info on how to chge rv title to state that I don't live in.

Try and figure out where to register two cars that are owned by myself and my children. They live in Florida and are resident there as they are going to college there. Since they have part-time jobs, they have to have a Florida drivers license. Since I am part owner and a Tennessee resident, I have registered and titled the cars in Tennessee. My name and their names are on the title. The insurance company knows where the vehicles are during school and the kids come up to Tennessee for the summer. I pay the insurance and the car payments.

It would be interesting to see the possible urination contest between the Sunshine State and the Volunteer State as to exactly where the vehicle should be registered. Since they are both in their senior year, the point will soon be moot.

Seen an article just a week or so ago in the paper here in Iowa. They are cracking down here and the back fees are heavy. and some legal charges come with it. Its definitely not legal. People were caught because they would park their RV in their yard or drive way for extended periods of time with out of state plates on them while other vehicles had Iowa plates.

If my state (Alaska) required me to have the MH in Alaska every year to get a sticker, I'd probably go the LLC route in Montanna or some other state. We took the MH south this spring and it will never come back to Alaska. We'll travel stateside in it each year and park it wherever we are when its time fly back north for the summer. If someone thinks I would have traveled 5,000 miles every year or two to get an inspection sticker, they should offer to pay my diesel tab.

We used to have emission testing in Anchorage. They finally had to acknowledge that they were a farse and just there to raise revenues. So they canceled the testing, but then raised the taxes by an equal amount.

Bill

monkey44 wrote:
The oddest thing about all the vehicle registration laws - at least those that tell me I MUST return and get a sticker every year ... what if we're retired and simply travel a lot. How can any state tell us we MUST return periodically.

Seems an infringement of my ability to travel as much as I wish.

For example: If we get a sticker in November ... and leave on a six months trip in June ... They would be telling me I have to return and get my sticker again, mid-way in my trip. I know, I know - some of you will say something ridiculous, like get another sticker before I leave. But that's not the point, it's the requirement that I stay put for any part of a year - it's none of their business where I am or what I'm doing or how long I'm doing it until I return to the state where my vehicle is registered ... JMHO ... M44

AND, for the sake of discussion - the state really doesn't care about my truck or where it is - they want the money, that's all there is to it.

And how dare they tell you that the vehicle must be registered and that you have to have a valid drivers license and that you must have insurance.....oh wait How about those states that tell you that you have to wear a helmet on motorcycle.

Chaos I tell you.....CHAOS!

The only legal way is: move.

The oddest thing about all the vehicle registration laws - at least those that tell me I MUST return and get a sticker every year ... what if we're retired and simply travel a lot. How can any state tell us we MUST return periodically.

Seems an infringement of my ability to travel as much as I wish.

For example: If we get a sticker in November ... and leave on a six months trip in June ... They would be telling me I have to return and get my sticker again, mid-way in my trip. I know, I know - some of you will say something ridiculous, like get another sticker before I leave. But that's not the point, it's the requirement that I stay put for any part of a year - it's none of their business where I am or what I'm doing or how long I'm doing it until I return to the state where my vehicle is registered ... JMHO ... M44

AND, for the sake of discussion - the state really doesn't care about my truck or where it is - they want the money, that's all there is to it.

Our permanent home address is SD while we full time! Check with folks at Americas Mailbox.com for info.

Drivers license vs. vehicle license - have you ever used a rental car?? Works for them!

orfsotr wrote:
And what will you tell the officer who stops you and asks why you have a MO drivers liscense and a vehicle registration/liscense from another state? Also could be a bit of a sticky wicket with your insurance company!

It happens, I know a guy that had his DL in Washington, his truck registered in Oregon and his trailer in Montana. He filed is Federal taxes in Alaska....his theory was "I don't know which state I want to declare as a personal residence.

When caught, Washington asked him about back-taxes on his other vehicles, Oregon and Montana asked him about back-taxes on his income and Alaska asked him about residency payment(the Alaska resident state payment from crude oil)....I'm certain it all got expensive.

To the OP, the law-firm in Missoula you were referred to is to setup a Montana based LLC that "owns" your RV. Be-advised that some states (including Washington, California and Colorado) consider this tax-fraud.

The problem lies in the part that states:

"Contact the motor vehicle authorities in that state. Determine if an expired out-of-state inspection is a violation of motor vehicle law in that state."

and
" When you receive your extension sticker:
•Do not put the extension sticker on your windshield while your vehicle is out of state.
•Keep the sticker and the instructions in your vehicle to show to an out-of-state police officer.
•The sticker is not a guarantee that a police officer will not issue a traffic ticket."

I can just see me now asking Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania if I am legal and if not trying to reroute so I do not pass through the state. I know the odds are slight that I will be stopped but I do not relish a quick trip back to New York with an expired sticker. I would not be comfortable stopping and smelling the roses as they say. Not to mention the cost 3400 miles round trip at 8 miles per gallon is about 425 gallons of gasoline times the cost equals an easy $1000.

You would need to establish residency in the target state. That usually means having a residence there that you occupy for a certain percentage of the time. (For Kentucky and Indiana, that period of time is an average of 3 days per week. I did this for a while - had an apartment in both states and lived in the former for 3 days a week and the latter for 4 days a week. Made doing my taxes more interesting - I had to file as a resident in both states.)

Not telling the truth about your residency status and using that to save money on taxes (of any sort) is fraud and carries both financial penalties and potential jail time. The states, being in need of money, are getting better and better at detecting this. It's really not a good idea to try it.