Declaring state residency?

The escapees.com club website has a forum - they are full timers and the domicile question has been discussed ad nauseum in their forum.

I knew campers that have a mailing address in Texas with the Escapees. Seem to work for them. Cost extra to forward the mail. Check it out.

The Department of Revenue for some states might be a good source of information. For example, California is commonly thought to be a difficult state in which to keep domicile in a different state. i.e. 20 day requirement to change residency when working there and a need to live in our home state 6 months. This is not necessarily so. I found that the department has an excellent description of a Full-time-Nonresident where I can keep my domicile intact in another state. Been here two years and still in good standing.

Woody,

Yes, each individual state has differing residency requirements/policies.
No, there is no "book" that explains all the variations, state by state. But its easy to research online.
Start by taking advantage of the 1000's of fulltimers who went through this evaluation before you. The vast majority of them choose either, SD, TX or Fl. Those 3 all make it easy for fulltime travelers to setup Domicile (not everyone has a residence, but everyone has a domicile state) and they have no state income tax.
There are several minor differences in the laws & regulations of SD, TX, FL that will effect some fulltimers but not others. We each have different priorities, preferences and needs; so what's best for one is not necessarily best for all.

Wo.ody wrote:
So how does this work if you are a "full time" T-Camper? Most states require you reside for more than 1/2 of the year.
Am I correct to assume each state has a different policy?
Is there a "book of all knowledge" about this?

Thanks.

Woody

SD requires you to stay one night at a hotel or campground and you use the receipt as documentation when you apply for driver license and voter ID card.

a lot of places have places like ups mail service stores. they have mail boxes and they don't care if you have a street address or not. you just use the mail box number and you are home free. Now the USPS requires you have a physical street address and that you DO RESIDE at that address before you get to rent a PO box. and their forwarding of mail is a lot different than the UPS mail store system. the USPS system will only forward mail for so long and it is not renewable.

SD is our 'domicile' state
We have mail forwarding service that gives us a 'physical' address
We have SD drivers licenses, SD vehicles registrations, Insurance coverage is based on our SD address and we are registered to vote SD (we use absentee ballot).

We have been to SD three times
1st was to get DL's registration
2nd time was to renew
3rd time was because we were traveling thru

TX and FL are also FT RV friendly

It varies state to state as they each have their own residency requirements.

I'd be looking in the Fulltime forum.