I visit and sometimes do jobs in California for my employer, based in
New Jersey. I just bought a home in Texas, but will be traveling alot
to California, although I work everywhere (multiple states). One day
I'm in Nevada, then California, then Arizona.  I would like to keep a
car in California, not garaged anyplace, maybe sitting at the airport,
friend's house, or roadside. How do I handle licensing, tags,
insurance? If I live in Texas, have a Texas license, and Texas plates,
can I get insurance? What happens if a California police officer stops
me? Don't even know if I can get car insurance on a car sitting in
California, since my residence is in Texas?

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Clarification of Question by cranialvortex-ga on 27 Jul 2006 06:07 PDT

Need to know residency laws for California.
Need to know legal problems, if any.
Need to know name of insurance company.
I have been stopped before by California cops when I was a college
student.  My car had Texas tags.  They said since I had been in the
state for longer than a month, that I was a resident, and they
impounded my car!  Left me standing on the roadside.
Now that I'm consulting, I don't want the same headache.

One possibility would be to get insurance on it in Texas-- you can
have insurance in one state and then take your car to other states
(college students, for example).  This would be best if you leave it
at a friend's house, not the airport.  Having no residence in CA, you
might have a tough time (unless you could use your friend's address).