NYS DMV - Change Your Name or Address

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Change Your Address or Your Name

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Change Your Address or Your Name

Change Your Address

You must notify the DMV when you move to a new address.

You have a maximum of 10 days after you move to notify the DMV.
You can change your address online, by phone, by mail or at a DMV office. You cannot report a change of address by email.
You cannot change your address during an online transaction such as a photo document or registration renewal or duplicate transaction. You can first change your address online, and then process your other online transaction.
If you provide a new address when you renew or replace your driver license, that transaction does not change the address on your vehicle registration or your title certificate documents or records. If you provide a new address when you renew or replace your vehicle registration or your title certificate, that transaction does not change the address on your driver license.

How to change your address on your current DMV documents:

Write the new address on your documents. Write your new address in the available space on the back of your driver license, learner permit or non-driver photo ID card. On your registration document, carefully draw lines through the old address and write your new address. Do not change the address on your title certificate. If you write any change on your title certificate, the certificate is not valid. Your title certificate is valid with your old address.

How to report your new address to the DMV:

To change your address on both your photo document records and registration records, change your address online or with form MV-232 (Change of Address).

Online:

To immediately change your mailing and/or residence addresses on DMV driver license, learner permit, non-driver photo ID and registration records, sign up for a MyDMV account and use the online Change DMV Mailing and Residence Addresses service.

A corporation, company or organization cannot process a change of address for their vehicle registrations online. Use form MV-232 (Change of Address).

Note: To change the address on your driver license and your vehicle registration at the same time, you must use form MV-232 or call the DMV Call Center. If you provide a new address when you renew or replace your driver license, that transaction does not change the address on your vehicle registration or your title certificate. If you provide a new address when you renew or replace your vehicle registration or your title certificate, that transaction does not change the address on your driver license.

By mail:

You can use form MV-232 (Change of Address) to change the address on the DMV records for your driver license, learner permit or non-driver photo ID card and your vehicle registration.
To order a new driver license, learner permit or non-driver photo ID card that displays your new address, mark the correct box on form MV-232, and pay the correct fee listed on the form. Your new document arrives by mail in approximately six to eight weeks. If you do not check the box and pay the fee, the DMV changes the address on your records only. You do not receive a new document.
You cannot use form MV-232 to order a new registration document that displays your new address. Read the instructions below learn how to order a registration document by phone.

By telephone:

Call a DMV Call Center.

When you call, you must prove your identity to the DMV representative. You must have your valid photo document available. A corporation, company or organization cannot process a change of address for their vehicle registrations by phone. Use form MV-232 (Change of Address).
You can change the address on the records for your driver license, learner permit or non-driver photo ID card and your vehicle registrations. There is no fee to report the change of address if you do not order new documents.
You can order a new photo document and new registration documents that display your new address. Your new documents arrive by mail in approximately two weeks. You can pay by credit card. There is an additional service charge of $5 to order each new document by phone. The fees added to the service charge for each document are:

$17.50 - to order a new driver license or learner permit ($22.50 total fee).
$8 - to order a four-year or eight-year non-driver photo ID card ($13 total fee).
$6.50 - to order a 10-year non-driver photo ID card ($11.50 total fee).
No fee, other than the $5 service charge, to replace a 10-year Non-Driver Photo ID Card If you are both 62 or older and you receive SSI.
$ 3 - to order each registration document ($8 total fee).

Change Your Name

You must visit a local DMV office to change your name on all DMV records and documents.

Bring your NYSDMV photo document or other proof of identity that displays your previous name and has a value of at least six points.
Bring a US marriage certificate, US divorce documents, or other court papers issued in the US that prove your new name. Or, you can bring proof of identity that displays your new name and has a value of at least six points.
To change your name on a registration document and a title certificate, you must bring the registration document and the title certificate that display your previous name.

Use form MV-44 to change your name on your driver license, learner permit or non-driver photo ID card. There is a fee of $12.50 to get a new photo driver license or learner permit document that displays your new name. The fee is $5 to get a new non-driver photo ID card. Your new document arrives by mail in approximately two weeks.

Use form MV-82 to change your name on your registration documents and title certificate. There is no fee to change your name on your registration documents and title certificate. The DMV office gives you new registration documents that display your new name. A title certificate that displays your new name is mailed to you.