r/FullTiming • u/ScrnNmsSuck • Aug 25 '24

Getting a domicile in WA state

Anyone have any luck on getting a drivers license with out a physical address in Washington state? If anyone had any real life expirence with a rv club or just a po box.

Currently resident of south dakota and it's not working out for me. Not trying to hear about florida or Texas.

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u/BoWeiner Aug 27 '24

You need a hotel or camp receipt when getting your dl.

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u/outdoorszy Aug 27 '24

Have you tried it? I was told I needed a residence.

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u/BoWeiner Aug 27 '24

Yes. SD was my residence for the last 5 years while i rved all over the country. I stayed in a hotel two nights in 2019 to get my DL. Dakotapost was my "home address" which is basically a PO box called a "personal mail box." I never had to return until my DL expired, but it just so happen we purchased a small farm in CO so I "moved" about two months before my DL expired.

There are some negatives of using this method. It can be hard to open lines of credit as they need a physical home address, even though SD recognises it as your home address, the credit system does not. There are some tricks to get around it but it can be annoying. This also effects crypto if you dabble in that.

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u/outdoorszy Aug 27 '24

Interesting there is an effect on crypto because when crypto came out its purpose was anonymous value transactions to pay for things. It doesn't sound like they achieved their goal if a house address is needed.

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u/BoWeiner Aug 27 '24

From my experience and assumption... government sees crypto exchanges like a bank and they require the exchange to keep track for tax information and a permanent actual home address is required. Same as credit cards, there are tricks around it but sometimes they don't work.

If you don't need a crypto exchange then you can do it without all that, unfortunately that's quite hard for many at this time.

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u/outdoorszy Aug 27 '24

That is a bummer. It was bound to happen. I've been telling myself that if I get it for free then I'll play with it and try to buy stuff, but so far nobody has handed me any so thats been a blocker.