Here's the deal. I split my time between North Carolina and Florida. I have addresses in both. My drivers liscence is in NC. I drove down my Volvo 240 and I'm keeping it here in Florida. I don't want it titled and tagged anymore in NC because of state inspections and taxes (FL doesn't have). I'd like to tittle and tag it here in Florida. I bought a Prius now and I'd also like to keep it titled and tagged here as well. Can you have a state drivers license and your cars titled and tagged in a different state? I'm sure people who snow bird have this figured out. By the way I need to keep NC residency and I don't think it will be a problem as my job is stationed out of there.
I'm pretty sure you'll need to keep them NC tagged if you want to kept NC residency. Only exception I know is military. At one point I had a SC licence, MS title, and FL tag.
Plate and insurance need to be the same state, and generally things are easier if the drivers license is too. You pretty much are going to have to explain why you didn't get a new license when you are in Florida and why you didn't get new plates when you are in NC. It's been my experience that explaining the license is much easier than the plates.
Ok. Above all the most important thing is keeping NC residency for school tuition.
But wouldn't if I'm paying NC state tax's out I'd income then that would be residency? If its based off license, I'm moving my job to Florida haha.
Most if not all states require you to register and license your car in their state if you're a resident of that state. Whichever of the two states you spend more than six months in is your state of residence.
I live in Maryland, my drivers license is from MD. The car outside is tagged in MD. I have a car at my house in Florida, and it is registered and tagged to that address with a Florida plate. All Florida wanted was proof that I owned that house, they did not care about the license. The main issue was making sure my insurance company had a policy on both cars based on what address they "lived" at. Oddly enough since they were different addresses, they don't qualify for a multi car discount.
Ahhh, ok. I gotta check with progressive about the multi car discount then.
wae
Dork
12/4/16 7:27 p.m.
I'm sure it differs state-to-state, but in Kentucky they don't really care where the owner lives, but they care very much about where the car lives. If you have a company car that is owned by an Ohio company, for example, but the car sleeps in a Kentucky driveway every night, then you're required to have a Kentucky tag on it. Now, that probably has a lot to do with the ad valorem tax that they want to collect every year, so other states might not care so much about it.
Duke
MegaDork
12/4/16 7:39 p.m.
All I know is that up here in DE/PA, anybody who ever lived in Florida even a little bit keeps their cars registered there. My neighbors across the street, who live here pretty much year round, have 5 cars with FL tags parked at their house right now.
FL resident, job in MI. FL license, cars living in FL have FL plates and FL insurance, cars in MI have MI plates and MI insurance. No biggie, happens all of the time. When I go into DMV in MI they assume I also want a new license. I tell them no that my residency is FL and then they just do the cars.
I live in Mass and I winterize a lot of homes for snowbirds. They all have Florida plates. I have a buddy who's mom lives in Florida but his name is on the paperwork down there. Everything he owns is registered in Florida including the plow truck he uses to plow the town roads. Only exception is his trailer that is registered in Maine.
It sounds like getting FL tags won't be hard if you have a legitimate address. Also, if that doesn't work out for some reason and have to keep the Volvo tagged in NC, don't worry about the inspection. Inspection rules aren't enforced across state borders. It would only be an issue if you drive it back to NC.
glueguy wrote:
FL resident, job in MI. FL license, cars living in FL have FL plates and FL insurance, cars in MI have MI plates and MI insurance. No biggie, happens all of the time. When I go into DMV in MI they assume I also want a new license. I tell them no that my residency is FL and then they just do the cars.
Really? I have a Michigan residence and would LOVE to keep a car there. I'm there 2-3 months a year.
I live in Virginia where the counties are allowed to assess a car tax on county residents. They get the registration information (and where to send you a bill) from the DMV title/registration records. Commonwealth law requires you to title & register your car if you reside here.
There is an exemption for active duty military. I'm fine with that, obviously. Short haircuts and Florida plates are considered matching accessories around here. Also full-time out-of-state students with no job in the Commonwealth can keep their cars registered out of state, so long as nobody else in their household is using the car to get to work in the Commonwealth. Seems fair.
The non-compliance in my county is so bad, the county has to patrol apartment complex parking lots and slap summons on cars with OOS plates and a lot permit sticker. People in single-family homes leave the car parked in the driveway, because LEO's aren't allowed for some reason to put a summons on the car. But the county runs a tip hotline, and if they get a tip they can summons the property owner.
Call me a Richard, but I have no love for people who live in my county and don't pay their taxes when they're supposed to. But it's human nature, I guess, for people to try and get out of it.
