Registration? Own a place but not a "resident"

[icg56]

Boat may be easy to register, but we had problems with the trailor. Told that it could not leave the state over night if registered in NH by a non-NH resident. Not sure who was going to check, but...

[TiltonBB]

Originally Posted by icg56

Boat may be easy to register, but we had problems with the trailor. Told that it could not leave the state over night if registered in NH by a non-NH resident. Not sure who was going to check, but...

I have run into the same problem with a motor vehicle. It is NH registered but my license is from another state so I get a "non-resident" registration. NH says that the vehicle cannot be out of state overnight. HUH?

So when a NH property owner has a NH registered vehicle that stays in NH 355 days a year and it is used a few nights to visit out of state relatives or for a night in Boston it is illegal?

Where are you supposed to register it? Registration use to be determined by your principal place of garaging. NH says no! So apparently NH would rather see the fees and taxes go elsewhere for a vehicle that is primarily based in NH.

I wonder what rocket scientist thought this up?

[Descant]

Many years ago, greater Boston had the highest car theft rate and the highest car insurance rates in the country. Many people went to a NH border town and rented a mailbox and registered their car in a border town. Saved thousands per year per car. Sales tax too. NH and Mass go together and the motor vehicle laws were changed to prevent this. Trailers came under the MV laws, boats did not.