NEWCOMERS INFORMATION

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COURTHOUSE

DRIVER'S LICENSES

You must obtain a Florida's driver's license within 30 days if you:

1. Accept a job here.

2.enroll your children in a local school.

3. Claim homestead exemption.

4. Register to vote.

New residents are required to pass only a visual exam if they have a valid license from another state. Licenses are issued for six years and expire at midnight on your birth date.

If you don't have a license or your out-of-state License has expired, you will also have to take the complete test. If you are over 18 and don't have a valid license, it required that you have a latter of clearance from your previous state of residence. The state issues a driver's manual. Pick up a free copy of this booklet at the driver's examination office.

EMERGENCY NUMBER

911 is the only telephone number you need to remember if you have an emergency and need the help of the police, fire department or ambulance.

FISHING LICENSES

A nonresident must have a saltwater

License to fish from either a boat or land. Residents may fish from land only without a saltwater license. When fishing from a boat, a license is required. A freshwater license is required for all freshwater fishing. Fisherman under 16 and over 65 are exempt from both saltwater and freshwater licensing. Licenses may be obtained at the county

Courthouse and at most bait and tackle stores. For information about freshwater licenses, call the Florida Game and fresh Water Fish Commission

(800-432-2046).

MEDICAL SERVICES

The medical societies of each county

Offer free physician referral services.

Their telephone numbers are:

• BROWARD
  954-714-9477

• PALM BEACH
  561-276-3636

• MIAMI-DADE
  305-324-8717

MOTOR VEHICLE

REPAIR ACT

Should you have any automobile repair work done with costs exceeding $50, an automobile mechanic is required

Under Florida law to give you a written estimate. The final bill may not exceed the written estimate by more than 10

Percent without your approval. you may waive the right to have a written estimate,

But keep in mind a written copy might be a wiser idea in the long run.

PET LICENSES

In Palm beach and Broward counties, Your dog and cat must be vaccinated Against rabies and licensed by the time they are four months old. (cats can also Be tattooed or micro chipped.) In Miami-

Dade County, dogs and cats have to Have the rabies shot by age four months, But only dogs need to be licensed.

If you move into one of these counties With a pet, you have two weeks in Palm beach and thirty days in Broward

And Miami-Dade to comply with these Laws. It is important to license your pet As soon as possible in case it should

Stray in its new surroundings. As for confinement laws, dogs in All three counties must be kept under

The absolute control of the owner, Restrained by a fence, leash, cord or chain. Cats are exempt from the leash laws.

For more information:

• BROWARD
  Animal control

  954/359-1313

• PALM BEACH
  Animal regulation

  561/276-1344

• MIAMI-DADE
  Animal Services

  305/884-1101,ext. 100

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