ChrisM
Mostly harmless.
The wife and I are in a somewhat unique position and I know we have quite a few .mil members here. Most of you probably know that we are stationed overseas for another two years. In the meantime, our stuff and family are scattered to the four winds. My parents are watching my Mustang, her Escape, and my F150 is in government storage. All three vehicles are registered in Oregon. My home of record is Oregon and she's technically a Montana resident. We both have Oregon licenses. My firearms are...nevermind, I forgot I lost them in a boating accident. I was using my parents' address in Oregon as my catch-all address when it was necessary to have a stateside one for things like voting, vehicle registrations, etc. Well, they just moved...to North Carolina, with the two vehicles (with our permission of course). So the wife and I are kind of "homeless" and trying to figure out how to consolidate everything.
Normally I'd just switch everything to North Carolina, but Oregon has a pretty good tax deal for military members who are out-of-state, as in, no income tax. There's no vehicle tax. North Carolina taxes both military out-of-state income for residents and has a yearly vehicle tax, so there's not a lot of incentive for me to switch residencies. I have no desire to remain an Oregon resident because...well...we just don't plan on settling there.
Things we'd need to do if we change residencies:
Drivers licenses
Firearms licenses (if any)
Vehicle registrations
Voter registrations
Tax stuff
My military home of record paperwork
So I guess my long-winded questions are, is there a way we can register everything to Oregon without an address? Is there a way to get an address without a physical presence? Should we consider becoming residents elsewhere? As far as I know, there's no requirement for me to become a North Carolina resident or register the vehicles there because they are simply being stored there and are registered in my name in Oregon, plus we don't actually have property there and I've never even visited it before.
I reviewed a bunch of legal jargon on the matter, and I guess home of record should reflect where one would like to be located following their time in the military. We are a long ways from retirement, but there's a few places we'd like to see before then to consider them for settling down in, for a variety of reasons. Arizona, North Carolina, Texas, in no particular order of preference. I went to school in Northern Arizona and loved it, but things are a bit...hazy...from back then so it may lose its luster if I go back someday.
Okay, I think that's the end of my post...sorry if it's meandering, it reflects my thoughts on the matter.
Normally I'd just switch everything to North Carolina, but Oregon has a pretty good tax deal for military members who are out-of-state, as in, no income tax. There's no vehicle tax. North Carolina taxes both military out-of-state income for residents and has a yearly vehicle tax, so there's not a lot of incentive for me to switch residencies. I have no desire to remain an Oregon resident because...well...we just don't plan on settling there.
Things we'd need to do if we change residencies:
Drivers licenses
Firearms licenses (if any)
Vehicle registrations
Voter registrations
Tax stuff
My military home of record paperwork
So I guess my long-winded questions are, is there a way we can register everything to Oregon without an address? Is there a way to get an address without a physical presence? Should we consider becoming residents elsewhere? As far as I know, there's no requirement for me to become a North Carolina resident or register the vehicles there because they are simply being stored there and are registered in my name in Oregon, plus we don't actually have property there and I've never even visited it before.
I reviewed a bunch of legal jargon on the matter, and I guess home of record should reflect where one would like to be located following their time in the military. We are a long ways from retirement, but there's a few places we'd like to see before then to consider them for settling down in, for a variety of reasons. Arizona, North Carolina, Texas, in no particular order of preference. I went to school in Northern Arizona and loved it, but things are a bit...hazy...from back then so it may lose its luster if I go back someday.
Okay, I think that's the end of my post...sorry if it's meandering, it reflects my thoughts on the matter.