License plate sticker renewal after lapse | GTAMotorcycle.com

License plate sticker renewal after lapse

Relax

Relax

Well-known member
Forum Sponsor
I've got a few bikes and tend to cycle through them over the years. One of the bikes I want to insure now has a sticker from 2018. I remember doing this pre-COVID on another bike, and was only charged for the upcoming year. Can I expect the same now, or have they implemented something to back-charge because of the extension they gave everyone? The bike wasn't insured for liability, so I couldn't have been riding it.
 
If your birthday is in five days you will have to pay for one year to get the five days and presumably a year going forward so you can enjoy it. If your birthday was a month ago, sticker renewal gets you 11 months of fun. Stickers expired before March 2020 (iirc) don't get dragged into the covid back dated sticker renewal mess. SO doesn't know your insurance history. The computers are deciding what you owe and SO can't change that.
 
I didn't renew last year because my birthday fell in April which was the start of the first wave/lockdown and when I renewed online this year, I was charged for both years and could only renew for one year (no option for two year renewal was offered)...
 
ifiddles said:
I didn't renew last year because my birthday fell in April which was the start of the first wave/lockdown and when I renewed online this year, I was charged for both years and could only renew for one year (no option for two year renewal was offered)...
Click to expand...
Did you renew before or after your 2021 birthday?
 
Just renewed a sticker. There was a note on the site advising if you did not buy the previous year, you will automatically be charged for it.
 
This has been a joke, all of these services have been available on line for years. We renewed plates and driver’s license and OHIP cards over the past year.

There should be charge back for the time missed, i purchased a new car during Covid and the dealer had no problem obtaining plates.
 
Agreed, go online, provide the information required and pay the price. No way to get around it now. As stated above the price is sure to go up.
 
STARSHIP said:
This has been a joke, all of these services have been available on line for years. We renewed plates and driver’s license and OHIP cards over the past year.

There should be charge back for the time missed, i purchased a new car during Covid and the dealer had no problem obtaining plates.
Click to expand...
Well, first off, you can't do it online if your license is expired and you need a photo.

Second, if the vehicle hasn't been driven or insured during the years someone didn't renew the plate, why should they have to pay?
 
Relax said:
Well, first off, you can't do it online if your license is expired and you need a photo.

Second, if the vehicle hasn't been driven or insured during the years someone didn't renew the plate, why should they have to pay?
Click to expand...
The thread is in regards to the plate sticker, not obtaining a new license. Considering you made the thread you'd figure you would know this...

Why pay? Cause they say so and you have to... Don't like it, don't drive/ride...

The rules are not fair, but them the rules... 😕
 
Jampy00 said:
The thread is in regards to the plate sticker, not obtaining a new license. Considering you made the thread you'd figure you would know this...

Why pay? Cause they say so and you have to... Don't like it, don't drive/ride...

The rules are not fair, but them the rules... 😕
Click to expand...

Well, first off, you can't renew your license plate sticker online if your license is expired and you need a photo.

Second, if the vehicle hasn't been driven or insured during the years someone didn't renew the plate, why should they have to pay? The rule is that you need to have a valid sticker on your plate to operate the vehicle on public roads. If it's mothballed, you don't need the sticker. This was always the case before COVID. If you renewed your plate before your birthday, you're charged for the current year, and that's fair (well, they should really pro-rate it the same way they pro-rate your refund, but that's another topic). My concern was whether the COVID extension would blindly assume every plated vehicle that expired after March 2020 was still driven after expiration, and that's not fair.
 
Can i tell Service Ontario that my plate fell off and then buy a new plate and only pay for the 2021-2022 year?
 
Relax said:
Well, first off, you can't renew your license plate sticker online if your license is expired and you need a photo.

Second, if the vehicle hasn't been driven or insured during the years someone didn't renew the plate, why should they have to pay? The rule is that you need to have a valid sticker on your plate to operate the vehicle on public roads. If it's mothballed, you don't need the sticker. This was always the case before COVID. If you renewed your plate before your birthday, you're charged for the current year, and that's fair (well, they should really pro-rate it the same way they pro-rate your refund, but that's another topic). My concern was whether the COVID extension would blindly assume every plated vehicle that expired after March 2020 was still driven after expiration, and that's not fair.
Click to expand...
Ah, my bad misread.

Sounds like you need to contact Service Ontario
 
Relax said:
My concern was whether the COVID extension would blindly assume every plated vehicle that expired after March 2020 was still driven after expiration, and that's not fair.
Click to expand...
That's what happens. Decision above SO. They werent even told it was happening, it just showed up in their computers with no way to avoid it. If you have a sticker that expired after march 2020 and want to renew, you need to pay back to march 2020. Call dougie and tell him he's an idiot if you dont like it.
 
Relax said:
Well, first off, you can't renew your license plate sticker online if your license is expired and you need a photo.

Second, if the vehicle hasn't been driven or insured during the years someone didn't renew the plate, why should they have to pay? The rule is that you need to have a valid sticker on your plate to operate the vehicle on public roads. If it's mothballed, you don't need the sticker. This was always the case before COVID. If you renewed your plate before your birthday, you're charged for the current year, and that's fair (well, they should really pro-rate it the same way they pro-rate your refund, but that's another topic). My concern was whether the COVID extension would blindly assume every plated vehicle that expired after March 2020 was still driven after expiration, and that's not fair.
Click to expand...
Technically you should return the plates and that would stop the clock on the sticker?

just brain storming
 
Evoex said:
Technically you should return the plates and that would stop the clock on the sticker?

just brain storming
Click to expand...
Grabbing new plates is cheaper than paying for the extra year. I will ask my SO friend if anyone has tried that. You still need a sticker, I'm not sure if the sticker is attached to the vehicle or plate in the computer.
 
GreyGhost said:
Grabbing new plates is cheaper than paying for the extra year. I will ask my SO friend if anyone has tried that. You still need a sticker, I'm not sure if the sticker is attached to the vehicle or plate in the computer.
Click to expand...
The copy goes on the plate portion of the registration so my guess is it’s plate.
 
Evoex said:
The copy goes on the plate portion of the registration so my guess is it’s plate.
Click to expand...
You're probably correct but the plates get attached to a vehicle in the computer. Did they set a flag on the vehicle that shows it had plates that expired in limbo.
 
GreyGhost said:
Grabbing new plates is cheaper than paying for the extra year. I will ask my SO friend if anyone has tried that. You still need a sticker, I'm not sure if the sticker is attached to the vehicle or plate in the computer.
Click to expand...
Don't forget, they now charge an ownership replacement fee if you need a new one, which I assume you will when you get a new plate?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Back
Top Bottom