Moving in 3 months, Driver's License expires in 2 weeks

Post date: 2020-02-27 11:22:04

How do I renew my driver's license to show a future address I'll have possession of in a few months?

After being a lifelong renter, we made the plunge and commited to buying our first property. We completed the attorney review period and have now entered a long closing period, which is set to conclude with the purchase and title transfer in May. We (and sellers) are happy with this agreement giving us plenty of time to prepare for moving and wrap up loose ends on both sides.

However, my Driver's License (Illinois) is set to expire in a few weeks. I need to renew it, but obviously I don't want to have my current address on there which will be invalid in a few months. While providing a copy of the executed contract, is there anyway the DMV will let me put my new longterm address on there?

The current owners are willing to write something to the effect of "we currently live here but kittysockpuppet will be taking ownership in May, and we're ok with them using the future address for this." After googling and looking on the Secretary of State website I can't find anything related to putting a new address that is not currently inhabited for a license. I'm gonna guess this is because they might not allow this, but looking for any advice for how to make a strong case here.

Basically, it looks like I'm going to have to get a new DL with my current address, then a few months later go back and get it with the updated address? Is there anyway to avoid waiting in line twice here, any shortcut or cheaper option to maybe get a "temporary DL" or something similar and then a permanent one once we live in our new home? This is probably all further complicated by the fact that I have to 'upgrade' to a RealID, and I've been hearing horror stories about the wait times so far at SOS facilities.

Additional information: in Cook County IL; license that was issued 4 years ago and is about to expire does not have my current rental address and lists an old property.

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