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Illegal alteration or display of plates

(a) illegally alters registration plate per (2)

(b) illegally displays registration plate per (3)

(c) operates any vehicle with illegally altered, displayed plates

(d) owns & causes or permits a vehicle to illegally display a plate or display illegally altered plate

(2) illegal alteration: plate altered, modified, covered or obscured in any way including:

(a) any change of color, configuration, numbers, letters or material of plate

(b) any material or covering, other than a frame or plate holder, placed on, over or in front of the plate altering appearance of plate

(c) any frame or plate holder that obscures the numbers, letters or registration stickers making them unreadable

(3) illegal display:

(a) displayed on a different vehicle that issue vehicle OR

(b) display stickers with an expiration date different from date shown on the vehicle registration records of DOT