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Closing day gets all the attention. The week after closing day is where the actual to-do list lives. Every new Boyle County resident ends up contacting the same handful of offices, and most people find out what each one needs the hard way, one trip at a time. Here is the list in order, with what to bring.
Start your utilities
If you are inside Danville city limits, water, sewer and trash all run through City of Danville Municipal Utilities. Download the Application for Water Service, then mail, deliver or email it along with a copy of your driver’s license or other government-issued ID. Renters also need a copy of their lease. Staff will contact you about a deposit, which has to be paid before your service connects, and connection is typically the next business day. The utilities office is at 445 W Main Street.
Electric is a separate setup, and which provider serves your address depends on exactly where the property sits: Kentucky Utilities serves part of the area, and Inter-County Energy Cooperative, headquartered right in Danville, serves Boyle County and several surrounding counties. The fastest way to confirm which one serves your specific address is to call either provider directly before your move-in date, since service interruptions over a holiday weekend or a long commute to the right office are both avoidable with one phone call ahead of time.
Title and register your vehicle
Kentucky law requires you to apply for a Kentucky title within 15 days of bringing a vehicle into the state. Before the Boyle County Clerk’s office can title it, the vehicle has to pass a VIN inspection. Bring:
- Proof of current Kentucky liability insurance. Required for all vehicles, no exceptions.
- An odometer disclosure. Required for all titling transactions.
- Your current out-of-state registration or renewal notice, if you have one.
The Boyle County Clerk’s office is at 321 W. Main, Room 123, in Danville. Call ahead for current fees, since those change and the office is the only accurate source for them.
Register to vote
Kentucky’s voter registration deadline is 29 days before Election Day, and Election Day registration is not available, so this is one to handle early rather than the week you realize there is an election coming. You can register online, by mail, or in person at the Boyle County Clerk’s office. If you are registering by mail, the form has to be postmarked by the deadline, not received by it.
Confirm your school district, then enroll
Danville has two separate school districts, and the boundary between them does not follow the city limits. A house with a Danville mailing address can sit in either Danville Independent Schools or Boyle County Schools, so the specific street address decides, not the town name on the envelope. Confirm the district for your actual address with either district office before you assume.
Each district handles enrollment a little differently:
- Boyle County Schools asks for online registration first, then an enrollment appointment at the specific school. Bring three proofs of residence (a lease or mortgage, a utility bill, and a driver’s license are the examples they give), your child’s birth certificate, Social Security card, immunization certificate, a physical exam form, and any prior academic records or IEP paperwork.
- Danville Independent Schools runs new-family registration online through its Infinite Campus portal, one application per household. The district’s New Families Registration Guide covers the specific documents needed, and each school holds orientation sessions later in the summer to walk new families through it.
Forward your mail
The one step people actually remember: file a change of address with USPS, either online or at your local post office, before you move if you can. It is the simplest item on this list and the easiest one to put off.
One trip at a time
None of these offices talk to each other, so nothing happens automatically just because you closed on a house. Knock the list out in the order above and you will have power, a titled car, a voter registration and a school enrollment squared away before the first bill shows up at the wrong address.
If you have not settled on Danville yet, our guide to what living here is actually like covers the town itself, not just the paperwork.
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