California license plate regulations

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If any questions arise related to the information contained in the translated website, please refer to the English version. Google Translate is not support in your browser. To translate this page, please install the Google Toolbar opens in new window. If you get a traffic ticket in Los Angeles or any part of California you may want to contact the Ticket Clinic. Thanks to a new California law, that will change, but not until There is a strong public interest in making sure cars can be easily identified from a distance.

For example, license plates help police track down drivers who cause traffic accidents. Law enforcement also uses this information when filling out speeding tickets and other types of traffic citation. Furthermore, they help public track down Amber Alerts missing children and Silver Alerts missing elderly or developmentally disabled people. Finally, licence plates are used to enforce tolls on paid roads.

So why are so many cars driving around Los Angeles without normal license plates? Because the California Department of Motor Vehicles does not require new vehicles to display a license plate until after the vehicle is registered, and California residents have up to 90 days to register newly purchased cars a few years ago the window was 6 months.

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