Curfew restrictions: Is it legal to leave your house?

Charles Ramos7 said:There was some talk about putting specific counties on travel warnings rather than entire states. By that logic, if one county is flagged by the EU, the whole country should be shut down. That doesn't make much sense.

Yeah, totally makes sense. ☕

Later.

Honestly, I’ll take this over that spring scenario any day—especially since we weren't even allowed to step foot outside without some kind of permit or facing a total life-or-death situation anyway.

Does anyone happen to know what the protocol was during the first half of the year regarding travel restrictions? For instance, if my permanent residence was listed in Washington, D.C., but my official domicile was in Newark, would I have been permitted to travel between the two without a permit?

Paul Ross73 said:Does anyone happen to know what the protocol was during the first half of the year regarding travel restrictions? For instance, if my permanent residence was listed in Washington, D.C., but my official domicile was in Newark, would I have been permitted to travel between the two without a permit?

You couldn't, but apparently the plan is for Washington, D.C. and the District of Columbia to merge into one area, so it should be fine then.

Edward Mitchell50 said:You couldn't, but apparently the plan is for Washington, D.C. and the District of Columbia to merge into one area, so it should be fine then.

I certainly hope so.

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Edward Mitchell50 said:You couldn't, but apparently the plan is for Washington, D.C. and the District of Columbia to merge into one area, so it should be fine then.

I appreciate the information.

Paul Ross73 said:Does anyone happen to know what the protocol was during the first half of the year regarding travel restrictions? For instance, if my permanent residence was listed in Washington, D.C., but my official domicile was in Newark, would I have been permitted to travel between the two without a permit?

Everyone who applied for a permit got one. Honestly, nobody even bothers to read what you write on the application forms. Just have faith in the sheer laziness and incompetence of American public services.
Two million of them were handed out.

Andrew Booth29 said:Everyone who applied for a permit got one. Honestly, nobody even bothers to read what you write on the application forms. Just have faith in the sheer laziness and incompetence of American public services.
Two million of them were handed out.

Yeah, sure. I don't know about that.
I definitely couldn't just walk in and grab mine that easily.
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What I really want to know is if, say, owning a house in a different state would be enough of a reason to get a permit at least once during this 15 or 16-day window... because sometimes you actually need to go there... water the plants... pick up your mail (you know, the bills)...
I remember back in the spring, that wasn't considered a valid reason at all... though they did loosen things up later on, so it was possible then.🤷

Hey there.
I was wondering how people handled being away from home back when the spring lockdowns hit... specifically regarding those travel restrictions.
See, the thing is, we actually headed out to our cabin before they started requiring all those permits, and we ended up staying put until just after the New Year passed.

I did try to talk my way past the local sheriff's deputies, and they gave me this sort of noncommittal answer—basically saying I shouldn't run into any trouble whether I was heading out or trying to get back to my primary residence, but then they suggested I check online to see if anyone else had actually dealt with it... so, if anyone has been through this before, I'm all ears...

Look, nobody is going to deport you. Once you get back, all you have to do is state that you’re returning to your primary residence, show your driver's license, and that’s pretty much it.