Year of manufacture license plates

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Originally Posted by chappys4life

Tried to register my YOM in travis county texas from ebay. They say its invalid. Anything I can check? They told me the first 2 letters where in invalid?

ebay seller says they should be fine.

Did you try to register online or did you go into the Tax Assessor's Office? I suspect it needs to be done in person.

This is what my plate guy says about it:

Texas has what is commonly called a Year-of-Manufacture Law (YOM). This allows vehicles that are 25 years old or older to be legally registered with a pair of plates from the vehicle's model year.
However from 2004 to 2009 Texas issued passenger plates in the same numbering formats used from 1965 to 1990. Most of these 2004/2009 plates have fallen out of use by now but many of them still show up in the state's computer system even though they may have been expired for many years.

Some county tax offices will not register a pair of 1965/1990 plates if a record with the same number from the 2004/2009 series of plates shows up in the computer system. So before inquiring about a pair of 1965/1990 plates I have, be sure to check with your local county tax assessor-collector's office to make sure they will register them. The state's policy is that 1965/1990 plates should be registerable, however it seems to be at the whim of the clerk at the local county tax office, so be sure to check with your county first!