paper tag nation

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles says its staff is working with Facebook to block people from using the social media platform to sell fraudulent Texas temporary license plates.

An NBC 5 investigation shows just how hard it may be to get all of those Texas paper license plates off of cars that should not have them.

Texas’ paper tag problem goes beyond crooked dealers who sold tags to cash in on black market profits.

Dallas police officers went undercover to take down what they say was a fraudulent paper tag operation inside a business. Investigators tell NBC 5 Senior Investigative Reporter Scott Friedman how it may just be the first of several busts in the works.

A man is in custody, accused of selling counterfeit temporary paper license tags in Dallas, police say.

State lawmakers pressed the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Tuesday for answers about how the agency allowed the illegal sale of temporary license plates to get so out of control.

State lawmakers pressed the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Tuesday for answers about how the agency allowed the illegal sale of temporary license plates to get so out of control.

Texas lawmakers begin a series of hearings focusing on putting an end to the state’s temporary license plate program being used by fraudsters.

On Tuesday, Texas lawmakers kick off a series of hearings aimed at stopping fraudsters from selling Texas temporary license plates.

More Texas car dealers have been cut off from issuing temporary paper license plates after the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles caught them selling illegal temporary tags for profit.

The Texas DMV says nearly three dozen dealers have been kicked out of the state system that allows them to issue temporary paper license tags.

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles says 30 dealers can no longer issue paper tags after they were caught selling the temporary plates for profit.

A major safety loophole that allowed unsafe cars to get temporary license plates has been closed by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.

Dallas Chief of Police Eddie Garcia said Monday that his officers are now working undercover to stop the illegal sale of Texas paper tags.

The Texas DMV has released more information about its plans to close a loophole that’s allowing unsafe cars to get temporary tags.

NBC 5 Investigates has discovered another loophole in the state’s temporary license plate system that allows people to get temporary plates for unsafe cars that have not passed state safety and emissions inspections.

Some of the people driving Texas roads with fraudulent temporary paper license plates are actually victims who got the tag from a dealer that quietly put a bogus tag on the car.

Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick announced Monday that a Senate committee will examine how illegal temporary license plates have become involved in violent crimes, human smuggling, and drug trafficking.

There’s new evidence of how bogus Texas temporary license plates are putting people in danger not only in Texas, but across the country.

NBC 5 Investigates has learned Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) will direct lawmakers to tackle the problem of fraudulent Texas temporary license plates in hearings this year, even before the start of the next legislative session in 2023.