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by Glockster
Tue Aug 23, 2016 4:06 pm
Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
Topic: Carry insurance card in vehicle - bad idea?
Replies: 25
Views: 9503

Re: Carry insurance card in vehicle - bad idea?

JALLEN wrote:
Glockster wrote:
PUCKER wrote:
Glockster wrote:All of which begs the question as to when TX is going to join many other states in simplifying the sizing. I have a SUV for which I have a registration receipt that is 8.5x11". And I tow a trailer, same size registration receipt. And my Progressive insurance "card" is 5.5x8". I simply don't have room in my wallet for that. Why oh why can't we simply go to all electronic, or something significantly smaller.
I do not believe you are required to carry the registration receipt, unless it is a commercial vehicle (my memory may be failing me). The sticker itself is proof (windshield sticker on vehicle and sticker on plate of trailer). :tiphat:

That only works for anyplace that doesn't require showing a copy of your registration inside at a security desk. They don't come outside to check stickers.
Which places are those? I don't have any printed proof of registration AFAIK, and never been asked for such.

The two cars we brought when we moved were registered at the same time. The second year, I went down, got the stickers and put them on the windshields of the wrong car. This was discovered when I took them in for inspection the following year.
You should have a printed copy of your registration as when you registered or renewed and got your sticker, the sheet that the sticker came off of is your proof of registration and it has everything that is needed to prove registration (VIN, title/record, sticker #, plate #).

Any Federal compound that clears access that I've been to requires that they see the actual registration of the vehicle that is entering the compound, and of course insurance and DL. So you must have either your registration or you must present a rental agreement if it is a rental.
by Glockster
Tue Aug 23, 2016 2:47 pm
Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
Topic: Carry insurance card in vehicle - bad idea?
Replies: 25
Views: 9503

Re: Carry insurance card in vehicle - bad idea?

PUCKER wrote:
Glockster wrote:All of which begs the question as to when TX is going to join many other states in simplifying the sizing. I have a SUV for which I have a registration receipt that is 8.5x11". And I tow a trailer, same size registration receipt. And my Progressive insurance "card" is 5.5x8". I simply don't have room in my wallet for that. Why oh why can't we simply go to all electronic, or something significantly smaller.
I do not believe you are required to carry the registration receipt, unless it is a commercial vehicle (my memory may be failing me). The sticker itself is proof (windshield sticker on vehicle and sticker on plate of trailer). :tiphat:

That only works for anyplace that doesn't require showing a copy of your registration inside at a security desk. They don't come outside to check stickers.
by Glockster
Tue Aug 23, 2016 8:41 am
Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
Topic: Carry insurance card in vehicle - bad idea?
Replies: 25
Views: 9503

Re: Carry insurance card in vehicle - bad idea?

All of which begs the question as to when TX is going to join many other states in simplifying the sizing. I have a SUV for which I have a registration receipt that is 8.5x11". And I tow a trailer, same size registration receipt. And my Progressive insurance "card" is 5.5x8". I simply don't have room in my wallet for that. Why oh why can't we simply go to all electronic, or something significantly smaller.

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