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A citation for expired insurance or failure to display proof of financial responsibility - if you have valid insurance at the time the citation was issued, you can take the proof along with the citation to the Court prior to the appearance date and the Court will dismiss the citation with no fee. If you wait until after the appearance date on any of these citations, you may be subject to a charge of Failure to Appear, which has it own set of court costs and fine.

Expired inspection and registration - you have until the 5th day of the month following the expiration before it is considered expired. If you take care of the issue, take the citation and receipt to the Court before the date required to appear, they will dismiss the citation for a $10 fee. An expired registration usually has additional fees when you register a vehicle late and it has been in use. Those are charged by the County Tax Office. Neither are considered a moving violation and do not affect insurance rates.