Out of province plates could cost you

If you recently moved to Alberta and have been holding off changing your insurance and switching your plates, you may want to get moving.

In Alberta, drivers have just 90 days to get an Alberta license plate, insurance and driver's license.

If that time passes and you get in a collision or are pulled over by police, expect to pay up.

If you have been living here for more than 90 days, but don't change your insurance, plates and driver's license, you will be treated as if you don't have insurance at all. That means that if you get into a collision that could be very costly.

Full time students are exempt from this, but as soon as they're no longer full time, they must change over.

Those living elsewhere but working in Alberta, have to get new plates and insurance if they are working in our province for more than 183 days out of the year.

Insurance officials recommend changing over your information as soon as possible, to avoid the expensive consequences if you are caught.

"Very steep fine driving without insurance and furthermore you become personally liable for the accident, and if you're at fault that could be very expensive." Frits Wortman of the Insurance Bureau of Canada said on Monday.

The fine for having no insurance is more than $2,500.00 If you don't change over your registration and driver's license within 90 days of moving to Alberta and police pull you over, you could face a $232 fine for each.