Many people around the state have been concerned because their vehicle registration tags expire in July and they haven’t received their registration renewal notices from the Department of Motor Vehicles.

If you’re one of those motorists, you don’t have to worry.

Renewal notices were not sent to California drivers with a vehicle registration expiration date of July 1 or later because lawmakers had not yet reached an agreement on how much the fees would be after the June 30 conclusion of the fiscal year. Under normal circumstances, the DMV mails out registration renewal notices 60 days ahead of the expiration date.

Because of the uncertainty surrounding the renewal fees, the DMV announced that registration notices would be mailed on or close to the expiration date for those with registration tags expiring in July. Money will not be collected until registration notices are issued. For these drivers, penalties for delinquent payment will not be imposed until 30 days after the registration expiration date.

In addition, many law enforcement agencies have been instructed to refrain from citing these drivers until the first day of the second month after the vehicle registration expires.

Fees are still due as usual for tags that expired before July 1, and officers will still issue citations for those with long-expired tags or other registration violations, including not having tags properly displayed.