Taking a position out of the state of your licensed residence

@brian991219 will know.

 

Thanks for your confidence in my abilities Chinatown, but I'm not sure how to help the OP find what they are looking for.

Yes, a truck driver can work for a company that is based outside of their home state, provided they keep a domicile/residence in their home state so their CDL is still legal, but many trucking companies are particular about where they hire from. As you know, they look at the radius of your home address to where they need drivers because they presume that most drivers will want to take home time at or near their residence address.

Perhaps you can suggest some companies that are not strict on their hiring radius, or those that work well with the nomads. I think that is more along your area of expertise.

 

Many companies don't care where your residence is as long as you're in the hiring area.
An example of this is May Trucking, headquartered in Salem, Oregon, hires from all 48 states and the drivers CDL can also be from any of the 48 states.

 

What type trucking job are you looking for?

 

I think CA is the exception since CA govt seems to find a way to spread CA laws to people not in CA. I wouldn't hire a driver with a CA license for my business in another state. Who knows what CA will impose on any day.

 

Some trucking companies won't hire California drivers or new grads from California cdl schools.

 

It's up to the employer?

I worked in Texas oil fuels with an Illinois cdl. In 2014. Another employer wanted to be a Texas CDL.

 

I worked for a company out of Michigan and I had a CDL and resided in Florida.

Only issue I had was that I had to file taxes with Michigan and pay their state taxes. Just because I resided in Florida didn’t matter and I consulted with CPA’s in both states.

Just be aware of any tax implications that vary from state to state.

 

I worked for a company based out of New Hampshire with an Arkansas CDL. Now I currently work for a company based out of Vermont with a New Hampshire CDL. I have to pay Vermont tax which sucks, but it’s a good job so I just suck it up.