AUSTIN (KXAN) — Following years of widespread fraud and abuse that touched every state, Texas is eliminating most temporary paper license plates and replacing them with new color-coded metal ones. The ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 2,000 personalized Texas license plate requests were denied in 2025. (MyPlates / Texas Department of Motor Vehicles) Each ...
ARLINGTON, Texas — Temporary paper license plates are now a thing of the past in Texas, and law enforcement is calling it a major step forward in fighting crime. “This is a major problem,” said Lt.
Phrases like “69 GUY” or “F4TASS” are not acceptable custom Texas license plate messages, but that didn’t stop some Texas drivers last year. Texans have the freedom to customize their plates, but with ...
As of today, July 1, Texas stopped issuing temporary paper license plates for new vehicles, replacing them with metal ones issued at dealerships. The change, driven by fraud concerns, aims to combat ...
Texans will no longer be given a temporary paper license plate when buying a new car next month. A bill signed in 2023 that eliminated the use of paper license plates goes into effect July 1, and car ...
One of the nearly 2,000 license plates rejected by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles in 2025. (Gage Goulding, Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights ...
Each year, thousands of Texans apply for a personalized license plate from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. And while many of the requested tag numbers are benign, hundreds are rejected each ...
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