Track registration and inspection dates for your whole fleet

The NYC tickets for expired stickers

A truck parked or standing in New York City without current New York stickers can get a parking ticket from the Department of Finance's list of violation codes:

These are plate tickets, so they show up with your other parking tickets.

What New York State requires

Inspection. Every vehicle registered in New York State has to be inspected at least every 12 months, before the date on its current inspection sticker. Heavy trucks go to special Heavy Vehicle inspection stations. Depending on weight and where it's registered, a diesel truck may also need a diesel emissions inspection.

Registration. Most registrations are renewed every two years. The DMV mails a renewal reminder about 45 to 60 days before the expiration date, but you're responsible for renewing on time even if it never arrives. You won't get it if your address on file is out of date, if three or more parking tickets went unanswered, or if the registration is suspended or revoked.

• You can't renew a registration for a vehicle that hasn't been inspected in the past 12 months, so a missed inspection can hold up the registration too.
• You can renew online before the expiration date or up to one year after it. Renewing early doesn't change the expiration date.
• Some vehicles can't be renewed online, including vehicles of 55,000 lbs. or more and vehicles with an apportioned (IRP) registration.

The DMV also lets you sign up for email and text reminders before a registration or inspection expires.

Why fleets miss renewals

With one car, one date is easy to remember. With ten or twenty trucks, the registration and inspection dates are spread across the year, the mail goes to the address on file, and the driver who sees the sticker every day isn't the person who books the inspection. One missed date can mean $65 tickets on the street, and a registration you can't renew until the truck passes inspection.

The Registration & Inspection screen

NYC Fleet Tickets Tracker keeps every vehicle's dates in one list. You type in the expiration dates from the stickers or registration papers; the app does not pull them from the DMV.

1. Add your vehicles. Type a plate or paste your whole list.
2. Add the dates. Tap Add dates on each vehicle and enter when the registration and the inspection expire.
3. Add your office email. Reminder emails go to the same addresses as your ticket and tow alerts.

Each vehicle shows its status for both dates: Overdue in red, Due in N days once it's within 30 days, OK, or Not entered. The soonest dates are on top, and the dashboard tile shows the count at a glance, like "1 expired", "2 due soon" or "Next: Nov 14".

Reminder emails (Pro):

• one about 30 days before a date,
• one 7 days before,
• then one every day from the expiration date until you save the new date.

Vehicles that are due at the same time come in one email. If your phone has alerts on, the app also reminds you when you open it.

The screen also lists any tickets your vehicles got for an expired or missing registration or inspection sticker, and those tickets get a red "Expired registration" or "Expired inspection" tag on every ticket list in the app.