We check both states
We check the new state for the license, insurance, inspection, title, registration, tax, and order of visits. We check the old state for plates, registration, insurance, refunds, taxes, and any steps needed to end the old registration.
Deadlines come from official sources
We show a deadline only when an official source supplies it. If the rule is unclear, confirm it with the linked agency before acting.
Which sources count
We take a rule, fee, deadline, or form from one of these:
- A state or local agency website. The DMV, motor vehicle, revenue, insurance, or title office that runs the rule, usually at a .gov address, including its official forms.
- The legislature's own statute or rule pages. Used when a deadline or requirement comes from a statute.
- The lender's or leasing company's own website. Used for what that company says about titles, payoff, and lien releases. A lender's policy is not a state rule, and the page keeps the two apart.
We do not use blogs, forums, or review sites as sources for rules, fees, or deadlines. Pages that state a rule, fee, or deadline link to their sources so you can read the original.
Some state lien release pages cite the statute text from a public legal-text site such as FindLaw instead of the legislature's own page. The source label names that publisher. Confirm the current rule with the state agency before acting.
What the guide includes
What the agency requires
The guide identifies the title, registration, insurance, inspection, authorization, payment, and submission requirements.
What you must complete
The guide sends you to the agency or authorized provider for identity checks, signatures, payments, inspections, original documents, and required visits.
What NewState Drive can and cannot do
We can organize your steps, official links, request language, and dates. When an agency requires you or an authorized provider to sign or submit something, the guide directs you to that channel.
How updates work
Each cited source shows a last-reviewed date. The sections below explain what that date means, what happens when a source cannot be read, and how to send us a correction.
What “Last reviewed” means
On most guide pages, the date near the top, shown as “Last reviewed” or “Last checked,” is the most recent checked date among the sources listed on that page. A few page types show the date their rule was researched or reviewed instead. Either way it is not a full re-review of the page. A page can still cite a source that was checked earlier, and each source in the list shows its own “Checked” date and the facts it supports.
When a source cannot be read or sources disagree
If we cannot read what an official source says, or two official sources disagree, we leave the fact out instead of guessing, and the page tells you to confirm it with the agency or lender. If that leaves a page without enough support, we do not publish the page. For example, a lender that does not publish a payoff policy we could read has no lien release page here, even when the name is familiar. Where a lender does not publish a release time, the page says so and does not estimate one.
How to report a correction
Email hello@newstatedrive.com and include:
- The address of the page, copied from your browser.
- The official source that shows the rule, as a link to the agency, legislature, or lender page.
- The fact you think is wrong or changed, and what it should say.
Do not send a VIN, account number, driver license number, or notice number. The page address, source, and fact are enough.
Recent corrections
Corrections that changed what a page tells readers to do are listed here. The list starts on August 28, 2026. Earlier changes are not recorded here.
- Delaware insurance notice response
The notice guide told readers to return the old plate with a moved-out statement to the Delaware DMV Uninsured Motorist Section. It now says to follow the instructions printed on your official notice and to ask your insurer or licensed insurance agent what they must report. Read the Delaware notice guide
The mailing page described a paid tracked mailing for this response. It now explains that FR-1 and FR-19 are insurer and agency forms, not consumer response forms, links both official PDFs, and says there is no paid mailing option. Read the Delaware mailing page
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