Vehicle registration plates of California

Vehicle registration plates of California

Since 1913, the U.S. state of California has issued license plates for vehicles registered there.

Current passenger baseplate

Valid baseplates

All base plates from 1963 to present are still valid for use, assuming that the plate never left the vehicle and the vehicle maintained concurrent registration.

Year of Manufacture Plates

The use of Year of Manufacture Plates is spelled out in Section 5004.1 [http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=veh&group=04001-05000&file=5000-5024] of the California Motor Vehicle Code. It is a law that allows vintage cars to be registered to use vintage license plates. Any officially manufacture California License plates which were produced prior to 1963 and plates on a currently registered vehicle or trailer of a corresponding model year. If used on the original plate, a sticker or metal tab that corresponds to the year of the vehicle is required.

History

External links

* [http://www.15q.net/ca.html California license plates 1969-present]


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