I have been a full time RV resident for a year and a half and I love it. It enables me to go where the work is and grow my business. My wife and I do go see family from time to time and want to get an apartment near them for when we are in town.Can I sign a lease or will that get me in trouble with either state? Is there a certain # of days I'm allowed to be somewhere? My residency is South Dakota and my family that I visit lives in Iowa.Thanks!

You probably need to check with state of Iowa website for residency requirements. I'm sure SD couldn't care less if you rent an apartment in another state.

HappyKayakers wrote:You probably need to check with state of Iowa website for residency requirements. I'm sure SD couldn't care less if you rent an apartment in another state.X2All South Dakota cares about is collecting the fees you're willing to pay. And they won't lift a finger in your "defense" if some other State tells you that by their rules you're a resident for the purposes of taxes/ vehicle registration etc. Nor will SD refund any monies if you find you have to reregister your vehicles elsewhere. Do your homework, perhaps beginning with this year-old article reporting on then-new legislation in Iowa cracking down on out-of-State vehicle registrants.

Why not just find an extended stay place near your family and rent there for a month or two when in town. They are almost everywhere.

Rent the place in the name of one of your Iowa relatives.

I don't think that article applies to me. I am not an Iowa resident using a company to hide my RV. I'm a South Dakota resident that needs a place to crash in Iowa a few weeks or at most a couple months out of the year.

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darsben
Explorer II
Jul 15, 2014
Why not just find an extended stay place near your family and rent there for a month or two when in town. They are almost everywhere.
Francesca_Knowl
Explorer
Jul 15, 2014
HappyKayakers wrote:
You probably need to check with state of Iowa website for residency requirements. I'm sure SD couldn't care less if you rent an apartment in another state.

X2

All South Dakota cares about is collecting the fees you're willing to pay. And they won't lift a finger in your "defense" if some other State tells you that by their rules you're a resident for the purposes of taxes/ vehicle registration etc. Nor will SD refund any monies if you find you have to reregister your vehicles elsewhere.

Do your homework, perhaps beginning with this year-old article reporting on then-new legislation in Iowa cracking down on out-of-State vehicle registrants.
HappyKayakers
Explorer
Jul 15, 2014
You probably need to check with state of Iowa website for residency requirements. I'm sure SD couldn't care less if you rent an apartment in another state.

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