How Much Is the Fine for Covering a Motorcycle License Plate?

Motorcyclists who cover their license plates to evade traffic fines face a 700,000-toman penalty. Deliberately tampering with a plate, however, is a crime in addition to a traffic violation.

According to ambassador Arjan; Sardar Seyyed Abulfazl Mousavipour, the head of the Greater Tehran Traffic Police, announced the statistics of motorcycle license plate violations in the first half of 1405 and stated: Car or motorcycle license plate is a birth certificate, identity and vehicle ownership document.

Sardar Mousavipour considered the number plate violations of motorcycle riders to include installing different license plates or changing the standard of the vehicle license plate, driving a vehicle with an unauthorized license plate or an unreplaced license plate belonging to the previous owner, not having a front, back or illegible license plate, changing the location of the vehicle license plate and covering, manipulating or distorting the vehicle license plate or placing any object that obstructs the visibility of the vehicle license plate.

He clarified: Among these, the most violations were related to not having a front, rear or illegible number plate with more than 92 thousand items and covering, manipulating or distorting the number plate with more than 16 thousand items.

The head of the Greater Tehran Traffic Police added: If the license plate is covered, a traffic violation has been committed. But if distorting the license plate or tampering with its numbers is done intentionally, in addition to the violation, a crime has also been committed and the driver is guilty.

Citing Article 720 of the Islamic Penal Code, Sardar Mousavipour noted: Any person who changes the numbers and specifications of a motor vehicle license plate, or attaches another vehicle's license plate to it, or uses a fake license plate, will be sentenced to six months to one year in prison.

Sardar Mousavipour announced the amount of fines for license plate violations according to the tariff of traffic offenses and said: installing miscellaneous license plates or changing the standard is 350 thousand tomans, not having a front or rear license plate or illegible license plate is 400 thousand tomans and covering, manipulating or distorting a license plate has a fine of 700 thousand tomans.

Sardar Mousavipour further added: Motorcycle riders who cover or deface their license plates, mostly do this for violations, such as crossing a red light, entering a traffic plan, and crossing special lanes. But in some cases, covering the license plate is known as a prelude to committing more serious crimes such as theft, and the police deal with it severely and introduce the criminals to the judicial system.

In the end, Sardar Mousavipour said: The number plate, birth certificate and identity of your vehicle. Covering the license plate means escaping from the law and manipulating its numbers means entering the crime valley. Every time you cover the license plate, you're actually telling yourself I'm not responsible. Keep the license plate legible, mount it in a standard location, and know that the slightest tampering with the license plate will get you convicted.