Moving to Pennsylvania

☐New residents with an out-of-state non-commercial license obtain a Pennsylvania driver's license within 60 days of establishing residency (30 days for a CDL), through PennDOT Driver and Vehicle Services.

☐New residents apply for Pennsylvania title and registration of their vehicles within 20 days of establishing residency, with proof of Pennsylvania insurance showing effective and expiration dates.

☐Voter registration is available online, by mail, or at PennDOT license centers, at least 15 days before an election to vote in it.

☐Pennsylvania offers no recordable declaration-of-domicile instrument (a verified absence). The Department of Revenue's residency guidance looks to the permanent abode and intent to return — the license, registration, voter, and local-tax records above form the evidence trail.

☐The homestead exclusion — a reduction in assessed value before school property tax is computed — requires an application filed with the county assessment office by the March 1 preceding the tax year.

☐Registration requires a Pennsylvania policy meeting the state minimums — $15,000/$30,000 bodily injury liability and $5,000 property damage liability.

☐For movers keeping a job in New Jersey (or Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia), the reciprocal agreement routes wage withholding to Pennsylvania — the employer withholds the home state's 3.07% instead of the work state's tax.

☐Act 32 local earned income tax attaches at the new home address: the DCED address search identifies the political subdivision (PSD) code, resident rate, and the appointed local collector, and a Residency Certification Form filed with the employer sets withholding at the higher of the resident or workplace rate.

☐The arrival year is filed on the PA-40 as a part-year resident: resident treatment for the Pennsylvania portion of the year, nonresident treatment for the rest, with intangible income outside the base for the pre-move months.