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I was wondering if some of you could give us some info regarding the timeline process for starting change of residency. We are currently in PA and looking to list house in February. Because of PA insurance which would be ridiculous for us we are changing our home domicile to Florida (St Brenden's Isle) I know that in order to get licensing I believe we have to be getting mail at the new location to prove we are living there, but with the uncertainty of how long it takes to sell the house, when do we begin the process and what do we do first? Any advice would be appreciated and thanks!
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GRACIE’S GOLDEN GETAWAY Barry and Marianne traveling with Golden Retriever Maggie 2014 Ford F-450 DRW Super Heavy Duty Lariat 2015 Solitude 305RE for full-time in 2016 Current: Carlisle, PA
I switched to my mail forwarding address a couple of months before we sold the house. That way I could see what mail was forwarded after I submitted my change of address and would know whom I needed to notify of my new address. Even so I forgot a few I was not in contact with often - like the IRS and some frequent flyer accounts.
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Clay (WA5NMR), Lee (wife), Katie, Kelli (cats) Full timed for eleven years in a 2004 Sightseer 35N. Snowbirds for one winter and now settled down in CO.
Ordered rig in January, shifted from VA to SD first week of February, house went on the market in March or early April and closed in July. The domicile doesn't have to coincide with the house sale…we did it early so as to minimize the number of months we would be subject to VA income tax that year.
I suppose that legally the state might be able to claim we were residents through closing…but realistically we were doing all the getting ready to leave stuff from about November the year before so we think we would have had a good argument if it came to that.
Realistically though…there really isn't a very high likelihood that they'll even question things…so do what makes sense for you.
Florida is a little more strict than most states when it comes to establishing residency. You should give yourself as much time as possible and possibly spend some time there in a rental etc.
Same as Clay, set up your FL service before you vacate the house. Then start changing your address for things like utility bills (you will need these to chase your domicile) and everything else you can think of. Mail will not go to the FL address and you simply have it shipped back to the house. Change the address with your bank and order new checks; you do not need to change banks.
The last thing you do after leaving your old house is to submit a change of addres with the post office.
With the documents you have with the Green Cove Springs address you can get your new FL drivers licens, vehicle registrations, voter registration and become an official FL resident. Takes one afternoon.
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Paul & Kathy
2014 Phaeton 42LH
"When the time comes to look back, make sure you will like what you see"
Thanks all.....appreciate the info. At least I have a ballpark idea now.
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GRACIE’S GOLDEN GETAWAY Barry and Marianne traveling with Golden Retriever Maggie 2014 Ford F-450 DRW Super Heavy Duty Lariat 2015 Solitude 305RE for full-time in 2016 Current: Carlisle, PA
We changed mailing addresses in November but didn't become official residents until March. Because our license plate stickers were covered during that time period it really wasn't a big deal. My best advice is to take your time with the change. It doesn't have to be big bang and since you have lots of other stuff going on in those first couple of months just acclimating and getting the rig settled, you may want to deal with it a bit later.
We closed on our house in PA in Aug 2014 and didn't change our residency to my parents in FL until we arrived there in November. You have to be there in person to get driver licenses and register vehicles. We did have our mail forwarded there though once the house closed. It was no big deal for us, my Mom went with us to say we lived with her since we had no bills in our name except the insurance (which doesn't count). If you have loans on any vehicles it could be trickier b/c you don't have the titles, which happened to a friend of ours.
We have been using St. Brendans Isle (SBI) now for 4 years and they are wonderful. You'll find them very helpful in the process and timeline for establishing your Florida residency. As others have mentioned, you'll need to start having some of your mail sent to your new Florida address so you'll have proof that you actually "live" there. Things like bills for insurance, etc. are the things that come to mind. Once you get to Florida SBI will have all of the documents you'll need and you can drive down the street in Green Cove Springs to the Clerk's office to file the paperwork. It was very easy for us since we already lived in Jacksonville but the process is the same no matter where you are now.
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Ron and Joan 2005 Itasca Sunova 34A 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland
