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Florida has enacted a new law increasing penalties for obscuring vehicle license plates.

Possessing a license plate obscuring device is now a second-degree misdemeanor.

Using such a device while committing a crime is now a third-degree felony.

Right now, drivers can fire up Amazon and order tinted covers for their license plates, which protect them from damage and sometimes makes them a bit hard to read. Other companies are more direct, offering devices to flip, blur or hide the plate or sprays to overexpose images from red light and speed cameras.

As of Oct. 1 , all of them are even more illegal in Florida than they were before.

"Starting October 1, 2025, Florida Statute 320.061 introduces new penalties for anyone who alters, obscures, sells, or uses devices to

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