Is there any benefit to switch to a NY drivers license this summer when my Ohio license expires?  Or should I just keep my Ohio license?

Is there any benefit to switch to a NY drivers license this summer when my Ohio license expires? Or should I just keep my Ohio license?

 

I'd keep the OH license ... it just makes you look cooler when you're out with friends and you're carded to enter into a club.

 

Keep your Ohio drivers license and get a NY state ID.

 

 

I thought you were required by law to get the new ID/License after 30 days???

"If you become a resident of NYS, you must get a NYS driver license within 30 days and surrender your out-of-state driver license. Normally, you cannot have a NYS driver license and a driver license from another state, but there are exceptions. It is a violation of Federal law to hold more than one commercial driver license (CDL)."

 

http://www.nysdmv.com/license.htm

Keep your Ohio drivers license and get a NY state ID.

 

 

 

Since a New York State Non-Driver ID is the official equivalent to a driver's license for identification purposes, I'm not sure it's legal to have both, even if the latter is from another state. Anyone?

I thought you were required by law to get the new ID/License after 30 days???

 

They say that.. but I know so many people who don't switch..

 

Plus, I don't drive in NY so I don't have the risk of getting pulled over/a ticket.. just use it to get onto planes or get into bars.

I thought you were required by law to get the new ID/License after 30 days???

 

If you're a resident I guess that would apply.  I'm not a NYS resident.  I'm not sure if KStay2 is.  If not, as suggested earlier, I could keep the ODL and get a NY State ID.

Keep your Ohio drivers license and get a NY state ID.

 

What would be the point of that?

Keep your Ohio drivers license and get a NY state ID.

 

What would be the point of that?

 

 

Because I have a house in NYC.  If something happens while in NYC I want people to know I live in NY.  There are advantages to having a State ID.

Okay, I'm confused. Are you planning on staying in NY, and thus becoming a resident? If so, I was under the impression that you would have to get a new ID because I thought it was required by law and also because you would need to up date the info on it. No point in having an ID with 1234 where-everville, Ohio if you are really living in NY. 

I thought it was required in most states for drivers license only (not ID) after a couple months of residency, although I don't know of a single person who has abide by this. 

 

I know so many Michiganders who have gone to Chicago, don't change their licenses for years, don't pay city vehicle registrations as required by law since law enforcement has no way of checking or caring, and somehow manage to keep their insurance in their native state.  hmmmm....  Seems if the system is broken, may as well use it to their advantage. 

 

 

 

I thought it was required in most states for drivers license only (not ID) after a couple months of residency, although I don't know of a single person who has abide by this. 

 

I know so many Michiganders who have gone to Chicago, don't change their licenses for years, don't pay city vehicle registrations as required by law since law enforcement has no way of checking or caring, and somehow manage to keep their insurance in their native state.  hmmmm....  Seems if the system is broken, may as well use it to their advantage. 

 

 

 

 

They probably keep their parents address.

 

They probably keep their parents address.

 

How do you think I got out of getting an E-Check in polluted Cincinnati? My license said Columbus until they banned the e-check in Cinci lol

I think getting a license should require knowing the difference between "verse" and "versus". ;-)

I'm thinking in terms of taxes, that's my only concern.  I can always renew my Ohio license and keep my parents address.  Plus, technically I sublease with my roommate because we didn't want our rent-controlled lease to go up significantly by adding my name to the lease.. so only him and I have a copy of the sublease.

I think getting a license should require knowing the difference between "verse" and "versus". ;-)

 

I work in finance, not english.. my deepest apologies :)

A lease doesn't necessarily force you into residency, even buying a home in another location.  It's really what you choose to list as your permanent address.  If a lease meant something, I'd be in trouble. 

A lease doesn't necessarily force you into residency, even buying a home in another location.  It's really what you choose to list as your permanent address.  If a lease meant something, I'd be in trouble. 

 

I'm not saying a lease is a requirement.  Since you'd have to know where you're living before getting the ID anyway.  What I'm saying is having a local state ID, can help if you need to get utilities or prove you live at a certain place.

 

Say something happens at kstays building.  Like 9/11 or the black out.  In Harlem they had the streets blocked off near the state office building from madison avenue to 8th avenue.

 

You could only enter if you had a Government issued ID showing where you lived.  I had a NY State ID, which allowed me to enter with pretty much no problem.  However, people who were visiting or had non Tri State IDs had problems.

 

Say Kstay needs to enter his building after an issue.  With an Ohio State ID all can he say is he's a visitor and getting in might be a hassle.

 

If he's going to be living in NYC, get the state ID to error on the side of caution and keep the DL in Ohio.

What is the process of getting simply a state ID and keeping my Ohio license?  What sort of documentation is needed, etc?

What is the process of getting simply a state ID and keeping my Ohio license?  What sort of documentation is needed, etc?

 

the internet is such a lovely place.  all these things are out there.  you  just search and they pop up!

http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/license.htm#nondriver

 

Why do that when I can get you to do it for me? Haaaaa

Why do that when I can get you to do it for me? Haaaaa

 

one day....pow, right to the moon.

if you have a car, definately keep the ohio driver's license and addy for as long as possible as insurance is cheaper.

 

if you are only thinking of taxes, be very careful. if you dont change to nys you will be taxed in two states, that is, you're working in one and still a resident of another. that's a huge hassle. our nys taxes were messed up for years when my spouse worked over in hoboken for awhile.

if you have a car, definately keep the ohio driver's license and addy for as long as possible as insurance is cheaper.

 

if you are only thinking of taxes, be very careful. if you dont change to nys you will be taxed in two states, that is, you're working in one and still a resident of another. that's a huge hassle. our nys taxes were messed up for years when my spouse worked over in hoboken for awhile.

I agree.  Thats why i say, keep the license in Ohio.

 

Just change your residency to NY and get a state ID.

 

mrnyc, you aint never lied about the taxes, NY kicks my ass right around August every year.

I sold my car so that's not an issue, the only time I drive is in Ohio when home for the holidays.

 

Taxes are my only real concern.