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situation: registration expired in may. I don't have a title since the state it was registered in apparently required me to do a special inspection before I get a title in that state. the best they can do is send me a "salvage vehicle certificate" which I can use to eventually register car in state I'm moving to. I currently live in a state where I can't get a registration or a temporary registration without a title.
so therefore I have no chance of getting a registration, temporary or otherwise, until a few weeks from now in new state.
my registration tags are on front windshield instead of license plate so harder to spot. and I won't be driving in state it is registered in.
what's the worst that can reasonably happen? I like my chances of not getting stopped at all assuming I don't speed, except for the Midwest states where I have been pulled over for drug tests before ( with bs reasons like hugging the center lane).
I pretty much guarantee you'll get pulled over and ticketed at the very least. I could see myself going so far as to buying something cheap and registerable on Craigslist with a title and taking that vehicle on the trip. Then I'd come back and U-Haul the other car cross country.
I pretty much guarantee you'll get pulled over and ticketed at the very least. I could see myself going so far as to buying something cheap and registerable on Craigslist with a title and taking that vehicle on the trip. Then I'd come back and U-Haul the other car cross country.
even with out of state plates where you have to see the bottom corner of windshield to see when registration is expired?
Unlikely you'd get pulled over for that reason alone, since troopers would not be able to detect an expired plate on the fly. But if you are stopped for any other reason, you might have talk your way out of it, so have a story ready.
But if you are in an accident, you will be found 100% at fault.
So you're driving a car without plates, and expired registration. Right? Good luck with that. You might make it. I suggest traveling light so, if you do get pulled over and the car impounded, you can carry your stuff the rest of the way.
I mean, if you have all the paperwork, and can prove what you think is true, and you can talk a good talk, you might pull it off.
A buddy and I drove back from California with no tag, back in the 60s and we only got pulled over twice. When the cops couldn't find any weed, they lost interest and told us to get back on the highway and get out of their town. But that was a long time ago.
Sometimes the magic works, sometimes it doesn't.
So you're driving a car without plates, and expired registration. Right? Good luck with that. You might make it. I suggest traveling light so, if you do get pulled over and the car impounded, you can carry your stuff the rest of the way.
I mean, if you have all the paperwork, and can prove what you think is true, and you can talk a good talk, you might pull it off.
A buddy and I drove back from California with no tag, back in the 60s and we only got pulled over twice. When the cops couldn't find any weed, they lost interest and told us to get back on the highway and get out of their town. But that was a long time ago.
Sometimes the magic works, sometimes it doesn't.
I have plates. I just have expired registration, which stickers arent on plates in that particular state, the registration sticker is on the corner of the windshield. So it is harder to see and notice it is expired (cop would have to see it from in front of car)
situation: registration expired in may. I don't have a title since the state it was registered in apparently required me to do a special inspection before I get a title in that state. the best they can do is send me a "salvage vehicle certificate" which I can use to eventually register car in state I'm moving to. I currently live in a state where I can't get a registration or a temporary registration without a title.
so therefore I have no chance of getting a registration, temporary or otherwise, until a few weeks from now in new state.
my registration tags are on front windshield instead of license plate so harder to spot. and I won't be driving in state it is registered in.
what's the worst that can reasonably happen? I like my chances of not getting stopped at all assuming I don't speed, except for the Midwest states where I have been pulled over for drug tests before ( with bs reasons like hugging the center lane).
is the worst a ticket?
Let's get something clear. Your plate is no longer registered, not even in the original state where you had it registered. You want to risk getting multiples fines and or getting your car impounded. Sure, go ahead. You do realize that a lot of police car uses license plate recognition? They don't need to see your expired registration.
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