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06-10-2012, 05:31 PM
Thanks, Bob.  This is really useful.

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10-17-2012, 06:56 AM
SoulRaven Wrote:If when you get a jury notice and cant attend, just say you are out of state and wont be back till after the duty...


Good to know!

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10-17-2012, 06:59 AM
From the website this looks to be a family run business from the use of "we" to describe it. Would we have to worry about the biz suddenly ending if said family member who runs this were to pass suddenly?

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10-17-2012, 11:46 AM
sl1966 Wrote:From the website this looks to be a family run business from the use of "we" to describe it. Would we have to worry about the biz suddenly ending if said family member who runs this were to pass suddenly?


Steve, you raise a valid point when it comes to this "family run" operation in Pahrump, NV. I'd be curious to find out if it was being run by one or more family members. It would be an interesting situation if this business were run by only one person. What would happen if this one person were to suddenly be unable to continue it's most useful purpose for people who rely on them for our mail.
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09-15-2014, 07:49 PM
Nevada only requires smog checks if you are in certain areas such as Las Vegas or Reno. I'm based in Las Vegas so I have to get it done every year.

Pahrump does not require them.
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09-15-2014, 09:39 PM
I don't understand why you can't be a own land in CA and be a resident of a different state? I own land in AZ and I'm a resident of NV. You can own land i as many states you want and live in a different one. What am I missing?

As far a I know, in AZ the only counties that require smog tests are the ones with Phoenix and Tuscon. In NV it's the counties with Vegas and Reno.

I've found AZ to have much lower auto insurance rates.

Whichever state you go with, they will require an in-state mailing address.
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09-15-2014, 10:08 PM
Bob, Just a heads up that Nevada DMV is getting savy about folks who use a mail forwarder address. I know a person that tried to do that and was declined a license and registration. He then resubmitted the paper work using a different address and was successful.


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freenez2, I also have a friend who ran into that problem at NV. He picked a residential address out of the phone book and used it. No problems with that at all. No mail will ever go there and the state doesn't have the money to verify every address.

My mail forwarder runs her business out of her home so it is a residence and not a business. I have a P.O. box and her address so I've never had a problem.

One weird problem I have had is my license is 6 years old and has a P.O. Box on it. In the USA it is illegal to buy a gun with a P.O. Box on your drivers license!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????

Soon I'm going to NV and get the street address put on it.
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09-16-2014, 03:25 PM
Are you going to keep living in CA? if so, you're right, eventually you might get caught with out of state plates and be required to switch back to CA plates. It might take a while but I would think eventually it will happen.

If not, if you live somewhere else, they can't make you become a resident just because you have land there.

It is so expensive to live there I'd avoid it if possible.
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09-17-2014, 10:03 PM
So, at which DMVs were these folks turned down? I'm looking at going with the mail service in Pahrump and DL/registration in Nye County.
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