Hi. I work in New Jersey but live in New York (vehicle registered in NY, license=NY). A few months ago I received a ticket while driving through NJ for my "license plate frame". No further explanation was given (even though I was asking...), but the license plate frame is directly from the Mazda dealer. I purchased the vehicle at the dealer in 2007.
So I wanted to find out more information about the law regarding license plate frames, so I searched the internet for days and I could not find anything that clearly defines the requirements for the license plate frames for either NY or NJ. I was mainly searching the NY and NJ DMV websites. The things I did find were so vague it could mean anything. The dealer plate blocked the state slogan "The Empire State", but both the number and the top section that says "New York" were not obstructed at all. Through NYS DMV you can order over 100 custom plates that do not even have the state slogan on them!
So my question is, even if I could find the exact New Jersey law that says "you cannot have a license plate frame" or "the license plate frame cannot obstruct the state slogan", would this law even apply to me given my vehicle is registered in New York (not NJ) ??? If the NJ law does apply to me, does it mean that if I wanted to drive from NY to California I have to memorize all of the state motor vehicle regulations for the 10 or so states in between NY and CA? Do only certain laws from other states apply? If so, where can I find this information?
I wanted to go to court to fight the ticket, but they set the court date only a week and a half after I got the ticket, and you have to plead not guilty one week before the court date. I called the number of the back of the ticket to ask for information about the ticket, but they asked me to wait one week for the ticket to show in their system. And of course NJ makes it extremely simple to pay the ticket online, but you cannot plead not guilty online.
Finally, can someone tell me where I can find the specific law regarding license plate frames for NY or NJ (or both) ?? I did just now search NY DMV's site:
Title 15 Department of Motor Vehicles
- Subchapter B Registration, Certificate of Title, and Number Plates
-- Part 17 Number Plates
and I could not find anything (but I remember seeing something months ago).
Thank you!
So I wanted to find out more information about the law regarding license plate frames, so I searched the internet for days and I could not find anything that clearly defines the requirements for the license plate frames for either NY or NJ. I was mainly searching the NY and NJ DMV websites. The things I did find were so vague it could mean anything. The dealer plate blocked the state slogan "The Empire State", but both the number and the top section that says "New York" were not obstructed at all. Through NYS DMV you can order over 100 custom plates that do not even have the state slogan on them!
So my question is, even if I could find the exact New Jersey law that says "you cannot have a license plate frame" or "the license plate frame cannot obstruct the state slogan", would this law even apply to me given my vehicle is registered in New York (not NJ) ??? If the NJ law does apply to me, does it mean that if I wanted to drive from NY to California I have to memorize all of the state motor vehicle regulations for the 10 or so states in between NY and CA? Do only certain laws from other states apply? If so, where can I find this information?
I wanted to go to court to fight the ticket, but they set the court date only a week and a half after I got the ticket, and you have to plead not guilty one week before the court date. I called the number of the back of the ticket to ask for information about the ticket, but they asked me to wait one week for the ticket to show in their system. And of course NJ makes it extremely simple to pay the ticket online, but you cannot plead not guilty online.
Finally, can someone tell me where I can find the specific law regarding license plate frames for NY or NJ (or both) ?? I did just now search NY DMV's site:
Title 15 Department of Motor Vehicles
- Subchapter B Registration, Certificate of Title, and Number Plates
-- Part 17 Number Plates
and I could not find anything (but I remember seeing something months ago).
Thank you!
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