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Our friendly and professional staff pride themselves on offering our clients the highest level of service possible. Our goal is to help you make an informed and well-educated investment decision on the purchase or sale of your property. That’s why we are proud to offer a series of special reports that can save you thousands of dollars during your next move. Just click on the report of your choice and we will send it out to you free of charge.

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When selling your home, you want the most for your investment. This report offers you simple and easy to complete tips that can help you prepare your home for a lucrative sale.

Buyer’s Guide
We understand that our clients want to be informed and kept fully apprised of all the steps along the way. However, we also understand that they are looking for the expertise of our sales agents to help clarify the process and to provide confidential expert advice. To this end we promise to:

Provide you with a highly trained real estate professional
Determine your needs and goals while carefully evaluating your lifestyle needs
Help you to find the best financing resources that will fit most effectively within your budget
Focus your home search to ensure that all options are at your disposal
Arrange area tours
Provide you with state-of-the-art relocation services at point of departure and destination
Ensure that you are fully comfortable with all of the standard required forms and procedures including disclosure forms, listing agreement and sales contract
Present your offer to the seller and prepare the contract of sale for the purchase of your new home
Follow through on all details of the transaction including the deposit of monies into a secure trust account and providing your attorney with any needed documentation
Assist in the preparation of the mortgage application
Arrange for pre-closing inspections and accompany you through the inspection
Provide appraisers with needed data
Assist you in acquiring homeowner’s insurance
Remind you to transfer utilities and take final readings
Attend the closing
Contact you after you move in to your new home, assist with the settling in and get your honest

Resident Guide
If you are new to Connecticut, this guide will help familiarize yourself with rules and regulations establishing residence.

Residency
The answer to your question may seem overly simply, but you would establish legal residence in the State of Connecticut by living here. There is no specific statute that I am aware of the governs establishing residency, other than for estate tax purposes.

To demonstrate that you are a resident, you would have to have a place to live, additionally you could obtain a Connecticut Driver’s License, register any vehicles in the state, and register to vote in Connecticut. These along with paying taxes and having a job would be evidence of residency, but really all you need to do is live here.

If you maintain a second residence in another state, it might complicate the issue and there may be some question concerning the amount of time you reside in each location, but the other items referred to above would help to clarify such questions.
Voter Registration
It's never been easier to become a registered voter. But that fact is meaningless unless real energy is put behind this effort. That's what we're doing in Connecticut, and we've enlisted many partners in this endeavor:

Connecticut's public colleges and universities place voter registration cards in the hands of incoming freshmen, and independent colleges also conduct special voter registration days on campuses statewide.

We're collaborating with the Connecticut Business and Industry Association to enlist businesses in voter registration efforts for their employees, customers and clients. Hundreds of leading corporations are part of this growing effort.

We're working with leading financial institutions to promote "voter registration weeks" at local credit unions and bank branches.

Newspapers have included a voter registration card insert in their newspaper as part of a special series on voting-- the first time that's ever been done in Connecticut.

We have intensified efforts to attract high school students, as they turn 18, to the democratic process. A new law permits 17 year olds to pre-register as voters, enhancing efforts to register high school students. To help, we provide a voting education curriculum.

We're working with the clergy, the NAACP and others to register voters at church, with utilities to include a voter registration card with utility bills, and with public libraries offering voter registration across the state.
Licensing Requirements for New Residents
Once you have established residency in Connecticut, you have 30 days to transfer your out of state license to Connecticut.

Operators currently licensed in another state may apply for a Connecticut license at any DMV Full Service Office, without an appointment, up to one-half hour before closing. The operator must possess an out-of-state license which is currently valid and has not expired for 60 days or more.
Full Service Office

Applicant must supply the following:

Your current out of state license, which must be surrendered at the time a Connecticut license is issued, plus one acceptable form of identification from either the Primary or Secondary list of acceptable forms of identification. If the current out of state license does not contain a photograph or a date of birth, two documents from the list of acceptable forms of identification are required, one of these forms of identification must be from the Primary list.
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Note: If you are not a citizen of the United States, you will be required to show proof of your legal status in this country.

