According to the Pennsylvania Driver and Vehicle Services, all new residents with out-of-state non-commercial driver’s licenses must obtain a PA driver’s license within 60 days of establishing Pennsylvania residency.

You will be required to surrender your out-of-state driver’s license (valid or expired six months or less) before PennDOT can issue you a PA Driver's License. You will need to take a vision-screening test and complete the necessary forms, which are available at our Driver License Centers.

A knowledge test is not required for new residents with out-of-state driver's licenses which are valid or expired six months or less. A previous resident returning to Pennsylvania must meet all the same identification and residency requirements as a customer who has never been a PA resident.

Also new residents of PA are required, according to PennDOT, to make application for Pennsylvania title and registration of their vehicle(s) within 20 days of establishing residency in Pennsylvania.

Individuals are required to have a valid form of Pennsylvania identification in order to make application to title and register a vehicle in Pennsylvania. Although new residents have 60 days to obtain a Pennsylvania driver's license, there is nothing to prevent them from obtaining their Pennsylvania driver's license sooner.

Whether not changing over your license or plates are primary offenses which you can be stopped by law enforcement for we are unsure so you should check with PennDOT to find out. They also would be able to advise you as what the penalties would be if you were cited for these violations of PA law.

If it is not a primary offense likely if you were stopped for another infraction, such as speeding and found to now be a resident of PA but had not changed over your registration or license you could be cited for these violations of Pennsylvania law.

Also keep in mind that many states request that individuals turn in others that have moved to a new state and still drive around with their old license plates from their previous state. This is done because your new state, in this case PA, is not getting the taxes and fees paid to it for your vehicle as they should.

As for your insurance, tickets for not changing over your license and plates in the required time period may not cause your rates to rise necessarily but you will need to change your insurance from New York coverage to Pennsylvania coverage. This change in geological location for garaging and driving the car may cause your rates to go up or down.

To get a quote for Pennsylvania auto insurance, follow this link.