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Originally Posted by CSG Mike
Until you get pulled over more than once, and force you to register the car here for being a CA resident.
Not being a resident does not exempt you from CA laws.
Does being a WA resident exempt you from CA speeding or cell phone laws? Nope. It doesn't exempt you from emissions either.
It *may* get you out the first time, but after that get out of jail free, you better register locally, because the second time will result in the emissions citation AND a bunch of others.
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Not true... as a military member you are a resident of your home state where you entered the Navy as your "Home of Record". Of course you can change your home of record but very few do
I vote in WA, I pay WA taxes (which is none since they don't have state taxes) and I register my car in WA. I've live in Cali and had WA plates, license, and registration... CARB was not an issue and plates were not an issue.
They have to prove my residency... my license and registration say WA, therefore not a resident. Simply living in CA does not make a military member a resident. We have exemptions due to the nature of the military. Trust me, I don't even pay CA state taxes and I lived there for many years in the Military. They've tried to collect, but I reply back with proof of military and poof gone. Hell, I even bought my motorcycle in CA, registered it in WA and paid WA taxes and registration fee on it... from CA.
Traffic laws are not the same as residency laws....
Also,
Federal law: Section 511 of the Service Members’ Civil Relief Act,
A person shall not be deemed to have lost a residence or domicile in any state solely by reason of being absent there from in compliance with military orders. A person shall not be deemed to have acquired a residence or domicile in any other state solely by reason of being there in compliance with military orders.
This means I'm not a Cali resident
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/brochures...r.htm#military
This means I don't have to register my car in Cali
which all equals no SMOG/CARB unless you home state/county point of registration make you.