Is it Illegal in California to not have a front license plate?
12-09-09, 09:07 PM
#16
So i understand that its illegal, but i refuse to pay the fine because it should be a fix-it-ticket not a $90 citation. It still seems that it should be lexus' fault for importing a car without a place to put a front license plate.
also my friend got the same ticket for the same reason on his 03 mini cooper S, so were going to fight this together.
also my friend got the same ticket for the same reason on his 03 mini cooper S, so were going to fight this together.
12-09-09, 09:13 PM
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Sad to say but you guys are not going to win. I got the same ticket while parked in front of my apartment. It is 10 dollars if you get it signed off and the Police Departments charge $10 to sign it off so it is $20.
Refusing to pay for it will worsen your problem. First the ticket will double and then a hold will be placed on the title at the DMV. Should you accumulate more, you're car will be impounded.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc-...ct-bumper.html
Ask the agency that issued it is correctable. If it is, mount the plate then take it off after it gets signed off.
Refusing to pay for it will worsen your problem. First the ticket will double and then a hold will be placed on the title at the DMV. Should you accumulate more, you're car will be impounded.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc-...ct-bumper.html
Ask the agency that issued it is correctable. If it is, mount the plate then take it off after it gets signed off.
12-09-09, 09:45 PM
#21
Nobody likes the front plate law (I refuse to keep one on myself) but getting a fix-it ticket it is just something you have to live with should you don't abide by it. So don't waste your time fighting it and don't be dumb and ignore the ticket.
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12-10-09, 03:05 AM
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I recently got a ticket in Oakland too, but i was going to work...My ticket was 140..=(...They been cracking down on this lately...I hate the front plate, but i hate getting pulled over for it and paying the fine even more, so i decide to put the front plate on...I didn't drill the front bumper for the front plate, i just made a L bracket for it and made it seem like it was place where it should be...
12-10-09, 04:30 AM
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yeah dey would get u on anything, i got the plate thing on my sc4 and no sticker on my 240 vert which i dont drive (have current reg's). the vert was parked. for the sc4 a cop bust a u turn just to give me the plate ticket. and i be getting those orange sticker on my windshield for parking over 72 hrs and saying they'll tow my ****
12-22-09, 09:53 PM
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SC300 Front Plate Required?? Request for mounting suggestions
Just got a parking ticket in Mission Bay area, San Francisco, for $103 VC5200 NO PLATES. This is quite odd since I've driven the SC300 around and in and out of California for more than eight years.
Turns out that the front plate has been hiding, stuck fast to the inside of rear plate all these years.
If I am reading this citation correctly, I can correct the 'problem' get a sign off from an officer and pay only a $10 penalty. In lieu of drilling holes in my still-pretty pearl-white front bumper cover, has anybody got any ideas about any quick-and-dirty means of mounting that front plate to appease the coppers? Silly Putty? Coat hangers? A small ironing board bent in half, etc?
Turns out that the front plate has been hiding, stuck fast to the inside of rear plate all these years.
If I am reading this citation correctly, I can correct the 'problem' get a sign off from an officer and pay only a $10 penalty. In lieu of drilling holes in my still-pretty pearl-white front bumper cover, has anybody got any ideas about any quick-and-dirty means of mounting that front plate to appease the coppers? Silly Putty? Coat hangers? A small ironing board bent in half, etc?
12-23-09, 01:31 AM
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In Little Tokyo in LA, I sometimes see a parking enforcement guy driving around at 11pm and shining a flashlight at every front bumper looking for cars w/o front plates. Mind you, by 11pm, the parking meters should be off so he was actually driving around specifically looking for front plates. I've gotten 3 front plate tickets while my car was just parked on the street in LA. I'm lazy so I just pay the fine and I still don't have a front plate, but as much as it sucks, it's the law in CA... pay up or put a front plate on.
12-23-09, 01:39 AM
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In Little Tokyo in LA, I sometimes see a parking enforcement guy driving around at 11pm and shining a flashlight at every front bumper looking for cars w/o front plates. Mind you, by 11pm, the parking meters should be off so he was actually driving around specifically looking for front plates. I've gotten 3 front plate tickets while my car was just parked on the street in LA. I'm lazy so I just pay the fine and I still don't have a front plate, but as much as it sucks, it's the law in CA... pay up or put a front plate on.
12-23-09, 11:54 AM
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Metermaids or the worst scum on this earth. Unlike police officers, they neither serve or protect. I think they rank no higher than a street pimp in society. You would really rather pay $110 than $20? If so, no wonder why you keep getting the tickets. You are a cash cow to them.
