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Originally Posted by MrPrena
I believe student (full time) are only people who can use different state license plate and live there more than 6mo at a time.
I won't go as far as insurance fraud, but it is true that insurance might deny the major claims. (People usually do not have actuary algorithm software to calculate which state is cheaper or expensive).
There are massive amount of "rich folks" who has lots of property in different states, and stays longer than they claims to be a resident of that state, but they get away with it often.
For ex: WA resident staying at Jacksonhole Wyoming or Eagle Colorado for more than 6mo, and still claims to be WA resident.
The person who got impounded most likely have to pay fines, and get the car back from impound lot at extra lot charges.
This law is pain in the ass for people who has more than 1 properties in different states.
Sadly, my mom had to change the license plate on a same vehicle 6times in 4years. (around 2002-2006) She wanted to live in CA for 8mo, and CO for a year after.
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Actually, you only have to register the car in the state which you declare as your permanent residence. Yes student and Military folks are automatically exempt for getting a licence or registration in the state where they are going to school or on a military base.
As you also pointed out rich people have properties all over the place and live there longer than the 30 day requirement to apply as residence and get license and car register. However, what the police will not tell you is you are not required to register your car and get a new state license unless you can show your permanent residence is somewhere else. How do you do that, it based on your Federal tax return and where you pay the majority of state taxes. There was time where you were able to have a drivers license in more than one state. I have one in PA and CA at the same time back in the late 80's. I have my PA license move to Calif and they issue me a new CA license and did not require me to give them the PA one.
Today because of 9-11 and other things it is illegal to have a valid drivers license in two states at the same time. When you move and get a new license they now make you forfeit your old license.
I seen this happen before, someone moves to another state and leaves their car registered in another state for various reasons, most likely insurance costs, but they go and get a new license and when they get stop they get busted since they have documents from two states with the same persons name on them. If you are going to play this game, you need to make sure all your paper work is order and everything matches up.
Anyway I know people who live in PA and spend half a year in other places and all their stuff is registered in PA and they file their taxes in PA. From time to time they get the hey you have property and live in this state and you need to become a resident, and they have to go through the whole thing of no they do not. There are not requirement in order to live and own property in a state you must be a resident. Again you can not be a legal resident in two states, only one at a time.