Is the License Plate Law still in effect?
01-18-2006, 12:51 AM
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Is the License Plate Law still in effect? The title pretty much says what I'm asking. I've seen a bunch of cars lately without front plates and I was just curious if they were still enforcing the law. I remember the petition thing that went around...but did anything happen?
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01-18-2006, 01:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Brandon
i got pulled over for it the other day... guess its still a law.
Ditto here...Didn't get a ticket, but would never put a license plate on the front of my vette or camaro..makes it look like crap
01-18-2006, 01:30 AM
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got one 2 weeks back...usually if the cops are cool they will just give u the warning but 1 out of every 2 cops thinks hes a hard *** and if they see someone younger drivin a sports car will want to give u a ****** ticket 
01-18-2006, 01:36 AM
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Well mine is off. The car looks so much better that way. That is the only thing that is "illegal" with my car. Well, until i get my ORY 
. And, i routinely get passed by cars that are doing the speed limit.(im the one in the fast lane going slow) 
aka.. i dont speed. So, if i get pulled over for the license plate, the middle aged man in his midlife crisis can get f**ked.
. And, i routinely get passed by cars that are doing the speed limit.(im the one in the fast lane going slow) aka.. i dont speed. So, if i get pulled over for the license plate, the middle aged man in his midlife crisis can get f**ked. 
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01-18-2006, 06:57 AM
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The bill made it to the Senate last year with the license plate changes. Just before voting on it the plate revisions were taken out of the bill. Front plate is still required. 
01-18-2006, 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by blaSSt
The bill made it to the Senate last year with the license plate changes. Just before voting on it the plate revisions were taken out of the bill. Front plate is still required.
01-18-2006, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by AceFregia
where can you get the piece that fills in where the front license plate goes on a TransAm???
one of the site's sponsers has them
http://www.afterthoughtsauto.com/ >>>>>>>
01-18-2006, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by BULLET99Z28
I just wedge mine between the dash and windshield, hardly noticeable,yet legal
01-18-2006, 09:51 AM
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That is true, I got pulled over in my t/a for having no plate, for having it in the winshield and all of the above, so as Iwas told as long as your bracket or area in which the plate goes isn't damaged and the plates not there then can recive a ticket. Most cops I've talked to tell me that it's a way for officers to pull you over if they want to, my mom's benz and lexus never get pulled over though?
01-18-2006, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by BigSteele
actually I believe this is incorrect. Although you can still see it fine I think the law requires it be on the outside at the very front of the car. A friend actually got a ticket for it being on the windsheild, which is why I took mine off completely, because if a cop walks up to check your stickers he will see the plate and that can give him a reason to write a ticket.
not true. it does not have to be at the very front. mine is on my air dam. it has to be noticable from 60 feet.
01-18-2006, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by spanky_55amg
not true. it does not have to be at the very front. mine is on my air dam. it has to be noticable from 60 feet.
01-18-2006, 12:34 PM
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I think you can argue the intereptation of the law about the air dam thing, theres a thread about that btw. I was just talking mainly about not having it behind glass.
01-18-2006, 09:51 PM
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This is the texas law:
§ 502.404. OPERATION OF VEHICLE WITHOUT LICENSE PLATE OR REGISTRATION INSIGNIA. (a) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a public highway during a registration period a passenger car or commercial motor vehicle that does not display two license plates, at the front and rear of the vehicle, that have been:
(1) assigned by the department for the period; or
(2) validated by a registration insignia issued by the department that establishes that the vehicle is registered for the period.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a public highway during a registration period a passenger car or commercial motor vehicle, other than a vehicle assigned license plates for the registration period, that does not properly display the registration insignia issued by the department that establishes that the license plates have been validated for the period.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a public highway during a registration period a road tractor, motorcycle, trailer, or semitrailer that does not display a license plate, attached to the rear of the vehicle, that has been:
(1) assigned by the department for the period; or
(2) validated by a registration insignia issued by the department that establishes that the vehicle is registered for the period.
(d) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a dealer operating a vehicle as provided by law.
(e) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
(1) assigned by the department for the period; or
(2) validated by a registration insignia issued by the department that establishes that the vehicle is registered for the period.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a public highway during a registration period a passenger car or commercial motor vehicle, other than a vehicle assigned license plates for the registration period, that does not properly display the registration insignia issued by the department that establishes that the license plates have been validated for the period.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a public highway during a registration period a road tractor, motorcycle, trailer, or semitrailer that does not display a license plate, attached to the rear of the vehicle, that has been:
(1) assigned by the department for the period; or
(2) validated by a registration insignia issued by the department that establishes that the vehicle is registered for the period.
(d) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a dealer operating a vehicle as provided by law.
(e) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
01-18-2006, 10:09 PM
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I've been pulled over .I hate this law but it will always be here in tx. Thanks to all of the tollway/stop light camera's in texas to get more of our $$$$...I hate my stock grill(not drilling holes in a $100-$200 grill) but iam not risking getting pulled over agine