Posted by Stamper_WI on 2/7/11 7:08pm
Msg #371845

TX notaries

I did a signing for an army major tonight. She is stationed here in WI. The house being refinanced is in MO. She had a TX drivers license with a WI address on it. (They have a house in TX too). How in the heck does that happen?
She said she renewed online and tried to correct the glasses restriction because she had lasix surgery. She sent the documentation and this license is what she ended up with.
Her husband, to make things even more interesting, had a WI drivers license.

Both had military ID's .

Reply by Teresa/FL on 2/7/11 7:48pm
Msg #371849

It's a military thing, not a TX thing.

When you are active duty military you have the option of keeping your DL for your home state instead of getting a new license issued in the state you are stationed in. I'm not sure if every state allows this, but it makes sense for military personnel who are frequently transferred.

My father was in the Army and he and my mom always kept their TN licenses, no matter where we lived.

Reply by Philip Johnson on 2/7/11 8:16pm
Msg #371851

I used my first NC license issued in 1976

up until 2000, when I got a Washington license to make things easier. What fun it was though showing my license I got when I was 16, shoulder length hair, semi pimply face, youthful exuberance, when I was 40 having glasses, graying hair (what's left of it), same youthful exuberance though to cashiers and such.

Reply by Teresa/FL on 2/7/11 8:31pm
Msg #371856

Re: I used my first NC license issued in 1976

We lived in TN, WA, SC, TX, GA, NJ, England, GA (again), and KY. The whole time my parents kept their TN licenses. We lived at Ft. Campbell, KY when I got my license, but our housing area was on the TN side, so I got my first license in TN too.

Reply by John Schenk on 2/7/11 8:18pm
Msg #371852

Sheppard A.F.B. is here where I am so run across things like that from multiple states over the years. Does look kinda funny though.

JJ :-D

Reply by Shelly_FL on 2/7/11 10:18pm
Msg #371863

Military members may choose whether to hold a DL in the

state where they are stationed or where their official record of "permanent residence" is listed. In the past military members were reassigned every 2-3 years and moved more frequently than they do today.

Reply by Marian_in_CA on 2/8/11 12:29am
Msg #371868

This is normal for military people...

Military members and their families are allowed to pretty much permanently extend their DL's no matter where they happen to be. It's usually easier, and less expensive to just continue renewing the ID that they have on hand, rather than go through the trouble of getting a new one whenever they move. I live near a major Air Force Base and I see just about every ID imaginable. Let me tell you, the ID checking guide in my briefcase gets a good workout.

In CA, we really can't accept the military IDs anymore because they've all converted to the common access cards and lack required elements on them. It's tough, because when I ask for ID, they always pull out the military one first. Those are great, but pretty much useless for CA notary purposes.

Reply by Stamper_WI on 2/8/11 6:13am
Msg #371878

Re: This is normal for military people...

She said it was because she was in the military but I had never run across it before even though I see military people a lot with Ft Mcoy so close. I use military ID's as a secondary ID because it does have a picture.
Thanks everyone!