A new Texas law went into effect in July 2025 with the goal of cutting back on license plate fraud, but it's not doing what ...

Texas set out to solve its fake license plate problem by banning temporary paper tags. The logic was simple: remove the easiest thing to counterfeit, and fraud would dry up. Instead, the opposite ...

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 ...

Texas officials are continuing to confront widespread use of fraudulent license plates months after the state eliminated ...

EL PASO, Texas - (KFOX14/CBS4) — A new law banning temporary paper license plates in Texas has officially taken effect, replacing them with metal plates in an effort to combat widespread fraud. The ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The days of Texas using paper license plates are numbered. A new law aimed at doing away with temporary paper license plates went into effect Tuesday. House Bill 718 passed in 2023, in ...

Temporary paper license plates will be a thing of the past in Texas. The state will largely eliminate paper license plates, replacing them with metal ones, starting Tuesday. For years, the state ...

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 ...

On July 1, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles will no longer issue temporary paper tags. That move follows a change in state law that came in the aftermath of a months-long NBC 5 investigation ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A bill that was signed into law two years ago aimed at getting rid of temporary paper license plates in Texas will finally take effect starting in July. House Bill 718, which was ...