Maine · ME · Vehicles
Maine: Do you need a front license plate?
Front and rear plates
Maine requires a registration plate on both the front and the rear of a passenger car.
Maine issues two plates and requires one on the front and one on the rear. The exceptions are for trailers, motorcycles, dealer and transporter plates, and truck tractors, not ordinary cars.
What the law says
A registration plate must be attached to the front and the rear of each vehicle except as follows.
Sources
- 29-A M.R.S. § 452(1) Official · legislature.maine.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles
- Website
- maine.gov
How bordering states compare
- New Hampshire Front and rear platesNew Hampshire requires passenger cars issued two plates to mount one on the front and one on the rear.