Under a 10-year-old California measure, known as Senate Bill 34, state law enforcement agencies are barred from sharing license plate reader data with out-of-state public agencies or federal entities.

As of Tuesday, July 1, 2025, paper license plates are no longer in the state of Texas. Instead, it's all metal from the very ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Law enforcement agencies across Southern California violated state law more than 100 times last month by sharing information from automated license plate readers with federal agents, ...

LAPD and the counties of San Diego, Orange, and Riverside have repeatedly shared automated license plate reader data to federal agencies This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for ...

Temporary paper license plates will be a thing of the past in Texas. The state will largely eliminate paper license plates, ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The days of Texas using paper license plates are numbered. A new law aimed at doing away with temporary paper ...

Arizona drivers now have 101 different license plate options to choose from now that the state has added three new specialty plates, officials said. The new specialty plates, dubbed “Empower ...

Middleboro optician Lauren Downey was thrilled to get a customized license plate in 2022 that read "FRAMED" − a fun reference to her longtime profession. Her plate would come to have an entirely ...

Community advocates are asking the San Diego City Council to pull funding for license plate readers days before the city’s 2026 fiscal year budget is due to be finalized. Automated license plate ...

Paper plate problems will no longer be come July 1, as a new law, HB 718, goes into effect to combat crime. It will now require everyone in the state of Texas to have a hard, metal license plate.

Palo Alto’s newest tool for solving crimes, license-plate readers, will soon loom over drivers as they move through downtown, Stanford Shopping Center and California Avenue or pass by prominent ...

The new law allows dealerships to keep a supply of metal plates on-site, eliminating the need of temporary paper tags in most cases. State officials say the goal is to cut down on ...