debiyea Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 Hello, we are planning to go FT in August this year. We currently reside in California and plan to settle in Nevada once we are done with traveling. Has anyone set up their domicile in Nevada? Trying to determine if best to set up everything in Nevada from the beginning or start in Texas/SD and then change to Nevada once we do settle down after traveling. Thanks for your input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandsys Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 I have a friend who domiciles in Nevada and has done so for years. I think his mail forwarder is in Pharump. There's a SKP park there but they don't do mail. Linda Sand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missourijan Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 We used to live in NV. Set up your domicile in TX or SD until you settle in NV. Nevada isn't that friendly to fulltimers, the vehicle registration is high. We paid $475 for our Dodge Ram, SD was about $100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk W Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 I believe that the post of Jan & Thomas is probably correct, based upon observations of quite a number of years. Back when we began to look at going full-time, I found a mail forwarding service located in Henderson, NV which at that time was pretty popular with RV owners on the road, but over the years it seems to have faded away and I suspect that the reason is as stated above. Of course, coming from CA where such rates are also very high, it could well be that NV's fees may seem more reasonable to you. My advice is to check those rates and compare them before you commit to a choice of domicile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scouserl41 Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 We picked SD when we left CA. You may find somewhere on your travels you like more than NV, you can always make that switch later when you are certain. BnB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinstartrvlr Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 Just an added bit of info..... When I looked (briefly) at NV for a domicile I was pretty shocked by the vehicle fees. They base the fee on a percentage of the year and MSRP of the vehicle, with a 15% (i think) reduction each year for a few years, until it reaches a certain percentage of MSRP. So if you have a new vehicle, the fees are pretty steep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whj469 Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 There is a reason that most people use TX, FL or SD. Income tax, auto fees, if under 65 health insurance. Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpsinc Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 X2 on Nevada registration fees being HIGH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvlabs Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 We originally chose SD because of relatively low vehicle registration fees, no special vehicle licensing requirements if you drive a motorhome over 26,000 lbs (unlike Texas), and low taxes. FL would be my other choice - very similar to SD in terms of registration fees, licensing requirements, and taxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gapers Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 Hi, I use Nevada. My mail service is with Forward Nevada in Vegas. The vehicle fees are quite high. You may have special problems leaving California. California may continue to "claim" you as a resident. The burden of proof is on YOU to prove to California that you no longer live there--or they can continue to require you to pay state income tax. CA especially scrutinizes people who move to NV. Make sure that all of your CA ties are severed--property, plates, memberships, doctors, dentists, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Paranoid Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 A couple of other things to keep in mind: Annual State Motor Vehicle Inspection Required? Emissions Testing? (In some states, it's only required if your address is in certain counties) Are you OK with driving back to your "domicile state once a year to deal with this? Or would you be happier domiciled in a state that doesn't require this? Thanks to the RealID act, it's getting harder and harder to get Driver's Licenses and such without bunches of supporting documents. It may be hard to get a NV Driver's License and Vehicle Registration without having an actual physical address in NV. I believe there are still work arounds for this in TX and SD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Happy Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 I'd think twice before I'd domicile in Nevada. Registration is a lot higher then Texas. Insurance is also higher. And just a heads up, you don't need to return to Texas every year to get your vehicle inspected. You just need to call your county clecks office and they'll send you a "out of state self certified form" to fill out. And you just sign it and return it with the vehicle registration renewal.I have my domicile at my son's house in Texas. I lived there for over 50 years. I now have a lot in the Escapee Park in Pahrump, NV. And I use this as my home base when not traveling or work camping somewhere. Sometime in the future I might just relocate to somewhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTroy Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 A couple of other things to keep in mind: Thanks to the RealID act, it's getting harder and harder to get Driver's Licenses and such without bunches of supporting documents. It may be hard to get a NV Driver's License and Vehicle Registration without having an actual physical address in NV. I believe there are still work arounds for this in TX and SD. There is also still a workaround in FL, we just did our residency there, vehicle registration and voter registration last week with our local FL mail service we established a couple months back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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