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Moving between states? Know your obligations. Verified at the source.

The duties that attach when you leave one state and arrive in another — licence, registration, insurance ordering, part-year tax — each shown with its statute or agency source and the date it was verified.

Leaving

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Example

Leaving Michigan for Texas

Leaving Michigan

PRE rescission

exempted property no longer being used as the owner's principal residence

duty deadline 90 days

MCL 211.7cc(5) -- rescission of the principal residence exemption verified Sep 2026

Driver license address

change of residence before expiration of a Michigan operator or chauffeur licence

duty deadline immediate

MCL 257.315(1) -- operator/chauffeur change of residence verified Aug 2026

Registration address

moving from the address named in the vehicle registration or title application

duty deadline 10 days

MCL 257.228(1) -- registrant/title-holder change of address verified Aug 2026

Part-year tax

moving the permanent home out of Michigan during the tax year

duty deadline the Michigan individual income tax filing deadline for the tax year (annual; the specific statutory due-date rule was not sourced in this pass)

Michigan Treasury, residency FAQ -- "moved into or out of Michigan during the year" verified Aug 2026

Arriving in Texas

Inspection replacement fee

application for initial registration or renewal of registration of a noncommercial vehicle in Texas

duty deadline interval-free ordering rule

H.B. 3297, 88th Leg., R.S. (enrolled) -- caption verified Aug 2026

Driver license

entering Texas as a new resident, for a person who operates a motor vehicle

duty deadline 90 days

Tex. Transp. Code s. 521.029(a) -- 90-day operation window for new residents (official text, rendered client 2026-08-30 -- the site serves a nav shell to plain HTTP clients; matches the texas.public.law mirror read at encoding verbatim) verified Aug 2026

Driver license surrender

application for a Texas driver licence while holding a valid out-of-state licence

duty deadline interval-free ordering rule

Texas DPS, "Moving to Texas" -- surrender on transfer verified Aug 2026

Registration

becoming a resident of Texas with a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer used or to be used on a public highway

duty deadline 30 days

Tex. Transp. Code s. 502.040(a) -- registration within 30 days of residency (official text, the chapter document the Legislature's own server publishes, captured 2026-09-23) verified Sep 2026

Emissions

registering or operating a covered vehicle in an emissions-program county

duty deadline interval-free ordering rule

H.B. 3297, 88th Leg., R.S., SECTION 18 (enrolled) -- the surviving s. 548.301(a) inspection-fee hook, indirect evidence the affected-county program continues verified Aug 2026

Financial responsibility

operating a motor vehicle in Texas

duty deadline immediate

Tex. Transp. Code s. 601.051 -- requirement of financial responsibility (official text, the chapter document the Legislature's own server publishes, captured 2026-09-23) verified Sep 2026

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