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Question: How can you determine if someone’s temporary paper license plate is valid?
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Answer: A valid, temporary paper license plate can only be issued by a licensed dealer.
The temporary license plate will appear as pictured below, indicating a Texas Department of Motor Vehicles tag number, the year and make of the vehicle, expiration date, vehicle identification number and seller of the vehicle.
In a previous report, KPRC 2 investigated the fraudulent sale of paper license plates.
A way to visually determine if a paper license plate might be fake is if it is a “Dealer” tag, which is good for 60 days and does not contain any personal identifying information.
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