Haven’t changed states residency for FT purposes but it’s the same regardless. The govt isn’t “watching” you if that makes sense.
While obviously plenty of people establish residency with a PO Box in the friendly states to doo that, you can too. Use your googler to figure it out.
However if you have someone you can use their physical address in FL that you trust and will be there for (however long) then it’s a slam dunk easy. Don’t need to be family either. Change your address to that for some bills and bank accounts etc, go get a FL DL, pretend you “live there” for 183 days a year if anyone asks and then go buy your RV and hit the road.
Your personal situation is no one’s business. And the risk of getting caught up in a false state residency is very slim and not really applicable except if you do something physically in violation of a residency requirement. Like claiming false residency for in state hunting or something.
look at it this way. You could feasibly move in with a your relatives in FL, rent free, no lease and no one, including the State, can claim you’re not a resident for mooching off of family.
Also know that residency and tax home can be different. In this case you want to get out of Taxolina so start claiming your tax home as FL as well on your tax returns. Makes no difference if you own real property in Carolina.
People own multiple properties in multiple states and have to pick one. So you pick one.
It only gets overcomplicated for people who haven’t experienced moving state to state.
Appreciate it Grit. Makes perfect sense. I assume I have to relinquish my NC license in order to get the FL. Not a big deal, just thinking that's how it works. Then it's a matter of changing states at work for payroll, bills etc. I will have other vehicles titled in NC, assuming again that I could just register them in FL once I get my DL.
