CA. residents REG. + LIC in Montana?

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Unless you are serving military in California, I.e.: not considered a state resident and can therefore register in your home state. I wouldn't try to evade taxes and registration fees by registering out of state. I know lots of people in California, they have vacation homes in Nevada and Arizona. If they register outside of California, they use it outside of California. Its too risky to use it in California. I know for a fact the top three enforcement the CHP does is 1.) look for DUI's, 2.) speeders 3.) registration and safety violations. Registration can be looking for tax evasion. Since they actively target this area, I wouldn't do it.

An FYI, the so called tax haven states. You only have a veil of secrecy if its legal. The veil can be pierced if its investigation of illegal activity, ie tax evasion. Sure you can form an LLC in Montana and register a vehicle there. But say your neighbors see you driving around with Montana plates and report you. CA has a hotline to report this. They can get the ownership of the company from Montana. Then you can be in trouble.

 

My car is registered to my LLC in Montana, via 49dollarregisteredagent.com or whatever it is.

I have an LLC there that "owns" all my toys (airplanes, motorcycles, ferrari etc.)

Since the car is registered to a company that is a "resident" of montana, no issues.

If stopped, say it's a company lease.

 

It's okay to say you are looking to evade taxes, emissions tests, circumvent registration fees/laws, etc. That's the whole reason to register in Montana!

 

To me its not about the taxes at all, I will gladly pay my fair share .... But emissions, inspection etc BS

 

You might not feel that way if you knew what Jerry Brown is charging for registration fees.

We went from a few thousand a year to a couple of hundred when we moved to Texas. Jerry has been using vehicle fees to balance the budget.

 

This. Plus my county (Orange) is crazy with personal property taxes each year.

 

I see way too many of these Montana License plates in California. The other day it was a lady in her late 60s driving a RR Ghost . Today it was a new Aston Vanquish at a catholic church with an MIT alumni License plate frame.... Spiritual brains is ok with the risk I guess lol.

It a calculated risk if it's track/week end car .. A daily driver is just plain foolish.