[Nobbc] Front Plate petition

[Dan]

Interesting, I didn't know about the dealer provisions, although I'm not
surprised.

Are they really fix-it tickets?  Back in my day (20 plus years ago now),
they were.  Get an officer to sign it off and pay a small admin fee to the
court and you were on your way.  Just like a burned out tail light.  I don't
know how they handle these things now, but I've heard stories of some pretty
hefty fines.  Given local governments' cash flow needs these days, it
wouldn't surprise me.

Dan


-----Original Message-----
From: nobbc-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:nobbc-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of G. Mugele
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 8:28 PM
To: North Bay British Car Club
Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Front Plate petition

And here's another pertinent section of the Vehicle Code:

11713.17.  (a) Following the retail sale or lease of a motor vehicle
for which the department issues two license plates, a dealer may not
deliver the motor vehicle unless either of the following occurs:

(1) The motor vehicle is equipped with a bracket or other means of
securing a front license plate.

(2) The dealer obtains a signed written acknowledgment from the person
taking delivery of the motor vehicle acknowledging both of the
following:

(A) The person expressly refused installation of a bracket or other
means of securing the front license plate.

(B) The person understands that California law requires a license
plate to be displayed from and securely fastened to the front of the
motor vehicle and that the hardware necessary to securely fasten the
front plate is available from the dealer.

(b) A manufacturer or distributor may not sell or distribute in this
state a new motor vehicle for which the department issues two license
plates, unless that motor vehicle is equipped or provided with a
bracket or other means of securing the license plates.


Do we know for certain that it's a fixit ticket?   I remember reading
that in San Francisco they were fine the evil-doers $80 for the first
offense and doubling it on the second.
SF depends on the front plate for the photo ticketing scheme.

Gerry

On Jan 15, 2009, at 7:57 PM, Dan wrote:

> Just in case anyone's interested, the actual license plate code
> sections
> follow.  Having been a police officer many years ago (and a motorcycle
> traffic officer to boot), I can tell you we frequently used missing
> front
> plates as probable cause to justify stopping someone, but rarely
> actually
> wrote the tag (unless of course justified by the attitude).
>
> VEHICLE CODE
> SECTION 5200-5206

G. Mugele
mewgull at mugele.net

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