What documents needed to change address on drivers license

Mail:

Driver and Vehicle Services – Central Office
Town Square Building
445 Minnesota Street, Suite 190
Saint Paul, MN 55101-5190

Email:

Driver Services

Phone:

Driver’s Licenses: (651) 297-3298
Office Locations: (651) 297-2005
Driver’s License Status: (651) 284-2000 or online
Assistance for Hearing Impaired Callers (TDD/TTY): (651) 282-6555

Change the address on your driver’s license (DL) or identification (ID) card, or on your vehicle/vessel.

Before you begin…

• Have both your old and new addresses handy.

• If changing the address for your vehicle or vessel, you will also need your most recent registration card and the address where your trailer coach or vessel is located (if applicable).

Watch the Step-by-Step Guide

Change of Address (COA) Step-by-Step Guide – Extended Video

Are you eligible to change your address online?

You are not eligible to change your address online if you:

• Do not currently have a California DL/ID card.
• Do not have a social security number.
• Have a commercial driver’s license (CDL) issued by California and your residence address is in another state.
• Have an Army Post Office (APO) or Fleet Post Office (FPO) address.
• Have an address outside of the United States.
• Have applied for but have not received your REAL ID DL/ID card.
• Have a leased vehicle.
• Want to change the address on your disabled person (DP) placard. (You may use the online Change of Address system to change the address for DP plates, however.)

If any of the above applies to you, please complete a Change of Address (DMV14) form and mail it to the address listed on the form. A change of address does not require an in-person visit to a DMV office.

Frequently Asked Questions

DMV will not automatically update your address across documents when you only update your address for one. However, you have the option in the online COA system to change both your DL/ID card and vehicle/vessel registration at the same time, if desired.

You may use a PO box for your mailing address; however, you must provide a residence address when your COA includes your DL/ID card. Temporary mailing addresses are not allowed.

No, you cannot. You may only change the address for up to three of your own vehicles.

Yes. You can change the address for up to three vehicles in one transaction, if they have the same address.

Yes. Be sure to check, however, with your new state regarding their driver’s license and/or vehicle registration requirements.

No. California residency is required for you to maintain a California CDL. If you have established residency outside of California, you must transfer your CDL to your current state of residency.

No, you cannot change the address for your occupational license using the Change of Address system. You can visit a DMV office in person to change the address for your occupational license.

Certain records require special handling. If you received this message, complete a Change of Address (DMV 14) form and mail it to the address listed on the form.

During the online Change of Address process you will have the option to register to vote and provide voter preferences that DMV will electronically forward to the Secretary of State (SOS) (if you are eligible). If you are currently a registered voter, you may ask DMV to notify the SOS of your new address. If you opt not to have DMV forward your information, it is your responsibility to notify the SOS of your address change.

Simply revisit the Change of Address system after 72 hours, log in, and choose “check the status of the request.”

Guidance

Update your address within 10 days of moving or if there is an error

• If you move, you must change your address on your license, permit, non-driver ID, and vehicle records with the DMV within 10 days.
• If you discover an error on your address, you should correct it. 
• When you change your address for a vehicle registration, we also update the title certificate record.
• If the name on your registration record does not exactly match what is on your title certificate you will need to contact the Title Services Bureau at 1-518-486-4714 to update the address on your title record.
• While it is recommended, you do not need to order new DMV documents with your new address. You can write your new address on the back of your driver license, non-driver ID card, or learner permit, and on the front of the registration document (carefully draw lines through the old address). Do not write the new address on a title certificate.
• The DMV sends documents and important notices to customers by mail. We recommend that you use the same address on all of your applications, documents, and transactions.

The U.S. Postal Service does not notify DMV when you change your mailing address 

Changing your address with the U.S. Postal Service does not update your DMV records. You must still report your address change to both the U.S. Postal Service and the DMV.

For Traffic Violations Bureau tickets

If you update your address for a Traffic Violations Bureau (TVB) traffic ticket transaction, the update does not change the address on your driver license, non-driver ID, permit, or vehicle registration records.

If you update the address for your driver license, non-driver ID, permit, or vehicle registration records, the update does not change the address for your traffic ticket.

How to update

Online

If you already have a MyDMV account

Log in to NY.gov ID to access your MyDMV account

If you do not have a MyDMV account

You will need information from your most recently issued New York State driver license, learner permit, or non-driver ID (see sample ID documents).

If you lost your document, renewed or ordered a new one recently and have not received it in the mail yet, you will need to wait for it to arrive before you can create a MyDMV account.  (You can still change your address by mail).  

Sign up for MyDMV

By mail

To change your license, permit, non-driver ID and/or the address on your registration(s), mail a completed Address Change (PDF) (MV-232) form to

NYS DMV License Production Bureau
PO Box 2895
Albany, NY 12220-0895

If you want to replace your documents, be sure to include payment. You can find payment information on the Change Address (MV-232) form.

Additional information

You may have different mailing and residential addresses on photo ID documents. A standard ID will show your mailing address. A REAL ID or Enhanced ID will show your residential address. See more information about different document types.

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