What happens if I never renew my car registration?
What happens if you never renew your registration:You will drive around like nothing has changed.One day, an officer will notice your expired registration or you will be stopped for speeding or running a stop sign, or you will get into an accident and the officer will see that you have an expired registration. You will then get a ticket for expired registration in addition to the other tickets he stopped you for. He might impound your car if you piss him off with an attitude. The judge will fine you for having an expired registration, the DMV will charge you for all back registrations and fine you a fee as well. In the end, it will cost you a lot more in time and fines than if you just paid the registration as you are supposed to.People who don’t pay their registration fees often don’t have the required insurance either. In that case you will also get a ticket and fine for not having the required insurance. If you are at fault in an accident, you will be personally responsible for the damage and injuries to the other parties in the accident.
Can I pay for my car registration (tags) with a credit card at a DMV in California?
I doubt it. I have been trying since November to get the DMV in California to find the registration fee I paid with “bill pay” from my bank checking account.I am up to the 4th letter and one phone call trying to help them out, but no luck yet. I have sent them copies of my bank statement showing they have debited my account for the amount of the fee, but still no luck.Trust me, you do not want to be running around town every day watching for HP and Police patrol cars to avoid getting in front of them where they can not possibly continue to miss my OCT sticker 2018.I carry the entire file of my letters and the return letters from the DMV in the car in hopes that, when some good law enforcement guy stops me he will at least look at my attempts to get the damn tags paid.So far they have responded, in writing, with a notice that if I want to renew the registration for my 1976 Toyota Celica I must fill out the attached forms. Followed by an apology and another notice to renew the registration for my 1996 Pathfinder I must fill out the attached forms. Each of these letters also informed me that I owe the registration fee and the late fee for the correct vehicle!I think if it were possible for them to screw this up even further they will find a way in their reply to my 4th letter. I can’t wait. If you look at a calendar you will see that it takes almost exactly one month to cycle each of my letters and then start over again with another letter.
Do I need to pay registration fees again if I buy a used car that has had it's registration renewed a few days ago (this is in California)?
Yes, you will need to register the car in your name whenever you purchase a vehicle. The previous owner’s fees don’t count towards your registration. You will also need too pay sales tax on the purchase, if you didn’t pay the tax to a used car dealer when you bought the vehicle. You will also need to pay title fees.The registration that was renewed recently was for the previous owner. That registration is now void because they no longer own the vehicle, you do.You have 10 days to register your vehicle to avoid penalties.Here is more information:California Vehicle Registration | DMV.com | DMV.com
Can I sell my car without renewing my registration?
Someone, you or him, will have to renew it and pay the penalties before it can be driven. His birthday will have nothing to do with it. If he's smart, he will insist you do it, or pay you less for the vehicle if he has to.
Can I drive with expired registration tags if I already paid them through the mail, but haven't received tags?
(California) My car was registered as no-operation for around 1 year and we're registering it to be in operation again. We've already smogged the car/passed, and it has insurance too. We've paid all the fees with DMV and have been waiting for the sticker/tag to just be delivered. but it has not. I need to drive the car really soon (tomorrow...) also. My month of registration on the plate is May, the new registration is to cover this year to come. I'm hoping if someone can help me answer if it's legal to drive or not. On an DMV envelope, it states "Once renewal fees have been deposited in the mail, California law allows you to operate your vehicle while DMV processes your renewal" If it's legal, and I get pulled over because of the tags being old tags, can I show/prove to the officer that it's already paid for. thanks in advance
Can't afford car registration?? Please help!?
Hi! I live in California and my husband and I can't afford the registration for his car. For the past 8 months we were incredibly broke having both been laid off. We're finally back on our feet and paying off all of our debt and are barely back on top of our bills. His car registration was due in July, but we simply did not have the $300 owed (he works in Hollywood and has to park on the street and had acquired a couple of parking tickets and a fix it ticket for having his old address on his license). He avoided driving the car, but now we just received a letter saying the amount owed is $1000!! Is there any way to get this lowered? Or even to get rid of the car? The car itself isn't even worth $1000. It's a barely running 97 mustang with no headlights, a broken speedometer, a leaky gas tank, etc. If anyone could give us any information that would be amazing.
I paid for my CA car registration renewal online (website won't let me pay again if I try it) but I did not get the updated stickers after over 2 months. Is my only option to get the stickers to go into a DMV office?
You could try calling the DMV at 1-800-777-0133.If you do need to go in person, make an appointment. In my experience (which has been limited, so maybe I've been lucky), the California DMV is really not all that bad, especially if you have an appointment. Sure, you will have to wait in line, but it's better than the TSA at a major airport.There's also no requirement that you go to your closest DMV office; if you go to the DMV website and click on a DMV office location, you can see a list of wait times for nearby locations.
How do I buy a car in California that has an expired registration?
Just like you would buy a vehicle that has current registration. The only difference being that you are responsible to pay any back fees and penalties that are due before the vehicle can be registered in California. The one exception to this is if the vehicle is on a “Non-op”, which means that the person who owned it filed a certificate of no-operation on the vehicle before the registration expired. If this is the case, you will not have any back fees or penalties.
How do I drive my car again with expired tags?
Frankly, I'm not seeing why this is a major issue beyond the fact that you are making it one.Call DMV as soon as possible and tell them you have not renewed your tags in two years because the car is not running. Ask them what you need to do to resolve this.Since you already have (according to you) valid insurance on the vehicle, then simply fly or drive to somewhere in California and pay the money that you need to to renew your vehicle registration .You'll have to pay for both of the years that you allowed it to lapse.Take the necessary steps to renew your CA drivers license.Have any pertinent information sent to the address of the home that you say you are leasing in California. Either go to that home yourself and retrieve it or have the occupants mail it to you.Discontinue driving the vehicle with expired tags until you have resolved this situation.When you talk with DMV keep the conversation brief. The more detail you add, the more likely it is that you re going trip yourself up. They get hundreds or thousands of calls daily; yours would hardly be a "new" or a unique situation to them.Frankly, I would be more concerned about your insurance company. You have been committing what could be generously described as "insurance fraud" by falsely claiming that your car is A) In California B) That it is legally registered. That they haven't cross-referenced DMV records and discovered this themselves and canceled your policy is a minor miracle.