Year-of-manufacture plates
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The use of year-of-manufacture (YOM) plates is authorized by Section 5004.1 of the California Motor Vehicle Code. It is a law that allows vintage cars to be registered to use vintage license plates. Any officially manufactured California license plates which were produced prior to 1963 can be used on a currently registered vehicle or trailer of a corresponding model year. If used on the original plate, a sticker or metal tab that corresponds to the year of the vehicle is required.
In July 2009, California extended its YOM program to include passenger vehicles from 1963 to 1969, and commercial vehicles (pick-ups, etc.) through 1972. Any black-and-gold plate from this era may be used on these vehicles, as long as they are "clear" with the DMV (i.e., not used, reported stolen, or any records found, for the last 10 years). A valid sticker must be attached to the plate corresponding to the year of the vehicle that is to be registered.
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California makes it's plates out of Aluminum not Steel. A steel plate would be illegal.
What you need to do is take your registration to the DMV and explain to them that your front plate was "destroyed" in a prior accident and you need to have a as-like front plate made for you by the California DMV.
Or . . . just get an aluminum one made up by a 3rd party and deal with the butt-hurt.
