Q. Several times I’ve noticed temporary license plates on vehicles long after they expired. How soon should a new car owner expect to wait for their metal plates? I can understand that this is a ...

The other possibility is that Murphy is referring to the temporary license plates, or TLPs. In 2016, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 516 which created a TLP and an electronic ...

“TLPs (temporary license plates) are valid until the customer receives the permanent license plates or up to 90 days after the date of sale,” Chris Orrock, a DMV spokesman, told Honk in an email.