Buying an RV in Oregon.
Hi All, we are Canadians looking to buy a used 5th wheel to take to Palm Springs once the borders are open again. What I would like to know is, if we buy one in Oregon and take it to California to lea...
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Super_Dave wrote:
Bought my boat in Oregon and paid my sales tax in Utah. The tax is only on what is registered. The bank holds the title and no relationship between title and taxes.
OP LIVES IN and is a RESIDENT OF CANADA.
Would have CANADA LICENSE AND INSURANCE.
Wants to buy in Oregon for some reason.
Wants to MOVE RV from Oregon to CALIFORNIA.
This is not straight forward as a US Citizen buying in Oregon and moving it to California.
I suspect OP will not be able to transfer the title, period and would end up with nothing more than a Bill of sale.
Highly doubt California will transfer a title from out of state to an non resident to California's DMV system. May even have a difficult time buying a new RV in Oregon because of the title paperwork that must be done, used not so much a problem there.
Of course if OP is planning to move the RV to California to a permanent site they might be able to get away with never transferring the title and thus avoiding California' taxes and registration costs but the OP WILL need to get some sort of temporary tags to move the RV from Oregon to California which is going to cost money and most likely not work if Oregon requires a Oregon DL and insurance just to issue a temp tag..
It is a no win situation.
Op could buy in Oregon, never transfer title, nor register title, nor get tags and pay to have a heavy hauler with a flat deck low boy trailer and drop off at the exact spot without the need for title, title transfer and paying taxes.. But, a Heavy hauler with a low boy flat deck could cost a couple of thousand... And if they ever decided to sell they are stuck with an untitled trailer that they can not sell because of the messed up title.
Many ways to do it and most workarounds will in the end cost more than just buying what they want where they currently live and drive it to where that want it to stay..
The reality of it is if the OP were to buy a $20K RV, they would be on the hook for $2400 in taxes (12%) where they currently live..
Even IF they could find a way to work this third party deal out, the chances are they WILL spend MORE than the measly $2400 in taxes they would owe if they bought in their Country..
Not even sure why they picked Oregon other than perhaps lower "sales taxes" perhaps?
