Living in Georgia - RV-Dreams Community Forum

Joe_Camper · RV-Dreams Family Member

Living in Georgia

Lucky Mike · RV-Dreams Family Member

I was a fulltime resident ........I lived @ waterway RV park in Richmond Hill for 3 yrs in my first RV and worked out of Savannah.

now this was 25 plus yrs ago.

now that being said nothing basically will change for you til the end of the year of selling the house........

Joe_Camper · RV-Dreams Family Member

Thanks Mike. I was wondering if I had to run to South Dakota right away or what. However, I'll have to make sure I can get full time insurance for my RV.

Lucky Mike · RV-Dreams Family Member

have you thought about Florida?.....

I use NH myself , but the new ACA laws have come into play and financial laws so you have to look very carefully.....

Oldme · RV-Dreams Community Member

We live near Athens Ga.
When we renewed out Operators License last year, we had to provide proof
of residence by providing, tax, water, electric bills. This was to comply with
the new Federal Standards setup by Homeland Security, that would make
the Ga. Driver License meet the Standards.

I have not read what Ga. is doing to for full time RVers.

You might want to contact the local Ga. DMV and ask the question:

www.dmv.org/ga-georgia/dmv-office-finder.php

DRV · RV-Dreams Family Member

Georgia allows PO Box to be placed on drivers license. I have a PO Box on my driver license and stay at Tybee campground.

Oldme · RV-Dreams Community Member

DRV wrote:
Georgia allows PO Box to be placed on drivers license. I have a PO Box on my driver license and stay at Tybee campground.

Have you renewed you license in the past year?

Local DMV here said only physical address with documentation.

NO PO Box allowed as of last year.

Added to the above documents were either birth certificate or passport.

This is to meet new Federal standards.

Document list for Ga.

http://www.dds.ga.gov/secureid/accepteddocs.aspx

-- Edited by Oldme on Saturday 10th of May 2014 01:29:48 PM

DRV · RV-Dreams Family Member

Oldme wrote:
DRV wrote:
Georgia allows PO Box to be placed on drivers license. I have a PO Box on my driver license and stay at Tybee campground.
Have you renewed you license in the past year?
Local DMV here said only physical address with documentation.
NO PO Box allowed as of last year.

Added to the above documents were either birth certificate or passport.
This is to meet new Federal standards.

I signed for my PO Box last AUG. Then I changed the my driver license address soon after that. It was Aug or Sep 2013 when Chatham County changed my driver license address to a PO Box. I may have had to provide a physical address for their records. That address would be my Savannah campground. But my driver license lists my PO Box.

Document list for Ga.
http://www.dds.ga.gov/secureid/accepteddocs.aspx

-- Edited by Oldme on Saturday 10th of May 2014 01:29:48 PM

Oldme · RV-Dreams Community Member

The links show what they want now.
The wife renewed hers in November 2013, I will renew mine in Sept of this year.

The changes have come because of:

www.cga.ct.gov/2005/rpt/2005-r-0482.htm

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REAL_ID_Act

States were given time to comply and then you also have different
time frames for renewals.

I have yet to find a real answer as to what full-timers will need to do
or how the various states are or will be handling this to meet the
requirements.

It will not really effect us, as we have no plans to be full-time.

Lucky Mike · RV-Dreams Family Member

most fulltimers without a dwelling or property normally will migrate to the states that offer fulltimer status.....

0nTheRoad · RV-Dreams Community Member

Oldme,

We used to be Georgia residents, originally lived in Dahlonega, sold our house and moved to Athens until we went fulltime. We could have continued with GA residency but saw no reason to do so, actually chose NOT to for tax reasons. GA has state income tax, several other states do not.

The three top states for full timers are Florida, South Dakota and Texas, there are others but these three seem to be the most fulltime RV friendly. All three of these states have no state income tax, have low vehicle registration cost and inheritance laws are favorable. We were originally going to use SD but decided we didn't want to go there solely to declare residency so we chose FL.

In FL you have to have an address in the state. We chose to use the Good Sam mail service, they are in Crestview. To start the process we changed our address for all our banks and utilities [cell phone]. We then went to FL to get our drivers license, to do this you will need proof of citizenship [passport, birth certificate, etc.] and proof of residency. There are several things you can use for proof of residency, we used a bank statement and utility [cell] bill with our FL address listed on them. After you get your DL the rest is not difficult.

One concern for me was the recent laws in TX, they now require vehicle emissions and RV inspection, I didn't want to have to go back to TX for inspections. FL has no sic requirement.