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Originally Posted by Old Truck Man

Here in Arkansas They now if you let the insurance lapse send you a letter telling you to bring the tag to the revenue office. If you don't comply they send the state police to get the plate. If you decide to start driving it again you have to pay a extra $100 fee or fine whatever you want to call it. I haven't did anything to the 88 yet. I bought a kinda rough 2002 yesterday. runs good 4 wheel drive and air cond works. I actually drove it home. It ran like crap on the old stale gas, I added 5 gallons of fresh gas and a can of ChemTool and that fixed it. only paid $500 I might part it out and swap the engine in to the 88? I likely will do whatever comes first. Im truck poor anyway. I have a real nice 2006 Silverado 3/4 ton 4 wheel drive extended cab. 6.0 engine Allison trans . 14000 tow package. Its become my daily driver handles a trailer really well.

New York State was already doing that in the 1970's.
I still remember my grandfather talking at length a NYS trooper that came to collect the plates on his car. He'd recently changed auto insurance companies because the coverage was noticeably better for about the same money.
There was no lapse in coverage and gramps had the full policy paperwork from opening the new policy stamped and notarized along with the paperwork from closing the old policy. The trooper looked it all over and just shook his head in disgust. I'm sure he was not pleased with having his time wasted.
Turns out his prior insurance agent was pissed about loosing an auto, farm, and homeowners insurance customer so he cut off his nose to spite his face... calling the troopers made sure he would never get any more business from my grandfather or my uncles or mom. They all moved to other insurance agencies. My dads' folks and several friends of both grandparents dropped him too. Word gets around when you're a jackwagon.