As a result of this letter, I made several phone calls. I learned the following:

1. The City of Charlottesville and the DMV of Virginia still think I live in Charlottesville, despite the fact that I have a SC driver's license since June of 2005.
2. Because of #1, the city claims I owe $80 in personal property taxes.
3. Apparently, I was supposed to let the city and DMV know that I had moved.
4. They want me to pay my taxes anway and they will "refund me the difference when they receive verification that I no longer live in Virginia."

This sucks, because I now have to come up with $80 and trust the good city of Charlottesville will refund that money to me. I guess I could just send the verification and not the money, but I am worried about my credit rating.

The larger question is why do I have to let one state know I am leaving (other than to reduce hassles like this)? Does the state have any reason to know where I am living, other than I am NOT living in their state? Wasn't the fact that I turned in my VA driver's license to get my SC license enough?

Virginia seems to be the only state this anal. I moved from SC to Texas and from Texas to Virginia. Neither one of those states seemed to really care where I was going. I paid my state income taxes and they were happy. Well, Texas doesn't have state income taxes, but that's beside the point.

Come to think of it, when Sarah moved to Virginia, she filed a "partial year resident" return that first year. Virginia sent her a letter basicly saying "partial year resident, eh? Well, where did you live before that, huh?"

I guess it's just Virginia being vigilant against tax fruad, but give me a break.