front of black Ford truck with Texas license plate - Artistic Operations/Getty Images Since the beginning of July 2025, most Texas temporary paper license plates have been replaced by new metal plates ...

Texas officials finally killed off the flimsy paper license plate, but the state’s long running tag fraud problem did not disappear with it. Instead, the crackdown has pushed counterfeiters into a new ...

Texas officials replaced temporary paper license plates with permanent metal ones in an effort to curb widespread fraud, but law enforcement now says criminals have adapted quickly, making the ...

Texas officials are continuing to confront widespread use of fraudulent license plates months after the state eliminated paper temporary tags, a move intended to curb abuse that had made Texas a ...

Each year, thousands of Texans apply for a personalized license plate from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. And while many of the requested tag numbers are benign, hundreds are rejected each ...

Since the beginning of July 2025, most Texas temporary paper license plates have been replaced by new metal plates with colored stripes to indicate their purpose. This was done to help prevent fraud ...