new to Florida
 

Just wanted to know as we will become residents in Florida in Jan... How much time to we have to register our cars, get new license plates and fill out a form to get the homestead exemption. Can hardly wait till we close on our home Dec. 27th and than we are on are way.... I hope we beat the snow.

Thanks for all the great tips.....

Thirty days for the registration and drivers license. You are very lucky to be closing on Dec 27th because you have to own the house on Jan 1 in order to qualify for homestead exemption in 2012. You have until March 31 to request it. In order to vote in the FL primary, you must register 29 days before the election which is January 31. Good luck

Correction: You have to apply for the homestead exemption by March 1 not March 31 as I stated previously. Sorry about that.

I was browsing the DMV site yesterday and noticed that you only have 10 days to register you vehicles after establsihing residency. Requirments can be found at the following two pages:

Registration - 10 days: http://www.flhsmv.gov/dhsmv/newflres.html

Drivers License - 30 days: http://www.dmvflorida.org/moving-to-florida.shtml