[Schumi]

Alight guys, it has been a while... and I haven't lived permanently in the USA for several years and have forgotten a bit how things work...

I have my Lotus with California plates on it in storage in Missouri. The registration is on CA non-op. The tags on the plates are several years expired. I have the non-op paper that I can send in and re-register the car, but since the car is overdue for smog, you are supposed to smog the car first before you can get tags....

Except I can't smog the car when it is 1600 miles away from CA. And I can't just drive back on expired plates and smog the car first.

What does one do in this situation? Is there a CA temp tag that is smog exempt for a month or two? I have thought about returning soon to CA and want to drive the car back there when I do.

I figured someone here will know the answer to this easily. Searching the CA DMV website just took me in circles.