So Many Expired Registration Tags Here! (for sale, vehicle registration, car insurance)

[BabyBoomers2]

There is an SUV at our apt. complex that has a Florida tag on it showing a expiration date of 09-08. That is over a year old expired registration! Last week, I seen a truck on Southside Blvd that had two Florida tags on the license plate! Some States do have two tags on the license plate, one is the year and the other is the month........but that isn't here! On this truck, the tag on the left read 09-09 and the tag on the right read 12-09.

When we lived in Huntersville, NC, the PD drove through the complex and gave "expired registration" tickets for old tags. They could do this because the streets in the complex were city streets (actual streets) not just drives going in/out of the complex.

Do some people here just "ask" to be pulled over by JSO/Highway Patrol because of expired tags? Obviously these people know that they will have to pay a "late fee" for expired registration that is months expired!

I also know that a lot of people, after they move, don't want to get new vehicle registration/plates until their old ones expire no matter what the time limit is set by State law to get this done. Shoot, some folks don't even want to get a new DL until they have to, after they move. Only problem is, in order to transfer vehicle insurance over from one State to another, a person has to show a DL and Registration from the new State living in. In North Carolina, we couldn't get our NC plates/Registration until we had NC DL's to show the Plate/Registration Office!

We were here 1 week and took care of the vehicle registration and our DL's because we didn't want the Bank and other things showing NC registrations and DL's!

[EricBoyd]

An expired tag more than 6 months old (I believe) will require a court appearance. Don't ask me how I know this. LOL

[BabyBoomers2]

Gee, other than Eric, no one else wants to comment on this Thread?
I wonder if it's because there are people in CD/Jax Land that are toting around expired Registration tags! Or, there are people who have moved here that still haven't got a Florida Registration/Plate/DL yet? Just curious

[wb3690]

haha who knows. that was first on our agenda.....new DL/tags etc. We haven't gotten new tags for my husband's car, but he just hasn't had a chance to get down there to do it. His are still valid in Hawaii.......but as soon as he can he'll take care of it. I was all in favor of getting a new DL.....my old picture was horrible! I looked like I was wearing a mullet! haha......bad bad hair.

[parks71]

People get away with this because police do not have time to deal with it, they are too busy chasing all the people murdering people and dealing drugs. Two murders last night in two different appartment complexes. Bigger fish to fry! You guys probably just didnt have this problem in NC. The good news is you can wait to register your car if your low on funds, the bad news is you can be shot and killed at any moment!!

[graftenberg]

Originally Posted by LoveBoating

Last week, I seen a truck on Southside Blvd that had two Florida tags on the license plate! Some States do have two tags on the license plate, one is the year and the other is the month........but that isn't here! On this truck, the tag on the left read 09-09 and the tag on the right read 12-09.

That's nothing, just keep looking and you are sure to see a plate with a tag on all four corners. Actually you will see many.

[seain dublin]

Expired tags......how about no car insurance. FL leads the nation in uninsured drivers.

Only state I know where they don't impound vehicles when they don't have insurance.

So no state inspection to see if vehicles should be on the road, no insurance, suspended DL, anything goes in FL.

To Parks 71 there are murders in other states, the deal is FL is too lax on the road safety.

Try driving in CA or NY or most other states on expired plates and no car insurance and see what happens.

[EricBoyd]

Originally Posted by graftenberg

That's nothing, just keep looking and you are sure to see a plate with a tag on all four corners. Actually you will see many.

I think some people don't realize that you can stack the renewal stickers.

[BabyBoomers2]

One good "tag" thing that isn't here much: gettng a tag stolen from your plate! Although, when we went to Tax Collector's Office to register our boat and trailer, there was a lady there getting new tag because her tag had been stolen off her plate.

Funny thing: While living in So Calif and looking for a used truck, I found one in Truck Trader magazine. I contacted the seller and went over to look at the truck. The man spoken broken English, but I knew enough Spanish to understand him. While looking at the truck for sale, I noticed that the tag had been expired for some time. I mentioned this to him and he told me, "that truck over there is mine to, but it won't pass smog. I like that truck a lot, so I put the tag from this truck (that passed smog) on the plate of that one so I can drive it." Ok, selling a truck with it's tag on another truck! I said, "sorry not interested now!" and left. As I got into my friends car, I was almost dieing of laughter inside of myself!

California/Southern California does have strict enforcement on registration tags and insurance! And, they have a much higher crime rate than here!

[fsquid]

I can understand. $800 to get initial tags on btoh vehicles last week.