Rear License Plate and Truck Camper?
I am buying a 8 1/2 ft truck camper that will be installed on a 3/4 ton 6 1/2 ft bed. The camper will then extend over the rear of the truck. The camper bottom does not hang below the tailgate. But u...
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HMS Beagle wrote:
In California, it would be technically illegal to put the plate on the camper. (In Calif. a pickup and camper is a commercial vehicle with a load and the plate must be attached to the vehicle, not the load).
I don't know squat about Minnesota because, like Beagle, I call California home. For the same reason he mentioned I have never once moved my rear license plate from the truck to the camper (I do keep a copy of this section of CA vehicle code in my glove box). That said, I also made myself a (plastic laminated) paper plate with my license number on it and the words "This is not a license plate. Original plate on truck bumper"... and I put it on the TC.
That paper plate has been on my truck camper for many years, including my recent trip from San Francisco California to Key West Florida. I have never been stopped or questioned about it and (legal or not) I don't expect that I ever will.
Cheers,
-Mark
