Paul,

If the tags are 6 months or more out of date, the vehicle can be impounded.
I would check with your local DMV office to find out the status of your van.
Sacramento has a habit of not sending or following up with paperwork.

If it were me, I would have the smog test done and bring a copy of the smog
test results to the DMV when I went to get the status.  Since the BAR-90
machines came in, the results are automatically uploaded to Sacramento
anyway, but I'd bring in a "paper" copy just to be sure.

One good thing about being in North Carolina is no smog checks for the vans
I have.  They are still smog legal and all, but I don't have to dump a bunch
of money into them all at once to keep them that way.  It cost me over $800
to get the Syncro up to Arizona standards when I was there - ouch!

Don in Reidsville, NC
1987 Vanagon GL Syncro (Suzie) - Sale Pending!
1988 Vanagon GL (Sylvia)
Why do they call it a fixed income, when mine is always broke?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wognacious" <wognacious@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sun 27 February 2005 11:58
Subject: Re: Late registration California

> My 85 wasn't running when my registration was due so I
> waited until it was running and registered it on line.
> A smog check was needed and the web site informed me
> that I would be receiving a letter in 2 weeks and that
> I was supposed to take that to the smog check place
> and get the vehicle smoged. I still haven't got the
> letter back from state and it's been over a month.
> I've been driving it a little but am concerned about
> getting pulled over. I've done what I was supposed to
> do on my end, the state hasn't. What would you do?
> I've heard that they can impound the vehicle. Is this
> true?
> Thanx,
> Paul Rogers
> 85 Westy