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04-07-2015, 10:30 AM
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2 Rivet Member
2015 30' Flying Cloud
Westport
, Connecticut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 55
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Choosing Domicile-Dakota Post
Hi all:
For anyone who is contemplating where to select a domicile state, I can't recommend highly enough Dakota Post in Sioux Falls.
After months of researching, I came across this company. I just got off the phone with the friendliest, calmest and most patient individuals who helped me navigate through what feels like my own complicated personal scenario. They made it SO easy!
Another piece of the puzzle is in place. And what a relief that is!
Happy to answer any questions....if you want more details.
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04-08-2015, 01:02 PM
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#2
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Trying to run away.....
Currently Looking...
Hampton
, Virginia
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 131
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Are you required to have all vehicles registered, state insurance and a state DL for SD?
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04-08-2015, 01:11 PM
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Rivet Master
2008 25' Classic
Full Time
, Texas
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,309
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Don't forget health insurance issues. Those work for you in SD?
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04-19-2015, 02:12 PM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
Sioux Falls
, South Dakota
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,183
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We use Your Best Address in Sioux Falls, SD. So far all we have used has been the mail forwarding service, but we just yesterday mailed all the paperwork to get our MH registered there. We'll do the Jeep and drivers licenses this summer. They have been easy to work with so far. We'll see how the registration/title for the Foretravel goes.
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David Lininger, kb0zke
AIR 54240
Heartland mpg 181 (sold)
1993 Foretravel U300 (sold)
2022 Grand Design Reflection 315RLTS
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04-19-2015, 02:23 PM
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E Pluribus Aluminus
2008 34' Classic S/O
1967 22' Safari
2005 30' Classic
Land Of Enchantment
, New Mexico
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,300
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Escapees! Been utterly trouble free for the past 5 years. And yes, as that is my "permanent” mailing address, my insurance, registration (both voting & auto) and taxes (!), etc. are Livingston, TX. Where ever I am, I can have mail sent to me within 3-4 days. And indeed KiraR, it IS a relief!
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Jaxon
WBCCI 7005 * AIR 9218
The trouble with trouble is it always starts out as fun...
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04-19-2015, 02:30 PM
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Rivet Master
2015 30' International
2009 27' FB International
2007 25' Safari
Currently Looking...
Greensboro
, North Carolina
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,564
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South Dakota Registration
Maybe someone can show a list of the steps necessary to register in South Dakota. As I understand it one must pay a fairly large initial tax on an RV at the time it is registered. Also, insurance may be an issue if you want to stay with your current insurance company.
But, if someone can show the actual process, costs, etc., this would be appreciated.
FYI, I was raised in Sioux Falls, travel there once or twice a year.
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Happy trails and Good Luck
Ms Tommie Fantine Lauer, Greensboro, NC
AIR #31871 KQ3H
www.fantinesvoice.com
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04-19-2015, 02:50 PM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
Sioux Falls
, South Dakota
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,183
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Here's what we did. Your Best Address | RV Mail Forwarding | Sioux Falls | South Dakota is our service's main web site. Near the bottom is a link for registering vehicles, which brings up a set of .pdf pages. You probably won't need all of them, but since different people have different circumstances they are all included. Any mail service should have a similar set, but with their name printed in the proper place. It cost us right at $500 to register our MH, but that is a 14-month registration. South Dakota has registrations come due all through the year based on the registrant's last name. Since our name begins with "L" we are up in June. The initial registration can be for more or less than 12 months (with an appropriate fee adjustment, of course) to get you on schedule. We'll do the Jeep in July when we're up that way, so it will get a registration that is due again in less than 12 months.
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David Lininger, kb0zke
AIR 54240
Heartland mpg 181 (sold)
1993 Foretravel U300 (sold)
2022 Grand Design Reflection 315RLTS
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04-19-2015, 03:51 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 Interstate
Sneedville
, Tennessee
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 1,753
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Msmoto
Maybe someone can show a list of the steps necessary to register in South Dakota. As I understand it one must pay a fairly large initial tax on an RV at the time it is registered. Also, insurance may be an issue if you want to stay with your current insurance company.
But, if someone can show the actual process, costs, etc., this would be appreciated.
FYI, I was raised in Sioux Falls, travel there once or twice a year.
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What kind of tax are you referring to? Sales tax?
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04-19-2015, 05:35 PM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
Sioux Falls
, South Dakota
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,183
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Part of the fee is based on the empty weight of the coach. Our coach is just over 27,000 pounds. Many counties also have a wheel tax. Sioux Falls charges $4/wheel, so we paid $24 in wheel tax.
Your 25' Flying Cloud has an empty weight of just 5500 pounds (more or less) and has only four wheels, so your tax ought to be a lot less than ours.
Keep in mind that South Dakota, like other States with sales taxes, you will have to prove that you have paid sales tax to Alabama (in your case) of at least as much as SD would have charged you IF you are registering in SD within a certain amount of time of purchase.
