With more than 26 million vehicles registered in Texas today, license plates are ubiquitous in the Lone Star State.

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles has released new specialty license plates available in 2026. The new designs were created by the 89th Texas Legislature, giving vehicle owners meaningful ways to ...

Texas police say automated license plate readers help solve crimes faster and improve public safety statewide.

Nearly 2,000 vanity license plate applications were denied in 2025 at the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. Ranging from dirty jokes, aggressive driving tactics, hot takes and thinly-veiled curse ...

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.

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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The days of Texas using paper license plates are numbered. A new law aimed at doing away with temporary paper license plates went into effect Tuesday. House Bill 718 passed in 2023, in ...

EL PASO, Texas - (KFOX14/CBS4) — A new law banning temporary paper license plates in Texas has officially taken effect, replacing them with metal plates in an effort to combat widespread fraud. The ...

New license plates are coming out all across the country in 2026, and we've highlighted the best ones. Which state plate is ...