# What's up with this license plate?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-license-plate/662448>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 2, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-license-plate/662448 "2013-07-02T15:24:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-license-plate/662448/21 "2013-07-03T02:53:12Z")

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> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#):
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> No, that’s a temporary registration. Different from a newly issued one.

so the paper tag on a new car is in the front windshield? good to know

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**Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-license-plate/662448/22 "2013-07-03T03:08:49Z")

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> [@Sunspace](#):
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> Ontario requires front and back plates as well. However, recently I saw a BMW with a European-style plate on the front and a matching Ontario-style plate on the back. The characters were the same. Is Ontario now allowing plates in different shape formats? **I’ve read of several Australian states doing that.**

I don’t know about others but in Victoria you can get personalized plates in different formats and sizes but you do have to have one on front and back of the car.

Here’s a site where you can design your own customised plates.

[http://www.vplates.com.au/index.php?page=plate-styles](http://www.vplates.com.au/index.php?page=plate-styles)

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