All it takes is for you to get stopped or for someone to call in a complaint and you’re probably toast. You COULD possibly skate on it if you had a valid reason for being there…such as you’re just passing through and came to see a sick and dying relative for one day…but you may have to prove it.

Whether we agree with the laws or not, FAC encourages all to comply with them. The purpose of this forum is not to find ways to skirt the rules.

To answer your question, “how does anyone in florida know I’m there if I do nothing wrong?” more specifically… the same way they would know if you do anything illegal. You somehow get caught. In Florida, failure to register is a third degree felony. Stealing a car (Fla. Stat. §812.014) is also a third degree felony in Florida. If you steal a car and don’t get caught doing it, it doesn’t mean you have not committed a crime.

In the illustration you’ve given you have not established a temporary, permanent or transient residence in Florida. Can’t speak for the laws in your home state or any other jurisdiction.

First off, how does anyone in florida know I’m there if I do nothing wrong?

And am I in violation I break my vacation up like in the example given??

Then i was right and they knew that when they dropped the failure to register. But then why did the correction captain put me on the registry? They literally made me miss my flt back to nyc.
If the prosecuters filed a no information and dropped the case why would that person have done that to me ? She was a corrections captain not a sheriff nor was she ordered to as i had not even gone to court. I NEVER had to go as they dropped even before the hearing.

You have not.

Thought I had this all down, but I’m confused again now. Hypothetical: I go to Florida city “x”. I stay at address “y” for two days, then stay at address “z” for two days. Have I established a residence or not? It seems that a residence should be defined at the level of a specific address.

would what just happened in this case, be similar to my case in 2013?

Robert, you are incorrect. 3 or more days.
Nevada is statewide – there’s a STATE statute, but you are correct about 48 hours IN the city.

It seems if you aren’t in one place more than 3 days in FL. you’re not in violation. In Nevada the requirement is 48 hours….but such requirements are applied jurisdiction by jurisdiction as told to me by law enforcement. So if in Nevada you are in a city for less than 48 hours (or 3 days in FL. City) the city or county police agency will not violate you! The rule is applied agency by agency.