For those of you that may want to know how I got a $96 dollar, no front license plate ticket and beat it. Click on the link.
http://www.impalassforum.com/cgi-bin...c&f=8&t=004409

 

The guy should have told you when he gave you the ticket, that if you fix it and send proof like new rgistration receipt, bracket receipt...plus $10 court fee the judge will dismiss it. Happens all the time, and you can just mail it in.

 

Hanging out in the Impy forum huh?

 

Here is the law, but it depends on the jusidiction if it can be dismissed...

§ 502.404. Operation of Vehicle Without License Plate or Registration Insignia

(a) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a public highway during a registration period a passenger car or commercial motor vehicle that does not display two license plates, at the front and rear of the vehicle, that have been:

(1) assigned by the department for the period; or

(2) validated by a registration insignia issued by the department that establishes that the vehicle is registered for the period.


(b) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a public highway during a registration period a passenger car or commercial motor vehicle, other than a vehicle assigned license plates for the registration period, that does not properly display the registration insignia issued by the department that establishes that the license plates have been validated for the period.

(c) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a public highway during a registration period a road tractor, motorcycle, trailer, or semitrailer that does not display a license plate, attached to the rear of the vehicle, that has been:

(1) assigned by the department for the period; or

(2) validated by a registration insignia issued by the department that establishes that the vehicle is registered for the period.

(d) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a dealer operating a vehicle as provided by law.

(e) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.


Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

 

So are residential streets considered highways?

 

Wow. I've been pulled over at least once/year for the last 6 years for having no FLP, and I've never gotten a ticket. The guy must have been an ***.

 

umm, that's a guilty plea and that's what the prosecutor is looking for. state inspection is a "safety inspection" and has nothing to do with front license plates. it's not a safety issue.


that's not the case in texas. it would be at the discretion of the court. it's nothing like registration renewal; and for that you have 10 working days to fix it and it cannot be longer than 60 days of expiration. driver licenses and inspection stickers are the same way, but not front plates.

you did it right. by bargaining with the prosecutor, you can always get a better deal. good job.

 

It was when it happened to me in '99