Snowbird question

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Originally Posted by TMI Guy

I don't believe that I made any direct or indirect comment about exclusive use in New Hampshire. Perhaps you could quote the language you are referring to.

*You* didn't state that, but the link you provided has the following text:
"Notwithstanding RSA 261:45, a nonresident who garages a vehicle exclusively in this state may register such vehicle in this state as a nonresident. "

Does "standard NH-registered vehicle" mean a vehicle registered by a New Hampshire resident? Again, I presume that Phoenix was talking about a vehicle registered in New Hampshire by a non-resident, even though that was not made clear. The law says that such a vehicle must be garaged "exclusively" in New Hampshire. This doesn't sound like it precludes short day trips out of state, but anything for a longer period of time might be problematic.

Ultimately his post isn't that clear. However I interpreted his comment as a NH resident with a NH-registered vehicle couldn't have that vehicle out of state for "an extended period of time". That does not seem to be correct. The other interpretation would be a FL resident with a NH-registered vehicle, in which case you couldn't technically have the vehicle out of state for any amount of time, which would be different than an "extended period".

I think the general advice would be: register your vehicle in whichever state you claim residency, and it doesn't matter how long the vehicle is in or out of a particular state, though you may need to take things like annual inspection dates in NH into account from a convenience perspective.