"Ramon F Herrera" wrote in message
news:1182267404.084065.9960@n60g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> On Jun 19, 10:28 am, "sharx35" wrote:
>> "Ramon F Herrera" wrote in
>> messagenews:1182266743.224746.17520@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > I keep on hearing unsubstantiated and contradictory information about
>> > using a valid driver's license across the USA. My DL was issued in
>> > Massachusetts and will expire in 2009. In the last 2 years I have
>> > driven about 70K+ miles, across some 30 states, and now I have a
>> > postal address in Texas.
>>
>> > I am told told by a friend, a TX resident, that my MA driver's license
>> > (same as foreign country licenses) is only good for 30 days. However,
>> > cops have seen my license and didn't have any problem with it.
>>
>> > Another version that I find hard to believe: my friend says that TX
>> > accepts licenses only from states or countries which accepts TX-issued
>> > DLs. I didn't know that reciprocity applied here. Since when is TX in
>> > the business of making international reciprocity agreements? That is a
>> > federal issue. I claim that the driver's licenses issued by any US
>> > state can be used in all US states, with no need for bilateral
>> > negotiations.
>>
>> > -Ramon
>>
>> Your MA license is only good as long as YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF MA. If you
>> move elsewhere, e.g. to Texas, you have a short time, e.g. 30 days, to
>> get a
>> license from your NEW state of residence. Period. End of discussion.
>
> Well, the issue is whether I am a TX resident or not. I keep a MA
> apartment and have a TX postal address. I have been staying in hotels
> and at friends'.
>
If you have a MA apartment and no permanent address in TX, I would be
willing to bet that the worst anyone would do is require you to get a TX
license; so I wouldn't worry about it unless someone catches you. I
mistakenly assumed that you had actually moved to TX, and that doesn't seem
to be the case.
|