Expired license plates

[Cpaw]

Hello, could someone explain how that works?
I looked in the "handbook" but it dont really explain it good enough for someone that is not from the US.

[Thirium 310]

Well, in the right corner of the plate, you see the year, for example 2021. And somewhere on the plate you see the month too. Just compare it with the current date in your game.

[Smketreez]

Keep in mind the date in the top left corner of the UI is also using the US layout, so
MM / DD / YYYY.

If the tag is has a 19 sticker, its expired, if it has a 20 sticker and the month is between JAN - APR its expired, if it has a 21 sticker its NOT expired.

BTW the same applies to the expiration on the ID and Insurance cards.

[Cpaw]

So the month on the plate shows when it expires, so if it says Jan and im in June ingame, then i should give it a ticket?

[Smketreez]

Originally posted by Cpaw:

So the month on the plate shows when it expires, so if it says Jan and im in June ingame, then i should give it a ticket?

You have to check BOTH stickers, top left corner on plate is month, top right corner on plate is year. Usually just check the year, 19 is expired, 20 look at the month sticker, and 21 not expired.

[coiorevent8]

Sure thing! I hope I can help your issue with expired license plates.

What is an Expired License Plate?

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An expired licenses plate is a license plate on a vehicle that is past due. You can check the in-game date in the top left-hand corner of your screen once a shift begins. Your first shift is on 5/4/2020. There are three different possible dates for a license plate when you start out: 2019, 2020, 2021, and possibly 2022. Anyhow, on the top right-hand corner of the back of a vehicle you can see a number that is either 19, 20, or 21.. If the year on the license plate is before the year in-game, the license plate is expired. If the year is current, you need to do a little more digging. Check the month. Because you start in the month of May, I will use April as an example. Since April comes before may (January, February, March, and April) it is considered an expired plate.

Offenses

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Once an officer sees an expired plate on a vehicle, the officer can choose to do the following:

• Cite the vehicle for having an expired license plate.
  
• Tow the vehicle for having an expired license plate.

Make sure to cite for every offense you see before towing the vehicle, as it gives you extra shift points!

[Cpaw]

Ah, thanks so much for all the help.

[Smketreez]

Originally posted by coiorevent8:

Sure thing! I hope I can help your issue with expired license plates.

What is an Expired License Plate?

---

An expired licenses plate is a license plate on a vehicle that is past due. You can check the in-game date in the top left-hand corner of your screen once a shift begins. Your first shift is on 5/4/2020. There are three different possible dates for a license plate when you start out: 2019, 2020, 2021, and possibly 2022. Anyhow, on the top right-hand corner of the back of a vehicle you can see a number that is either 19, 20, or 21.. If the year on the license plate is before the year in-game, the license plate is expired. If the year is current, you need to do a little more digging. Check the month. Because you start in the month of May, I will use April as an example. Since April comes before may (January, February, March, and April) it is considered an expired plate.

Offenses

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Once an officer sees an expired plate on a vehicle, the officer can choose to do the following:

• Cite the vehicle for having an expired license plate.
  
• Tow the vehicle for having an expired license plate.

Make sure to cite for every offense you see before towing the vehicle, as it gives you extra shift points!

This isn't from the handbook is it? Also we can tow expired plates??

[coiorevent8]

Originally posted by Smketreez:

Originally posted by coiorevent8:

Sure thing! I hope I can help your issue with expired license plates.

What is an Expired License Plate?

---

An expired licenses plate is a license plate on a vehicle that is past due. You can check the in-game date in the top left-hand corner of your screen once a shift begins. Your first shift is on 5/4/2020. There are three different possible dates for a license plate when you start out: 2019, 2020, 2021, and possibly 2022. Anyhow, on the top right-hand corner of the back of a vehicle you can see a number that is either 19, 20, or 21.. If the year on the license plate is before the year in-game, the license plate is expired. If the year is current, you need to do a little more digging. Check the month. Because you start in the month of May, I will use April as an example. Since April comes before may (January, February, March, and April) it is considered an expired plate.

Offenses

---

Once an officer sees an expired plate on a vehicle, the officer can choose to do the following:

• Cite the vehicle for having an expired license plate.
  
• Tow the vehicle for having an expired license plate.

Make sure to cite for every offense you see before towing the vehicle, as it gives you extra shift points!

This isn't from the handbook is it? Also we can tow expired plates??

Hello! I am unsure if some of this information was included in the handbook, as I only search for things I needed, and now remember mostly everything that I have learned along the way. You are allowed to tow expired plates and get extra shift points. I did not know this at the start of playing, but as I tested giving citations, I also tested towing vehicles.

[Smketreez]

Originally posted by coiorevent8:

Hello! I am unsure if some of this information was included in the handbook, as I only search for things I needed, and now remember mostly everything that I have learned along the way. You are allowed to tow expired plates and get extra shift points. I did not know this at the start of playing, but as I tested giving citations, I also tested towing vehicles.

Well taught me something too then, thanks!

[Sunstrider]

How the plates work. Month is in top left, year is in top right.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2521166455
A lot of vehicles will have this blockage. When this happens, head to the front.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2521166871
2019's are in red.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2521166780
2020's are in green. It only counts as expired when the next month occurs. So if the game says this shift is 6/11/2020 then every plate in May is now expired.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2521171048
2021's are in blue.

2022's aren't in the game yet as that's a crap ton of shifts to complete to even make it 19 months worth.

[Ben | Astragon]

Hi Guys,

thanks for all the help! Just a quick note. An experied license plate does not justify towing. At least it should not. Since you can have multiple infractions maybe another issue justified towing in your situation?

You can check the ingame handbook or this online one here:

http://news.patrol-officers.com/docs/Police%20Handbook%20Launch.pdf

Parking regulations :)

[Sunstrider]

Originally posted by hackbaellchenAS:

Hi Guys,

thanks for all the help! Just a quick note. An experied license plate does not justify towing. At least it should not. Since you can have multiple infractions maybe another issue justified towing in your situation?

You can check the ingame handbook or this online one here:

http://news.patrol-officers.com/docs/Police%20Handbook%20Launch.pdf

Parking regulations :)

For me, the justification comes from the additional signs "Tow Zone" and the vehicle doesn't display the plate for that zone.

[coiorevent8]

Originally posted by hackbaellchenAS:

Hi Guys,

thanks for all the help! Just a quick note. An experied license plate does not justify towing. At least it should not. Since you can have multiple infractions maybe another issue justified towing in your situation?

You can check the ingame handbook or this online one here:

http://news.patrol-officers.com/docs/Police%20Handbook%20Launch.pdf

Parking regulations :)

Hello! Thanks for clearing up some confusion. I will be submitting a bug report for being able to tow expired license plates. I know that this bug exists now since you said it, but also since I went to a parking lot and towed every vehicle after giving it an expired license plate citation. Never was I deducted shift points, only increased my shift points. The vehicles had nothing else wrong with them.

[Vihear]

Something ain't right though for the expiration dates... My current date is May 5, 2020 but the license plate expiration date is October 2020... the game's tutorial forced me to issue a ticket to the car but the car is technically not expired yet.

[joridiculous]

Originally posted by Ben | Astragon:

Hi Guys,

thanks for all the help! Just a quick note. An experied license plate does not justify towing. At least it should not. Since you can have multiple infractions maybe another issue justified towing in your situation?

You can check the ingame handbook or this online one here:

http://news.patrol-officers.com/docs/Police%20Handbook%20Launch.pdf

Parking regulations :)

I got Wrongfull ticket for a 19 plate and also a 20 plate.
As i have read in this thread 19 is def expired, but not necesarry 20?