Buying a RV in US or Canada

> I was thinking about buying an RV....
> Urs from Berne, Switzerland in the heart of Europe

If you live in Europe, you can buy an RV (or a car) in the U.S. but
you won't be able to get license plates or insurance for it, as those
things require that your legal residence be in the U.S.

I don't know what Canada's laws are, but I suspect that they are
similar.

Am 24.02.2008, 15:19 Uhr, schrieb <JamesStep@>:

> If you live in Europe, you can buy an RV (or a car) in the U.S. but
> you won't be able to get license plates or insurance for it, as those
> things require that your legal residence be in the U.S.

Ok, thanks... strange I know people owning cars (not RVs) in the US,
but living in Switzerland... Perhaps they got an intermediary?


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Urs from Berne, Switzerland in the heart of Europe

Am 24.02.2008, 16:33 Uhr, schrieb Smiles <smile_inspector@m>:

> To get insurance and a license plates you must have a residence in a
> state or province.
> these are the laws of the land

Thank you very much... which State?
So I can begin painting a map of good or bad... ;-)


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Urs from Berne, Switzerland in the heart of Europe

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:19:21 -0800 (PST) in
.usa-canada, JamesStep@ wrote:

> If you live in Europe, you can buy an RV (or a car) in the U.S. but
> you won't be able to get license plates or insurance for it, as those
> things require that your legal residence be in the U.S.
>
That's not necessarily true, and it varies from state to state.
What's necessary is a physical address in the US, but it doesn't
have to be the owner's legal residence.

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:33:42 -0500 in .usa-canada,
Smiles <smile_inspector@m> wrote:

> To get insurance and a license plates you must have a residence in a
> state or province.
>
> these are the laws of the land

citation, please. this is certainly NOT true in all states. my
state requires a physical address, but you do not have to prove
that you are a resident to register a vehicle. you are confusing
the requirements for vehicle registration and obtaining a
driver's license.

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:32:13 -0800 (PST) in
.usa-canada, PeterL <po.ning@> wrote:

> Really? I have never seen cars or RV's with European plates in the
> US.
>
i've seen quite a few, mostly german and swiss. in some cases,
they bought US vehicles but registered them in europe.