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FfxStationHokie FfxStationHokie OP
Aug 02, 2023 at 11:48 AM ET
Honk if you remember these smaller plates (just above license plates)

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HokieNLot11 HokieNLot11
Honk!! And I remember twice a year state inspection too
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RJHokie
Yes.
A lot of localities required them if the vehicle was regularly parked in them overnight. The license fees were about $5. If you didn’t have one the fine was higher than the license fee in a lot of them.
MrBayAreaHokie MrBayAreaHokie
honestly don’t remember these but i grew up in NoVa
khakiblue khakiblue
Didn't...
have them in NOVA.
Major Kong Major Kong
Honk
TomTurkey TomTurkey
"Talk to me, Goose."
TomTurkey TomTurkey
Saw them, never had one
CH no longer issues windshield stickers
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EDGEMAN
Don't remember those, but I have seen county stickers on cars
I think that showed you paid you property tax (or something similar).
Vienna_Hokie Vienna_Hokie
They quit those while I was gone. Towns had their own I place of county
You paid $5 more so the county got their piece and the town got theirs. Was amazingly stupid, could be fined for not having the sticker even if you paid your taxes, but paying your taxes didn't get the sticker issued, had to do that separately. Iowa did it the smart way, when you renewed your plates, the fee was your property tax. One transaction, all done.
Merlin Hokie Merlin Hokie
I remember those from when I lived in Virginia.
We don't have them here in Merlin. I remember buying a car from a woman who lived in Virginia after I moved up here. After I had it registered, I made sure to scrape off the window stickers (state inspection and county) because I figured that I'd be pulled over in VA for expired stickers if I didn't. I could imagine telling the cop "But officer, this car is not registered in Virginia anymore" and him saying "that's no excuse".
Vienna_Hokie Vienna_Hokie
Vienna had those when I was young, still see them in Smithfield today
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turkeywinghokie
Yep, remember them growing up in Smithfield- did not know still had them
Vienna_Hokie Vienna_Hokie
they're not required, you can buy one if you want though
kind of a look at me, I'm an old townie kind of thing.
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turkeywinghokie
Haha... pretty sure I know some of those townies
AZHokie59 AZHokie59
Had a small one that mounted on the side. Don't remember if it was a. VT or
Blacksburg plate though.