Register RV in another state

mowermech wrote:

msmith1199 wrote:

Ranger Smith wrote:

msmith1199 wrote:

Snowman9000 wrote:
Jim, very interesting. Thanks for posting that. I would suspect that a fellow forum member or reader probably turned you in. I can't imagine the IL Dept of Revenue having people with time to browse forums looking for violators.

Why wouldn't they? You're talking big money if people are unlawfully avoiding taxes. They have people whose job it is to find those people so why not troll forums looking for cases?

The California Highway Patrol's budget comes from vehicle registration fees. The actively go out and look for RV's with out of state plates. They will then watch those vehicles on a regular basis to determine how long they remain in the state. Once they documented several months of the vehicle being in the state they have DMV send the person a letter saying they have information they have a vehicle in the State that needs to be registered in California. Many of these people then comply and go to DMV and sign a document under penalty of perjury that the vehicle has been in the state less than 30 days so they don't have to pay penalties. Well too bad because CHP already knows how long the vehicle has been here and the person ends up with a felony perjury charge.

So what you are saying is if I drive to California and go to Disneyland and say stay in a campground for 2 months and go to Seaworld and take in the different sites . . . I need to register my vehicles in California . . . I DON'T THINK SO!!!

Can you please point out where I said that. I don't seem to be able to find it. It's a fairly complex set of laws and I don't think there is enough room for me to explain them all here. But clearly there are exceptions.

"The California Highway Patrol's budget comes from vehicle registration fees. The actively go out and look for RV's with out of state plates. They will then watch those vehicles on a regular basis to determine how long they remain in the state. Once they documented several months of the vehicle being in the state they have DMV send the person a letter saying they have information they have a vehicle in the State that needs to be registered in California. Many of these people then comply and go to DMV and sign a document under penalty of perjury that the vehicle has been in the state less than 30 days so they don't have to pay penalties. Well too bad because CHP already knows how long the vehicle has been here and the person ends up with a felony perjury charge."

So, what you are saying is that if my wife takes up Travel Nursing again, and she gets a CA contract for 13 weeks, we must register the motorhome and the Jeep in CA for the term of the contract, then re-register in MT after we leave CA? IF, in fact, that is true, here is one nurse that will NEVER go to CA on contract again, and we will spread the word to ALL travel nurses that we meet!
As always, be careful what you wish for. You just might get it, and it might hurt!

And for the second time, no I didn't say that. There are rules on when a vehicle has to be registered in the state. I'm not going to repeat them all here. I simply pointed out that the CHP actively works these cases. What they are looking for mainly is California residents who have vehicles registered out of state.