Police say it’s a major win in the fight against crime. On July 1, Texas drivers will see a massive change with temporary license plates after the Texas legislature voted to eliminate paper tags.

Beginning July 1, Texas car buyers will receive permanent metal license plates from dealerships instead of temporary paper tags. The change aims to combat the widespread issue of fraudulent paper ...

Emmanuel Padilla Reyes, 35, was sentenced in federal to five years in federal prison and ordered to pay $22 million for his ...

A new Texas law taking effect July 1, 2025, prohibits car dealerships from issuing any temporary paper license tags to auto buyers. Instead, Texas consumers will receive metal license plates from ...

Texas car buyers will now typically roll off the dealer's lot with a regular metal license plate instead of a temporary printed paper one. “This is a huge change. We've been dealing with paper ...

As of today, July 1, Texas stopped issuing temporary paper license plates for new vehicles, replacing them with metal ones issued at dealerships. The change, driven by fraud concerns, aims to ...

Local News Texas law to replace temporary paper license plates with metal ones takes effect on Tuesday By Kelsy Mittauer, Brian New Updated on: June 30, 2025 / 10:28 PM CDT / CBS Texas ...

Paper license plates are being replaced with metal plates, effective July 1, 2025. Dealers will now be required to issue temporary metal tags to replace the paper plates at the time of sale.

SAN ANTONIO — Temporary paper license plates are soon to be no more in Texas. The goal is to cut down on fraudulent plates that are easy to duplicate. House Bill 718 says paper tags will no ...

Texans will no longer be given a temporary paper license plate when buying a new car next month. A bill signed in 2023 that eliminated the use of paper license plates goes into effect July 1, and ...