Just curious...

I've noticed the new license plate more and more lately. I'm wondering if when I went to get my registration sticker at the end of August, I should have gotten plates too?

How does this work? Did they just forget to give me mine or is there a certain time/reason for the new one?

I want to say they replace your plates every 7 or 8 years. I bought my truck ('00) used in '02 but it kept the original owners plates and when I renewed my registration in '07 there was a note on my renewal notice that I needed new plates.

I've seen the new plates only on new cars and cars that just registered (like, used cars that were bought and registered under a new owner).

I wouldn't worry about it.

They'll send you new plates when your current plates expire (however they determine that...) my truck is 10 years old now, and I just got new plates about 2 years ago... they just sent them when I paid my registration for that year.

Texas's license plates have gone down hill in the last decade. I liked the plain ones we used to have pre 1999ish

DJ, if you don't like the new plates wait until you see the new drivers license. Talk aobut a case of the ghey...

I wonder how Janice Sample feels about having her personal information available to anyone who clicks on the DPS website...

The license plate and DL designs are overly feminine. What's next to be included on them? Puppy dogs and lollipops?

In case y'all don't remember, DPS had open voting for the new plate design on their website a while back. Of the choices shown below, the one on the second row, left column, won overwhelmingly. I voted for it myself, but after seeing them on the streets, I'm thinking that the blue sky/cloud area is actually darker than it was on the website, and the characters under this portion get partially obscured.



[This message has been edited by AggiePhil (edited 8/18/2009 5:44p).]

Oh, and the new DLs are already out there. They do look strange, IMO.

Just to add to the confusion of "when does a plate expire," I got new plates for my car when I moved to Texas from Ohio in Feb. 2005. When it was time for me to renew my registration this past Feb (2009), they said I needed new plates and sent them to me - but they are the old design. A friend got renewed a registration for her old car last month and was told she needed new plates and was sent the new design. Neither of those situations seems to fit what we perceive to be the default.

Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.

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You will receive the new plate:
• If you buy a new vehicle and choose not to transfer your old plates.
• If your plates are seven years old, the time you are required to trade your plates in for new ones due to loss of reflectivity.

OR, Texas drivers can replace their old plates by visiting their local county office and paying an additional fee. However, we ask Texans not to run out to purchase the new general-issue plates. While our aluminum license plates are recyclable, we encourage Texans to be environmental stewards and not waste the good plates they currently have on their vehicles.


When we realized a new plate pattern would be necessary in 2009 it also seemed like the perfect time to give Texans an opportunity to choose a new plate design. In early February 2008, TxDOT held the state's first online vote to help select the new general-issue license plate. Texans chose from five proposed designs, one of which was the current license plate design. The Lone Star Texas design was the runaway favorite, receiving 455,878 of the more than 1.1 million votes cast. The Texas Transportation Commission, which by law must approve the state's general-issue plates, unanimously agreed with online voters and approved the Lone Star Texas plate on February 28, 2008.

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http://www.txdot.gov/drivers_vehicles/license_plates/new_plate_faq.htm

[This message has been edited by AggiePhil (edited 8/18/2009 6:23p).]