blangen wrote:
mowermech wrote:
If the OP has a relative or good friend who lives in a state where it would be advantageous to title and register his RV, it might bear looking in to.
Yes, there are states who will welcome your registration with open arms... like South Dakota and Montanna. The problem you will run into is with the state who thinks you owed the registration fees/taxes to them, instead. In these economic times, States have gotten way too good at catching the hair splitters. Best advice is do it all and do it right (moving to the state you like)... or suck it up and pay your less desirable state what is due. In the end, those fees/taxes will have been less than the amount you will pay if/when you get caught trying to split hairs and not doing it properly.
Yes, there may be penalties to pay. One of them is very likely to be that you can NEVER bring your RV "home", it will have to remain out of your home state forever. Such is the penalty for trying to work the system.
By the way, MONTANA is NOT spelled "Montanna"!
Of course, Californians can avoid paying sales tax on their RVs quite simply and legally. Just buy the RV out of state, and leave it out of state for one year. Yes, documentation may be required to PROVE beyond any doubt that the RV never entered California for that year.
It CAN be done, and it IS perfectly legal!
