[nickmccann]

Anyone familiar with license plate rules in California? I haven't put a license plate on my car for 10 years. I've been given a "fix it" ticket, but nothing worse. Am I just getting nice officers or is that the full extent of what the officers can do? (The car is always registered with insurance)

[koenigdavidmj]

Some departments treat that as a presumption that you stole the car you're driving, so there is a chance that you will be greeted by the business end of a twitchy officer's Glock.

[jessaustin]

The whole 2.5 years I lived in California, I left my (eventually expired) old state's plates on my car. I didn't drive more than once a week (to go snowboarding or something else unbikeable), but I never got pulled over.