Moving to DC with CA plates

[Anonymous]

If I rent in a building with its own parking, can I go indefinitely w/o re-registering my car?

[Anonymous]

No. That is illegal.

[Anonymous]

Technically no, but we had NJ plates for 6 months until we bought a new car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. That is illegal.

+1

[Anonymous]

No.

You definitely can't do it once your CA plates expire. MPD pays attention to that stuff.

[Anonymous]

If you park in a garage, you're ok with out of state plates for awhile. But if you park on a given block a few times - like at work, at a friend's house, or whatever - they will get you. You'll get a warning, and then if you dont' register your car you'll get a big ole fine.

Why not just be a grown up about it? You're moving here, and that involves going to the DMV and registering your damn car. Deal with it.

[Anonymous]

We went quite awhile without changing our plates (also from
Ca) but you should just get it done and not worry about it!

[Anonymous]

They'll give you a warning, then the tickets are $100 each for not registering.

That said, I went a long time without changing my plates from out of state - maybe 4 years? I had off-street parking at my apartment and only drove on the weekends. Finally I bit the bullet when I started getting tickets once I moved to a new area and started parking on the street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They'll give you a warning, then the tickets are $100 each for not registering.

That said, I went a long time without changing my plates from out of state - maybe 4 years? I had off-street parking at my apartment and only drove on the weekends. Finally I bit the bullet when I started getting tickets once I moved to a new area and started parking on the street.

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[Anonymous]

Psh. So far I've done 3 years without changing my NY tags with no plans to do it.

Why are you people getting tickets? The one time I did get asked about it I told them I reside in NY but commute to DC. Which is true. I have addresses in both places, but I'm only working in DC 10 days per month.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They'll give you a warning, then the tickets are $100 each for not registering.

That said, I went a long time without changing my plates from out of state - maybe 4 years? I had off-street parking at my apartment and only drove on the weekends. Finally I bit the bullet when I started getting tickets once I moved to a new area and started parking on the street.

That's $100 per occurrence, a buddy who I served in the Navy with now works for DPW, he told me stories of scofflaws who had ROSA tickets in the thousands before they were caught and booted.

[Anonymous]

Yes, you can but you would be breaking the law. And being cheap. Just pay it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, you can but you would be breaking the law. And being cheap. Just pay it.

Right. DC charges you the excise tax up front and that's it. When we moved to VA I had to get use to paying the personal property tax every six months which just sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Psh. So far I've done 3 years without changing my NY tags with no plans to do it.

Why are you people getting tickets? The one time I did get asked about it I told them I reside in NY but commute to DC. Which is true. I have addresses in both places, but I'm only working in DC 10 days per month.

A little harder to argue that the OP is residing in CA and commuting to DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you park in a garage, you're ok with out of state plates for awhile. But if you park on a given block a few times - like at work, at a friend's house, or whatever - they will get you. You'll get a warning, and then if you dont' register your car you'll get a big ole fine.

Why not just be a grown up about it? You're moving here, and that involves going to the DMV and registering your damn car. Deal with it.

They will also get you if you get stopped for a traffic violation.