florida highway patrol cracking down on custom license plates.

The Florida Highway Patrol has warned drivers about the growing number of citations around illegally wrapped license plates. Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) issued a warning to drivers with Florida license plates that have been airbrushed, vinyl-wrapped, or customized. Such alterations violate the legal tag requirements under Florida law for reflectivity and safety enhancements and can potentially impact the yellow validation stickers. Driving on a public roadway with these altered plates displayed is against the law and violates Section 320.061, Florida Statutes, which prohibits the unlawful altering of a Florida License Plate.

Violations regarding legal tag requirements have grown 98% since 2020, according to FHP. The citation is classified as a moving violation and includes a $60.00 state fine, three points on your license and an accompanying fee set by the county where the citation was issued.

Florida law states that you cannot apply or attach a substance, reflective matter, illuminated device, spray, coating, covering or any other material onto or around the license plate that interferes with the legibility, angular visibility or detectability of any feature or detail on the license plate, or interferes with the ability to record any feature or detail on the plate.

Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Florida offers over 100 different specialty license plates for various organizations in support of the causes they represent. New specialty license plates are frequently introduced, and any money raised from the sales of those plates goes directly to the organization.

​Here is a list of Florida’s most popular specialty license plates

1. Endless summer: 137,547 plates issued
2. Helping sea Turtles Survive: 109,624 plates issued
3. University of Florida: 92,662 plates issued
4. Miami Heat: 80,909 plates issued
5. Florida State University: 70,393 plates issued
6. Tampa Bay Buccaneer: 60,596 plates issued
7. Save the Manatee: 53,334 plates issued
8. Protect Wild Dolphins: 52,575 plates issued
9. Vets of the U.S. Armed Forces: 49,829 plates issued
10. Marine Corps: 49,747 plates issued

Source: https://www.flhsmv.gov/2024/08/07/florida-highway-patrol-warns-public-of-strict-enforcement-of-illegally-wrapped-license-plates/