This is meant to serve as a checklist if you're moving. My wife and I are moving and our current list has 40+ contacts to get in touch with. This general reminder list has served us well. If you have more suggestions, post them here. Note: List updated 3/28/08.

1. Health insurance (medical and dental)
2. College savings accounts
3. 401k, 403b, IRAs, etc.
4. Bank accounts (checking, savings, HYS)
5. Credit cards (good luck AORs)
6. Credit card reward groups (i.e. Thankyounetwork, Babymint, etc.)
7. Homeowner's/automobile/life insurance
8. Employers
9. Water/sewer provider
10. Electric provider
11. Natural gas provider
12. Phone provider
13. Waste collection provider
14. Cable/satellite/internet provider
15. Mortgage provider (even if you're paying off your loan)
16. DMV (get new licenses)
17. Upromise (if you use their useless service)
18. Voter registration
19. Magazine subscriptions
20. EZ Pass (auto tolls)
21. Online shopping websites (eBay and Paypoo, too)
22. Credit reporting agencies (I thought this was automatic by doing #5)
23. Professional organizations
24. Labor union
25. Library
26. Gym
27. Airline, Hotel and Rental Car rewards programs.
28. The IRS and state tax agencies in states where you have lived recently.
29. Social Security Office, ssa.gov
30. US Citizen and Immigration Services (For those who made sponsorship for immigration)
31. AAA (or other emergency auto service)
32. NetFlix/BlockBuster (or other video rental service)

address change at the post office
- Voter Registration
- Magazine Subscriptions
pet locator service
auto-toll
bone marrow donor program

Don't forget...change your address with the Post Office to make sure you don't forget an old account you used to do regular business with (i.e. ING HYS). Also, make sure you have enough insurance coverage for the move as well as your new dwelling. Update your car insurance with your new work driving distances. Be sure to inquire about service deposits (i.e. power, water, etc.) that you may have paid when you moved in. Get new checks with your new address on them and set up new services (electric, gas, cable/satellite, internet, waste service) in addition to cancelling the old services. Check to make sure your cell phone works where you will be moving. Good luck!

Or you could pay $120/year for a mail rental box that forwards the mail to you, set all your statements to electronic delivery, and just get the few crucial snail mail paperwork forwarded to you once a month for a few dollars.

1) Maintains Privacy
2) Maintains same longterm address on credit file
3) BBB approves

- Fatwallet

- EZ-pass (or your flavour of auto-toll)

-library
-gym
-Social Security/IRS ? not sure if they need notification
-life insurance
-INS if applies

Don't forget who NOT to change address with, ex girl/boy friends, etc...

If you make the address change at the post office, a lot of these will be automatically solved.
But don't forget to tell your Nigerian friends where to find you after you move.

Don't forget to change the address on your underwear.

juniorjam said:Also, make sure you have enough insurance coverage for the moveWTH does that mean?

juniorjam said:Update your car insurance with your new work driving distances.If your new home is further away from work, why would you want to pay a higher premium?

juniorjam said:Be sure to inquire about service deposits (i.e. power, water, etc.) that you may have paid when you moved in.Why? Are some people able to get that back? That's news to me.

juniorjam said:Get new checks with your new address on themWhy bother? My checks have an address that is 8 years old. I only write checks to pay my Association dues and to send money home. Paying by check at a store is so 1980s.

qcumber98 said:juniorjam said:Also, make sure you have enough insurance coverage for the moveWTH does that mean?

juniorjam said:Update your car insurance with your new work driving distances.If your new home is further away from work, why would you want to pay a higher premium?

juniorjam said:Be sure to inquire about service deposits (i.e. power, water, etc.) that you may have paid when you moved in.Why? Are some people able to get that back? That's news to me.

juniorjam said:Get new checks with your new address on themWhy bother? My checks have an address that is 8 years old. I only write checks to pay my Association dues and to send money home. Paying by check at a store is so 1980s.

1. Some, but not all, insurance companies cover your items "during transit." If they don't you might want to consider a rider or if you're using a moving company, a policy through them. Imagine hiring movers and having the truck driven off a bridge. Without looking into insurance, you may unknowingly lose everything you own.

2. I'd rather pay a few extra dollars to make sure I'm classed correctly so that there's never a dispute with the insurance company if I need to file a claim.

3. Definitely check to see if you paid deposits because some are refundable.

4. There's a time and place for checks even today. It may not be the grocery store line, but it's nice to have an automated means to generate proof of payment (i.e. scanned checks from the bank). I personally prefer my information be accurate. I might think twice about this if we didn't have an account that gave us free checks.