# Custom Licence Plates — Seen in the Wild **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965 "2023-11-11T02:25:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1571
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1571 "2025-07-23T10:49:52Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I wonder if, or when, this might be declared illegal. I mean, white on light pink might be colors determined to not have enough contrast. I did some googling about this. As best I can determine, in CA altering the _front_ plate has been legal since about 2014, subject to some restrictions on legibility. Altering the back plate in any way is flat illegal. As is covering it or obscuring it in any way. Of course we all know enforcement of this stuff is negligible in every state. Hence my other thread about custom-made or altered official plates becoming commonplace in FL and asking about it elsewhere. > [@Aftermarket License Plates Displayed on Car as if Real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aftermarket-license-plates-displayed-on-car-as-if-real/1020504): > > Continuing the discussion from [Custom Licence Plates — Seen in the Wild](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965): It has become increasingly stylish around here (South FL) to put completely aftermarket AKA fake license plates on the back of your car. Folks may (or may not) be putting the actual ID letters/numbers from their real plate, but the plates themselves and their backgrounds are most definitely NOT something put out by the state of FL. These aren’t like SovCit plates, actively advertising their illegality and thumbing their … This may very quickly get like the crazy levels of speeding and aggressive driving on freeways where so many people are doing it that it becomes practically unenforceable. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965)._