In January my girlfriend and I got a car. My name is the main name on the paperwork becuase my credit is better that hers but she makes the payments and drives the brand new car most of the time. At the end of January after two paper tags I finally got my real license plate. I put it on the car, not paying attention to the little sticker and forget about it.

Today I get a pissed off call from my girlfriend who just got a ticket for expired tags, they expired on my birthday March 13th. SIX FUCKING WEEKS AFTER I GOT THE BRAND NEW TAG!!! What the fuck is that bullshit. She even told the cop (Cobb County) she had just bought the car and did not realize they had expired but would get them renewed tomorrow. He said here is you ticket.

I know that driving with expired tags is Illegal and it is my fault for not paying attention to the tag on my car, I figured would be valid for a fucking year. So I get to pay for tags twice in 1 year..FUCK YOU!! Oh and we never got a notice in the mail saying "your tags are almost expired" like everyone else in this state does.

Anyway I am going to court for it with her to explain to the judge what happened so maybe they will let us go.

Does anyone know what kind of fine it can be, are there any points involved, and can it effect her insurance? If so I am going to try and get the judge to atleast give me the points since my name is primary on the title and it is somewhat my responsibility.