Someone refresh my memory on registration....
 

I will be shipping my cars back in the next few months. I still have Hawaii plates but the tags are expired. When picking up the cars from Sand Island. What do I bring and in what order do I safety and register things? Possible to do this ahead of time (except safety)?

already assuming you have insurance first....

go to safety first....fail for expired registration(blue copy)-
w/blue copy in hand go get registration
after getting registration...go back to same safety check station and gegt the pink and gold copies....

[QUOTE=houdni;3275182]already assuming you have insurance first....

go to safety first....fail for expired registration(blue copy)-
w/blue copy in hand go get registration
after getting registration...go back to same safety check station and gegt the pink and gold copies....[/QUOTE]

so i can drive off the docks with the car not registered but I have to go straight to safety?

is there a grace period to take care of all this?

thanks

you have 30 days grace period from day of arrival to take care of registration

since you have hawaii tags it a little easier process


do as houdni said and also carry your shipping documents just in case

[QUOTE=xurusaibobx;3275519]you have 30 days grace period from day of arrival to take care of registration

since you have hawaii tags it a little easier process


do as houdni said and also carry your shipping documents just in case[/QUOTE]

Yup, thats right. The shipping docs will be your "temp registration" for 30 days. I had a truck shipped over last year and I drove it home from Sand Island and to get it safety checked with no plates at all.

thanks everyone!

IIRC, you have to pay a maximum of 2 years back taxes to register a car if you didn't turn in the plates. That will come out to ~$600-700 depending on the weight of the car.

You can find out the cost by entering your car's info here:
[url=http://www4.honolulu.gov/mvrtitleinq/]Motor Vehicle Registration, City and County of Honolulu[/url]

I'm in the US Army no back taxes to be collected :doh:

Sorry but the county of Honolulu will not be receiving money from me to refill the same pot hole every time it rains.



Jess