View Poll Results: Front license plate...
I don't have one, and local laws says it's o.k.
38
14.18%
I don't have one, but it's illegal.
126
47.01%
I have my front license plate installed.
104
38.81%
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Front License Plate?
02-28-08 | 03:26 PM
#46
I had a neighbor with paper plates on his highly modded STi for two years. Very illegal. California law says no more than 6 months or as soon as the plate is issued, whichever comes first.
02-28-08 | 04:37 PM
#47
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Not quite. In California the temporary registration placed on the windshield will have a cancel date listed. It is usually 60 days from the car’s purchase. This is why the cop in Joe Z’s post was interested in seeing it, lest an owner attempts to drive permanently with no plates at all.
02-29-08 | 11:06 AM
#48
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Not quite. In California the temporary registration placed on the windshield will have a cancel date listed. It is usually 60 days from the car’s purchase. This is why the cop in Joe Z’s post was interested in seeing it, lest an owner attempts to drive permanently with no plates at all.
02-29-08 | 04:32 PM
#49
Not quite. In California the temporary registration placed on the windshield will have a cancel date listed. It is usually 60 days from the car’s purchase. This is why the cop in Joe Z’s post was interested in seeing it, lest an owner attempts to drive permanently with no plates at all.
(c) A vehicle displaying a copy of the report of sale may be operated without license plates or registration card until either of the following, whichever occurs first:
(1) The license plates and registration card are received by the purchaser.
(2) A six-month period, commencing with the date of sale of the vehicle, has expired.
(1) The license plates and registration card are received by the purchaser.
(2) A six-month period, commencing with the date of sale of the vehicle, has expired.
02-29-08 | 04:53 PM
#50
i put mine on
...had it in the trunk and was harassed like no tomorrow for the window tint. now i have the front plate they leave me alone. i just recently moved to a new town, they didnt like the no plate. never gave me a ticket but just got to the point where is wasnt worth it. tint is more important to me then the plate...
...had it in the trunk and was harassed like no tomorrow for the window tint. now i have the front plate they leave me alone. i just recently moved to a new town, they didnt like the no plate. never gave me a ticket but just got to the point where is wasnt worth it. tint is more important to me then the plate...
02-29-08 | 05:05 PM
#51
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Sorry, I read the law not the piece of paper on the windshield. From here:
So, there is nothing in California law stating anything about 60 days. You can drive legally until you receive the plates or 6 months has passed since the sale, whichever comes first.
So, there is nothing in California law stating anything about 60 days. You can drive legally until you receive the plates or 6 months has passed since the sale, whichever comes first.
03-02-08 | 05:00 AM
#53
DMV can print anything they want on the form. It doesn't make it law. That's why (when I used to live in CA) I always went to the leginfo.ca.gov site when I had a question about the actual law, not something somebody said, printed, posted online, etc. There's a LOT of misinformation about California law floating around the Internet, and the Code is available to anyone at leginfo.
03-05-08 | 11:04 AM
#59
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