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Checklist for Moving
Before you leave:
Address Change:
- Post Office: Give Forwarding Address.
- Charge Accounts, Credit Cards.
- Subscriptions: Notice requires several weeks.
- Friends and Relatives
Bank:
- Transfer funds; arrange check cashing in new city.
- Arrange credit references.
Insurance:
- Notify company of new auto location for coverage: Life, Health, Fire and Auto.
Utility Companies:
- Gas, light, water, telephone, fuel, garbage
- Get refunds on any deposits made.
Delivery Service:
- Laundry, newspaper, changeover of service.
Medical, Dental, Prescription Histories:
- Ask Doctor and Dentist for referrals: transfer needed for prescriptions, eyeglasses, Xrays.
- Obtain birth records, medical records, etc.
Pets:
- Ask about regulations for licenses, vaccinations, tags, etc.
And Don't Forget To:
- Empty freezer, plan use of food.
- Defrost freezer and clean refrigerator. Place charcoal to dispense odors
- Have appliances serviced for moving.
- Remember arrangements for TV and antenna.
- Clean rugs or clothing before moving; have them moving-wrapped.
- Check with your Moving Counselor; insurance coverage, packing and unpacking labor, arrival day, various shipping, methods and time of expected payments.
And on Moving Day:
- Carry enough cash or travelers checks to cover cost of moving services and expenses until you make banking connections in new city.
- Carry jewelry and documents yourself; or use registered mail.
- Plan for transporting of pets; they are poor traveling companions if unhappy.
- Let close friends or relatives know your routes and schedule you will travel, including overnight stops; use him or her as a message headquarters.
- Carry travelers checks for quick, available funds.
- Double check closets, drawers, and shelves to be sure they are empty.
- Leave all old keys needed by new tenant or owner with REALTOR® or owner.
And at Your New Address:
- Obtain certified checks or cashiers check necessary for closing Real Estate Transaction.
- Check on service of telephone, gas, electricity, water and garbage.
- Check pilot light on stove, hot water heater, and furnace.
- Have appliances checked.
- Ask Mailman for mail he may be holding for your arrival.
- Have new address recorded on driver's license.
- Visit city offices and register for voting.
- Register car within five days after arrival in state or a penalty will have to be paid when getting new license plates.
- Obtain inspection sticker and transfer motor club membership
- Apply for state driver's license.
- Register your family in your new place of worship.
- Register children in school.
- Arrange medical services: Doctor, Dentist, Veterinarian, etc.
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