Should you drill holes into the front bumper of your car to install a front license plate, or will you be alright with a rear plate only? If you are reading this article, perhaps you have exhaustively Google-searched license plate laws out of frustration.
Find out what the Texas Transportation code says about license plates and what the implications are for you, the Texas motorist.
Texas law requires that every vehicle maintain a license plate in the front and rear of the vehicle. Since , Texas law has required that Texas motorists display a front and a rear license plate. The law required two license plates, but there was no penalty for vehicles that did not comply. Anyone pulled over for failure to display a front license plate while the statute lacked a penalty was able to challenge the ticket.
This oversight was fixed in , and Texas is now back to clearly being a two-plate state. Before the Transport Code was changed in , it designated specifically that the license plates should be placed at the front and rear of the vehicle.
The Court of Criminal Appeals in Spence v. So is it legal to display your license plate in your windshield in Texas? You may check the availability of a personalized phrase, letter or number combination through myplates. Personalized plate fees are collected in addition to your registration fees and other applicable fees. These plates are custom manufactured based on your order. Specialty license plates with random or personalized numbers are issued for a one, five, or ten year term. At the end of each term, prior to expiration, your annual registration renewal notice will remind you that it is time to renew.
If your specialty plate selection is not renewed within 60 days of expiration, the TxDMV system will automatically cancel the specialty plate selection, making it available for anyone to order. Sponsoring a Specialty License Plate. Specialty License Plate Auctions.
It is simple and free to transfer your license plates to your new vehicle. The TxDMV encourages you to transfer your plates because it protects you. Your local county tax assessor-collector's office will assist with the transfer and issue you a new registration sticker for your vehicle. Be sure to remove the registration sticker from the windshield of your old vehicle when you take off the plates.
Many specialty license plates are available as souvenir plates. Souvenir plates are not street legal and are not insignias of vehicle registration. Organizations may buy them in bulk minimum of 25 plates per order for resale as a fundraiser, or use them as promotional items, prizes or trophies. The department may design the license plates in consultation with the State Preservation Board. The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the Parks and Wildlife Department and any organization designated by it.
Money in the account may be used only by the Parks and Wildlife Department to support the activities of a designated nonprofit organization whose primary purpose is the improvement or preservation of Big Bend National Park. Money in the account may be used only to provide educational materials for public school libraries. The account is composed of:. The department shall issue specialty license plates including the words "United States Olympic Committee.
The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the Texas Aerospace Commission. The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the Health and Human Services Commission. Money deposited to the credit of the volunteer advocate program account may be used only by the Health and Human Services Commission to fund a contract entered into by the commission under Section The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the professional sports team and may enter a trademark license with the professional sports team or its league to implement this section.
A license plate may be issued under this section only for a professional sports team that:. The funds shall be deposited to the credit of the venue project fund, if the public entity has created a venue project fund under Section If the public entity has not created a venue project fund, funds distributed to a public entity under this section must first be used to retire any public debt incurred by the public entity in the construction or acquisition of the facility in which the professional sports team plays its home games.
After that debt is retired, funds distributed to the public entity may be spent only for maintenance or improvement of the facility. The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the applicable college.
The department may issue a license plate under this section only for a college that certifies to the department that the requirements of Section The money may be used only for:. The money:. Money from the account may be used only to make grants under Section The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the Parks and Wildlife Department. Money deposited in the Texas parks and wildlife conservation and capital account under this section is supplementary and is not income for the purposes of reducing general revenue appropriations to the Parks and Wildlife Department.
The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. November 6, Money in the account may be used by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in making grants to benefit educational projects sponsored by the Girl Scout Councils of Texas. The department shall design the license plates. The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the commissioner of agriculture.
Money in the account may be used only by the Parks and Wildlife Department to support the activities of a designated nonprofit organization whose primary purpose is the conservation of waterfowl and wetland.
Money in the account may be used by the Texas Veterans Commission in making grants to benefit projects sponsored by the Air Force Association of Texas. The department shall design the license plates in consultation with an organization described in Subsection b. Money in the account may be used by the Texas Forest Service in making grants to support the activities of a nonprofit organization located in Texas whose primary purpose is to sponsor projects involving urban and community:.
The department shall design the plates in consultation with the Texas Bicycle Coalition Education Fund. The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the Socorro Mission Restoration Effort.
Money in the account may be used only by the Texas Historical Commission in making grants to be used for the purpose of the preservation and rehabilitation of the Socorro, San Elizario, and Ysleta Missions.
The department shall design the license plates in consultation with Texas Cotton Producers, Inc. Money in the account may be used only by the Texas Department of Economic Development or its successor agency in making grants to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas to be used only for the purpose of:. The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the Knights of Columbus. Money in the account may be used only by the Texas Education Agency to make grants to State Council Charities to carry out the purposes of that organization.
The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the Aviation and Space Foundation of Texas. Money in the account may be used only by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services to fund programs and services supporting abused and neglected children under Section Money in the account may be used only by the Parks and Wildlife Department to support the activities of the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network in the recovery, rehabilitation, and release of stranded marine mammals.
The Parks and Wildlife Department shall establish reporting and other mechanisms necessary to ensure that the money is spent for purposes for which it is dedicated. The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the Texas 4-H and Youth Development Program. May 27, The department shall design the license plates in consultation with Unity Unlimited Inc. If Unity Unlimited Inc.
Money in the account may be used only by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in making grants to support projects sponsored by Boy Scout councils in this state. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall distribute grants under this section geographically as nearly as possible in proportion to the number of license plates issued under this section in each region of the state.
Money in the account may be used only by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in making grants to benefit educational projects sponsored by Boy Scout councils in this state. Added by Acts , 79th Leg. The department shall design the license plates in consultation with an organization that seeks to raise awareness of childhood cancer in this state. Money deposited to that account may be used by the General Land Office only to provide grants to benefit organizations operating in this state that raise awareness of, conduct research on, or provide services for persons diagnosed with childhood cancer.
Money deposited to that account may be used only to fund pediatric cancer research. The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the Texas Lions League for Crippled Children. Money in the account may be used only by the Parks and Wildlife Department to support the activities of a designated nonprofit organization that is accredited by the American Camping Association and is licensed by the Texas Department of Health and whose primary purpose is to provide, without charge, a camp for physically disabled, hearing or vision impaired, and diabetic children who reside in this state, regardless of race, religion, or national origin.
The Parks and Wildlife Department shall establish reporting and other mechanisms necessary to ensure that the money is spent only for the purposes for which it is dedicated.
The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the coordinating board. The license plates shall include the words "Still Serving America" and the emblem of the American Legion. The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the American Legion. Money in the account may be used only by the Texas Veterans Commission in making grants to the American Legion Endowment Fund for scholarships and youth programs sponsored by the American Legion, Department of Texas.
The department shall design the license plates in consultation with a representative from a Big Brothers Big Sisters of America organization operating in this state and the attorney general. Money deposited to the credit of the Specialty License Plates General Account under this section may be used only by the attorney general to provide grants to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of America organizations operating in this state.
The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the Texas Education Agency. Money deposited to that account may be used only by the General Land Office as follows:. The department shall design the license plates in consultation with K9s4COPs. The department shall design the license plates in consultation with Texas Medical Center. Money deposited to that account may be used only by the comptroller to provide grants to benefit Texas Medical Center and member institutions of Texas Medical Center.
Money deposited to that account may be used only by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to provide financial assistance to survivors of peace officers under Chapter , Government Code. Money deposited to that account may be used only by the secretary of state for Project V.
The department shall design the plates in consultation with the Sickle Cell Association of Houston.
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