02-01-2024, 03:24 AM
The big trend here in CA is to have custom plates made on Etsy or Amazon in colors that match the car. So... putting a red plate made on Etsy on your red car as your official documentation of your state registration, rather than the state-issued license plate. By the book, according to someone I spoke with at DMV, the penalty for putting a counterfeit plate on a car is impounding of the car and arrest of the driver. But so far, I've only heard about people getting tickets for it... and the drivers are offended for getting them.