Help with how picking a state works
I know the primary states for RVers to establish a domicile is Florida, South Dakota and Texas. But why would I choose one of them if they are not the states I plan to spend most of my time? I’m ...
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BarbaraOK wrote:
TechWriter,
The three states mentioned (FL, SD, TX) have mail forwarding companies that cater to RVers. That is one of the reasons that they are so popular. The other states that have no state income tax do not make it easy for fulltimers to do things like vote or get health insurance or any one of the myriad of different things they do like the three states mentioned, nor do they have mail forwarding companies that specialize in working with fulltimers.
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Barb
I disagree. If one does a bit of research on their state of choice then they can live in at mail box in any state. My vehicles were titled and insured in WA. I researched transferring them to TX or FL. I concluded that the high title transfer fees, acquiring a new drivers license, and the high auto insurance rates in those states was too much for me. I rented a mail box at a mom-and-pop parcel store located in a stand-alone building - not a strip mall. Changing my drivers license address was free ($10 if I wanted a new drivers license with the new address. I paid the $10). The auto insurance for the MH and toad went up $1 and $2 - simply because I moved 1 county away. My drivers license says "# nnnn" instead of "PMB nnnn" - because the state's computer system doesn't accept "PMB" as a valid abbreviation. If they don't care then I don't care.
Then for any other address change if they didn't accept "PMB nnnn" then I tell them "This is how the state has it on my drivers license, so if that's what they use then you can use that". I follow the path of least resistance in this regard. I have never had an address issue that wasn't easily resolved.
