New Delaware residents have 60 days to get a Delaware driver's license and 60 days to title and register their vehicles. Start with the license, since you'll need it to register. Plan for an eye screening, proof of Delaware insurance, a vehicle safety inspection and emissions test, and Form MV-212, the title application.

How do you transfer your driver's license?

The State of Delaware says drivers 18 and older who move from another state must update their license within 60 days of establishing residency. You'll need to:

• Turn in your out-of-state license, or bring a current certified copy of your driving record.
• Show proof of identity and legal presence.
• Show proof of your Social Security number.
• Bring two proofs of Delaware residency.
• Bring proof of any legal name changes.

You'll fill out an application and pass an eye screening. Written and road tests may be given, but they're normally waived if your license is valid. Suspended or revoked licenses can't be transferred until the issue is cleared.

What about drivers from other countries?

Drivers moving from another country must also get a Delaware license within 60 days, and they generally must pass both the written and road tests. Delaware has reciprocity with Germany, Taiwan and France, which exempts those drivers from testing.

How do you title and register your car?

New residents must title and register their vehicles within 60 days. Before you go, gather:

• Proof of Delaware auto insurance.
• Proof of passing a safety inspection and emissions test.
• A completed Certificate of Title application, Form MV-212.
• Your out-of-state title.
• Your Delaware driver's license.

What insurance do you need?

Delaware's minimum liability limits are:

• $25,000 for bodily injury to one person.
• $50,000 for bodily injury to one or more people.
• $10,000 for property damage.

Delaware also requires personal injury protection, and every policy includes uninsured motorist coverage unless you reject it in writing. Switch your policy to a Delaware address before your DMV visit so your proof of insurance matches.

Where does the inspection happen?

Delaware's vehicle inspection, including the safety inspection and emissions test, is done by the Division of Motor Vehicles at its inspection lanes. Bring your vehicle, your out-of-state title and registration, and your insurance card. Check the DMV's site for current lane hours and any requirements before you go, since inspection details vary by vehicle type and age.

What fees should you expect?

Fees changed in October 2025. The state raised several DMV fees, including the vehicle document fee, which went to 5.25% of a vehicle's value from 4.25%. Whether and how the document fee applies to your vehicle as a new resident depends on your situation, so ask the DMV before your visit. You'll also pay title and registration fees. The DMV's fee page lists the current amounts.

What if you don't have your title?

If a lender holds your title, contact it right away and ask how it handles transfers to Delaware. Some lenders send the title directly to the DMV, which can take time. Start early, since 60 days goes fast.

How do you plan the paperwork around a move?

Here's a simple order:

• First week: switch to a Delaware auto policy and gather identity and residency documents. A lease, closing disclosure or utility bill often works for residency.
• Second week: transfer your license.
• Next: get the vehicle inspected, then complete title and registration.
• Before day 60: confirm everything is done and you've returned or disposed of your old plates according to your former state's rules.

What counts as proof of Delaware residency?

You'll need two documents showing your Delaware address for the license. Common examples include a lease or mortgage document, a utility bill, a bank statement or a pay stub, but the DMV keeps its own list of acceptable documents, so check it before you go. Make sure the name on each document matches your ID, or bring proof of the name change. If you just moved and don't have mail yet, ask your landlord or settlement company for a signed copy of your lease or closing papers.

What if you miss the 60 days?

Don't let the deadline slide. Driving on an out-of-state license or registration after the grace period can lead to tickets and problems with your insurance, especially after a crash. If you're running late because of a title delay, keep proof that you've started the process, like your lender correspondence, and call the DMV to ask about your options.

Can you register to vote at the DMV?

Yes. Delaware lets you register to vote at the DMV when you update your driver's license. You can also register online, by mail or at your county's Department of Elections office. It's an easy thing to knock out during the same visit.

FAQ

How long do I have to get a Delaware driver's license after moving? 60 days after establishing residency.

How long do I have to register my car in Delaware? 60 days after establishing residency.

Do I need a vehicle inspection? Yes. New residents need proof of a passing safety inspection and emissions test to title and register.

What are Delaware's minimum insurance limits? $25,000 per person and $50,000 per accident for bodily injury, and $10,000 for property damage.

Next step

Book your license visit first, then plan the inspection and registration right after. If you're still choosing where to live in Delaware, talk with a licensed local agent who knows the neighborhoods.

