The lady in the DMV told us that if you're stopped by a cop, and he finds out you've been a resident of Oregon for more than 30 days and haven't changed your plates, you can be fined $3000. That was at 5:00 on the 30th day. We drove real carefully down to DMV the next morning to fill out all the paperwork and take our Driver's License tests.
I don't know if that's true, or just some DMV-lady fun.
Oregon collects your Driver's Licenses to ship back to your home state (which is a shame, since I make paintings of peoples' licenses), but they don't tell California that your car is now registered in Oregon.
I got a renewal notice from CA DMV, and had to call to find out what to do about having moved (there's no info on the DMV website). You have to send a photocopy of your Oregon registration to the California DMV in the envelope they provide for the registration payment.
Someone we know had a motorcycle-only license in California, but received a regular Class C license with a motorcycle endorsement in Oregon. I guess they'd never encountered anyone who didn't have a car-driving license before.
Or else it all comes down to the people behind the counter.
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