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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?

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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