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I am a college student in Missouri and I purchased and registered my vehicle here, but I am a Michigan native and a dependent. Did registering my car here make me a citizen? I did pay personal property taxes here on the car.
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It depends on the laws of both states and you may find yourself in a kind of limbo that depends on what you want do do. Normally, you must regester a car in the state in which you are driving it within 30 days and change your drivers license also. But many states prohibit a person from claiming residency based on being a student in the state, mostly to keep out-of-state students from getting lower tuition. About 30 years ago, a guy sued Iowa because they refused to grant him resident status when he had married an Iowa girl, bought a house, voted, lived in the state continuously for 7 years, etc. because those years had been undergraduate, graduate and law school. At the time, if a woman married an Iowa guy, she instantly became an Iowa resident but a guy did not. I was drafted and came back an Iowa resident because my wife lived there while I was in the Army.So you can be a dependent of your parents (they are paying more that half your support), living in another state, be voting one place or the other, etc. First decide where you want your residency to be and then take steps to reinforce it. Normally, living in a dorm or fraternity house is very weak grounds.
it has to do with where you live, and the rules of the state(s) in which you live. It doesn't have anything to do with your driver's license. In fact you may be technically breaking a law by having a driver's license not in your state of residence.
I don't think being a dependent has anything to do with it -- that's more of a Federal tax issue. However if someone is claiming you as a dependent, your Federal taxes had better say you're a dependent too. And if you claim to be a dependent on your Federal tax, you must also claim it on your state tax, in whichever state(s) you file state tax. Multi-state taxes... ugh... best to start early on that.
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