Sources: State of Delaware: Moving to Delaware; Delaware DMV: Driver License and Identification Cards; Delaware DMV: Fees; State of Delaware News: DMV Fees Increase in October 2025.

A Delaware drayperson or mover pays gross receipts tax of 0.3983 percent, which is 0.003983, on income from transporting property inside Delaware. Interstate receipts are excluded. The first $100,000 per month, or $300,000 per quarter, is excluded. Monthly filers pay by the 20th day of the following month.

What the percentage applies to

Quarterly filers pay by the last day of the first month after the quarter. The license itself is renewed on or before December 31. The tax is on receipts from hauling property within Delaware. A load that crosses a state line is interstate, and those receipts are excluded from this tax. A Newark-to-Dover move is inside the tax. A Newark-to-Philadelphia move is not, for this gross-receipts line. The exclusion of the first $100,000 each month means a small mover may owe no tax until receipts pass that floor. The rate is not 0.3983 percent of every dollar from the first dollar.

Monthly and quarterly are filing choices with different due dates. The 20th of the next month is the monthly date. The last day of the first month after the quarter is the quarterly date. Those dates are the mover's tax calendar. They are not a date by which the mover must deliver your furniture or answer a damage claim. No claim-response deadline was found in these tax sources.

The license that comes with the tax

The annual license tax is $75, plus $25 for each additional location. The Division's sheet says the business license is not a regulatory license and does not attest to qualifications. See why that matters when you hire. Paying 0.3983 percent does not create a tariff, a required estimate, or a cents-per-pound valuation. None of those rules were in the sheet.

Local governments may license businesses too. A town license and this state tax can both exist. Neither one, in the sources used here, sets the price of your move or the payout for a broken table. Ask the mover for those terms in the contract. See the checklist.

Do not confuse this with other Delaware taxes

The realty transfer tax on a house is 3 percent under the statute, or 2.5 percent to the state plus 1.5 percent local where the full local tax is enacted, split between buyer and seller. See that tax. It is not 0.3983 percent, and it is not paid by the mover. A senior school-tax credit of up to $500 is a homeowner credit. See that credit. A supplemental assessment's 1 percent monthly interest is a property-tax rule. See section 8343.

An interstate move uses FMCSA, and the receipts from that move are excluded from this Delaware gross-receipts tax. See the federal booklet. Vehicle-for-hire rules about carrying persons are not this tax and are not a household-goods tariff. See that regulation.

What a customer should not assume

A line on your bill labeled "Delaware gross receipts tax" may be the mover passing on a cost. The sheet taxes the mover's receipts. It does not say the mover must show the tax as a separate consumer surcharge, and it does not forbid it. Ask what the line is. Compare it with 0.3983 percent of the in-state price, and remember the mover's own $100,000 monthly exclusion. You cannot compute the mover's tax from your one invoice, because you do not know the mover's other receipts.

Insurance and registration are separate. Auto liability of 25/50/10 and PIP of 15/30 are the DMV's rule for the car. See those limits. They do not include this gross-receipts rate.

A receipt is not the whole return

Your invoice is one haul. The mover's return covers a month or a quarter, after the $100,000 or $300,000 exclusion. You cannot audit the mover's tax from a single bill, and the Division's sheet does not require the mover to show 0.3983 percent as a separate line to the customer. If the line appears, ask what it is. If the haul crossed a state line, those receipts are excluded from this tax. The due date, the 20th of the next month or the last day of the month after the quarter, is the mover's filing date. It is not a delivery promise and not a claims deadline. No claims deadline was printed on the sheet.

The license renewed on or before December 31 is the same credential the Division says is not regulatory. Paying the gross-receipts tax does not add a valuation clause to your contract. Ask for that clause in writing if you want one. The gross-receipts sheet will not add a valuation clause later, and a verbal promise is not the return.

FAQ

What is the rate? 0.3983 percent of income from transporting property within Delaware.

Are interstate receipts taxed? No. They are excluded.

What is excluded even on in-state receipts? The first $100,000 per month, or $300,000 per quarter.

When is the tax paid? Monthly filers pay by the 20th of the following month. Quarterly filers pay by the last day of the first month after the quarter. The license is renewed on or before December 31.

Does paying the tax prove the mover is qualified? No. The Division says the business license is not a regulatory license.

Next step

If a bill adds a Delaware tax line, ask whether it is the gross-receipts tax on in-state hauling. The rate to compare is 0.3983 percent, and interstate receipts are outside it.

