Texas set out to shut down a booming black market in temporary paper tags, only to watch criminals pivot almost overnight to ...

Texas officials replaced temporary paper license plates with permanent metal ones in an effort to curb widespread fraud, but ...

Texas officials are continuing to confront widespread use of fraudulent license plates months after the state eliminated ...

A new Texas law went into effect in July 2025 with the goal of cutting back on license plate fraud, but it's not doing what ...

Last year, Texas got rid of paper tags, trying to combat fraud, but now the issue has moved to metal plates. If you're buying a used car online, you should be careful.

Quorum Break Intensity - Most of the Democrats in the Texas House left the state, breaking quorum to block a plan to give the GOP more seats in Congress. We've seen quorum breaks before, but the ...

Why is Texas eliminating temporary paper license plates? Over two years, NBC 5 Investigates revealed, crooks have made millions of dollars selling fraudulent Texas paper tags. Some of those tags were ...

On July 1, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles will no longer issue temporary paper tags. That move follows a change in state law that came in the aftermath of a months-long NBC 5 investigation ...

Beginning on July 1, Texas plans to no longer issue paper license plates for new vehicles. The law change comes as a result of House Bill 718, passed by the legislature and signed by Governor Greg ...

In addition to a permanent metal tag, the state of Texas will also use four temporary metal tags each with a different colored border. Photo credit of Edward Ayala, NB Starting July 1, paper temporary ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texans who purchase a vehicle from a dealership will soon no longer have to go through extra steps to get their official, metal license plates. Starting next month, motor vehicle ...