CARFAX: Nearly 17 Million Vehicles on U.S. Roads Have Expired Registration Tags

*Note: California's figures are a recent monthly average of expired tags provided to CARFAX by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Some states have penalties that can run up to hundreds or even thousands of dollars. In some instances, drivers can face jail time for repeat offenses, including in New York state, Florida, Washington, and Georgia, according to their DMV sites. For example, in California, the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) says that if a vehicle's registration has been expired ...