A little over a year ago, I was driving with plates that had been expired for three years and I did not know it because I rarely ever drove that car and I had lost track.... You cannot even imagine the look in my face when the officer told me how long they had been expired, but apparently he believed my story, which was true, that I never drive the car, because there was so much moss all over it you could not even see the color of the paint! That was a very nice officer because he could have given me a huge fine, but instead he gave me the minimum fine which was about 136. and that was less than if I had I renewed my plates for all those three years. However, it was not really my fault, as the DMV made an error and I never got a renewal in the mail since they sent it to the wrong address. I figured that out later but I was not going to contest the ticket because I was lucky I got off that easy.