This would cover license plate vinyl wrap kits, such as these, which use your DMV-issued license plate. Indeed, the California Highway Patrol told us that the number of violations for altered ...

Q: Beaumont resident Joe Nottingham said he read previously in On the Road about the legal requirement to have a front license plate attached to the front of one’s vehicle in California.

“License plates are property of the State of California. It’s not your plate to modify.” Though some drivers with altered plates may get off with a warning, that’s not always the case.

Nottingham asked us to share details about the license plate stickers. A: On the Road has reported that California requires front license plates on motor vehicles. We didn’t say they had to be ...