I'm a little confused about the best way to go about doing all of this, so I figured I'd ask you ladies. I was living in MA before I got married and now I'm living in NY. I bought a car about 5 days before getting married and I could not change my mailing address, driver's license, or anything like that until I had the title for my car, which I just picked up from my parent's house this week. In NY, you're supposed to notify them/get a state driver's license within 30 days of becoming a resident (I've now been here for 36 days). Would it be better for me to just get everything switched over to New York and then switch it to my married name or is it easier to just bite the bullet and switch my place of residence and my name at the same time?
Re: Help! Moved and changing name
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The girls there can probably help you out, being more familiar with NY laws and how things are generally done there than we are. Things can be different from state to state.
I left the title of the car alone. When you sell the car, you will probably just have to sign your maiden name, then your married name when turning the title over to the next person.
If you are pulled over, or even if you park on the street, you can get a ticket for not having a valid NY registration.
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