Officers discovered that the plates were actually made of paper and secured in a plastic sleeve with packing tape.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Following years of widespread fraud and abuse that touched every state, Texas is eliminating most temporary paper license plates and replacing them with new color-coded metal ones. The ...

ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – Starting Tues. July 1, 2025, House Bill 718 – signed into law in 2023 by Governor Abbott, goes into effect. It eliminates paper license plates and instead, drivers will be ...

Texans will no longer be given a temporary paper license plate when buying a new car next month. A bill signed in 2023 that eliminated the use of paper license plates goes into effect July 1, and car ...

Under the new law, when drivers purchase a vehicle in Texas, they’ll leave the lot with permanent metal plates already installed, eliminating the need for temporary paper plates. Dealerships will now ...

We're nearing the end of the road for the "Paper Tag Nation". In a little more than a month, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles will stop issuing temporary paper license plates following a series ...

MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Paper license plates on your new cars will soon be a thing of the past. Lawmakers passed a bill in 2023 during the 88th Legislature that eliminates the paper tags and ...