License Plate - URGENT!
 

Hi folks,

I have only the rear plate on my car (as it's common in Nevada) and now I have to travel to California for 2 days only. Do I have to get a front plate installed on my car to drive in California?

Thanks

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URGENT - wow! That's a really cool license plate!:thumbup:

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My understanding is if your car is legal in your home State and you are only visiting another State it is acceptable there.

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That is true. Wonder what is urgent?

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That's correct. Unless you are remaining in another state long enough to need to declare residency and re-register your car in that state, you don't have to make any adjustments to your legal home-state plates.

A friend of mine from PA (one-plate state) went to uni in NY (two-state plate) and didn't have to change, as his home address was still PA.

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Dunno, but it's available as a license plate in TX.

I'll stop messing about now.

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No it only matters if you have a front tag if you're resident of a state that requires it. I drive to Maryland sometimes (back and front tags) and I live in PA (rear only) and the police never have pulled me over. You'll be fine :thumbup:

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We have front and rear on one car and only rear on another. Didn't realise it was such an issue :unsure:

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Well if you live in a state that requires front and rear, you have to get the front one as well or you can be fined. OP just didn't know if it was legal for a NV registered car (rear tag only) to drive to CA without being pulled over for not having a front tag.

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you're fine... and you can run red lights without fear of getting a ticket :lol:

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So I better put the front plates on then!

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Yeah you should! Unless you're not planning on ever driving it of course :p

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There's loads of cars without them - the cops seem to ignore it unless they stop you for something else and want to pile on the offenses they put on the ticket. We went for 2 years before we bothered getting a front plate and never got stopped but you are technically running a risk of a ticket if you don't have one.

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Dh has been asking me to order him a new front plate, he lost his years ago and doesn't want a white one as the car is a 1970, so I have to get one made online, blue with yellow letters, he wants it for his birthday :lol:

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Back then, the rear license plate bracket fell off the back of my 68 bug. I was annoyed switching from the black abc 123 plates to the then new blue 123 abc plates. I remember in 1979 having one of the last 123 abc plates before they went over to new seven digit 1abc123 plates. I remember the period where you could either have the new white reflector 2abc123 plates or the blue 1abc123 plates -- the latter being cheaper. The 2abc123 plates are classics now because they had the "O" in California as a rising sun. My 2004 car is in the 5abc123 series and I'm now seeing a few 7abc123 series.

Any body know at what age vehicle one can use superceded plates? There is a 1962 Impala up the street with the Yellow plates which were replaced in 1963. [California used to alternate between black with yellow letters and yellow with black letters. I remember two of these changes -- since 1963, the original plates can stay with the car.]