Question About Residency

[cliwil]

I signed a lease for an apartment in Washington in December of 2023 and moved into the apartment in January of 2024, but still owned my home in Kansas.  I sold my home in Kansas in September of 2024.  Should my residency for 2024 be for Kansas or Washington state?

[MaryK4]

If you moved to Washington with the intention of making it your permanent home, you most likely have Washington residency.  Residency looks at the concept of domicile which has many different factors.

Here is the Kansas law on Kansas Residents:  Resident individual, Kan. Admin. Regs. § 92-12-4a.  The factors they list are what steps you should take to establish a new domicile.