* Holders of a B1 or B2 Visitor's Visa are not eligible for a driver's license or identification card unless a valid Employment Authorization Card (EAC) and verification of an application pending for Lawful Permanent Residence is provided.
* Foreign students with an F1 Visa status must show Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) document I-20 and verification of current enrollment in a Connecticut school.
* J1 Visa holders are required to show INS document IAP-66.
* All applicants will be verified through INS for legal status before a driver's license/identification card will be issued.
Verification of resident address. Verification may be in the form of a utility bill, mortgage document, lease or rental agreement, or a postmarked letter if the resident address is the same as the mailing address.
In accordance with the Social Security Act 42 U.S.C. 666 (a) (13), it will be required that the social security number of any applicant applying for a new Connecticut driver's license be recorded on the Application for a Non-Commercial Driver's License (R229)
The application fee of $36.
The fee for your license, which can vary from $49.25 to $61.25, depending on the number of years the license will be valid (five and one-half to seven years), which depends on your date of birth.

A vision test must be taken.

If your out-of-state license has expired for more than 60 days, you will be required to schedule an appointment and take all driver's examinations.

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If you have lost your license, we will need a letter of verification from your previous state of residence stating that you have a current license from that state. You must present the letter of verification and meet the requirements as stated above.

Note:
* Full time students living in Connecticut but maintaining out of state or out of country permanent residency do not have to obtain a Connecticut license as long as full-time student status is in effect. Once full-time student status is terminated (according to school records), they have 30 days to obtain a Connecticut license.
* Military personnel and dependents assigned to Connecticut are not required to obtain a Connecticut license.
* Foreign travelers on a visitor's visa may operate a motor vehicle in Connecticut for one year with a valid out of country license and an International Driver Permit which is obtained form your home country.
* A license from Puerto Rico is the same as an out of state license; however, you must obtain an abstract of your driver record from Puerto Rico prior to transferring your license to Connecticut. Please proceed to your local full service branch office for more information.
* Connecticut does not accept a license issued to individuals who are under 16 years of age.

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Reminder: As a new Connecticut resident, you are required to transfer your out of state registration to Connecticut within 60 days. Please see Requirements to Transfer Your Out of State Registered Vehicle for detailed information.

Requirements to Transfer Your Out of State Registered Vehicle

Requirements Connecticut Registration
Once you have established residency in Connecticut, you have 60 days to transfer your vehicle(s) registration to this state.

A Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) verification is required. Bring your vehicle to a full service DMV office.
* The VIN verfication will be completed and a report will be given to you to present for registration.
* The Norwalk Branch Office no longer performs VIN verifications. Please proceed to the Darien Station to obtain a VIN verification.

Once you have had your VIN verified you must:

* Proceed to the registration area and submit your out of state Certificate of Title and motor vehicle registration certificate. If your Title is being held by a lienholder, a photocopy of the Title must be presented.
* Provide your VIN verification report that was given to you.
* Complete the Application for Registration and Certificate of
Title (form H-13).
* Provide your current Connecticut Insurance Identification Card, which can be obtained from your insurance company. The insurance card must be in the name of registered owner(s) of vehicle. If vehicle is being leased, the insurance card may be in the name of the lessee.
* Identification will be required to register a vehicle. Please see list of acceptable forms of identification. Photocopies of identification are acceptable if the registrant does not appear in person.

Note: Vehicles cannot be registered if delinquent property tax or parking tickets are owed or if the registrant has had their registration privilege suspended.

In order to register a leased vehicle from another state the certificate of title is required. However, if the leased vehicle is being financed and the certificate of title is being held by the lienholder, a photocopy of the certificate of title together with a valid registration will suffice. No change of ownership will be permitted without the original certificate of title being assigned from the seller to the purchaser.

Reminder: As a new Connecticut resident you have 30 days to transfer your out of state drivers license to Connecticut. Please see License Requirements for New Residents for detailed information.

License Requirements for New Residents

Motor Vehicle Branch Offices, And Telephone Numbers:
Bridgeport, 1825 East Main Street (579-6223)
Danbury, 25 Tamarack Road (797-4170)
Enfield, 4 Pearson Way (623-5124)
Hamden, 1985 State Street (789-7520)
New Britain, 1185 West Main Street (827-7743)
Northwestern, Route 8, Winsted (379-8564)
Norwich, 173 Salem Turnpike (887-2535)
Old Saybrook, 7 Custom Drive (388-3467)
Stamford, 85 Magee Avenue (327-4700)
Waterbury, 1625 Thomaston Avenue (bY6-4481)
Wethersfield, 60 State Street (566-4710)
Willimantic, 1557 West Main Street (423-1688)

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