I was off the island, now returned, and the car registration has expired months ago, when I was gone. Since I was not here, obviously I was unable to renew the registration. If you miss the registration grace period, whatever that is, and go online to get the registration form, it won't fill out the form for you, since it's past whatever cutoff time period would allow you to print the new registration form. Furthermore, I heard that even after I figure out how to renew the registration, it will only be good for the remaining 5 months, although I will be expected to pay an entire 12 month amount, whatever that is, instead of getting a full 12 months from when it's registered.
How do I comply to renew the registration when it has expired, with the car stored in the garage for 7 months, but now ready to be driven again? For risk of driving it and getting a ticket for expired registration, how would the cops know it's expired unless they pull me over for something else? Do they commonly use automated license plate readers while they are driving around in their squad cars, to catch people who have expired registration?
They don't make it easy to do business here!