License, registration, home, visiting.... oh my!

Look at semi plates, they are usually licensed from just a few states where there are less taxes and fees. I think MO is one of them.

Depends on where you are and what you are doing. If you are working somewhere, that state's registration laws tend to have precedence. Many states have a very short fuse for local vehicle registration if you reside and work there (no matter what you want to say about where you "live"). So in this case, it is probably up to California and how they want to treat a long term visitor camp host vs a working in California RV park employee.

Why would someone register a vehicle in Kansas (which is expensive and procedurally a major pain) if it could be registered in Missouri? People who reside in Kansas and work in Missouri or Oklahoma jump through hoops to register out of state.

I wouldn't depend on any legal answers on this forum.

But just for fun...We know a lady that goes until something is expired then buys whatever she needs, where ever she is at when something expires. Not on purpose, she just puts stuff off till the last min. Not the cheapest way to go she explains. Over the years she has her MH licensed in one state her towed car in another and drivers license in a different. Her area code on her phone is another. Her mailing address is a PO box in Calif for most of her stuff. And has a South Dakota mailing address also.

She was leaving Yuma for the LA area and we decided to meet up for lunch at the Q. Winterheaven I think is the city/town. She filled up in Yuma (cheaper than Ca prices) pulled back on the street and the next light somebody rear ended her towed car.

By this time we were at the Q waiting for her, with our own car. She called and asked if we would come to where she was. When we got there she was in tears, Yuma police was on scene. Tow truck guy couldn't get her towed unhitched. Police asked her about all the different addresses. She said "I get them where ever I'm at when the old one expires" Police looked at her and rolled his eyes and said "OK lady makes since to me".

If it were me I'd probably still be in jail.

Durb wrote:
It used to be that Oregon had a large dealer RV business catering to out of state buyers. Buy your rig with no sales tax. Get a PO Box and register it for two years for $30. I think the state changed the laws or the fees and killed the business off but I am not positive.

It wasn't a change in the laws or fees that killed that business. It was the huge fine the business had to pay

fj12ryder wrote:
The only thing for sure is that he should have the Jeep registered in Missouri. If he has residence here, he is supposed to have his vehicles registered here.

But who knows all the details. Some people go to great lengths, some legal some not so much, to avoid taxes, so hard to say.

I would think MO would be a lot less to register a vehicle then KS. At one time we had the dubious honor of being the highest vehicle registration in the country. Since then they have lowered it except on boats.

Used to be and may still be. Consider three items: The state one is pyhsicslly in, the state that issued the drivers liscense, and the state the vehicle is registered in. As long as two out of three are the same it is legal. If all three are from different states I doubt it is legal. States also have individual reguirements that may not all be the same so have to check with the state one calls their residence.

The only thing for sure is that he should have the Jeep registered in Missouri. If he has residence here, he is supposed to have his vehicles registered here.

But who knows all the details. Some people go to great lengths, some legal some not so much, to avoid taxes, so hard to say.

It used to be that Oregon had a large dealer RV business catering to out of state buyers. Buy your rig with no sales tax. Get a PO Box and register it for two years for $30. I think the state changed the laws or the fees and killed the business off but I am not positive.

Generally, your DL has nothing to do with registration. For example, although Arizona is not our primary home/residence, we have a vehicle at our winter home. Arizona law specifically states that a vehicle remaining in the state 6 months and a day or more must be registered in AZ. If a vehicle is used and stored in multiple states less than 6 months in each, it would be possible to register elsewhere assuming a property address at that location.

The other question is, why would you do that. Most be a good reason. Might have bought the Jeep in Kansas and the M.H. in South Dakota. As far as the camp host position, it's OK. A lot of people do it.

My rigs are registered in Texas, I spend 6 months in Nevada, and 6 months in Utah camp hosting. And once a year I go back to Texas for a visit. It's a new world out there when you full-time.