February 20, 2025 - ... When discussing the state-by-state roll-out of digital license plates, it’s worth explaining that once a car has a digital license plate, driving anywhere in North America is legal.

(5) It is unlawful for any person (A) to operate any motor vehicle that is equipped with registration plate or digital registration plate covers, as defined by Section 3-400 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 5/3-400, or any other cover, ...

April 24, 2025 - RPLATEs are 100% street legal to ... and registered in approved states. Currently, digital license plates are approved for sale to vehicle owners in Arizona and California....

March 13, 2024 - ... RPlates are currently available for purchase and DMV registration in Arizona, California, and Michigan. For drivers in these states, they are legal to drive anywhere throughout the U.S.

June 20, 2022 - For personal use, Reviver makes the RPlate. Commercial businesses are offered the RFleet. ... These plates are currently available in California, Arizona, Michigan and Texas. They're also legal to use in all 50 states.

March 13, 2024 - The bill amended Chapter 504 of ... on the rear of the vehicle if the vehicle is part of a commercial fleet, is owned or operated by a governmental entity, or is not a passenger vehicle....

April 2, 2025 - Once issued in an approved state, the plates are legal to drive anywhere in the country. How Are Digital License Plates Getting on the Road?

5 days ago - Front and rear plates were required each year, along with an aluminum dashboard disc whose number matched the serial on the plate. The legislation authorizing the state issuance of license plates also provided for the registration and plating of motorcycles, and issued special licenses and plates to mechanics and chauffeurs. Serials were all-numeric and originally ran to five digits.

October 11, 2022 - Between my phone, my car’s own diagnostic system/gps, and FastTrack’s license plate scanners, what benefit is this to me besides being yet another third party privacy risk? Oh, it has a night mode, cool. ... BMW has a vehicle that can change color, now with digital plates being legal - getaway vehicles are gonna have an easier time getting away.

April 4, 2025 - (Cook County Record)—A federal judge has curbed, for now, a class action lawsuit that seeks to put an end to the widespread and growing use by police in Illinois of automated license plate reader systems to combat crime, which the plaintiffs say amounts to unconstitutional high tech “dragnet surveillance” against everyone who drives a vehicle in Chicago and anywhere else in Illinois such license plate reading cameras are deployed. In the March 31 ruling, U.S. District Judge Martha Pacold sided with the state of Illinois on the legal action’s core legal question:

July 15, 2025 - Do you need a front license plate in Illinois? Here is what the Illinois state legislature stipulates: “Registration plates or digital registration plates issued for a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, autocycle, trailer, semitrailer, truck-tractor, apportioned bus, or apportioned truck shall be attached thereto, one in the front and one in the rear.

October 4, 2024 - Digital license plates are battery-powered screens that can be easily installed and managed through a connected app. Read on to learn about the benefits.

July 15, 2021 - Introduced in California, Arizona and Michigan, digital license plates offer features not found on regular plates – including tracking abilities when a car is stolen. Digital plates record their location on an app, so car owners can constantly ...

August 16, 2024 - Now, not even two years later, the state's digital license plate vendor, Reviver, and Assemblymember Wilson have filed A.B. 3138, which directly undoes the deal from 2022 and explicitly calls for location tracking in digital license plates for passenger cars. To best protect consumers, EFF urges the legislature to not approve A.B. 3138. In fact, our concerns about trackers in digital plates are stronger than ever.

As of fall 2021, the plates can be sold only in California and Arizona. Between eight and 10 other states could approve the digital technology next year—MI first, then likely GA and TX, per interviews with the manufacturer.

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January 23, 2025 - In some states, only a rear license plate is required, but other states require that vehicles display a back and front license plate. You aren’t violating the law if you are following the requirements of the state in which your vehicle is registered.

January 23, 2024 - Specifically, this legislation mandates the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to maintain a program allowing for digital alternatives to the conventional stickers, tabs, license plates, and registration cards we’re accustomed to. Admittedly, AB 984 presents opportunities as well as challenges. While the law undoubtedly seeks to enhance the efficacy of vehicle registration, it simultaneously opens the door to a myriad of legal disputes concerning privacy, employee rights, and misuse of tracking technologies. This article explores these potential areas of contention, providing lawyers and other legal professionals with a glimpse into the landscape of potential disputes stemming from this new law.

Registration plates are required on both the front and back of vehicles registered in Illinois.