Sources: Division of Revenue, drayperson or mover gross receipts.

A move that starts in Delaware and ends in another state, or starts in another state and ends in Delaware, is an interstate move. The federal rules are FMCSA's, including the booklet "Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move." Delaware's $75 Division of Revenue license does not set the valuation or the collection rules for that shipment.

What to confirm before you load

Interstate receipts are excluded from Delaware's gross-receipts tax. Ask for the USDOT number and look it up before moving day. A Delaware business license, a town permit, or a logo on the truck is not that lookup. Federal consumer rules describe full-value protection unless you waive it in writing, a released-value option often stated as 60 cents per pound, and, on a non-binding estimate, release of the shipment when you pay 110 percent of the estimate with the balance deferred at least 30 days. Read the booklet you are given for the exact waiver. Those sentences are federal. They were not found as Delaware intrastate statutes.

Do not carry the 60-cent figure back onto a Wilmington-to-Dover move and call it Delaware law. No Delaware cents-per-pound rule for an in-state move was found. See the revenue license. If both addresses are in Delaware, the contract you sign is the valuation, because the state did not supply one in the sources used here.

The tax exclusion is a clue, not a consumer remedy

The gross-receipts sheet excludes interstate receipts from the 0.3983 percent tax. See that tax. The exclusion tells you the state is not taxing that haul as a Delaware in-state receipt. It does not give you a Delaware office that will order the mover to unload. A complaint about an interstate delivery goes to FMCSA. No dedicated Delaware household-goods complaint office was found, so this article does not invent a Dover phone number for an interstate hold.

Motor Carrier Services, DOT.MotorCarrier@state.de.us and 302-744-2701, is a general motor-carrier contact. The page used here does not say the office licenses household-goods movers or takes interstate moving complaints. See the persons-only regulation. Use FMCSA for the interstate shipment.

Valuation defaults differ by the route

On an interstate bill of lading, full-value protection is the federal starting point unless you waive it. The released-value option is the cheaper, lower payout, and the booklet is where you read the waiver. On a Delaware-only contract, there is no fetched state default. If the contract is silent, do not assume either 60 cents or full replacement. Ask for the valuation in writing before you sign. See what to ask for.

A non-binding interstate estimate can be collected only up to 110 percent at delivery, with the rest deferred, under the federal rule. A Delaware-only estimate has no such cap in the sources used here. Require a clear price in the contract because the state will not supply the cap. If the delivery address is in Maryland, Pennsylvania, or New Jersey, you are on the federal rule, not on a guessed Delaware percentage.

Papers that are not the bill of lading

Delaware auto insurance is 25/50/10 plus PIP of 15/30. See those limits. The policy does not value the shipment. Standard homeowners and business policies do not cover flood. See flood. Ask the homeowners insurer whether goods in transit are covered. The realty transfer tax on the house is the recorder's tax. See the transfer tax.

The seller's disclosure is still required on a Delaware house you are buying, even if the furniture is coming from another state. There is no revocation period in the sections used for that article. See the disclosure. The USDOT number does not satisfy the seller's duty to disclose known defects.

Which folder the papers go in

Put the USDOT number, the FMCSA booklet, and the valuation waiver in one folder when either address is outside Delaware. Put the $75 revenue license and the in-state contract in a different folder when both addresses are in Delaware. The gross-receipts exclusion for interstate receipts is a tax rule, not a claims office. No Delaware household-goods complaint phone was found for either folder. Federal collection rules, including 110 percent of a non-binding estimate, stay with the interstate folder. They were not found as a Delaware rule for a Wilmington-to-Dover job.

FAQ

Who regulates a move between Delaware and another state? FMCSA. Confirm the USDOT number and read "Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move."

Does the $75 Delaware license cover that trip? No. It is a tax license. Interstate receipts are excluded from the gross-receipts tax, and the license does not set federal valuation.

Where does 110 percent come from? Federal rules for a non-binding interstate estimate. It was not found as a Delaware rule for a move that stays in the state.

Is 60 cents a pound Delaware law? No Delaware intrastate rule at 60 cents was found. The figure shows up as the federal released-value option. Read the waiver on an interstate bill of lading.

Whom do I call in Dover about an interstate hold? No dedicated Delaware household-goods complaint office was found. Use FMCSA for an interstate delivery.

