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talltex wrote:

puma guy wrote:I don't know what the process is but, there's a car in my neighborhood that has temp plates for over a year. Every 3 month's they get a new one. It's an industry in Pasadena.

If I was going to venture a guess, it would be that the car in question was sold to him on a "buy-here/pay-here" note, and the dealer that sold it isn't transfering the title to the buyer until he has been paid in full. Not exactly legal, but that way the title is still in the dealers name, so if the buyer gets behind on his payments, the dealer won't have to go through all the paperwork and legal forms to repo it. He can't get the metal plates for it without transfering the title to the buyer, so he's just printing up a new buyer tag each time it expires. Only a guess, but one I'd place a small wager on

talltex wrote:

puma guy wrote:

gigag04 wrote:

Keith B wrote:

RJGold wrote:

Keith B wrote:And as of today, HB 625 goes into affect and clarifies that the penalty for operating a vehicle on a public highway without displaying the two license plates assigned to the vehicle is a misdemeanor offense punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.

Better get that front plate on folks.

... or buy a motorcycle...

Or become a car dealer

Or register your vehicle in a one plate state

Or just keep getting temporary tag from a used car dealer every 90 days for a ten 20 dollar bribe. About 30 % of cars in my city are temp tagged.

$10-20 isn't enough to mess with the 15 minute hassle of logging into the DPS system and typing in all the info before it times you out, and then being charged $5 each time you print one... plus the cost of your approved Texas E-tag cardstock to print it on... plus the cost of your "approved Texas E-tag plastic bag to seal it in. I miss the good ol' days, when I could go into my local print shop and get a years supply of buyers tags for $10 and it took about 2 minutes to fill one out by hand. The State told us we would really like the new system because we could just punch it in the computer and not do "all that work" by hand anymore....they forgot to mention the $5 per tag charge, the special paper, or the special baggie. Just another, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you" moment.

gigag04 wrote:

Keith B wrote:

RJGold wrote:

Keith B wrote:And as of today, HB 625 goes into affect and clarifies that the penalty for operating a vehicle on a public highway without displaying the two license plates assigned to the vehicle is a misdemeanor offense punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.

Better get that front plate on folks.

... or buy a motorcycle...

Or become a car dealer

Or register your vehicle in a one plate state

Keith B wrote:And as of today, HB 625 goes into affect and clarifies that the penalty for operating a vehicle on a public highway without displaying the two license plates assigned to the vehicle is a misdemeanor offense punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.

Better get that front plate on folks.