Front Plates

[Ear rak]

I have yet to be pulled over for no front plate or even asked about it when i was pulled over since owning the car last november. Hell, i've even been pulled over for a license plate bulb out when the cop followed me out of the bar, but he never once asked about no front plate. They don't even ask me about my 5% tinted windows.

Call it luck, but it seems most cops dont care.

[03MachMe]

The law was not enforceable for the past two years due to a goof by the government. They fixed the goof this last session and the law went back into effect September 1st. That's why they didn't say anything.

[lilbuddy]

Originally Posted by 03MachMe The law was not enforceable for the past two years due to a goof by the government. They fixed the goof this last session and the law went back into effect September 1st. That's why they didn't say anything.

The law was enforceable, not the fine. They put the fine back into the law effective 9/1.

[03MachMe]

Originally Posted by lilbuddy The law was enforceable, not the fine. They put the fine back into the law effective 9/1.

a law cannot be enforced if there is no punishment, there for the law was not enforceable. When trying to change the wording of the law back in 2011 they forgot to put the punishment back into the law, thus making there no punishment for not having a front plate making the law not enforceable. There was still a law on the books that you had to have a front plate but with no punishment a defense attorney could argue that the officer could not enforce that law due to no punishment so if that was the reason for the stop anything found after that would be what is called fruits of the poisonous tree and would then be thrown out as well. This is why most departments advised officers not to use it as cause for a stop until the law was fixed. They fixed it this last legislative session and it now has a punishment, max fine $200.