let's see. The DMV in my state doesn't recognize a passport as legal ID to show a name change or proof of citizenship. In order to get my driver's license after my name change (first and last); I had to have my SSN card, my old drivers license, my birth certificate, marriage certificate, and change of name form. To get my new passport, I needed the old passport (which was still valid) + the change of name documentation. Heaven forfend that I get robbed and lose my license because then I won't have a valid photo ID to get a valid photo ID (unless my employee ID would count since I work for a subset of the state government).
Also, it took 4 visits, 8 pieces of documentation and 4 people to get a car transferred to me. My parents got divorced and my mother remarried (so her current name doesn't match my birth certificate). I got married (so my last name doesn't match my birth certificate). I legally changed my first name (whee). So we ended up at MVA with the title of the car, the 'notification of gift' certificate, my birth certificate, her divorce decree, her 2nd marriage license, my marriage license, my paperwork on change of name, my passport, my husband's license, and our insurance cards to show that A) I was her daughter, B) my husband is a legal relative; C) we had insurance available for the car in question. If they had told us the first time we went through line (waited from 8:15-10:30am) what all we needed rather than just telling us that we were missing X documentation (not XY and Z) it wouldn't have been so annoying.
Retitling something after a death is really fun as well. Since you need to prove it wasn't a sale.
Oh, and if a jointly owned car has vanity plates, there is a special form that has to be signed by the former co-owner giving you rights to the plates.
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timeasmymeasure
Re: Thought that was standard
Date: 2009-11-06 04:03 pm (UTC)Also, it took 4 visits, 8 pieces of documentation and 4 people to get a car transferred to me. My parents got divorced and my mother remarried (so her current name doesn't match my birth certificate). I got married (so my last name doesn't match my birth certificate). I legally changed my first name (whee). So we ended up at MVA with the title of the car, the 'notification of gift' certificate, my birth certificate, her divorce decree, her 2nd marriage license, my marriage license, my paperwork on change of name, my passport, my husband's license, and our insurance cards to show that A) I was her daughter, B) my husband is a legal relative; C) we had insurance available for the car in question. If they had told us the first time we went through line (waited from 8:15-10:30am) what all we needed rather than just telling us that we were missing X documentation (not XY and Z) it wouldn't have been so annoying.
Retitling something after a death is really fun as well. Since you need to prove it wasn't a sale.
Oh, and if a jointly owned car has vanity plates, there is a special form that has to be signed by the former co-owner giving you rights to the plates.