Next step

If either address is outside Delaware, write down the USDOT number and read the FMCSA booklet before you sign a valuation waiver. If both addresses are in Delaware, negotiate the price and the valuation in the contract, because the state sources used here do not set them.

Sources: Division of Revenue, drayperson or mover; FMCSA, "Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move."

Delaware's tax code calls a drayperson or mover every person who, for profit, transports other people's tangible personal property. The annual license tax is $75, plus $25 for each additional location. The Division of Revenue says the business license it issues is not a regulatory license, and that issuing it does not attest to the applicant's qualifications.

What the statute is taxing

A $75 license is not the kind of mover certificate other states use to police household goods. 30 Del. C. chapter 23 defines the business and sets the license tax. It is in the tax title. The gross-receipts sheet that goes with it says the license is renewed on or before December 31. Gross receipts from hauling property inside Delaware are taxed at 0.3983 percent, with interstate receipts excluded and a monthly exclusion. See that tax. A company can hold the license, file the tax, and still be a company you should not hire. The license does not review the estimate, the valuation, or the crew.

Local governments may have their own licenses. A city permit, if one exists where you live, is that city's rule. It is not a statewide household-goods certificate, and this article does not invent one. Ask the city clerk what a local license covers. Do not treat a state revenue license and a town business license as a safety inspection of the truck.

What was not found, and is not invented

No Delaware cents-per-pound valuation for an in-state move was found. Do not copy 60 cents a pound from Colorado or Connecticut into a Delaware contract and call it state law. No state rule requiring a written estimate, a binding quote, or a percentage cap on the bill was found for an in-state Delaware move. If the contract has those terms, they are the contract, not a statute cited here.

No dedicated household-goods complaint office, phone, or response time was found. Do not name an office that was not fetched. Motor Carrier Services, at DOT.MotorCarrier@state.de.us and 302-744-2701, is a contact for motor carriers generally. The page used here does not say that office licenses household-goods movers. See why the vehicle-for-hire rule is about people.

Interstate moves are federal

A move that starts or ends outside Delaware is an interstate move. Use the mover's USDOT number and FMCSA's "Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move." See that booklet. The $75 Delaware license does not set federal valuation or the federal 110 percent rule on a non-binding interstate estimate. A job that stays inside Delaware is the revenue license and the contract you negotiate. A job that crosses a line is FMCSA.

Auto insurance at 25/50/10 plus PIP does not value the furniture. See the auto minimums. A homeowners policy does not cover flood, and it may or may not cover goods on a truck. Ask the insurer in writing. See flood.

How to read a Delaware mover's paperwork

Ask to see the Division of Revenue license, and read the sentence on the gross-receipts sheet that says it is not a regulatory license. Ask for a written price and a written valuation because the state did not supply those rules for you. Get more than one price if you can. The state does not require a set number of estimates in the sources used here, so this article does not invent "three estimates" as Delaware law. It is ordinary caution.

If something goes wrong on an in-state move, you do not have a household-goods commission to call from these sources. A contract dispute is a contract dispute. An interstate dispute is FMCSA. See what the license does not prove before you treat the $75 receipt as a promise about claims.

Renewal and extra locations

The license is renewed on or before December 31. An extra location costs $25. Ask which address is on the license and which address the truck is leaving from. A license for a Wilmington office does not, by itself, describe a crew that works out of a different town. Local governments may require their own licenses. Ask the town what that local license covers before you treat a city sticker as a state safety approval. The Division's sentence still governs the state credential: it is not a regulatory license, and it does not attest to qualifications.

If the company also crosses a state line, the USDOT number is the federal lookup. The December 31 renewal does not replace that lookup.

FAQ

Does Delaware issue a mover's operating certificate the way some states do? Not in the sources used here. The credential that was fetched is a $75 Division of Revenue business license, plus $25 for each additional location.

Does that license show the company is qualified? No. The Division says the license is not a regulatory license and does not attest to the applicant's qualifications.

When is it renewed? On or before December 31.

Is there a Delaware 60-cents-a-pound rule for an in-state move? None was found. Do not import one from another state.

Who regulates a move to another state? FMCSA. Confirm the USDOT number and read the federal booklet.

Next step

If you hire a mover for a job that stays in Delaware, treat the $75 license as a tax credential. Ask for a written price and a written valuation, because the state sources used here do not set either one.

