California · Vehicle Code

VEH §5001: The department may issue license plates for vehicles exempt from registration fees in the same series as plates issued for nonexempt vehicles.

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

The department may issue special license plates for law enforcement and corrections vehicles exempt from registration fees, valid for one year upon agency certification that the vehicle is assigned for official investigative or supervisory duties.

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The department may issue license plates for vehicles exempt from registration fees in the same series as plates issued for nonexempt vehicles. The plates may be issued for a one-year period and only upon the certification of the department that the issuance of the plates has been requested by the head of a criminal justice or a law enforcement agency of a city, county, or state or federal department, that the vehicle is assigned to persons responsible for investigating actual or suspected violations of the law or the supervision of persons liberated from a state prison or other institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections by parole or the supervision of persons liberated from an institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Youth Authority by parole, and is intended for use in the line of duty.

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