Tolls
4,063
4%
Non-renewal Flags on Unexpired Registered Vehicles (excluding suspensions)
215,273
22%
Flags that have resulted in non-renewal of registration
780,469
78%
Table 3: MCRC Analysis of Registration Status of Vehicles with Administrative Flags Count
Percent of Vehicles with Valid Registration
Estimate of vehicles with expired 764,860 registration due to 57 administrative flag
15%
Vehicles with un-expired, suspended registration
104,249
2%
Vehicles with invalid registration as a result of flags
869,109
17%
Vehicles with valid registration
5,104,050
100%
Our analysis shows that on October 7, 2017, 869,109 vehicles in Maryland had suspended or expired registration as a result of administrative flags. Flags are primarily used to collect civic debt; 57.33% of flags resulted from non-payment of jurisdictional fines and fees. Non-payment of video tolls resulted in 112,358 non-renewal flags and 4,063 immediate suspension flags.
57
Based on estimate that 2% of flags are duplicative.
43