§ 27-14-715 - Issuance of license plates.

27-14-715. Issuance of license plates.

(a) The Office of Motor Vehicle, upon registering a vehicle, shall issue to the owner one (1) license plate for a motorcycle, trailer, or semitrailer and one (1) or two (2) license plates for every other motor vehicle.

(b) Every license plate shall have displayed upon it the registration number assigned to the vehicle for which it is issued, also the name of this state, which may be abbreviated, and the year number for which it is issued or the date of expiration thereof.

(c) The license plates and required letters and numerals thereon, except the year number for which issued, shall be of sufficient size to be plainly readable from a distance of one hundred feet (100') during daylight.

(d) The office shall issue for every passenger motor vehicle rented without a driver the same type of license plates as the type of plates issued for a private passenger vehicle.