Are having the front license plate off illegal?

[SilviaSR20DET]

I was just wondering if it is illegal to have the front license plate off. The front license plate is hella ugly when its on so i decided to take it off. I live in Seattle, Washington

[DrDubbleB]

Those are local laws, it's hard to know w/o knowing where you live.  Here in VA it is illegal to have them off, but plenty of people do it anyways.  Cops don't seem to mind either...

[96SEChick]

DrDubble is right.  Some states require it, some don't.  OK doesn't require front plates, but Illinois and Virginia do.  I believe Missouri does, too.  If you do have an SR, like your name implies, I wouldn't try going w/o it--you may get hassled if the cop notices your exhaust sounds/smells different, or something like that.  I wouldn't take the chance.

[my240likenoother]

if they give you 2 plates than you have to use them bolth
i have two but i only have the rear one on and have realy never got haseled about it

[Omega]

in TX and CA you dont but i allways keep it in my car because they might ask you to put it in the front window

just say your car is too low profile but be happy to put it in the window if they tell you to jsut remove it later

[bing]

when i get my front valance on, me gonna tuck the plate in behind by my rad, so it's basically out of view, but mounted on the fron nonetheless.

i seen this done a few times, better that than taking it completely off, you may not get caught but geting caught once makes it not worth while...

or you could put it on the front dash in your windshield too.

[Omega]

ohh and btw play the fool act like u didnt know annnnnything was wrong

[gh6o6]

just say
"oh my god its not there??? what the hell happened to it?? what am i going to do??"
then run to look

by the way - some aftermarket (maybe even all im not sure) bumpers are illegal because the dont meet 5mph crash laws

[DJ Machine]

My sisters been pulled over 5 times for no front tag in her firebird. Of course, she gets out of it every time since shes a correctional officer.

I heard that a lot of japanese tuners/racers/whatever install their plate on a hinge on the front, so that it lays flat at high speeds, supposedly to avoid "speed cameras"..just an idea.

[Kreator]

Yeah, it varies from state to state, but I don't think that cops care too much. Unless they are in a really bad mood, or just don't like you, they wont pull you over. However, if you get pulled over for something else (like speeding) they'll put that on you as well (as with the seatbelts nowadays). My friend gets pulled over for the front tags all the time. He drives a camaro but he just refuses to put the front tags on. As I recall him saying you get around $40 fine and 1 pt.... so it ain't htat bad <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>

Kre

[whateverjames]

it's illegal in missouri. i used to drive around with my plate in the window, it didn't count according to the cop <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> &nbsp;i got my license taken away, and had to go to driving school and spent a night in jail for it....i'm joking. it was just a $14 fee.

[s13cruzer]

i failed my inspection because of no front plate , so i looked for a solution , and there are these clips on the bumper that seem to be well , gone on mine , just the hole sare there(90 hatchback) but anyway , i had an idea based on the one about the hinges , i have these sticky tags at my work that you can run zip ties through (they're for running wires around things , so i just stuck those on an inconspicuous place on my bumper and hung the plate down with zip ties gonna work on the rest later , maybe a clip to hold up as well as down , need a little more imagineering

cop said something about mine too once but didn't write me up for it , and when i got my inspection , i had it in the window and it didn't work

[240sxracer]

ive had my 240 for about a year and i have never monted the plate on the front nor did i put it in the window. sofar i havent been hassled or told to put one on.(live in central tx)

just go top your local courthouse and ask

[wav399]

not if you live in Florida or Quebec. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>

[240meowth]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Omega @ April 07 2002,6:05)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">in TX and CA you dont but i allways keep it in my car because they might ask you to put it in the front window

just say your car is too low profile but be happy to put it in the window if they tell you to jsut remove it later</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
actually, it is illegal to have your front plate off in cali. &nbsp;my friend, (after getting in to a car accident) got another warning ticket (10 bucks) to put the front plate on. &nbsp;and as camaras get more common (somehow they take the front, much to my surprise), the police will b more strict

[my240likenoother]

<!--QuoteBegin--Omega+April 06 2002,8<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Omega @ April 06 2002,8<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'>5)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">in TX and CA you dont but i allways keep it in my car because they might ask you to put it in the front window

just say your car is too low profile but be happy to put it in the window if they tell you to jsut remove it later</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
that is also illegal the plate has to afixed to the car and that just makes it mort noticealbe than now even there i like the idea of playin dumd "its not there" like someone said before
that would be your best bet!! <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>



edit: i realy need to finish read the post before i respond
ohh.. well <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sly.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':sly:'>

[Omega]

i dont know what u were trying to say my240likenoother

and 240meowth i just moved to ca from tx and got my plates i passed with only one TX one on and when i got my new ones the documents said very clearly you only had to put the back on on but it was best to put both on