jalle50319
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? California
I was driving a car with PA license plates in CA when I was pulled over
According to the Officers Statement submitted to the DMV I violated code 5200(A) (not hacing a front plate)
It also states the owner of the car, who at the time was the passenger, told the officer that he was never issued 2 plates from PA
This pullover at 3ishAM resulted in a Minor DUI and failure of proof of insurance. I was never charged with violating the license plate code. The DMV says one option of having the ruling overturned is a unlawful stop.
When doing my research a few weeks ago I stumbled accross a CA case involving a pullover of a AZ car with no front license plate. This pullover resulted in the seizure of $9000 worth of marijuana. The case was dismissed when a law stating that if the state that the car has plates representing doesnt require 2 license plates and the state is a contiguos state to the one that it is in (because it could be a commute) then the law from the license plate issueing state is honored. In other words I didnt need one because in PA you dont need one.
Does anyone anyone know how I can find that law? Is it a CA state law or a federal one? It sounds federal but I have not been able to find that case again.
any other advice?
I was driving a car with PA license plates in CA when I was pulled over
According to the Officers Statement submitted to the DMV I violated code 5200(A) (not hacing a front plate)
It also states the owner of the car, who at the time was the passenger, told the officer that he was never issued 2 plates from PA
This pullover at 3ishAM resulted in a Minor DUI and failure of proof of insurance. I was never charged with violating the license plate code. The DMV says one option of having the ruling overturned is a unlawful stop.
When doing my research a few weeks ago I stumbled accross a CA case involving a pullover of a AZ car with no front license plate. This pullover resulted in the seizure of $9000 worth of marijuana. The case was dismissed when a law stating that if the state that the car has plates representing doesnt require 2 license plates and the state is a contiguos state to the one that it is in (because it could be a commute) then the law from the license plate issueing state is honored. In other words I didnt need one because in PA you dont need one.
Does anyone anyone know how I can find that law? Is it a CA state law or a federal one? It sounds federal but I have not been able to find that case again.
any other advice?
