Jumping Frog wrote:I can confirm that a Utah license remains valid until expired. Utah would only require that you have a Texas license as a Texas resident when it is time to renew your Utah license. It does not become invalid when you move here.
As far as your original question, that is exactly how I moved to Texas. I had a Utah non-resident license and carried on that. Meanwhile, I took my training from Mr. Cotton and applied for a Texas non-resident license using my out of state address since my family did not move here until the end of the school year.
When we bought a house and moved here (yeah!), I simply filed a change of address on the Texas license and it automatically updated to become a Texas resident license instead of a non-resident license. Note that it costs $25 to change the address.
So.... I'm going to throw up a flag here.... Based on a friends experience moving here from WA. This may or may not apply to Utah.
His WA license remained valid until expiration after he moved (confirmed with WA issuing authority), but when he called TX DPS they told him that since he had a WA resident license and a TX DL, that he could be arrested for carrying.... TX didn't recognize that combination of things.
I think it is NOT safe to assume that just because your UT non-resident license is still valid, that TX will honor it. I suggest you contact TX DPS and ask that question specifically. I would do that by email so that the reply can be used as documentation. I'm not saying it's not valid, only that it's not always a good idea to assume, it's better to ask.
Just my $0.02