Some Iowa MH owners facing big tax problems.
Desmoines Register Article Registering your MH out of state is not an option anymore.
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Serves them right, those that skirt the rules in a way that a normal Iowan is unable to. When a person enters an agreement to avoid a tax, others will and do pay, they deserve to be held accountable.
When I went out on the road, I sold all my property and registered my vehicles where I chose to. I didn't go to a tax free state, I could have, but I didn't. I also am not in my originating state more than 30 days, in a calendar year.
Years ago, when I was doing the State's enforcement, we purposely looked for high end vehicles, with Oregon plates. It was not hard to find a reason to pull people over and check out the vehicle, ask questions when they provided in state DLs and Insurance. As is other residency requirements to register their vehicles, SUVs, Sports Cars once moving to a state. If you are there visiting, fine. If you are military, fine. If you are enrolled in an accredited College/University carrying a full time load (12 credit hours a semester) fine. If you give your kid a car and keep it registered in your home state and they are in another, busted, as the vehicle is now in that state, does not matter who owns it, it must be registered in that state.
If I am not mistaken, there are a few states cracking down on large MH with LLC and requiring them to enter and exit the state as Commercial Vehicles and be assessed with the appropriate fees and permits.
So, if you go this route in registering your MH/RV vehicle, or expensive motor vehicles, rest assured there are people out there, your neighbours, mechanics reporting you to the DOT/DMV. Some states provide a reward for doing this. It is not just an Iowa issue, other states are already doing it. If you are not doing it, don't even worry a minute about it.
When I went out on the road, I sold all my property and registered my vehicles where I chose to. I didn't go to a tax free state, I could have, but I didn't. I also am not in my originating state more than 30 days, in a calendar year.
Years ago, when I was doing the State's enforcement, we purposely looked for high end vehicles, with Oregon plates. It was not hard to find a reason to pull people over and check out the vehicle, ask questions when they provided in state DLs and Insurance. As is other residency requirements to register their vehicles, SUVs, Sports Cars once moving to a state. If you are there visiting, fine. If you are military, fine. If you are enrolled in an accredited College/University carrying a full time load (12 credit hours a semester) fine. If you give your kid a car and keep it registered in your home state and they are in another, busted, as the vehicle is now in that state, does not matter who owns it, it must be registered in that state.
If I am not mistaken, there are a few states cracking down on large MH with LLC and requiring them to enter and exit the state as Commercial Vehicles and be assessed with the appropriate fees and permits.
So, if you go this route in registering your MH/RV vehicle, or expensive motor vehicles, rest assured there are people out there, your neighbours, mechanics reporting you to the DOT/DMV. Some states provide a reward for doing this. It is not just an Iowa issue, other states are already doing it. If you are not doing it, don't even worry a minute about it.
