As of today, we are Floridians! The process was so much easier than we expected. Fortunately, we had a pretty good idea of what needed to be done thanks to Escapees. We had previously set up mail forwarding through them and let them know we would use their Sumter County RV Park as our domicile address.

The Florida domicile guide on Escapees website explains the process and includes links to the necessary forms. Mike had printed and filled out the forms in advance, but we still expected it to be a long, drawn out process. (In Baltimore, going to the MVA is a major task and usually requires at least half a day.)

Since the Escapees RV park is located in Bushnell we decided to drive to the DMV there. We had heard that employees there are familiar with using Escapees as an address and, although it was a 2 hour drive each way, we think it was worth it. All of the county buildings are at one address and we were a bit confused when we pulled in. There is a big, beautiful building in front that we assumed was it (MVA’s in Baltimore are very large!). But as we drove through the parking lot, we saw a small sign on the Tax Collector’s Office that said ‘Drivers Licenses.’ That was it – they do it all! There was no wait and everyone was very helpful. As we had heard, they ARE very familiar with Escapees and even had the address memorized! We were there for about an hour and came out with new drivers’ licenses, vehicle registrations, and tags!!