Maine Revised Statutes
Article 3: REGISTRATION PLATES
29-A §452. Manner of display

§452. Manner of display
1.  Position of registration plate.  A registration plate must be displayed horizontally. Only one set of Maine registration plates may be displayed on one vehicle. A registration plate must be attached to the front and the rear of each vehicle except as follows.  
A. A trailer and semitrailer registration plate may be attached only to the rear of that trailer or semitrailer.   [PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5 (AFF).]
B. A motorcycle registration plate may not be attached to the front of that motorcycle.   [PL 2005, c. 577, §10 (AMD).]
C. A manufacturer, dealer or transporter registration plate may be attached only to the rear of the vehicle.   [PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5 (AFF).]
D. A truck tractor registration plate may be attached only to the front of that truck tractor.   [PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5 (AFF).]
[PL 2005, c. 577, §10 (AMD).]
2.  Farm trucks.  The registration plate for a farm truck or vehicle used for hauling forest products may be attached by means of a rigid or semirigid bracket that allows the plate to swing freely.  
[PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5 (AFF).]
3.  Proper display.  Registration plates must always be properly displayed.  
[PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. Q, §2 (AMD); PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF).]
4.  Plainly visible and legible.  Registration plates, including the numbers, letters and words, must always be plainly visible and legible.  
[PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. Q, §3 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1993, c. 683, §A2 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 683, §B5 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 452, §§Q2,3 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 452, §X2 (AFF). PL 2005, c. 577, §10 (AMD).

Structure Maine Revised Statutes

Maine Revised Statutes

TITLE 29-A: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Chapter 5: VEHICLE REGISTRATION

Subchapter 1: REGISTRATION

Article 3: REGISTRATION PLATES

29-A §451. Issuance and form of registration plates

29-A §452. Manner of display

29-A §453. Vanity registration plates

29-A §454. Commemorative registration plates

29-A §455. Environmental registration plates

29-A §456. University of Maine System; special registration plates

29-A §456-A. Lobster registration plates

29-A §456-B. Maine Black Bears registration plates

29-A §456-C. Sportsman registration plates

29-A §456-D. We Support Our Troops registration plates

29-A §456-E. Breast cancer support services registration plate

29-A §456-F. Agriculture education registration plate

29-A §456-G. Support Animal Welfare registration plate

29-A §456-H. The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital registration plates

29-A §456-I. Maine Lighthouse Trust registration plates

29-A §457. Hobbyist registration plates

29-A §458. Stock race cars

29-A §458-A. Modified show vehicle (REPEALED)

29-A §458-B. Custom vehicles

29-A §459. Manufacturers, dealers, transporters, body shops, transmission shops and garages; special plates

29-A §460. State officials

29-A §460-A. Honorary consul

29-A §461. Reservation of same number

29-A §462. Temporary registration plates

29-A §462-A. Temporary registration permit; United States Armed Forces deployments; rules

29-A §463. Disposition of registration plates

29-A §464. Unused registration plates

29-A §465. Loss of registration plates

29-A §466. Registration Plate Equipment and Production Program

29-A §467. Moratorium on specialty plates (REPEALED)

29-A §468. Specialty plate

29-A §468-A. Recognition license plates

29-A §469. Specialty License Plate Fund

29-A §470. Experimental motor vehicle plates and registration