BillM223
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To be honest, you might have never been a resident of Georgia. It depends on the facts.

 

This is a question of "domicile".

 

In every state, your domicile is generally determined by a number of factors, such as:

Where you live

Where you own property

Where you have your drivers license

Where you are registered to vote

Where you pay residential utility bills

Where you primarily receive mail

Where you tell people that you reside

and so on...

 

As you can see, where you have your drivers license is only one factor out of many. It is not uncommon for people to have different answers so it is the preponderance of answers that helps to determine domicile.

 

In addition, as mgarry3416 noted, domicile is partially a matter of intent. If you went to Georgia in 2019 with the intention of working a while then returning to Texas, then likely you were never a resident of Georgia, despite having a driver license.

 

Note that in most states, once you have established a domicile in one state, your domicile remains that state until you take active steps to change your domicile. For example, you are domiciled in Texas, but when you moved to Georgia, you actively got a new drivers license, you registered to vote, you bought property, etc. This would change your domicile to Georgia.

 

Please consider this and come back if you have questions - it so, it would help to know if you were originally domiciled in Texas (see list above), and how many of those things you did in Georgia.

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