§ 27-14-717 - License plates for proper year alone to be displayed -- Exception.
27-14-717. License plates for proper year alone to be displayed -- Exception.
(a) There shall not be displayed on motor vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers any other motor vehicle license plates or other means of identification of the payment of the proper motor vehicle license fee other than that which has been issued for display and identification purposes at the proper time intended by the laws of the various states for such display and identification.
(b) (1) The display of subsequent year license plates shall be strictly limited to those vehicles for which there have been purchased license plates for the current registration period.
(2) Nothing in this subsection (b) shall be construed so as to permit the operation of a motor vehicle on the streets and highways of Arkansas without the owner's having paid all registration fees applicable for such period of operation.
(c) Any person driving a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer in violation of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than ten dollars ($10.00).