Maddening new laws when you renew your driver's license

[Cinder & Smoke]

We're in Ohio ...

License??

Just go to the store and buy a large box of Cracker Jacks -

The "Prize" is your Ohio Driver License - good for 4 years, I think.

Dunno if they're going to make an effort to tighten things up or not ...
last renewal I got took 1 minute for the picture, 45 seconds for the "eye test",
and 30 seconds for the "has anything changed questions",
followed by signing and promising to have insurance - NO proof required -
just a "promise" ...

Then wait 5 minutes for the system to spit out your "new" license ...
which the clerk mixed up with several others and handed mine to a teeny-bopper GIRL -
who had a major upset when she looked at "her" photo!

So it goes in Ohio.

[Uabassoon]

7% sales tax???????....you could be here in the Land Beyond.......where it is...7.75%!!!!!

That's nothing, it's now 8.1 in Tucson!

The silliest thing about Arizona, your license is good until your 65! That's right, at 16 you go and take your picture and you can keep it until your a grandmother! Mine is good until 2046.

[Lizzie]

That's nothing, it's now 8.1 in Tucson!

The silliest thing about Arizona, your license is good until your 65! That's right, at 16 you go and take your picture and you can keep it until your a grandmother! Mine is good until 2046.

Perhaps it might have been for life if all the retirees hadn't decided to make Arizona their home.

And Washington State has 8.8% sales tax, at least in King County (Seattle).

[Sevaede]

Freakin a, I know how you feel. I needed to get my ID switched over a few days before I left to get Spanky as I thought it would make the process easier whenever they had to verify the name on the ticket. I gave them my marriage license, both SS cards, my old ID, a copy of my birth certificate, and some other things. None of it mattered as my birth certificate was not the original and I have NO idea who has it (neither parents do).

Sales tax is 8.6% here.

[Daisy and Delilah]

We've been renewing driver's licenses online/by mail for years here in Florida. I'm shocked by what some of you have had to go through. I just renewed mine in July online. It took about 5 minutes total. I'm good for eight more years. Eight years ago, I renewed by mail because I had no computer. At the end of this eight years, it will be a total of 16 years I haven't had to go into the DMV at all. No wonder we have so many accidents in Florida and so many incompetent drivers on the road. I must live a sheltered life. I thought all states had been on mail in or online renewal systems for years.

[Uabassoon]

We've been renewing driver's licenses online/by mail for years here in Florida.

This thread reminded me that I finally need to update my address, I also went online. It took about 5 minutes, my new DL should be here next week, plus I also registered to vote

[Corinna]

Ummm we don't have sales tax in Montana! We have 8 or 10 year licensesMust go to the DMV also.

[Sevaede]

Ummm we don't have sales tax in Montana! We have 8 or 10 year licensesMust go to the DMV also.

That's another thing about Oregon that I miss! NO SALES TAX!

My husband, when we were visiting my sister and brother, and I had stopped into a gas station for gas and drinks. He was standing at the register trying to figure out the tax, when I pointed to a sign that said "Welcome to Oregon! No sales tax!" and he was like, "OH YEAH! "

[Pam]

This thread has been a real eye opener for me!! I had no idea that things were SO different state to state. Our neighboring state, Delaware, also has no sales tax and the property taxes are unbelievably low. So many people go to Delaware just to buy their cigarettes (roughly $28 per carton as opposed to about $55 per carton here in NJ). Seniors are retiring there in droves. I don't know about their licensing requirements but Delaware is looking pretty good to me for retirement.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

WOW !!!! Here we never have to renew our drivers licence! But may be it is different in the US because there your license is usually your ID. We all have a passport here, which we ALWAYS have to carry with us; so that is our official ID! I remember years ago when we tried to buy some new luggage in a department store in New York. They asked for our drivers license to contole our ID; Bernard replied: "hey, what is wrong with a normal passport??"
LOL!!

ps. Our passport has same size as a Mastercard, so it is easy to carry!

[Pam]

Lut I am so happy you replied. I was wondering how things were managed outside of the US. It's easy to see how a passport would be a better form of ID as, living with so many other countries so close by, it is probably used very often so needs to kept close at hand anyway.

I am still reeling at the high sales tax that some of you pay and also the ease with which you can renew your licenses.

[Killearn Kitties]

Our driver's licenses are also issued until age 65. After that, you need to have a test every two years, I think. (I'm a bit hazy on that, I will check nearer the time!)

[Rachel]

We're in Ohio ...

Then wait 5 minutes for the system to spit out your "new" license ...
which the clerk mixed up with several others and handed mine to a teeny-bopper GIRL -
who had a major upset when she looked at "her" photo!

As they say.....priceless!

[Daisy and Delilah]

No state tax in Florida either. Come on down Pam!!

I have edited this to change it to state tax from sales tax. We do have sales tax here. What was I thinking? I wish we didn't have sales tax

[JenBKR]

Wow what differences in sales tax! It's 6% here.