If a buy a car in Texas, can I register it in my home state of Massachusetts?

Massachusetts
Kneel Before Zod asked:

I only intend to live in Texas temporarily, maybe less than a year.

Registering it in Massachusetts instead of Texas would save me at least $1000 in sales taxes up front.
I don’t currently own a car, but I may be moving to Texas soon. But, I don’t feel like buying a new car here in Massachusetts and then driving 1800 miles across the country.

I’d rather just buy the car there.

The reason I’m afraid of Texas taxes (…oy vey, what a tongue twister) is because Texas has no state income tax, so their sales and excise taxes are probably much higher than what we pay here in Mass.



Comments (6)    Posted in Insurance & Registration    

Subscribe RSS 2.0 feed. Leave a response, or Trackback from your own site.




6 Responses to 'If a buy a car in Texas, can I register it in my home state of Massachusetts?'

  1. daihatsu man - November 1st, 2009 at 2:08 am

    if you have a massachusetts drivers license there is no way you would be able to register the car in texas, to register a car there you would have had to have declared texas residency. Although, I readily admit that I would have expected taxes in Massachusetts to be much higher given your senators.

  2. kelseyw2434@yahoo.com - November 4th, 2009 at 7:30 am

    yes…you would be fine. just buyyy itt.

  3. ****Sparkles**** - November 6th, 2009 at 8:20 am

    Yes you can register your car in Massachusetts when you move back. You take the transferred title and bill of sale with you to register the car.

    But you have to register the car and get a Texas driver’s license if you live in Texas longer than 30 days. It is the law unless you can prove permanent established residency in Massachusetts.

  4. Busty Mcgee - November 8th, 2009 at 12:48 pm

    No, this situation has just never come up before.

  5. overlord_opy - November 10th, 2009 at 9:17 pm

    you should be able to, but I wouldn’t sugguest driving it up there, I would tow it

  6. walter_b_marvin - November 11th, 2009 at 6:24 am

    yep but two problems:

    1) you have to either trailer transport it or obtain a Texas registration 1st to drive it to mass

    2) You have to pay a substantial tax to mass to register it, and if its a used car, you have to have it inspected for emissions

    PS you do not have to have a Texas driver’s license to register it in Texas. You do have to obtain a Texas driver’s license if you go beyond a certain time living in Texas I think its 60 days as I recall


Leave a Reply