California law prohibits license plates altered by painting or by vinyl wrap kits. (Photo by Mark Acosta, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) ...

California law prohibits license plates altered by painting or by vinyl wrap kits. (Photo by Mark Acosta, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) ...

As of Jan. 13, there were 10,387 vehicles in the License Plate Wrap program. With a license plate wrap there is no drilling or screwing anything into the front bumper.

California law prohibits license plates altered by painting or by vinyl wrap kits. (Photo by Mark Acosta, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) ...

California law prohibits license plates altered by painting or by vinyl wrap kits. (Photo by Mark Acosta, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) ...

We think these license plates are indeed legitimate license plates, but they have been altered or covered with an after-market, non-Department of Motor Vehicles wrap kit, which is illegal. If a ...

There’s only about 18 months’ worth of license plate numbers left in California under the decades-old numbering scheme, prompting the Department of Motor Vehicles to hit the gas on its ...