# The DMV wants my plates
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [November 24, 2006, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613 "2006-11-24T10:43:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2006, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613/1 "2006-11-24T10:43:48Z")
I let the insurance lapse on my summer car and never turned in the plates. Now I’ve got a letter from the DMV threatening license suspension and registration.
I’m going to turn the plates in, but I’m in Rochester and the car is in Buffalo. Is this something I need to do today, like right now. Or can this wait until monday?
I sorta need my license.
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### Author:  [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2006, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613/2 "2006-11-24T10:45:11Z")
Yes. Do it now. You are fucked as it is…
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### Author:  [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2006, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613/3 "2006-11-24T10:53:48Z")
similar question… kinda. my custom plates on my fd are about to expire, but obviously i’m not driving it in winter. can i just wait to renew them until spring? or is there some kinda lame penalty involved with that too? lol
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### Author:  [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2006, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613/4 "2006-11-24T10:58:50Z")
they penalize for everything they possibly can. your lucky you got away with letting the lapse go this long. they usually only give you 10 days
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2006, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613/5 "2006-11-24T10:58:54Z")
> [@FightinMike](#):
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> I let the insurance lapse on my summer car and never turned in the plates. Now I’ve got a letter from the DMV threatening license suspension and registration.
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> I’m going to turn the plates in, but I’m in Rochester and the car is in Buffalo. Is this something I need to do today, like right now. Or can this wait until monday?
>
> I sorta need my license.
Letting the insurance lapse usually has some nasty fines. As said above, get it done ASAP.
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### Author:  [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2006, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613/6 "2006-11-24T11:02:27Z")
can someone comment about the plates? the insurance isn’t going to lapse, btw
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### Author:  [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2006, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613/7 "2006-11-24T11:03:30Z")
^ if you dont renew them, you might lose being able to get them back
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### Author:  [@Muscle50](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Muscle50)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2006, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613/8 "2006-11-24T11:39:36Z")
FightinMike: There’s a date on the slip from the DMV that says you have until a certain date to turn in the plates, or pay 8 dollars a day from the date the lapse occured to avoid the suspension. It’s usually a 30 day grace period. You should be fine if you just recieved the notice. Also, you can’t register the vehicle until you either pay the fine , or wait out the lapse, which is however long the lapse was.
Adictd2boost: You have to renew the plates and pay the registration for them if you wanna keep the plates. You then have to turn them in and pay the $1 fee it costs to store them. Once you store them, you will get a refund for the amount of the registration since the vehicle is technically off the road.
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### Author:  [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2006, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613/9 "2006-11-24T12:14:16Z")
ok i should get on that then, thanks :tup:
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### Author:  [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613/10 "2006-11-24T14:26:03Z")
yea thanks alot, it said 10 days within receipt of the letter, envelope was postmarked Nov 21, so I should be good on monday.
Thanks guys
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### Author:  [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613/11 "2006-11-24T14:32:27Z")
i told you what will happen…
PS: who ever said fines… there technically isn’t a fine, its an optional fine to get the privilege to register a car
> [@Muscle50](#):
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> FightinMike: There’s a date on the slip from the DMV that says you have until a certain date to turn in the plates, or pay 8 dollars a day from the date the lapse occured to avoid the suspension. It’s usually a 30 day grace period. You should be fine if you just recieved the notice. Also, you can’t register the vehicle until you either pay the fine , or wait out the lapse, which is however long the lapse was.
Perfect
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### Author:  [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613/12 "2006-11-25T16:13:24Z")
when your insurance lapses you pay $8 a day for every day there is no insurance and the plates havent been turned in
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### Author:  [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613/13 "2006-11-25T16:22:31Z")
no… you don’t have to pay the 8 dollars…
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### Author:  [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613/14 "2006-11-25T16:40:14Z")
why?
i let my insurance lapse when i was out of town and got a letter from the dmv saying i had to pay $8 a day until I could prove I had insurance
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### Author:  [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613/15 "2006-11-25T16:41:42Z")
you just either A) lose your license… if it goes to long…
or B) you just lose the ability register a car for a little bit
or… you pay the amount, you have a choice
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### Author:  [@JUICEDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JUICEDSS)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613/16 "2006-11-25T17:02:43Z")
My JUICEDLX plates expired last November(1 year). I have kept the insurance up and yet to receive a letter. The key is the insurance. I’ll be transferring them this week to another car. We’ll see what they have to say. I drove the car last November - May without realizing they had expired. lol
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### Author:  [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613/17 "2006-11-25T20:29:59Z")
I don’t see why you can’t just mail them in.
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### Author:  [@Pass\_McGass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pass_McGass)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613/18 "2006-11-25T21:08:44Z")
The thread title should read:
The DMV wants their plates back
sendeminnukka
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### Author:  [@RedrRocket](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedrRocket)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2006, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-dmv-wants-my-plates/20613/19 "2006-11-26T07:26:09Z")
Its not really the dmv its the legislation the insurance companies lobbied for. Its the insurance comanies that start the shit fit when you dont pay up. like the mafia they are. They just cant break your thumbs, like in the good old days, they call out there dmv peeps to suspend stuff. Just make sure you get it cleared up with the insurance company, Even if you change an insurance company. you have to physically contact the old insurance company of your new carrier.
I know of a girl who changed companies Had insurance & registration, but the old ins company sent in the uninsured letter to the dmv. she got pulled over, and the car came up uninsured & her license suspended. her car got impounded & towed & the cop left her standing on the side of the road at 3am.