

This extra effort may well be worth it, even if it does mean a trip back to your old state again and some time at the DMV. It may save you a step or two to renew your current state license before going through the transfer process.

Instead, you will have to go through the whole licensing process again. If you have an expired license, you won’t be able to transfer your license to the new state. After all, your new state doesn’t want you getting tickets any more than you do. This means reading through the state’s driving manual to make sure you know what’s the same and what is different. This only makes sense as some rules of the road may be different there, and the new state wants to be sure that you know them. There’s also a good chance that you will have to take the written license test for your new state.

Besides the requirements listed above, there may also be a vision test, so don’t forget your glasses. As with anything, there will be hoops to jump through but they aren’t very high, and none of them are on fire. You can find state specific information at the bottom of this article.Īs long as you hold a valid drivers license from your old home state, you should have no trouble transferring your license over to your new home state.
