPS (Dept. of Public Safety) office. Texas also took her Cal DL. I thought that Texas sent the Cal DL back to California for cancellation or something. After living here two years I became curious if my Cal DL had been canceled. A friend back in California works for an insurance agent and had access to DMV records. He checked my old Cal DL # and it showed still valid with the original expiration date. I thought that mine had slipped through the cracks, so I had him check the wife's. Her Cal DL is also valid. Apparently the states aren't communicating very well. TT |
| A few years back, while in the military, someone in my unit had a valid liscence from three states that he was stationed at. I believe this is against the law because he never told the issuing state about his previous DL's, and had to take the written and road tests for each state. I am not sure what purpose this served, but it was possible to do though not legal. |
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If you just need a state issued ID card showing residence in your new state so you can buy handguns, most states issue a photo id, like for people who arent allowed to drive but need ID. Just go down to the DMV and ask about a state issued photo ID for people that cant drive, they'll help you out. It will probably cost like $5-20 for a card that lists your in-state address, has your age and photo on it and is good for a few years. Kharn |
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I don't know why anyone in the Military would even bother to get a drivers liscense from state they are stationed in. 49 of the states recognize expired drivers licenses from out of state with a valid military ID card. I haven't renewed my DL in 10 years......it expired 7 years ago. Still good to go! |
| Clearfire, I spent 21 years in the Army with a driver's license from my home state. If you are station in another state, you must either have a valid driver's license from your home state or one from the state in which you're stationed. My Nevada driver's license had a sticker on it stating that it was valid for up to 90 days after I left active duty. Not all state do this. Also, in order to get a military license, you had to have a valid state license. The key word is valid. Your home of record can't be state A, be stationed in state B and have a license from state C. All this is covered under the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act. |