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cwdavis
Explorer
Mar 04, 2016

annual inspections & registration on extended trips

For you full-timing folks out there already,

Especially those who have made multi-year excursions from your home bases or starting points:

How have you managed your RV and car/truck inspections & registration when you can't or don't want to make the journey across country to take care of such 'trivial' matters?

The only thing I can think of is to re-license the vehicles in the years you are away from home base, but here I'm not entirely sure of the potential fallout on domicile matters.

Your thoughts, experiences, & ideas are all welcome,
  • JoeGood988's avatar
    JoeGood988
    Explorer
    Mar 04, 2016
    We became South Dakota residents and enlisted the service of a mail forwarding company. They take care of going down and getting my registration every year..send voting paperwork, send my mail every week and no inspections required on motorhome or vehicles...no state income tax or sales tax...save thousands every year
  • aslakson's avatar
    aslakson
    Explorer
    Mar 04, 2016
    As fulltimers, we don't have a "home base" - so we specifically chose South Dakota as our "domicile" state in part because SD doesn't ave annual vehicle inspections. And you can do the registration renewals on-line. In fact, if you choose the right mail forwarding service (We use America's Mailbox)they'll handle the initial registration for you. Of course, you still need to make a personal visit to get your driver's license and/or renew it, but that's just once every five years.

    al

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