Out-of-state college tuition can be pricey. To gain residency in the state of California and only pay in-state tuition, there are a couple of guidelines.

Some students claim California residency in order to save on tuition fees but attempt to maintain the driver license and vehicle registration from the state in which they moved from.  However, as soon as California residency is claimed, it is required to apply for a California driver’s license and register the vehicle within 10 days. It is perfectly legal to neither get a new license or vehicle registration is out-of-state tuition fees are going to be paid, making the student a non-California resident.

If an out-of-state student chooses to gain employment in California, he/she will be considered a California resident and will need to comply with the previously stated California resident guidelines.

The other misconception people out there is that as long as the vehicle being driven is registered to a person outside the state of California, they are not required to register the vehicle in California.  This is done quite often to avoid paying California registration fees.  Unfortunately, this is not true.  College student or not, if a person is deemed to be a resident of California and are the primary driver of a vehicle, regardless of who its legal owner is, they are required to register that vehicle in California.

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