County Clerk
Now when you move to a small town, you may think that navigating life will be easier. In some ways it is, like in my ice cream adventure where I was able to walk in a circle around half the town running errands. How many towns can you walk from the gas station to the post office to grandma's house and back in an hour? But then sometimes things are not as obvious and you better be willing to ask for help or you'll never figure it out.
For instance, we have a UPS drop-off location. You won't find it listed on UPS's website and I don't even think there is a sign at the location. But if you take your box to the Grainland C-Store, they will set it aside for the UPS driver to pick-up around 4pm each weekday (or help you label it for shipping). I don't even remember how I learned that one, but without asking someone who's lived here a while you'll never figure it out.
I started thinking about this recently because I had to get my car titled in Colorado. It's a long stupid story why I still had a California title after all these years in CO. Anyhow, I spent some time on the phone with the California DMV trying to sort out the name issue (first it had my father's name with my maiden name, then we got my name changed but his name still remained on it). Being on the phone with the DMV is only slightly better than actually standing in line at their office (I think I was on hold for 40 minutes the first time I called).
Finally I gave up on CA DMV and took it to the Phillips County Clerk. That is the beauty of being in a rural, sparsely populated county - no DMV office!!! The county clerk handles all the auto stuff - driver's licenses, titles, registration, VIN inspections, yadda yadda. And you know what? Our county clerk's office switched the title to Colorado, got my father's name off of it and all for half the price that California would have charged. Yay!
And that's just another thing you wouldn't have known if you had just moved from a bigger city . . .
Anyhow, if you're looking for the office of the County Clerk, it's the south door of the court house in Holyoke (see map), straight down the steps and through the inner door.
For instance, we have a UPS drop-off location. You won't find it listed on UPS's website and I don't even think there is a sign at the location. But if you take your box to the Grainland C-Store, they will set it aside for the UPS driver to pick-up around 4pm each weekday (or help you label it for shipping). I don't even remember how I learned that one, but without asking someone who's lived here a while you'll never figure it out.
I started thinking about this recently because I had to get my car titled in Colorado. It's a long stupid story why I still had a California title after all these years in CO. Anyhow, I spent some time on the phone with the California DMV trying to sort out the name issue (first it had my father's name with my maiden name, then we got my name changed but his name still remained on it). Being on the phone with the DMV is only slightly better than actually standing in line at their office (I think I was on hold for 40 minutes the first time I called).
Finally I gave up on CA DMV and took it to the Phillips County Clerk. That is the beauty of being in a rural, sparsely populated county - no DMV office!!! The county clerk handles all the auto stuff - driver's licenses, titles, registration, VIN inspections, yadda yadda. And you know what? Our county clerk's office switched the title to Colorado, got my father's name off of it and all for half the price that California would have charged. Yay!
And that's just another thing you wouldn't have known if you had just moved from a bigger city . . .
Anyhow, if you're looking for the office of the County Clerk, it's the south door of the court house in Holyoke (see map), straight down the steps and through the inner door.
Posted by Susan at September 2, 2009 
Categories: New Residents, Businesses
Tags: test drivers UPS drop-off license Haxtun car title Phillips County Holyoke marriage registration auto
Categories: New Residents, Businesses
Tags: test drivers UPS drop-off license Haxtun car title Phillips County Holyoke marriage registration auto
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