Originally Posted by
Mike W
Either way pay the fees now. Then you wont have to pay the late fee while you try to find a crooked smog shop. Once you find the crooked smog shop (that takes unknown people from open forums) then your certificate goes in electronically. You get your tags later on. Driving with an expired sticker for a month or two wont get you hassled on its own. If you do get pulled over waiting to find a crooked smog shop that takes unknown people from open forums, you just pull out a messy pile of papers and receipts and start yammering on about your smog/DMV story and they will let you go most likely.
Mike W