License Plate - URGENT!
#1
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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
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
#3
Re: License Plate - URGENT!
My understanding is if your car is legal in your home State and you are only visiting another State it is acceptable there.
#5
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Re: License Plate - URGENT!
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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Re: License Plate - URGENT!
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
#8
Re: License Plate - URGENT!
We have front and rear on one car and only rear on another. Didn't realise it was such an issue
#9
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Re: License Plate - URGENT!
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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Re: License Plate - URGENT!
you're fine... and you can run red lights without fear of getting a ticket
#13
Re: License Plate - URGENT!
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.
#14
Re: License Plate - URGENT!
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
#15
Re: License Plate - URGENT!
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.]