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I have been unable to find a definitive answer online and was hoping someone on here could help.

I currently live in RI with my parents and fiance. All of my documentation and hers have our RI addresses, hers with her parents, mine with mine. We are moving to MA, renting an apartment on a year lease. We both work in RI. We are planning to buy a house in the future in MA, just renting for now. Do we have to change our legal address to MA? And all the other paperwork?

I read a lot of this, but it is more so talking about temporarily moving and working in MA. Unless I missed something.

So to sum up, working in RI, moving to MA, not sure what paperwork I may need to fill out.

Thanks in advance.

banjokaboom
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Massachusetts require you to change the car registration, title, and insurance within 30 days of becoming a resident.

One argument for changing over is that your insurance company may not be thrilled if you are in an accident and they discover that 1) the car's "home" is not what is on the policy and 2) the amount you're driving has changed.

A possible exception is if your parents can still claim you as a dependent.

However, you say that the apartment is only temporary, but that's just a plan. A lot of things can happen in a year that may derail your current plans (job loss, break up, can't find a house, illness).

mkennedy
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Those registrations must be in the state in which you reside. When you move to MA you will need to change everything. You will be a citizen of MA since you have no plan to return to RI in the short term. Also, if the state in which you work has state income tax you will be required to file an out-of-state income tax return (unless that rule is different in RI than in the states where I am familiar). Be sure to research all of these points. I'm giving my personal opinion, not legal advice.

Judge Moody
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