SECTION 217.60. Digital License Plate Specifications and Requirements

(a) In addition to ensuring that the digital license plate meets or exceeds the benefits for law enforcement that are provided by metal license plates, a digital license plate provider must ensure that digital license plates submitted for department approval and provided for customer use comply with the following requirements:

(1) provide an electronic visual display resistant to breakage, and in cases when the electronic visual display is scratched, chipped, cracked, or weather damaged, a digital license plate must continue to legibly display digital license plate information and the physical security feature defined in paragraph (2) of this subsection;

(2) include one or more physical security features to verify the plate was issued by an approved digital license plate provider;

(3) continue to display digital license plate information when the digital license plate does not maintain connectivity to a wireless network; and

(4) when the vehicle is not in park:

(A) display required digital license plate information on the plate in the same font size and location as the information displayed on a corresponding metal license plate; and

(B) display the registration expiration month and year, as determined by the department, in the same font size and location as displayed on a corresponding metal license plate when a vehicle does not have a windshield.

(b) Placement of license plate and vehicle registration insignia.

(1) The digital license plate must be attached to the exterior rear of the vehicle.

(2) A metal license plate must be attached to the exterior front of the vehicle in compliance with this chapter, unless the vehicle is not required to display a plate on the front of the vehicle under this chapter.

(3) The vehicle's registration insignia for validation of registration must be displayed on or kept in a vehicle in accordance with §217.27 of this title (relating to Vehicle Registration Insignia).

Source Note: The provisions of this §217.60 adopted to be effective July 12, 2020, 45 TexReg 4358