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 must report the change of address at a DMV office, by phone, or by mail. You cannot report a change of address by e-mail.
* You cannot change your address when you complete a transaction on-line.

How to change your address on your 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:

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 four to six 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.