A person commits the offense of failure to display registration plates if the person operates, on the highways of this state, any vehicle or camper that has been assigned registration plates by this state and the registration plates assigned to the vehicle or camper are displayed in a manner that violates any of the following:
The plate must not be any plate that does not entitle the holder thereof to operate the vehicle upon the highways.
A person is not in violation of this section if the person is operating a vehicle or camper under and in accordance with the requirements for any of the following:
The offense described in this section, failure to display registration plates, is a Class D traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §261; 1985 c.668 §13; 1989 c.43 §28; 1995 c.383 §6]
Source: Section 803.540 — Failure to display plates; exceptions; penalty, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors803.html .
For vehicle registration plate to be displayed “on the front” of vehicle, plate must be displayed on foremost part of vehicle. State v. Nguyen, 223 Or App 286, 196 P3d 40 (2008)
Statute specifying number of plates to be issued for type of vehicle, and statute requiring that issued plates be kept with and displayed on vehicle, determine number of plates required. State v. Blueback, 291 Or 779, 422 P3d 385 (2018)
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Location: https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_803.540
Original Source: Section 803.540 — Failure to display plates; exceptions; penalty, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors803.html (last accessed Aug. 25, 2023).
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