My vehicle registration was due to expire on my birthday, January 11, so I renewed way ahead of time, using the website. Renewal stuff got to me by mail early, so I tossed it into the glove box and forgot about it.

Yesterday I came out of a store and as I opened the trunk I noticed that the sticker on the license plate had expired four and a half months ago.

Looked around furtively, no cops in the parking lot, retrieved the new sticker from the glove box and stuck it on.

I'm legal again. Whoo-hoo!

Its a good thing you didn't get caught because the rest of us would forever go into the case logs as "Known Associates".

A year. Minimal penalty for not renewing on time. They do not send reminders on drivers licenses, just on plates.

Since you were renewed, I guess you were semi-legal.
If they ran your plates, it should return as current, right?

No plate stickers here in TX (except trailers & motorcycles), just a windshield sticker.

Probably 3 months mainly because my car would fail California's Smog test. I ended up getting a DMV extension until I got the car to pass.

When I get a new sticker, I just put it on immediately. There isn’t any reason not to.

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When I get a new sticker, I just put it on immediately. There isn’t any reason not to.

I vaguely remember thinking, when I picked up the mail, "I should clean the area where the sticker goes, before I put it on," so I tossed it in the glove box and then, out of sight, out of mind.

I can not speak at all about Florida ... in Washington State one's vehicle registration is tied to the vehicle and not the registered owner.

Most folks here do not "git it" that if their vehicle registration is expired ... so is their vehicle insurance "whether the insurance is current or not".

Having worked as an LEO for nearly four decades in Washington State, as well as an accident investigation detective for over 10 years ... have seen this happen too many times of the insurance company taking advantage of this loophole.

You weren't Illegal, just 'Undocumented'...

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Originally posted by nhracecraft:
You weren't Illegal, just 'Undocumented'...

Winner!

Currently still hanging in my visor… From December.

PA just got rid of the whole “sticker” situation.

They scan plates now from cruisers.

You can do everything on line and even register for two years if you want.

Nice…

If you renewed in Massachusetts your plate would be active with the new expiration date, regardless of the sticker.

At most a few weeks but the locals aren't allowed to pull over for expired tags so there's no longer any point.

LOL - i did something similar with my GTO except i got pulled over.

Normally i put the registration and insurance in the driver’s visor but for some reason, put the registration in the glove box.

Cop pulls me over, we go through the routine, i explains he must be mistaken, let’s me step out, i see the old, unmolested, year, then look at the p-work i gave him. Sure enough, everything is expired.

He not amused and said maybe I should just the glove box (which I astutely pointed out would not be there cause i never put stuff in there).

Yup, it was there. I laughed that uncomfortable laugh, he laughed cause you know, he’s a cop who was right. He had me put the new sticker on and away i went.

Mrs Mike once had to rent a car cause hers was busted…she called me from the DMV ..I said what are you doing at the DMV? She said her licens had expired and she only found it when I dropped her off at Hertz . They found her DL expired and drove her to the DMV to renew her license…..

It was over a year out and she had to take the written test and a driving test! On the way home (in my police car) she asked if I could rent a car and let her drive…WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!?

I told her, baby I can’t commit a felony and rent you a car. She did take my truck out of town and left me stranded though.

2+ years. I moved and didn’t receive any letter from the MVD. Finally, on my way home from work I got pulled over, twice. I got a ticket, fixed the registration, and got the citation dismissed. So basically, I got 2 years of free registration.

I bought my first motorcycle in 1967 after Vietnam. I bought my 8th in 1982. I never had a motorcycle endorsement. I was taking it to Germany and had to have a motorcycle endorsement prior to arrival, so I finally got tested in Pennsylvania in 1982. 15buears with no moto license.

My Dad did that when I was a kid. Actually got stopped for it. He jumped out of his truck with the cop standing there, then had that head-slap moment when he remembered putting it into the glove box. Back then you couldn’t get them early, but apparently he didn’t take time to peal the old one off, clean and afix the new one, then just forgot it. One of the few things I could enjoy reminding him of as a kid.

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Originally posted by old dino:

I can not speak at all about Florida ... in Washington State one's vehicle registration is tied to the vehicle and not the registered owner.

Florida, it expires on the owner's birthday, in my case, January 11.

If there are two names on the title, in my case my wife OR me, the birthday of the first name listed determines the registration renewal date.

When my truck was owned by my company, the "birthday" was December 31.