Expired Vehicle Registration Confusion (August: 2013, buy, calculator)

[Ultrarunner]

Originally Posted by oddstray

After you put your sticker on your license plate, take a paper knife and cut it into several tiny pieces (you might have seen price stickers at a store that are scored like this). It's now no longer steal-able.

The last thief destroyed the sticker... there was not enough left for me or the thief...

[Matt518]

Originally Posted by oddstray

After you put your sticker on your license plate, take a paper knife and cut it into several tiny pieces (you might have seen price stickers at a store that are scored like this). It's now no longer steal-able.

Ours already come perforated to prevent theft. I thought they were all like that. Good advice.

[moved]

Nope, it's all in one piece. I just got mine on Tuesday.

[oddstray]

Originally Posted by Matt518

Ours already come perforated to prevent theft. I thought they were all like that. Good advice.

Ours in California are one-piece. How do you stick it onto the license plate, if it comes pre-scored?

[ferretkona]

Originally Posted by parker

Looks like the most you would pay, if the tab is on you, is $200 plus new registration fees...

From CA DMV...Vehicle Registration and Title Information

I did not find a limit on the page of $200.
My experience in the past is a 4 year expired car owes over $700 in fees. Each year owed plus each years late fees.

Originally Posted by tonyinsd

I don't believe it's legal to have a vehicle that's not registered, whether it's being used or not.

Perfectly legal! Very unlikely to ever be on the road again but legal.

In fact if a auto was non-op before the non-op fee was based it is exempt.
This would be mid-70's or so.

[steel7]

The dmv is so greedy its unbelievable. They nail you big time if the tags are not paid on time. A non op used to be 5.00 & then it went to 10.00 & 15.00 & now 18.00. Its crazy that you gotta pay a fee if you're not going to renew your tags.

[Matt518]

Originally Posted by oddstray

Ours in California are one-piece. How do you stick it onto the license plate, if it comes pre-scored?

Very carefully. It peels off the paper much easier than off the plate. Come to think of it, it might not actually be perforated, but possibly made of a material designed to tear when removed. Every one I've ever had to remove has torn, almost as if by design. I thought for sure they were perforated. We also have our license plate number printed on the sticker.

[Matt518]

Originally Posted by ferretkona

I did not find a limit on the page of $200.
My experience in the past is a 4 year expired car owes over $700 in fees. Each year owed plus each years late fees.

Perfectly legal! Very unlikely to ever be on the road again but legal.

In fact if a auto was non-op before the non-op fee was based it is exempt.
This would be mid-70's or so.

The guy I spoke to said that [for example] if the vehicle has $2000 in fees, the buyer would be responsible unless the seller agreed to pay them. If there was such a limit, I don't think he would throw out an arbitrary number [without stating there is a maximum].

[steel7]

The dmv is extremely greedy & their is no max on unpaid tags. I failed to get a non op on my Tbird & now the fees are much more then the original $80.00 a yr. I think they are now around $400.00 +. The state makes alot of money with late fees & penalties.

[tonyinsd]

Originally Posted by steel7

The dmv is extremely greedy & their is no max on unpaid tags. I failed to get a non op on my Tbird & now the fees are much more then the original $80.00 a yr. I think they are now around $400.00 +. The state makes alot of money with late fees & penalties.

Don't be late on your registration and there won't be any late fees or penalties. It's right there on my registration renewal. If I screw up and renew after the deadline, I can see the escalating fees. If I wait until August to renew, it goes from $137 to $209 and the only person I have to blame is me.