Where are you registered?

[owl]

&nbsp;&nbsp; I am currently a California resident with all the expense that entails. I am considering residing in Nevada so as to become a resident with the benefits that entails. No income tax, lower vehicle registration fees, less smog B.S.<br>What say you?<br>

 

[stude53]

<p style="margin: 0px;">Welcome, Owl</p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">Heres a guide you may find helpful. I did.</p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.myprimeyears.com/rv/yeaw_homebase2.htm" target=_blank>http://www.myprimeyears.com/rv/yeaw_homebase2.htm</a></p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">Bob</p>

 

[akrvbob]

I am a Pahrump, Nevada resident for all the reasons you listed. Pahrump is in Nye County, which doesn't have any vehicle or emissions inspections, Clark County (Las Vegas) does have smog inspections, so avoid it.&nbsp; Pahrump is about an hours drive from Vegas. Of course there is no state income tax, and NV is libertarian so there is legalized gambling and prostitution. Becoming a resident is cheap and easy, it took me about an hour at the DMV and cost about $100 for new license and plates. Renewing the tags is easy every year over the internet. Every 5 years you have to go back and renew your DL.<br><br>I chose NV because it is central to where I travel. I spend my winters in the desert Southwest, so I am often through NV. Also, there are over 15 National Parks within an easy days drive of Las Vegas, some of the most beautiful places anywhere. So if you want to see beautiful country, it is a great base of operations. <br><br>Finding a good Mail Forwarder is critically important and I have a great one in Pahrump. It costs me $100 a year and she offers the best possible service. She will even get a check in the mail, and deposit in the bank for me (BofA and Wells Fargo both in town). Find her website here;<br>http://www.jbmailroom.com/<br><br>The one bad thing is my car insurance went up from what it was in North Carolina, your mileage may vary. Many people love South Dakota as a resident state, but it is so far away the cost of gas to go there is prohibitive. Bob<br><br>

 

[sl1966]

I remember you telling me this when I got to meet you in person a few years back. I thought I'd read this someplace about NV. How did you managed to get by the state requirement of needing an address instead of a PO Box? Or was that info incorrect or outdated?<div><br></div>

 

[akrvbob]

Good question, I should have said that. My mail forwarder lets me use her home address as my home address. She is a retired woman and runs her business out of her home. So her home address is my home address. It is not a Postal Mail Box or a Suite number, it is a street address in a residentail area. When I order UPS, /FedEx etc. it comes to her home address and then I either pick it up, or she mails it to me. <br><br>My mailing address is a P.O. Box, but her home is my address. It has worked perfectly for 4 years now. Highly recomended! Bob<br><br>

 

[Les H]

You may want to look into
http://www.mydakotaaddress.com/
They specialize in out of state residents such as Rv ers.

 

[owl]

<P>akrvbob, when you registered your truck in Nv. what paper work did you take to DMV with you. Did they need your title and reg from the previous state? What about tags from the previous state, did you turn them in? Was there a vehicle inspection required? I'm wondering because I have three to register including the fiver and wonder if I would have to have them with me to get registered. Did you get a Nv. drivers license at the same time? Thanks for the help.</P>

 

[phoenix900]

my Az drivers license is good till 2024 & insurance cheaper too.

 

[yesican]

<p>Do you ever get to Vote?</p>

 

[owl]

<P>yesican, Yes you can vote,just like our troops, vote by mail.</P>

 

[yesican]

<p>This lifestyle looks better all the time!</p>

 

[owl]

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp; yesican, one other thing, vote early and vote often!</P>

 

[Phantom Blooper]

This lifestyle looks better all the time!

<br><br>Except for rattlesnakes........<IMG border=0 align=absMiddle src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif"><br>

 

[yesican]

<p>Phantom...don't forget to add "except for rattlesnakes AND black widows!</p>

 

[Pikachu711]

<p>This question goes along the same subject as where you have your van, rv, etc. registered.<br /><br />I'm originally from the state of Rhode Island. Every year prior to re-registering your vehicle you are required do have your vehicle inspected. This involved raising&nbsp;it on a rack and examining it&nbsp;for any serious&nbsp;issues. My Dad hated this time of the year. With the salt they used on the road they always found something that needed to be repaired or replaced. I later went into the military and was stationed in the state of Maine. I had to have my car inspected there as well every year.<br /><br />Here in Nevada, aside from emission tests in some parts of the state, a vehicle inspection is not required to renew your vehicle's registration.<br /><br />Are there other states like Nevada that does not require a full vehicle inspection? Just curious.</p>

 

[VanLifeCrisis]

I think I read that in SD you aren't required to have an inspection either.

 

[Spirituallifetime]

akrvbob, when you registered your truck in Nv. what paper work did you take to DMV with you. Did they need your title and reg from the previous state? What about tags from the previous state, did you turn them in? Was there a vehicle inspection required? I'm wondering because I have three to register including the fiver and wonder if I would have to have them with me to get registered. Did you get a Nv. drivers license at the same time?

<br /><br /><br />Here in NV when you bring vehicles in from another state they have to be inspected at the time you are registering them and you have to have prof of insurance the current registration and the old plates with you. Yes you can get your drivers license at the same time you will have to take the written test, turn in your old license and show your SS card and my need birth certificate.

 

[[email protected]]

"turn in your old license"

I've never understood this one. This happened to me in 2001 while doing some travelling in USA. I had my license from Iowa but turned it on for New Mexico I think it was. At the time it struck me as very weird. If I have a fishing license or a gun license keeping a rare bird or whatever license I don't have to turn in my license from another state jurisdiction. If I have a driver's license in nation X I don't have to turn in my driver's license from country Y.  So what's the deal? 
I'll tell you my opinion on the matter. Drivers licenses are not about public safety. They are efforts to control domestic movement of the population. Why not just start a national ID card and be honest about it? And revenue generation. In BC they don't even do an eye test anymore. AND the license is issues not by the Department of Highways but rather by a monopoly corporation that sells (no competition allowed, because they know best what is good for us) automobile insurance.
In which US states an you keep your old valid driver's license if you get a new one from another state?

 

[[email protected]]

Remember the old 'joke': heaven is where the car mechanic is X, the cook is Y, and the gf is Z?

Apply this to RVing please!

I mean by where to purchase vehicle, where to register it, where to get insurance, where to travel for low-cost camping etc. Not in terms of practicality (no point registering vehicle in Honolulu, then  travelling in Alaska) but ideally.

 

[John61CT]

"turn in your old license" I've never understood this one.

The DL grants privileges across state lines, the others don't.

The accumulation of habitual penalties should lead to suspension, that would be ineffective if you could choose which DL got the points/tickets.

Most people live in just one location, and everyone has just one single legal domicile for tax / draft / jury / voting etc obligations.

Your DL is a big factor in determining that.