I'm not sure what can be done online and what has to be done in person, but you can probably get your car registered as well as your voters registration done at your county auditor's office. Unless you are going to King or Thurston county it should be easy, I've never waited more than a few minutes in Clark county.

You will really like how voting is done in Washington compared to most of the rest of the country. All voting is done by mail-in ballot, if you lose your ballot you can go to the county auditor's office and get a new one. The ballot comes with a return envelope that doesn't require a stamp, just drop it in the mail by election day and you're covered however there are ballot drop boxes located around your county. Also around the same time the primary ballots are mailed every address with a registered voter will receive a voters guide, this has every candidate and every ballot measure for the whole county, even ones you won't be able to vote in. Also there is no party registration in Washington, all primaries are open and the top 2 vote getters move onto the general election.

Back to your actual questions. You will probably have to go into the DMV to get a new license, I believe most of them offer appointments so schedule in advance and save time.

If you only want to call your insurance company once you can probably wait until after you get your car registered, however if the price difference is that significant you may want to call before you move and tell them the date you will be in Washington and they can make it effective in advance for you.

I don't believe that the order on any of those 3 items are critical to the state, but the costs involved with insurance may make that one more critical to you. The license and registration are both supposed to be handled in either 15 or 30 days after moving.

Edit: reading some of the other replies it appears you are probably supposed to get your license before registration, but I find it hard to believe that it is required as I know it's possible to get a Washington registration while living in another state but that may be just for a commercial vehicle.

I'm assuming he means the use tax, i.e. sales tax paid after the fact by a purchaser. A car registered in Washington less than 90 days after purchase will require a use tax to be paid when the car is registered, however any sales tax paid at the time of purchase or initial registration in another state may be credited against that tax I believe. So make sure you have the receipt from the Michigan DMV that shows how much sales tax was originally paid and you may not end up owing as much. I'm not 100% certain about this but that is how I understand the process works.

First, it's a use tax not a sales tax, I believe they are the same rate but a sales tax is collected by the seller and turned over to the state a use tax is paid by the buyer after the fact. For people who live on the southern border of the state and make purchases in Oregon where there is no sales tax they are supposed to fill out a form and pay a use tax on any items they bring into the state and plan on using. This doesn't often happen but just trying to layout what is technically legal and what the correct terms are.

Next, you are supposed to get tags/registration transferred within 15 days of becoming a resident in Washington, there is an extra fee associated with registering your vehicle after the 15 days are up. I recently registered a vehicle I purchased that was registered out of state and was told that they will often waive the 15 day requirement for out of state vehicles as long as it is still registered promptly, but this sounds like it is up to the discretion of the individual agent processing the transaction, my registration was made 17 days after the bill of sale as we had to wait for the finance company to mail the title.

You say you purchased the vehicle in 2018 while living in another state and moved to Washington around the same time the vehicle was paid off and only recently received the physical title. If that is the case you should bring the bill of sale with you to your county DOL as well as the title, you may have to pay the extra fee for failing to register within 15 days, but as you owned the vehicle more than 90 prior to moving to Washington you should not have to pay a use tax as you purchased the vehicle in 2018.

The use tax if paid is based on the value of the vehicle, they will accept the purchase price as the value as long as it is a reasonable number, so a purchase price of $10k on a $35k vehicle is going to be taxed at $35k, but buying a $15k vehicle for $13.5k is going to be taxed at $13.5k unless you piss off the clerk and they have reason to investigate the value. I say this because I just purchased a vehicle that blue booked for $14.5k and I paid $11.2k and was only taxed at the $11.2k rate.

My suggestion is to just go into the county DOL office and explain everything you can to them and if something doesn't seem right as them to explain why they feel you should pay a fee or tax. It is possible based on your story here there is a miscommunication and they think you just purchased the vehicle in August when it was really purchased by you in 2018 and you are only registering now because you moved and paid off the vehicle around the same time. Also if they still make you pay a use tax bring whatever purchase paperwork you have as any sales or use tax that has been previously paid by you can be credited against any use tax you may owe.

Voodoo donuts is just a tourist trap, there are many other donut shops in Portland that are better and don't engage in union busting.

I'm assuming you mean the National parks. If so the direct route goes right past Grand Coulee Dam, the largest Dam in North America.

A little out of the way would be driving down to Wenatchee. It is a nice small town situated on the Columbia River and would definitely have what you are looking for in terms of services and a bakery.

I have to admit, my eyes were more drawn to the apple box labels. My uncle used to sell clothing using a lot of the old labels.