Alabama | Yes | Yes | Must be visible
at all times | "Alabama" must be clearly visible at top of plate |
Alaska | Yes | Yes | Must be visible at all times | |
Arizona | Yes | Yes | Must be clearly
legible and visible | "Arizona" must be clearly visible at top of plate |
Arkansas | Yes | Yes | Must be
clearly legible | Covers that make the license plate difficult to read
or reduces its reflective properties
are prohibited |
California | NO | Yes | Must be
clearly visible | Red light/speed camera license plate covers
are also prohibited |
Colorado | Clear only | Yes | Must be clearly visible | Covers that shield or impair the reading
of a license plate by devices
are also prohibited |
Connecticut | Yes | Yes | Must be visible | Covers cannot obscure or impair visibility |
Delaware | Clear only | Yes | Must be
clearly readable | Red light/speed camera license plate covers, shields, sprays, etc. are also prohibited |
District of Columbia | NO | Yes | clearly and distinct | Identification tags must be clearly legible |
Florida | Yes | Yes | Must be visible
at all times | Red light/speed camera license plate covers, shields, sprays, etc. are prohibited |
Georgia | Clear only | Yes | Must be plainly visible | Red light/speed camera license plate covers, shields, sprays, etc. are prohibited |
Hawaii | Yes | Yes | Must be visible
at all times | Plates must be unobscured at all times |
Idaho | Yes | Yes | Must be free of foreign materials
and visible at all times | Plates must be clearly visible and legible |
Illinois | NO | Yes | Must be clearly visible | anti red light/speed camera license plate covers, shields, sprays, devices, etc. are prohibited |
Indiana | Yes | Yes | Must be clearly visible | Plates must be free of foreign materials |
Iowa | Yes | Yes | Permit full view of numbers and letters | Frames must permit full view of all numbers and letters on registration plate |
Kansas | NO | Yes | Must be clearly legible | license plate covers, shields, sprays, etc. are prohibited |
Kentucky | Yes | Yes | Must be clearly visible | Frames and covers must permit
full view of all numbers and letters
on plate |
Louisiana | Yes | Yes | Must be clearly visible | Plates must be free of foreign materials |
Maine | Yes | Yes | Must be clearly visible | Plates, letters and numbers must be clearly visible at all times |
Maryland | NO | Yes | Must be
clearly visible | No tinted, colored, painted, marked, clear or illuminated object designed to distort the characters on a license plate is allowed. Plate covers may not even be advertised or offered for sale. |
Massachusetts | NO | Yes | Must be
displayed conspicuously | license plate covers, shields, etc. are prohibited |
Michigan | Yes | Yes | Must be
clearly visible | Plates must be free of foreign materials |
Minnesota | NO | Yes | Must be
plainly visible | No clear or colorless material that affects plated visibility or reflectivity is allowed |
Mississippi | Yes | Yes | Must be clearly visible | Plates, letters and numbers must not be covered by any object, marking, paint, etc. |
Missouri | Yes | Yes | Must be clearly visible | Covers may not impair reflective qualities of plate |
Montana | Yes | Yes | Must be obviously visible | "Montana" and border outline of state must be clearly visible |
Nebraska | Yes | Yes | Must be visible | All letters, numbers, etc. on plates must be free from grease dust and other blurring matter |
Nevada | Yes | Yes | Readable from 100 ft. | Plates must be clearly legible and free from foreign material |
New Hampshire | Yes | Yes | Displayed conspicuously | Plates must be clean and not be obscured |
New Jersey | Yes | Yes | Displayed conspicuously | sale or use of anti red light/speed camera license plate covers, shields, sprays, devices, etc. are prohibited |
New Mexico | Yes | Yes | Clearly visible | Plates must be clearly legible and free from foreign material |
New York | NO | Yes | Must be visible | sale or use of anti red light/speed camera license plate covers, shields, substances, etc. are prohibited |
North Carolina | Yes | Yes | Plainly readable from 100 ft. | No clear or colorless material that affects plate visibility or legibility is allowed |
North Dakota | Yes | Yes | Clearly visible | Plates must be clearly visible and letters and numbers must not be obscured |
Ohio | Yes | Yes | Clearly visible | Plates must be not be covered by any material that obstructs visibility |
Oklahoma | NO | NO | Must be
clearly visible | No plate frame, cover or material is allowed |
Oregon | NO | Yes | Plain view
and easily read | Any frame or plate holder that alters the plate or makes the numbers, letters or regtistration stickers difficult to read or unreadable is prohibited |
Pennsylvania | NO | Yes | Must be visible
at all times | Red light/speed camera license plate covers, shields, sprays, etc. are prohibited |
Puerto Rico | Yes | Yes | Clearly visible | Plates must be not be covered by any material that obstructs visibility |
Rhode Island | Yes | Yes | Clearly visible | Plainly readable from 100 ft. |
South Carolina | No | Yes | Must be visible
at all times | No tinted covers allowed |
South Dakota | Yes | Yes | Clearly visible | Plates must be clearly visible and letters and numbers must not be obscured |
Tennessee | No | Yes | Clearly visible | No tinted covers allowed and plates must be clearly visible with no foreign materials |
Texas | Yes | Yes | | No reflective matter or blurring of the plate and plates must be free of foreign material and clearly legible |
Utah | Yes | Yes | Clearly visible | Plates must be free of foreign material and clearly visible |
Vermont | No | Yes | Plainly legible | No tinted covers allowed and plates must be plainly legible at all times |
Virginia | Yes | Yes | Clearly visible
and legible | No colored frame or covers allowed and plates must be clearly visible and legible |
Washington | Yes | Yes | Must be visible
at all times | Unlawful to use frames or covers that change, alter or obscure any portion of the plate or make it illegible |
West Virginia | Yes | Yes | Clearly legible | Plates must be free of foreign materials and clearly legible |
Wisconsin | Yes | Yes | Clearly legible | Plates must be at all times be maintained in a legible condition |
Wyoming | Yes | Yes | Clearly legible | Plates must be free of foreign materials and clearly legible |