Sources: 30 Del. C. chapter 23; Division of Revenue, drayperson or mover.

Delaware's Title 2, regulation 2287 defines a vehicle for hire as a motor vehicle engaged in carrying persons for hire. That definition is about passengers. It is not a household-goods tariff, and it does not set a price, a valuation, or a complaint path for a mover hauling furniture. Motor Carrier Services, at DOT. MotorCarrier@state. de.

Why the mix-up happens

us and 302-744-2701, is a general motor-carrier contact. The page used here does not say that office licenses household-goods movers. People look for a Delaware mover license and find a transportation regulation. Regulation 2287 is real. It regulates vehicles that carry persons. A moving truck that carries tables and beds is not that definition. Citing the regulation to a moving company as if it were a household-goods tariff uses the wrong chapter. The tax credential for a business that hauls other people's property is the drayperson or mover license in Title 30, chapter 23: $75 a year, plus $25 per additional location.

The Division of Revenue says that business license is not a regulatory license and does not attest to qualifications. See that limitation. Gross receipts on in-state property hauling are taxed at 0.3983 percent. See the tax. Neither the tax nor regulation 2287 creates a required estimate or a cents-per-pound payout. Those rules were not found.

What to use instead

For a move that stays in Delaware, use the contract. Ask for a written price and a written valuation, because the state did not supply them in the sources used here. See the checklist. For a move that crosses a state line, use the USDOT number and FMCSA's booklet. See the interstate rules. Federal full-value protection, the released-value option, and the 110 percent collection rule on a non-binding estimate are federal. They are not regulation 2287.

Do not call 302-744-2701 and expect a household-goods complaint to be opened. The contact is for motor carriers generally. No dedicated Delaware household-goods complaint office was found. An insurance complaint at (302) 674-7310 is for insurance. See that office. A New Castle County assessment appeal is for the tax assessment, received by March 14. None of those offices enforce a furniture tariff that Delaware's fetched rules do not contain.

Passengers and property can share a driveway

A rideshare or a taxi that carries people can fall under vehicle-for-hire rules. A truck that arrives the same morning to move the house does not become a vehicle for hire because it is a motor vehicle. The regulation's verb is carrying persons. Household goods are property. The revenue license is the tax rule for transporting that property for profit. Keep the two credentials apart if a company happens to hold both.

Auto liability of 25/50/10 plus PIP of 15/30 is the insurance a registered car needs. See the auto minimums. It is not a mover's cargo valuation. A homeowners policy does not cover flood and may not cover goods on a truck. Ask. See flood.

What a careful reading sounds like

You can say Delaware taxes movers and says the tax license is not regulatory. You can say vehicle-for-hire regulation is about carrying persons. You can say interstate moves use FMCSA. You cannot say DelDOT licensed the mover the way another state certificates household goods, because that sentence was not in the sources. You cannot quote a Delaware intrastate 60-cent rule or a 110 percent cap. You cannot name a complaint phone that was not published for household goods.

If a company advertises a "Delaware mover license" and shows only the revenue license, read the Division's own sentence back: the license does not attest to qualifications. If the company cites regulation 2287, ask whether the truck is carrying persons. If the answer is furniture, the regulation is the wrong one.

How to tell the papers apart on the truck

A credential that quotes regulation 2287 is about carrying persons. A credential that quotes Title 30, chapter 23, is the drayperson or mover tax license. Ask the company which paper it is showing you, and read the first definition before you sign. If the truck is loading furniture and the only paper is a vehicle-for-hire approval, you still do not have a household-goods tariff. You have a passenger rule and a tax license, and you still need a contract that states the price and the valuation. Motor Carrier Services at 302-744-2701 can be asked what it regulates. The page used here does not say it licenses household-goods movers.

FAQ

Does regulation 2287 regulate household-goods movers? No. It defines a vehicle for hire as a motor vehicle engaged in carrying persons for hire.

What license does a furniture mover need under the tax code? The drayperson or mover license, $75 a year plus $25 per additional location. The Division says it is not a regulatory license.

Does 302-744-2701 license household-goods movers? The motor-carrier page used here does not say that.

Where are estimate and valuation rules? They were not found for an in-state Delaware move. Put them in the contract. Interstate jobs use the FMCSA booklet.

Is a taxi rule a mover tariff? No. Carrying persons and hauling property are different definitions in the sources used here.

