NY/NJ License Plate Laws
 

Question: My camaro is registered in NY, with NY plates. I am contemplating adding a billet grille to the front end. of course, a license plate attached to a billet grille looks pretty lame and tacky. The car lives/drives mostly in NJ and rarely sees NY.

Can I get a ticket from NJ police for not having a front plate on a car that's registered in another state?

I know that NY requires 2 plates as does NJ. But can an out of state (NJ) police ticket me (in NJ) for that - considering the car does not have NJ plates???

Looking for any LEGAL clarification on this question. I have looked online but have yet to find any hard data. Thanks!!

ok, theres no exact law you will find. However, heres the breakdown..
NJ police CAN give you a ticket for not having your front NY plate on.
but, most of the time cops arent aware of this and once they see the rear NY plate, they move on.
Same goes for tinted windows basically.
One state can't techincally enforce another states equipment violation laws, yet when the vehicle is in another state, violations that violate safety concern ie tint, can be enforce by that other states police.
I didnt run my NY plate a long time, never had issues in NJ even with 5% tints on the side windows. On base in NY, i kept getting told i was missing my front plate, so thats only why i put it back on.

and my SS hasnt had a front plate on it since 2005 and will never have it on again.

use one of these
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
Im using one and its pretty trick

now you see it
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...PIC00005-2.jpg

now you dont
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...PIC00006-1.jpg

fits the car pretty well, just need to make a little support for the back
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...PIC00002-3.jpg

and if you want you can just leave it retracted, if someone gives you a hard time about missing the plate, just say "oh, i forgot to flip it up". Probably get you out of a ticket

thats a good idea, I had no clue anyone made thoes I think I might get one:w00t:

That's pretty slick! "Bond...James Bond."

It'd be cooler if it were electric. You get pulled over and hit the switch right away. "what are you talking about officer?" lol

definitely needs to be electric!

You can electrify it yourself if that's what you wanna do. I saw a video once of a mustang that had a motorized plate that slid though the lower bumper opening...it was pretty slick.

- Justin

saw a 3rd gen camaro with a plate like that, it retracted up behind the grill

Complete the sentence.

When in Rome...

...wear a toga...

thats pretty slick. i dont rock a front plate either and never will. i just tell the cops someone stole my grille with my license plate attached...they let it slide.

86 TA- can you tell me how it works if its not electric? it just slides down and under the car by hand? and vice versa when u want it out front? do you have any video by chance?

anyone else have police interactions with no front plate? whats the fine like, etc..

it folds down, and slides under the car. quite simple.

cool. the support didnt come with the kit? what are the specs on the support itself so i know what i need to look for. thanx!

the "support" is that 'Z' shaped piece of aluminum. I just bent it up quick with a vise, its 1/8 x1 aluminum flat. The kit come with a piece of perforated steel straping to use, but it just looks like pure crap so i ddint use it,

cool. thanks for the info.

here's a cool job done on a 3rd gen camaro, electric and retractable!
http://www.hotrodders.com/gallery/sh...cat/500/page/1