Change Your Bills Checklist

Quick Links to Change Addresses and Services

Changing all Your Bills

1. Telephone services-Home Phone Service & Long distance Service

Order your new phone service with your new home and find out what your new number will be.

Cancel existing phone service with a  cut off date around the time you move.

Leave a forwarding phone number from your old phone number to your new phone number.  

2. Cellular Service

Research if your new cellular number has good coverage in the area you are moving to.  

Switch to a local phone number of the city you will be moving to.

3. Electricity

Cancel Service with your new date and have service turned on in your new home the day before you move in.

4. Cable

Cancel Cable TV Service and start new service.

5. Trash/Water

Schedule a time to have the meter read.

Cancel Service

6. Newspapers

Cancel local subscriptions if moving out of state.

Change address of other papers that you will keep like USA Today.

7. Magazines

Change the address of magazines  you will still want to keep. 

8. Movie DVD Subscriptions in Mail

If you have a subscription to Blockbusters or to Netflix, don’t forget to change your address.

9. Banks

Change Address Information of the bank you are with to make sure you are receiving your statements.

If you are moving to another state, you may want to keep the account open until you secure a relationship with a new bank in your local area.

Be sure you keep the minimum amount needed in the account so you are not charged with extra fines.

10. Insurance Providers

• Health
• Life
• Car Insurance

If you are moving to another state, you may need to change some of your insurance providers. Even if you keep the same providers, you will need to change addresses.

11. Professional Service Providers

Lawyers, Accountants

If you hire services from a lawyer or accountant, make sure that they have your forwarding information and you receive a copy of any records that would want to keep from their services.

12. lf you are moving out of state and will be getting new doctors, request a copy of all your medical files far in advance. Put these in a safe place before you move.

Change your address with these doctors also, in the event there are any past bills that they will need to contact you about.

13. Credit Cards

Change address information, with an effective future date for all your credit cards.  

• Visa
• Master card
• American Express
• Discover
• Pay pal (if you use)
• Department Store Credit Cards

14. Transfer School Records

If you have children, be sure to transfer school records from one school to another, and provide your new address for the school.

If you are switching to a new school mid year, complete all the paperwork well in advance of moving. Often there can be a lot of paperwork that is required.