With the state running out of its current combination of license plate numbers and letters, California plans to launch a new license plate sequence for newly registered vehicles starting next year.

Under California Vehicle Code Section 4464 (CVC 4464), your license plate has one job: be completely, mistakenly visible. When vehicle owners attempt to get creative with those front and back plates — ...

THE D-M-V IS ALLOWING MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE TO GET A áDIGITAL DRIVER'S LICENSE. THEY'VE OPENED UP ITS MOBILE DRIVER'S LICENSE PROGRAM TO THE FIRST ONE AND HALF MILLION PEOPLE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO ...

The state of California is synonymous with car culture; it had nearly 13.2 million registered cars in 2023, the most of any state, and nearly twice as many as the number two state of Texas, which had ...

TL;DR: California is on pace to run out of license plate character combinations by the end of the year. Since 1980, the state has used a sequence consisting of one number, followed by three letters, ...

Holiday traffic clogs the 110 Freeway as commuters leave before the Thanksgiving weekend in downtown Los Angeles. The DMV is running out of license plate numbers and is forced to change the plate ...

California is expected to run out of license plate numbers by the end of 2025. The current system for non-commercial vehicles, which consists of one number, three letters, and three numbers, was ...

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