Next step

If the paperwork cites regulation 2287, ask whether it covers passengers. For furniture that stays in Delaware, read the revenue license as a tax document and put the price and the valuation in the contract yourself.

Sources: Delaware Administrative Code, Title 2, regulation 2287; Motor Carrier Services; Division of Revenue, drayperson or mover.

A Delaware business license for a drayperson or mover proves the company paid a $75 annual license tax, plus $25 for each additional location, and that it is in the gross-receipts system. The Division of Revenue says the license is not a regulatory license and does not attest to the applicant's qualifications.

Ask for the terms the state did not write

It does not prove the estimate is binding, that damaged goods pay a set amount per pound, or that a state office will take a household-goods complaint. No state estimate rule and no cents-per-pound valuation were found for an in-state Delaware move. Put the price, what is included, and what happens if the job runs long into the contract you sign. Put the valuation in the same contract: replacement cost, a declared value, or whatever the company will actually pay. If the company will not write it down, you are guessing. The $75 license will not fill the blank later.

Get the company's legal name and the address on the license. Compare that name with the name on the contract and the name on the truck. A license for one company does not cover a different company that shows up on moving day. The license renews on or before December 31. A license that expired last year is not current. See the license and the tax.

There is no complaint desk in these sources

No dedicated Delaware household-goods complaint office, phone number, or response time was fetched. This article does not name one. Motor Carrier Services at 302-744-2701 answers motor-carrier questions generally. It does not, on the page used here, say it licenses household-goods movers or mediates a damaged sofa. A dispute about an in-state contract is a contract dispute. A dispute about a move that crosses a state line goes to FMCSA. See the federal booklet.

Do not file the mover problem with the Insurance Department and expect a household-goods unit to appear. The Department's consumer line is (302) 674-7310, and it handles insurance. See insurance complaints. An auto policy at 25/50/10 does not pay for the dresser. A homeowners policy may or may not cover goods on a truck. Ask that insurer in writing, and do not assume flood coverage, because standard homeowners policies do not cover flood.

Local licenses and the persons-only rule

A city or county may require its own business license. That local license is whatever the ordinance says. It is not, by itself, a statewide household-goods tariff. Ask the clerk what the local license covers before you treat it as proof of insurance or of a claims process.

Title 2, regulation 2287 defines a vehicle for hire as a motor vehicle engaged in carrying persons for hire. It is not a household-goods tariff. See that definition. A taxi rule does not price your furniture. Do not cite it to a moving crew.

A short checklist that stays inside the sources

Confirm both addresses. If either is outside Delaware, switch to the USDOT number and the FMCSA booklet. If both are inside Delaware, read the revenue license as a tax document only. Ask for a written price and a written valuation. Photograph the condition of valuable pieces. Keep the contract. If the bill changes, the argument is the contract, not a state percentage cap that was not found.

The seller's disclosure, the transfer tax, and a senior school-tax credit are house papers. They do not vet the mover. See the disclosure and the transfer tax. Keep those files separate from the bill of lading.

Names that should match

The name on the Division of Revenue license, the name on the contract, and the name on the truck should be the same business. A license for one company does not cover a different company that arrives on moving day. The renewal date on or before December 31 tells you whether the tax license is current. It does not tell you whether the estimate will hold. Write the price, the addresses, and the valuation into the contract because those terms were not found in the tax sheet or in regulation 2287. Photograph pieces you cannot replace. If the route crosses a state line, add the USDOT number and switch the complaint path to FMCSA.

An insurance card at 25/50/10 and a homeowners declarations page stay in the house file. They are not a substitute for the valuation line the mover did not print. Ask for that line before you pay a deposit.

FAQ

What does the $75 license prove? That the company is in the Division of Revenue's license and gross-receipts system. The Division says it does not attest to qualifications.

Does Delaware require a written estimate? No such requirement was found for an in-state move. Ask for one in the contract anyway.

Who do I call about damaged furniture on an in-state move? No dedicated state household-goods complaint office was found. Use the contract. Use FMCSA if the move crossed a state line.

Does 302-744-2701 license movers? The motor-carrier page used here does not say it licenses household-goods movers.

Can I use another state's 60-cent rule? No. That figure was not found as Delaware intrastate law.

Next step

Read the license, then ask the company to write the price and the damage valuation into the contract. The license will not supply either term after the truck leaves.

Sources: Division of Revenue, drayperson or mover; Delaware Motor Carrier Services.