out of state car parking in dc

[Anonymous]

I and my best friend plan to live in dc temporary and sign a lease for a year only. My car is out of state (VA), and the rental apartment comes with 1 parking space in garage.

I am aware that police can give ticket to out-of-state overnight parking. But if I park in residential garage, there should be no problem, right? I would be surprised how police could give me a ticket for parking in residential garage. We are not planning to live in dc for long term, so I am not planning to register my car in dc mva.

[Anonymous]

Are you planning on remaining a Virginia resident and paying Virginia state taxes while you are living in DC?

[Anonymous]

A couple of things:
-Living somewhere for a year is not considered temporary. You’re signing a regular lease for a year. That’s typical. But it’s not temporary.

-No, you will not get a ticket if you park in a garage.

-As the previous poster noted, there are taxes in VA. You have to pay a personal property tax on your car. What jurisdiction will you be paying to? You can’t have it both ways—live in DC but not register car and not pay VA tax.

[Anonymous]

As a college student I parked on DC streets for several years with a different license plate. I was on a lease but my legal residence was with my parents. How can DC ticket for this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a college student I parked on DC streets for several years with a different license plate. I was on a lease but my legal residence was with my parents. How can DC ticket for this?

You could have been ticketed, but then you could have qualified for an exemption. If a vehicle with out of state tags is parked in DC for 30 consecutive days, it can be ticketed. But as a full-time college student, you’d be eligible for a reciprocity parking permit because you are considered a temporary resident as a full-time college student. OP is not claiming to be a DC college student (or hasn’t yet made that claim).

https://dmv.dc.gov/node/1118916

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a college student I parked on DC streets for several years with a different license plate. I was on a lease but my legal residence was with my parents. How can DC ticket for this?

You could have been ticketed, but then you could have qualified for an exemption. If a vehicle with out of state tags is parked in DC for 30 consecutive days, it can be ticketed. But as a full-time college student, you’d be eligible for a reciprocity parking permit because you are considered a temporary resident as a full-time college student. OP is not claiming to be a DC college student (or hasn’t yet made that claim).

https://dmv.dc.gov/node/1118916

Interesting. I have been out of school for a long time. Maybe the rules were more lax then. No one ever spoke of anything relating to this and it obviously would have effected many students.

[Anonymous]

Do you also plan on lying to your auto insurance company about where you live and where you are parking your car on a regular basis? Let's hope you don't get into a car accident.

[Anonymous]

You're admitting to trying to commit both insurance and tax fraud. Sorry, you gotta register your residence in DC if you'll be living there for a year. That includes updating your car registration and paying car insurance in DC.

[Anonymous]

Also, if you get into a serious accident that kills someone while driving around DC, the insurance company could come down on you hard for insurance fraud and decide not to cover anything. Then all of your assets would be at risk in a lawsuit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a college student I parked on DC streets for several years with a different license plate. I was on a lease but my legal residence was with my parents. How can DC ticket for this?

You could have been ticketed, but then you could have qualified for an exemption. If a vehicle with out of state tags is parked in DC for 30 consecutive days, it can be ticketed. But as a full-time college student, you’d be eligible for a reciprocity parking permit because you are considered a temporary resident as a full-time college student. OP is not claiming to be a DC college student (or hasn’t yet made that claim).

https://dmv.dc.gov/node/1118916

Interesting. I have been out of school for a long time. Maybe the rules were more lax then. No one ever spoke of anything relating to this and it obviously would have effected many students.

This has been on the books for at least 20 years when I came here for college. Beyond easy to get reciprocity.

“No one ever told me” is always exhibit A you’re dealing with a moron.

[Anonymous]

If you still have an address in VA where mail goes and you pay taxes, you’re in the wrong but can easily get away with it. If your don’t and anything happens you’re screwed. Depends on your risk tolerance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you still have an address in VA where mail goes and you pay taxes, you’re in the wrong but can easily get away with it. If your don’t and anything happens you’re screwed. Depends on your risk tolerance.

This is true. You probably can. Except you'd have to pay your taxes to the wrong jurisdiction. And the one branch of government you really want to avoid getting into trouble with is the tax authorities. Do you also plan to lie to your employer about where you are living so that it wrongly pays your withholding tax, unemployment tax, etc. to VA instead of DC? How far do you want to extend the lie?

[Anonymous]

This is OP, thanks for response. I plan on still have an address in VA (where my family live) where mail (bank, legal docs) goes and pays VA taxes. I sometimes will travel back & forth to my VA family residence. It is my best friend who will sign the rental lease, and I am co-living with her because I am in the process of getting my own place house hunting/buying in VA/MD. Once I made the purchase my house, my best friend will move in with me right away. We may break 1 year contract earlier than we thought and pay the penalties.

I just do not want to make it complicated because this car is owned/registered by my parents (it is not even in my name) and mu parents live in VA. I am just fresh out of college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP, thanks for response. I plan on still have an address in VA (where my family live) where mail (bank, legal docs) goes and pays VA taxes. I sometimes will travel back & forth to my VA family residence. It is my best friend who will sign the rental lease, and I am co-living with her because I am in the process of getting my own place house hunting/buying in VA/MD. Once I made the purchase my house, my best friend will move in with me right away. We may break 1 year contract earlier than we thought and pay the penalties.

I just do not want to make it complicated because this car is owned/registered by my parents (it is not even in my name) and mu parents live in VA. I am just fresh out of college.

Ha ha, wow. It's not even your car? You don't have to register it in DC, but if you're on your parents' car insurance they will want to make sure the insurance is up to date on where the car is primarily parked. Your real issue is insurance -- not registration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you still have an address in VA where mail goes and you pay taxes, you’re in the wrong but can easily get away with it. If your don’t and anything happens you’re screwed. Depends on your risk tolerance.

This is true. You probably can. Except you'd have to pay your taxes to the wrong jurisdiction. And the one branch of government you really want to avoid getting into trouble with is the tax authorities. Do you also plan to lie to your employer about where you are living so that it wrongly pays your withholding tax, unemployment tax, etc. to VA instead of DC? How far do you want to extend the lie?

Meh. Going through a divorce I spent a year at an apartment in Virginia while still owning a house with my now ex in DC. I knew I'd be moving back once we sold the house so kept my DC tags and taxes on my old address. This was more than 10 years ago, but if I were in OP's shoes I would do the same again.