College Student in California - Vehicle Registration Requirement

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July 10, 2023
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A bit off topic perhaps but I see others have college student state tax questions. Hoping someone can help.

We live in Maryland and our daughter is going to college in California. We would like to give her a car to drive and want to know if we need to re-register the car in California. We would like to keep the car tagged in Maryland if possible but my wife thinks California will expect us to tag the car in California. Similar question about her drivers license. Do we need to get her a CA drivers license? Thanks for any insights you can provide.

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If she doesn’t plan to stay in California she is a non resident. A nonresident owner of a vehicle may operate, or permit operation of, a vehicle in California without obtaining California registration if the vehicle is registered in the place of residence of the owner and displays valid license plates issued by that state.