Skip to: Content | Footer | Web Accessibility | Disability Services
Disabled wheelchair logo
Contact Information ImageTelephone: 1-800-777-0133 Hearing Impaired: TTY 1-800-368-4327

California Department of Motor Vehicles
DMV Spanish website
car image
A picture of a man and a woman using DMV Online Services
Link to online applications
Appointments
Registration Renewal
Vehicle Registration Fee Calculator
Online Driver License Renewal
Personalized Plates
Online Change of Address
Notice of Transfer and Release of Liability
Text Sizer image Decrease the text size Restore original text size Increase the text size
Enlarge Text
Click to increase the text size. Restore Text
Click to restore original text size. Reduce Text
Click to decrease the text size.
Home Page » Publications » Vehicle Code Title Page » Vehicle Code Table of Contents » Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 9 » Section 5201.1

Obscuring Readability of License Plates: Prohibition

5201.1.  (a) A person shall not sell a product or device that obscures, or is intended to obscure, the reading or recognition of a license plate, as prohibited by subdivision (g) of Section 5201.

(b) A conviction for a violation of subdivision (a) is punishable by a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per item sold.

Added Sec. 2, Ch. 273, Stats. 2007. Effective January 1, 2008.