# @thousandoakspd on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CvJRfP3Lmuy
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18028793-thousandoakspd-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-07-26T03:06:58.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Thousand Oaks Police Department (@thousandoakspd) — https://gondola.cc/thousandoakspd

## Caption

Let’s talk License Plates #TrafficTuesday

Our Traffic Unit has noticed a trend of altered license plates around the city. Sure, some may make your ride look extra cool 😎  but California Law says, it’s not so cool. 

So where are people getting these altered plates you might ask?!

🔹Online sources that aren’t the DMV and are considered license plate wraps. 
🔹The only legal plates issued by the DMV are the white/blue reflectorized plate, the legacy plate, and the digital plate. 
🔹Legacy plates and digital plates are specialized plates issued by the DMV and therefore cost extra to have on your vehicle.
🔹Standard issued legacy plates only have 6 alphanumerics instead of the standard 7. 

🔶The only exception to a standard issued legacy plate is a personalized legacy plate. The legacy plates issued by the DMV have “California” written in block lettering, as seen. 
🔶California in cursive as well as having 7 alphanumerics, makes it illegal. 
🔶It is also illegal to paint over, damage, deface, or erase the reflective coating of a license plate.
 
CVC 4464 says “A person shall not display upon a vehicle a license plate that is altered from its original markings”. 
 
CVC 5201.1(c) says “A person shall not erase the reflective coating of, paint over the reflective coating of, or alter a license plate to avoid visual or electronic capture of the license plate or its characters by state or local law enforcement.”

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