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Yes, they expire at the end of the month. Conversely, your vehicle registration is set to expire at the beginning of the month listed. Just remember one is the beginning and the other is at the end. If you look at your registration, it should say something like (Expires: 02/01/2011). Then you will know that the inspection sticker has about 4 weeks left.
Inspection Grace Period: There is a five (5) day grace period for motorists to get their inspection sticker. An inspection certificate expires on the last day of the month that is indicated on the windshield. Therefore, you have until the 5th day of the following month to have your car inspected.
On the sticker,it says (Expires on month and year indicated.) The sticker expires at the end of the month during the year indicated.
There is no grace period for registration in NYC. If the sticker is expired, you will be given a hefty fine if a traffic cop happens to notice (and they do!). You can be fined even if you paid for your registration renewal but have not yet received it in the mail. The sticker has to be valid and properly displayed. And make sure to remove the old sticker. They can actually give you a fine for that, too. If your registration is expired, or about to expire, go to the DMV in Manhattan right away. They will issue your renewal sticker that day. Inspection stickers, however, do not expire on a specific date. You have until the last day of the month indicated on your sticker to have your vehicle pass inspection. Hope this was helpful!
Last day of the month displayed
A NYS Inspection sticker expires on the last day of the month it was punched during the year indicated on the sticker. If the sticker says "2011" and the month "June" is punched, the vehicle needs to be re-inspected on or before June 30, 2011.
its the last day of the month
In most jurisdictions, yes. In WEST VIRGINIA your inspection sticker located in the bottom lefthand side of your windshield expires at the END of the month indicated. If your inspection sticker date is 9/12. you have until October 1st. to get your vehicle inspected.
It varies depending on the month in the year.
To clarify: I have an inspection sticker that expires next month from MA. I moved to Florida but want to keep my car registered in MA a little longer.
When the registration has expired. The tags on your rear license plate should have the month and year of expiration, that's when you take it to get safety and emissions inspection.
As far as I know inspection stickers are good till the very last day, but I recommend you go in the begining or middle of the month to avoid lines from everyone else that's waited till last minute.