9/4 My DMV Vehicle Registration Renewal Notice says my car needs a smog
check. Can I renew the registration before getting a smog check so
that the renewal won;t be past due?
\_ if yer that paranoid about it, go to an Arco w/ RapidRenewal.
you can just walk up and they will smog your car and if it passes
they will file your registration and give you your tags on the
spot -shac
\_ No. It only takes 30 minutes to get a smog check and the results
are instantly wired directly to the state. Stop being a weeny.
Just go take care of it.
\_ Unecessarily ascerbic, but correct. I did this three weeks ago
and the whole process, including the DMV getting me my new
stickers by mail, took only six days.
\_ Is there such a thing as "unecessarily ascerbic" on the motd
as long as you're right?
\_ I took it in by person, and had the process (smog check +
registration) completed in 2 hours.
\_ Yes. You can pay the registration and avoid a late fee. You won't
get the registration and sticker until you do the smog check,
though. --dim
\_ Seconded. I got charged late fees because the records on
my car were fucked up, and when I called to complain they
wouldn't remove the late fees because I could have paid
the registration and waited for the smog check to come
through.
\_ Which means you're not registered and not legal to drive.
\_ Not true. Your registration will show that it's paid and
that there is a lien pending for smog. You also avoid the
late fee, which I assume the OP was worried about. --dim
\_ I also registered first, then Smogged-- it worked fine.
\_ Oh yeah? You get pulled over?
\_ yes this is okay. However, if you get pulled
over, you will get a "fix-it" ticket. $10 at the
minimum. |
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