If i move to NY from NJ, Do i have to chance my car's NJ plate? Do I have to chance my NJ driver licence too?

Question

I am a international student, came to NJ 2 months ago. Im planning to move to NY next semester.

Answer 1

Yes. Many states give you a set time from when you move to register in your new state, usually 1 month, but in some states as much as 6 months. By reciprocity rules, they will accept your NJ driver's license (you must give it to them and not get it back), and issue you a new NY one. (And you have to pay a fee, of course. This IS a government office, after all.)

To save registration money, you may want to wait until your NJ car registration is, say, a month away from its expiration date, and then register your car in NY. Note that the law says you must register in NY within the time they've set, and likely will not allow this. But perhaps NJ allows you get a partial refund of your NJ registration fee if you terminate the NJ registration early. If so, there'd be no reason to wait for the NJ registration to run out its full term.

Answer 2

yes u have too