Duke University: Does buying a home or having housing documentation alone establish NC tuition residency?

DIRECT ANSWER

Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15T19:41:05.489Z. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.

No. RDS says housing documentation is not a domiciliary act used to establish 12 months; residency is decided from the overall evidence of primary, permanent domicile, not a single act. Thus a home purchase alone is not sufficient on the fetched official guidance.