Are You Aware?

I live in New Jersey. My friend got pulled over the other day for no reason, i mean, she was not committing any illegal act that time. While the cop was behind her car, he ran her plate no. and found out that her registration is expired! So she got pulled over, got ticketed and her car impounded!!! Yes, they took her car for reason that unregistered cars should not be on the road. I know you get a ticket if you have expired registration but to impound your car is something new to me or something that I am innocent of. So my friend did some calling, first to the local police station to verify if cops have right to impound unregistered vehicle - answer is YES. When she went to motor vehicle to renew her registration she asked the same question to the lady - answer is YES too! For everything - total damage is $190 to get your car back. If you don't get it right away they will charge you $35/day on top of the $190.

I don't know if the rules vary from state to state. Just check your local DMV.