Do Towing And Repair Tags Expire

What's Driving You lot Crazy? 1 viewer says its roadside service problem

Christopher from Denver writes, "What'southward driving you crazy? Has anyone else been denied a tow by AAA Colorado for not being able to get an extension on their temp tag?"

There is no dubiety we are seeing more temporary tags on the roads. That is a direct result of the much longer time it is taking people to get their car registered due to offices working about or with appointments only during this time of COVID-19. AAA National has a policy where they don't tow unregistered vehicles. Either no tags or expired tags count equally an unregistered vehicle in their optics. They say information technology is a long standing policy to adjourn abuse past car resellers and criminal action.

I asked Skyler McKinley, Director of Public Relations & Regime Diplomacy for AAA Colorado to counterbalance in on the state of affairs:

"Your viewer is exactly spot on: Equally a matter of policy, AAA won't tow whatsoever vehicle that isn't street legal in the jurisdiction where service is requested. Why? Well, we think of ourselves as an emergency roadside rescue organization, helping motorists whose vehicles interruption down. Nosotros don't recall of ourselves as a tow truck visitor or towing service, so nosotros don't provide convenience, salve, or auction tows. This helps us curb abuse, certainly, but is as well more consequent with our mission of helping people.

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In a normal year, nosotros wouldn't tow a vehicle with without plates or with expired tags – only as the State of Colorado wouldn't consider a vehicle operating under those conditions to be street legal. Of course, this isn't a normal yr. While most Colorado tag renewal services can be completed past mail or at an ExpressMV kiosk, we sympathize that the closure of many in-person vehicle registration services has prevented some folks from renewing their tags, or acquiring a permanent plate after the purchase of a new vehicle. Equally a result, we've temporarily waived our policy requiring current tags or plates.

Are expired temp tags a problem because of DMV closures? Nosotros're seeing this in greater numbers than ever earlier, although information technology however represents a tiny sliver of our call volume. Are there more than expired temp and regular tags out there? Absolutely. Anecdotally, I've seen a lot more – and our call information related to requests for service for these vehicles is upwards."

I as well take seen a larger than average number of temporary tags on the roads, expired ones as well as legal ones. I've also seen a big number of expired license plate stickers. A few officers I've spoken to about this tell me they are offering some leniency to drivers with expired tags. Those overdue past a month or maybe two. They tell me they will pull over a driver with an egregiously expired tag but every bit we all accept seen, that isn't happening perchance as often as we would like.

UPDATE 10/22/2020: Skyler McKinley, "Nosotros've updated our expired plate policy to permit for tows and then long every bit the tags are within 90 days of beingness electric current."

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