Each state no doubt has it's own laws so to try to apply one persons circumstances to another state/states could be problematic.... BUT -- I live in a sales tax state... (WA) but I had bought 2 Camaro Convertibles as possible project cars - and had them shipped to Oregon for storage at my brother in laws large shop... they were there a couple of years. I never registered them in that state nor did I license them. When I finally fetched one of them and took the paperwork to our DMV -- the sales/purchase agreement was dated - as was the sellers title... and the clerk asked where the car had been. I explained to her - and she said - that because I had "owned" the car for a year - that I didn't owe sales tax... So perhaps this same logic would apply to your situation.
It's kinda like "moving" from one state to another - you don't suddenly owe sales tax on stuff that is already yours...
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