CaptainFinn
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Okay, let me preface this by saying my family moved to W. Virginia a little over a year ago. My wife's family is originally from here, and her grandmother and aunt & uncle still live here.
My wife was born in South Florida (where her parents still reside) and that is where I spent the last twenty years or so.
Within a month of moving here I went and got my WV driver's license. I have a Fl CWP which is recognised by WV, but now that it has expired I have decided to get a WV Weapons Permit.
No problem for me.
The problem is my wife. She wants a West Virginia DL and a West Virginia Concealed Weapons Permit.
The problem ?
The DMV has told her she needs a birth certificate to get her DL. No problem. But the birth certificate is in her MAIDEN name. Her FL driver's license is in her married name.
To accept the birth certificate as 'hers' she has to show a marriage license. No problem, here's the copy issued to us by the county clerk in Florida...
PROBLEM.
DMV says a county-issued stamped COPY is no good, they need an original. Well, I called down to Florida and spoke with the county clerk's office. FLorida doesn't issue an 'original', all they will issue is a stamped notarized COPY. Which is apparently good for everyone in the known universe except for the WV DMV.
I asked the DMV lady what I could do and the only suggestion she had was to (I'm not making this up) fill out an application for a marriage license in WV and essentially 'get married' by the county clerk so we'd have a 'legitmate' marriage license.
Sorry, I got married eight years ago by a minister,in the eyes of God and under the dubious authority of the Broward County Clerk of Ft. LAuderdale Fl.
Any ideas ? MY wife has been 'warned' by a local PD that she needs to get a WV driver's license ASAP--actually, the guy said you're supposed to get it within ten days of taking up residence here, but the DMV won't budge.
And in the mean time, my wife has decreed that she's gonna just Open Carry, as it's allowed. I'm still trying to work out the details, apparently she'll have to unload and secure the firearm before getting into a motor vehicle--which has me a little uneasy, as she's constantly driving to and fro with the kids, I don't want her to get in trouble if she forgets to secure the gun while loading the kids in and out of the mini-van.
Okay, let me preface this by saying my family moved to W. Virginia a little over a year ago. My wife's family is originally from here, and her grandmother and aunt & uncle still live here.
My wife was born in South Florida (where her parents still reside) and that is where I spent the last twenty years or so.
Within a month of moving here I went and got my WV driver's license. I have a Fl CWP which is recognised by WV, but now that it has expired I have decided to get a WV Weapons Permit.
No problem for me.
The problem is my wife. She wants a West Virginia DL and a West Virginia Concealed Weapons Permit.
The problem ?
The DMV has told her she needs a birth certificate to get her DL. No problem. But the birth certificate is in her MAIDEN name. Her FL driver's license is in her married name.
To accept the birth certificate as 'hers' she has to show a marriage license. No problem, here's the copy issued to us by the county clerk in Florida...
PROBLEM.
DMV says a county-issued stamped COPY is no good, they need an original. Well, I called down to Florida and spoke with the county clerk's office. FLorida doesn't issue an 'original', all they will issue is a stamped notarized COPY. Which is apparently good for everyone in the known universe except for the WV DMV.
I asked the DMV lady what I could do and the only suggestion she had was to (I'm not making this up) fill out an application for a marriage license in WV and essentially 'get married' by the county clerk so we'd have a 'legitmate' marriage license.
Sorry, I got married eight years ago by a minister,in the eyes of God and under the dubious authority of the Broward County Clerk of Ft. LAuderdale Fl.
Any ideas ? MY wife has been 'warned' by a local PD that she needs to get a WV driver's license ASAP--actually, the guy said you're supposed to get it within ten days of taking up residence here, but the DMV won't budge.
And in the mean time, my wife has decreed that she's gonna just Open Carry, as it's allowed. I'm still trying to work out the details, apparently she'll have to unload and secure the firearm before getting into a motor vehicle--which has me a little uneasy, as she's constantly driving to and fro with the kids, I don't want her to get in trouble if she forgets to secure the gun while loading the kids in and out of the mini-van.