AUSTIN (KXAN) — Following years of widespread fraud and abuse that touched every state, Texas is eliminating most temporary paper license plates and replacing them with new color-coded metal ones. The ...

Brian New has been a member of the CBS 11 News team since 2013. In 2017, he was awarded the Lone Star Emmy for best investigative reporter. This is one of 10 Emmy awards Brian has been honored with ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Temporary paper license plates are now a thing of the past in Texas, and law enforcement is calling it a major step forward in fighting crime. “This is a major problem,” said Lt.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – Starting Tues. July 1, 2025, House Bill 718 – signed into law in 2023 by Governor Abbott, goes into ...

Texas officials finally killed off the flimsy paper license plate, but the state’s long running tag fraud problem did not disappear with it. Instead, the crackdown has pushed counterfeiters into a new ...

Last year, Texas banned temporary paper tags in an effort to thwart counterfeit license plates. Unfortunately that effort has proven less than successful, as counterfeiters have simply started making ...

Less than a year into Texas’s big anti-fraud license plate overhaul, officials say the scheme has already sprouted a sequel — ...

Under the new law, when drivers purchase a vehicle in Texas, they’ll leave the lot with permanent metal plates already installed, eliminating the need for temporary paper plates. Dealerships will now ...

MIDLAND, Texas — A major change is rolling out on Texas roads, and it’s stamped in metal. Starting July 1, Texas will eliminate most paper temporary license tags, replacing them with metal plates ...

Texas officials are continuing to confront widespread use of fraudulent license plates months after the state eliminated paper temporary tags, a move intended to curb abuse that had made Texas a ...

Texas had a huge problem on its hands a couple of years ago. Criminals were printing out fake temporary paper license plates. Those would then end up on cars that were doing everything from skirting ...