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David Lininger, kb0zke
AIR 54240
Heartland mpg 181 (sold)
1993 Foretravel U300 (sold)
2022 Grand Design Reflection 315RLTS
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04-19-2015, 05:44 PM
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Rivet Master
2015 30' International
2009 27' FB International
2007 25' Safari
Currently Looking...
Greensboro
, North Carolina
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,564
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From the South Dakota DMV website:
"4% motor vehicle excise tax and 4% mobile/manufactured home initial registration fee. All fees are assessed from purchase date regardless of when an applicant applies for title and registration."
Titling & Registration
I was going to register my moho and it was going to be an initial registration fee of about $11,500. Then of course the yearly fee would have been minimal compared to the taxes in North Carolina of about $2,000 per year.
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Happy trails and Good Luck
Ms Tommie Fantine Lauer, Greensboro, NC
AIR #31871 KQ3H
www.fantinesvoice.com
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04-19-2015, 05:57 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 Interstate
Sneedville
, Tennessee
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 1,753
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Didn't you pay sales tax when you bought your MH? If you did and it was at least 4% you won't have to pay that again. If you paid less than 4% you only pay the difference.
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04-19-2015, 06:09 PM
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Rivet Master
2015 30' International
2009 27' FB International
2007 25' Safari
Currently Looking...
Greensboro
, North Carolina
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,564
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In North Carolina there is a limit on the tax paid at purchase and it is capped at $1500.00. So, I was told I would have to pay the difference or about $10,000 to register it in South Dakota. There may have been another issue for a 41,000 lb moho, but it worked out that with the vehicles I owned the issue was too complicated at the time I investigated.
My point is simply this: Make certain you know the full amount you will have to pay, this information can only come from the South Dakota DMV, not from any other source. I am certain that an email to the SDDMV would help to determine the exact amount of tax.
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Happy trails and Good Luck
Ms Tommie Fantine Lauer, Greensboro, NC
AIR #31871 KQ3H
www.fantinesvoice.com
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04-19-2015, 06:12 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 Interstate
Sneedville
, Tennessee
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 1,753
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Yep, that's going to leave a mark on the old checkbook!
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04-19-2015, 06:16 PM
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Rivet Master
2015 30' International
2009 27' FB International
2007 25' Safari
Currently Looking...
Greensboro
, North Carolina
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,564
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Well, I have sold the moho and now am happily back in my relatively new Serenity......taxes....mmmm still horrible in North Carolina, but the weather is good
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Happy trails and Good Luck
Ms Tommie Fantine Lauer, Greensboro, NC
AIR #31871 KQ3H
www.fantinesvoice.com
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04-19-2015, 06:18 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 Interstate
Sneedville
, Tennessee
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 1,753
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kb0zke
Part of the fee is based on the empty weight of the coach. Our coach is just over 27,000 pounds. Many counties also have a wheel tax. Sioux Falls charges $4/wheel, so we paid $24 in wheel tax.
Your 25' Flying Cloud has an empty weight of just 5500 pounds (more or less) and has only four wheels, so your tax ought to be a lot less than ours.
Keep in mind that South Dakota, like other States with sales taxes, you will have to prove that you have paid sales tax to Alabama (in your case) of at least as much as SD would have charged you IF you are registering in SD within a certain amount of time of purchase.
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We paid 4.25% in state and local sales tax here in Mobile so we are covered. The registration, title and license will be minuscule compared to what we will pay in August.
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04-27-2015, 09:19 PM
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Rivet Master
2006 25' Safari
St. Augustine
, Florida
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 2,670
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Interesting thread. The last week of March I was in a park where my neighbor with a 40 foot motor home shared with me his "South Dakota" savings- DL, motorhome, mail,etc. When I looked into it, the registration per year is something like $600 annually if not mistaken from the SD DMV. I pay $42.
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WBCCI 8653/AIR 60240
2022 Ford F150 PowerBoost Platinum w/7.2KW
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04-28-2015, 02:31 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 Interstate
Sneedville
, Tennessee
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 1,753
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rodsterinfl
Interesting thread. The last week of March I was in a park where my neighbor with a 40 foot motor home shared with me his "South Dakota" savings- DL, motorhome, mail,etc. When I looked into it, the registration per year is something like $600 annually if not mistaken from the SD DMV. I pay $42.
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Did you happen to compare insurance costs between the two?
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04-28-2015, 02:49 PM
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Rivet Master
2006 25' Safari
St. Augustine
, Florida
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 2,670
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No I did not but I bet it would be cheaper than FL in that regard.
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WBCCI 8653/AIR 60240
2022 Ford F150 PowerBoost Platinum w/7.2KW
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04-28-2015, 03:29 PM
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Rivet Master
2016 30' International
Scottsdale
, Arizona
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 723
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As mentioned above, don't forget to look into your health insurance situation in this scenario. You will want to make sure that's all on the up and up in case you suddenly have a e claim to make!
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04-28-2015, 03:40 PM
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Rivet Master
1999 28' Excella
New Orleans
, Louisiana
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 883
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We did all of our registration on truck, trailer and vehicle insurance thru America's Mailbox but would be interested in Dakota Post. Guess I will google it. We are in Pennington and from what I understand we need to stay in that county.
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