Welcome to The Villages. When you go to the Pinellas center (gold dome building), you will need several documents to get everything accomplished:
1. Current driver's license, and two forms of proof verifying your Florida address.
2. Current registration and titles for your vehicles.
3. Verification of valid Florida auto insurance for each vehicle.
4. VIN Verification forms, signed by an authorized official, for each vehicle. If you live in an area within the Wildwood city limits, you can call Wildwood PD, and they will send an officer to your home to complete those forms. Much easier than taking multiple vehicles to the center.
While you are at the Pinellas center, you can also register to vote, file your Homestead Exemption forms, and get a library card. True one-stop shopping.
If you have all of your ducks in a row, you will leave the center with your new Florida license plates, and your Florida driver's license. You will also leave with a somewhat lighter checking account. For normal passenger vehicles, figure on an all-in cost of about $450 per vehicle to get them established in Florida. That is, however, a one time expense. After the initial outlay, you only pay to renew the plates...which is dirt cheap. Good luck!
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