Driving Into Mexico with Expired Tags Could Get Your Car Impounded El Jefazo - The Fulano Forum
go to original June 17, 2014

Driving into Mexico with expired tags runs the risk of Mexican authorities impounding your vehicle and fines up to $1,000, according to California Highway Patrol officials.

About two years ago, Mexico passed a law that set forth three criteria which vehicles must meet to temporarily be allowed into Mexico.

Those include that the car must be owned by a U.S. resident, not necessarily by a U.S. citizen; the vehicle must have at least one U.S. resident in the vehicle, not necessarily the owner; and it must have valid license plates/proof of current registration.

Failure to meet any one criteria means confiscation of the vehicle.

The enforcement is becoming increasingly common as people head to the border, are stopped at the random inspection signified by a red light, and then Mexican customs determines that the vehicle doesn't meet the criteria before impounding the vehicle.

The driver then walks back to the U.S. to start addressing the issue, said CHP Officer David Figueroa of the CHP Mexican liaison unit, and he has seen this occur three to five times a week for the last six to eight months.

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