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License registration is for the car, to make it legal and pay its share of expenses to the state.Driver’s license purpose in to certify that you are legally permitted to drive based on passing a test, seeing correctly, and having a clean driving record without suspension.Legally you can register the car independent of your license status.However, it is illegal for you to drive the vehicle if you do not have a license or it is suspended, revoked or expired.Any other licensed driver can drive the properly registered car, though, provided its insurance and inspection are current.

Most states vary the color of their registration stickers from year to year, so an out-of-date sticker will stand out. Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) aren’t generally set to alert on expired registrations, as it’s a low-value ticket. They alert the operator to stolen vehicles, cars associated with people who have outstanding arrest warrants, or those with revoked or suspended licenses or registrations.If the officer runs the registration on his in-car computer, he’ll see that it’s expired, but if it’s showing a current sticker, he might not bother.Getting caught with a stolen sticker can be a serious offense. Each sticker has a serial number on it, and that number is associated with the license plate it’s supposed to be on. If the number doesn’t match DMV records, you’re burned. The officer will probably seize the license plates and impound the car. He may also arrest you as being in possession of stolen property.

You can lie to the police about most things (and although I am frequently criticized for saying it, nearly everyone does lie to the police) and suffer no penalty other than the annoyance of the officer. However, if you lie about your identity or details pertaining to it (date of birth, Social Security number, etc.), in most states it is a separate crime for which you can and often will be be arrested.People lose their driver’s licenses on a regular basis. Sometimes they actually mislay them, but more often they are seized because they’re suspended or revoked, or the bearer has purposely hidden or “forgotten” to carry the license so they can attempt to evade arrest for a warrant or driving while suspended or revoked. The police are used to this game, and have at least as many methods for ferreting out the subject’s true identity and license status. The harder you make the officer work to figure out what scam you’re trying to get over on him, the less sympathy you’re going to get. Where he might let your equipment violations and open container slide when you’re up front and truthful, he’s going to charge every one of those offenses if you have lied about who you are.WAR STORY ALERT: I stopped an older Jeep for speeding. When I approached the driver, I asked him for his driver’s license, registration, and proof of insurance. The dialog went something like this:Me: Hi. You were going a little fast. Could I see your driver’s license, registration, and proof of insurance, please?Driver: I haven’t got any insurance.Me: Okay. Do you have your registration?Driver: No. The plates are fictitious. [the plates are registered to another vehicle—he even knew the correct terminology]Me: Okay. How about a driver’s license?Driver: I don’t have a license. It’s suspended because I’ve got FTA [failure to appear] warrants.I was and remain in awe of this level of forthrightness. Everything he told me was accurate. I had no choice but to book him on the warrants, but the speed, registration, insurance, and driving while suspended violations were ignored as a reward for his honesty.