Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session
Relating to: penalties for improper display of motor vehicle registration plates and providing a penalty.
Forfeiture Motor vehicle — Taxation or registration
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, with certain exceptions, a registration plate must be placed
at the front and the back of a motor vehicle. Plates must be firmly affixed, displayed
horizontally and conspicuously, and maintained so as to be legible and unobstructed.
A person who operates a motor vehicle with a plate that violates any of these
requirements may be required to forfeit not more than $200. Under the bill, the
maximum forfeiture remains not more than $200 for a first offense, but increases to
not more than $400 for a second or subsequent offense.