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Florida License Plate Frame Law’s Confusion Forces State to Clarify the Rules

Florida allows license plate frames if they do not obscure the plate number or validation decal; new penalties include fines up to $5,000 and possible prison time.

  • On Dec. 12 the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles issued a memo to law enforcement clarifying that license plate frames remain permitted if they do not obscure the plate identifier or the validation decal.
  • The new law took effect Oct. 1, 2025, and Florida Statute 320.262 prohibits license plate obscuring devices, upgrading violations to a second-degree misdemeanor.
  • Reporting from Central Florida revealed more than a dozen citations in recent weeks, including Fruitland Park tickets for partially covered frames, while Ocoee Police Department cited stops for small coverages despite a 2019 court ruling allowing partial bottom coverage.
  • Drivers now face a second-degree misdemeanor, with fines up to $500, and Rachel Mattie recommends removing questionable frames while officers consult counsel.
  • Targeting devices, the law bans sprays, films, tints, flip mechanisms, added lights, and the DHSMV warned on December 15, 2025 that changes altering plate appearance are crimes.
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Telemundo Tampa (49) broke the news in on Monday, December 15, 2025.
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