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07-07-2015, 01:51 PM
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How long can I visit a state before needing to register car/switch license?
Hi. Let's (hypothetically) say I wanted to drive to Colorado to work for a few months and then drive back to California.
Can someone keep their license from another state and hang around for a while without going through the hassle of switching everything related to the car, or does it need to be registered again etc.?
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07-07-2015, 02:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by letswastemoney
Hi. Let's (hypothetically) say I wanted to drive to Colorado to work for a few months and then drive back to California.
Can someone keep their license from another state and hang around for a while without going through the hassle of switching everything related to the car, or does it need to be registered again etc.?
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This depends on state law of where you are "hanging around."
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07-07-2015, 02:18 PM
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It also depends on whether or not you are maintaining an address (like with family or friends) for legal purposes like your California car registration.
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07-07-2015, 02:32 PM
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https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dmv...n-requirements
According to the above link from the Division of Motor Vehicles of the Colorado Department of Revenue, if you work in Colorado, that makes you a resident of the state. You then have ninety days from the day that you start employment to register your vehicle.
Last edited by Overlay; 07-07-2015 at 02:34 PM.
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07-07-2015, 02:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Overlay
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dmv...n-requirements
According to the above link from the Division of Motor Vehicles of the Colorado Department of Revenue, if you work in Colorado, that makes you a resident of the state. You then have ninety days from the day that you start employment to register your vehicle.
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Darn. I figured it would be something like that.
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07-07-2015, 03:10 PM
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tmrpots
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Quote:
Originally Posted by letswastemoney
Darn. I figured it would be something like that.
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I got busted for that when I first moved to Vegas. I got away with it for a couple of years, but I think somebody ratted me out. I came home one day and there was a ticket taped to the front of my door.
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07-07-2015, 03:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Overlay
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dmv...n-requirements
According to the above link from the Division of Motor Vehicles of the Colorado Department of Revenue, if you work in Colorado, that makes you a resident of the state. You then have ninety days from the day that you start employment to register your vehicle.
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I sure didn't see that in the link you provided. Couldn't you live in Kansas and drive to Colorado for your daily job? That doesn't make you a resident of Colorado. Would you consider a college student from California who takes a winter break job at a ski resort in Colorado a resident of Colorado? While there is no question that a person would owe Colorado tax on income earned in Colorado (military excluded) the issue of residency is not determined by virtue of having worked a temporary job in Colorado.
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07-07-2015, 04:53 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Originally Posted by AndyC
I sure didn't see that in the link you provided. Couldn't you live in Kansas and drive to Colorado for your daily job? That doesn't make you a resident of Colorado. Would you consider a college student from California who takes a winter break job at a ski resort in Colorado a resident of Colorado? While there is no question that a person would owe Colorado tax on income earned in Colorado (military excluded) the issue of residency is not determined by virtue of having worked a temporary job in Colorado.
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Here's another link from AAA that says the same thing:
http://drivinglaws.aaa.com/laws/regi...non-residents/
"Colorado
"Non-resident must register vehicle within 90 days of becoming a resident or becoming gainfully employed in the state. There is a supplemental unregistered vehicle surcharge of $25.00 per month that begins after the initial 90 days.
"Non-resident military personnel on duty may retain the current vehicle registration from another state."
I got involved in a similar dispute with the California Department of Motor Vehicles in 1995, when I was assessed $93.00 in penalty fees on the cost of my California registration and the smog check that California was requiring (at that time) for all out-of-state vehicles. (I went to the local office of the California DMV to register my vehicle two days after I signed the loan papers for the house that I was buying in Susanville (Lassen County). (California required people who worked in California to obtain non-resident registrations, even if they did not live in the state.) (Prior to purchasing my home, I had been staying at a hotel in Reno, Nevada, with valid Kentucky license plates on my car.) I appealed the penalty fees to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, but my appeal was denied. I finally had to write my state senator to get the penalty fees refunded, and even then, I think that the only reason I got my money back was that the smog check requirement/fee had been declared an unconstitutional infringement on interstate commerce.
Last edited by Overlay; 07-07-2015 at 05:07 PM.
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07-07-2015, 05:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Overlay
Here's another link from AAA that says the same thing:
http://drivinglaws.aaa.com/laws/regi...non-residents/
"Colorado
"Non-resident must register vehicle within 90 days of becoming a resident or becoming gainfully employed in the state. There is a supplemental unregistered vehicle surcharge of $25.00 per month that begins after the initial 90 days.
"Non-resident military personnel on duty may retain the current vehicle registration from another state."
I got involved in a similar dispute with the California Department of Motor Vehicles in 1995, when I was assessed $93.00 in penalty fees on the cost of my California registration and the smog check that California was requiring (at that time) for all out-of-state vehicles. (I went to the local office of the California DMV to register my vehicle two days after I signed the loan papers for the house that I was buying in Susanville (Lassen County). (California required people who worked in California to obtain non-resident registrations, even if they did not live in the state.) (Prior to purchasing my home, I had been staying at a hotel in Reno, Nevada, with valid Kentucky license plates on my car.) I appealed the penalty fees to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, but my appeal was denied. I finally had to write my state senator to get the penalty fees refunded, and even then, I think that the only reason I got my money back was that the smog check requirement/fee had been declared an unconstitutional infringement on interstate commerce.
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You are missing the point. Having a temporary job in another state does not make you a resident of that state.
When you took the job in CA and was "living" in a Reno hotel, you were neither a resident of Kentucky nor a resident of Nevada. Had you purchased a house in Nevada and commuted to CA you would not have been required to register your car in CA.
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07-07-2015, 05:25 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyC
You are missing the point. Having a temporary job in another state does not make you a resident of that state.
When you took the job in CA and was "living" in a Reno hotel, you were neither a resident of Kentucky nor a resident of Nevada. Had you purchased a house in Nevada and commuted to CA you would not have been required to register your car in CA.
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At that time, even if I had bought a house in Nevada, as long as I was working in California, I would still have been required to obtain an out-of-state vehicle registration in California (in addition to my Nevada registration). I would have had Nevada plates on my car, but I still would have been required to pay California for registration of an out-of-state vehicle, since I was working in the state, which involved driving over California roads and polluting California air every day on my way to and from work. I don't know if the California state law has changed since 1995, but that was the requirement then.
Last edited by Overlay; 07-07-2015 at 05:30 PM.
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07-07-2015, 05:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Overlay
Even if I had bought a house in Nevada, as long as I was working in California, I would still have been required to obtain an out-of-state vehicle registration in California (in addition to my Nevada registration). I don't know if the California state law has changed since 1995, but that was the requirement then.
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It isn't required now unless your vehicle is used in your business.
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07-07-2015, 06:12 PM
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tmrpots
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If an NBA player, who lives in another state, plays a game in California, he has to pay state income taxes to California for any income incurred from games played in that state.
Not a great analogy, but the same idea.
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07-07-2015, 07:43 PM
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Refugee from Bowie
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If you go to a sanctuary city, forever.
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07-07-2015, 09:34 PM
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I moved to Oregon in 2008 with Washington plates and license. Spring of 2012 i got pulled over and the cop said "You live in Washington and I said 'no i live here.' He asked "since when?" I said "4 years ago." He replied "you're supposed to get an oregon license within 30 days of moving here" LOL oops
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