Are we scofflaws?

We are domiciled in South Dakota for our residency - which means our vehicles are registered in the state, our Drivers Licenses are from the state, our mailing address is in the state, and our voter registration is in the state.  One would think that would make us full residents of South Dakota, right?  Think again.  We got a phone call yesterday from Brandon with the South Dakota Hunting and Fishing Department advising us that we were not entitled to the resident fishing licenses we got last year and as such broke the law.  What? Why?  Apparently, South Dakota's residency requirements for hunting and fishing licenses is stricter than that for normal residency.   We meet all residency requirements EXCEPT one: "A domicile is a person's established, fixed, and permanent home to which the person, whenever absent, has the present intention of returning".  Bottom line, we broke that law and that we could be prosecuted and/or fined.   Brandon said we were being given a warning because it was understood that we are full-time RVers and not someone who was living in another state trying to get a hunting and/or fishing license in South Dakota.   We were flagged because of our mailing service.

We discussed with Brandon that we are returning to South Dakota again this summer and would like to fish.  That is fine but we will have to get non-resident licenses.  Ok . . . .but when we present our South Dakota Drivers Licenses to the agent, what do you think is going to happen?  The agent is going to want to give us resident licenses.  Sheesh!  We are suppose to advise the agent to override the system and charge us the higher non-resident fees.  Crazy isn't it?  We've already decided we are going to take the warning notice we are being sent along with the page from the Hunting/Fishing Handbook to back us up when we want to get our fishing licenses.  John's take is that this probably isn't unique to South Dakota but that we would encounter this situation with any state with regards to their hunting and fishing requirements.  Who knew?  I guess this is the price one pays for living outside the box, being a square peg in a round hole, or being a full-time RVer.