Is it legal to live in my car and have it be my legal residence?
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Is it legal to live in my car and have it be my legal residence?
If so, how do I go about legally establishing my car as my home?
Asked on July 16, 2010 under Criminal Law, Texas
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
Off the cuff I would say no, it can not. Why? Because a legal residence implies "permanency" for a time being in a location that stays "permanent" as well. Cars, by their very nature, are not meant to stay put in one place. Now you are going to ask me: well what about a mobile home? That is different as it is either placed on a plot of land and given an address or it can establish temporary residency in a mobile home park. And regular cars do not have bathrooms and kitchens, etc. Living in your car will most likely give you a vagrant or transient status in areas in which you park and subject to tickets or worse. Good luck.
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