A few weeks ago I got a ticket from a fat POS cop for "an improperly displayed front license plate" because my plate is in my windshield. He sited me under state code 502.404. Well I did some research and the law changed on January 1st this year. Registration and license plates used to be covered together under state code 502 but now only registration is under 502 and licenses plates are under 504.

Previously some have interpreted the old law to require you to keep your plate on your bumper and not the windshield. Under the new law (transportation code 504.943) you are required to have 2 plates but it doesn't specify where. It actually says you must "comply with department rules regarding the placement of license plates." So then you go to the Department of Transportations website and it says "placement or mounting is not defined."

Long story short I fought the ticket and had it dismissed. So anyone else gets a ticket for this hopefully this h

 

Thats def good to know, i know in houston then been pulling people for that lately, but not sure if they been able to fight to get the ticket dismissed its definitly something to look into incase getting pulled over for that reason.

 

Oh nice. Good job on the win.

 

This thread wins!

 

Thanks! I just moved down to Dallas from MO (had TX license plates in MO) and did not have the front plate on. I will be putting it in the windshield when I get home.

 

I recommend you find and print the new law. Lots of cops still don't know (or care).

 

^ I had planned on doing this anyway haha. Great minds think a like would yo u mind linking the website? I tried google but I don't want to find something and it not be the official legal law.

 

A buddy of mine just got his second ticket here a couple weeks back for not having his plate on Nismo 350z front bumper, and with the bumper it has, I can definitely understand why he didn't want to drill holes into it. So he ordered the hide-away plate mount thats controlled by a remote, and this thing is pretty awesome, so when he got pulled over again, he hit the button and the plate came up, and the cop is sitting there with a confused look. But all in all, I believe it depends on the county, officer, and whatever they are enforcing, I've always had my plates on my windshield, and I live right by a police station, so I'm constantly passing by officers without a problem, not to say that I haven't been pulled over for it before (at the Oklahoma texas border by a state trooper).

 

Yessss! I've been driving around paranoid about this for a while now but I'm a bit relieved. Thanks

 

wonder if this is the same for here in socal.!

 

No. Texas and SoCal are different states remember?

 

Some cops will still give you a ticket for this though. They either don't know or don't care. Keep a print o ut of the new code in your glove box. I'll find it and post it on here some day. I took mine to court and it got dismissed.

 

True.. But most cops just give a warning about the front plate... My buddy was told to not leave the license plate on the windshield/visor by a trooper, because during a wreck it will decapitate you.

 

I was told that once too

 

When i had my s10 a cop pulled over my parents driving it one day for no front plate, nismo rep on the sedan with no plate and have never had issues since june of 09