[STLRAY]

As the title says, can you have cars licensed in Florida and you home state? I am finding conflicting information on line.

Ray

[Stu from NYC]

I doubt it, would think you would need to have two sets of license plates

[C. C. Rider]

Originally Posted by STLRAY

As the title says, can you have cars licensed in Florida and you home state? I am finding conflicting information on line.

Ray

Cars can (and should) be licensed in the state they are kept in the majority of time.

[dblwyr]

No. If you have homes in two states, one is primary residence.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I'm assuming you meant "registered" and not "licensed," since cars don't get licenses. They get registrations. You, the driver, get licensed.

The term "license plate" is erroneous; the correct term is "registration plate."

And no, you can't have a car registered in more than one state at a time. You also can't have insurance from one state, and registration in another state.

You CAN have a drivers' license for one state, and drive a car registered in a different state.

[Indy-Guy]

Call your auto insurance carrier and ask them. My guess is that they will only issue insurance when car is licensed in the state of your primary residence.

[STLRAY]

I need to clarify. I plan to keep cars in Florida and at my home in St. Louis. Should the registration be the same as my drivers license, or should they be registered in the state where they are located?

[NavyNJ]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I'm assuming you meant "registered" and not "licensed," since cars don't get licenses. They get registrations. You, the driver, get licensed.

The term "license plate" is erroneous; the correct term is "registration plate."

And no, you can't have a car registered in more than one state at a time. You also can't have insurance from one state, and registration in another state.

You CAN have a drivers' license for one state, and drive a car registered in a different state.

Re: the bolded portion above - Yes, you CAN insure and register in different states. As an example, when my kids were in college, they took a vehicle registered in NJ in my name, to school (first in PA, then in WV) back to school with them. In both cases, working with my USAA agent, we figured out it was cheaper to insure them in those states versus NJ. Since one of the standard insurance questions is usually something like "Where will the vehicle be garaged?", it made sense to do it that way. Made it a bit of a pain to make sure kids brought the car home for inspections when needed, etc., but in the long run it saved a bundle!!

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I'm assuming you meant "registered" and not "licensed," since cars don't get licenses. They get registrations. You, the driver, get licensed.

The term "license plate" is erroneous; the correct term is "registration plate."

And no, you can't have a car registered in more than one state at a time. You also can't have insurance from one state, and registration in another state.

You CAN have a drivers' license for one state, and drive a car registered in a different state.

The correct name in Florida is License Plates not Registration Plates, this is according the The Florida Department of Motor Vehicles and Safetly. Registration plates is an erroneous term here in Florida.

[2newyorkers]

Yes you can register your car in Florida even with an out of state license.

[blueash]

It's almost like people don't read what the OP said. Yes you can register one car in Florida, the one you keep here, and one car in Missouri, the one you keep there. In fact that is what you are supposed to do.

[Papa_lecki]

Originally Posted by STLRAY

I need to clarify. I plan to keep cars in Florida and at my home in St. Louis. Should the registration be the same as my drivers license, or should they be registered in the state where they are located?

Up to you...call your insurer and ask.

[Topspinmo]

Beings you own two houses in different state I would figure which state is cheaper and claim that state as resident. Northern (east) do it all the time, gets them out of paying the high taxes

[kathyspear]

OP is talking about keeping one car in one state and another car in another state. Yes, you can do it. We did it when we were snowbirds. We had to get two separate insurance policies because our primary residence was PA and ins. co. up there didn't cover FL. Cost the same as having both cars in PA, though.

kathy

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by blueash

It's almost like people don't read what the OP said. Yes you can register one car in Florida, the one you keep here, and one car in Missouri, the one you keep there. In fact that is what you are supposed to do.

Yes, you can, but you need insurance policies in both states. If you register a car in Florida, it must have Florida insurance. In Florida, any car that you use more than 90 days in the state (non-consecutive) during the year must be insured in Florida. Many snowbirds are not in compliance with this law.