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Quick question. I am currently a resident of MA (living in an apartment) and am moving to NH (moving into our first home!) in November. Given that we had to break our lease, we are paying a few months so technically we will still be in MA until February. I know in NH you have 60 days to convert your license. If I'm technically still on the lease in MA until Feb, do I have extra time to do this? How does it work when you're in two places at once?
Does the clock start ticking the minute you close on your home?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you!
Last edited by hdonovan; 09-21-2012 at 01:48 PM..
Reason: typo
Once you claim residency in NH your time starts ie forwarding your mail , living in the house. Even though you are on the lease in MA still you will be considered a resident of NH by the state once residence is claimed.
no, it doesn't start when you sign the contract. We bought our house.... 3 years ago (have a forwarding order at the PO, but ther'es seldom anything to send down) but won't be required to switch plates & licenses until we move up (3 months!!!!). then we'll be in residence, so then the clock starts ticking.
We will be moving into the house in December but will still be technically "living" in MA at the same time.. so I guess the clock starts ticking the min we move? Was hoping it would give us some extra time.
We've been 'moving' in for 3 years... but still not in residence. what's the problem? If you are majority of the time in residence in NH, then it's time to switch over. just because you still have a lease in MA.. doesn't mean you are still living there. Once you start changing all your mail over, you spend more time in NH than in MA, and you consider it to be your primary residence.... change your plates & tags.
You've got 2 months... how much more extra time do you need? It really doesn't take that long to do, car registration is largely done with your town clerk - but you have to have your car inspected within 10 days afterwards (so plan for that). and don't do it until you can receive your mail regularly since they mail the plates to you and they aren't allowed to be forwarded.
if you move in December - 60 days brings you to February anyway....
check this out though - If you do not apply for a NH Drivers License within the 60 days you will not be allowed to renew your vehicle registration as a N.H. resident or register any other vehicles as a NH resident. http://www.strathamnh.gov/Pages/Stra..._Clerk/vehicle
Make sure you're clear where you reside for your insurance carrier too. A NH address may lessen your premium - but failing to tell them you've moved may hold up a claim.
If you don't have an address yet, you can't get a license.
I've been in NH for around 6 weeks now looking for a place I like enough to live in. I have been "domiciled" in Conway, Lincoln and now in Center Harbor for a few weeks at a time, but yet to have a "residence".
That's very true. if you are moving every few weeks, and have no permanent address.. then you are transient and not a current resident by legal definitions. therefore you don't need to change your license/plates (frankly, you can't! until you have an address and a town clerk to pay them to....).
We own la d in a town, but because there is no house on it, we can't have an address - so we can't register to vote in that town or have licenses or plates directed to that town (luckily we have a house in the town next door.. so we can do all that there in 3 months). We wish we could vote there, but with no address they won't let us - even though we're property owners.
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