Working with state IT officials, they developed an electronic system that allows dealers to enter information and print out a temporary vehicle registration at the time the car is sold.

Paper license plates are no longer legal in Texas — and Webb County Tax Assessor-Collector Patricia Barrera wants to ensure local drivers get the message. “As of July 1, 2025, paper plates are no ...

Only Channel 2 Action News was there as state revenue agents converged on a DeKalb County auto dealership. Our investigation four months ago exposed how the dealer's temporary tags were not so ...

Dealers are only supposed to issue paper plates for vehicles that they sell so customers have a temporary license plate until they can get the permanent plate and get the vehicle registered ...

Actual temporary tags are good for 60 days before you get your permanent license plate. That must be obtained in person, which is the only way you can know it’s legitimate.

While HB 914 strengthens the penalties for tampering with a temporary vehicle tag, another law that passed this session, HB 718, will eliminate paper tags all together, but it doesn’t go into ...

Our investigation four months ago exposed how the dealer's temporary tags were not so temporary. Channel 2 consumer investigator Jim Strickland was with the agents when they busted the owner Thursday.