Defintely in L.A county there really sensitive with small things. I'm in Rancho Mirage area by Palm Springs, CA. I've been lucky with my front plate removed since I got the car going on 2 years. After extensive research, I was going to paint my front plate all black with White california and org. plate # but it just was to complicated to do and if they really wanted to they could give me a ticket for that. I'm not sure what they would right for the ticket for but they will come up with something to charge me with. Does it mean I still wont do it. But When they pull me over for having the front plate missing then I'll work on changing the plate color and install in the front. No more missing plate just different color. Other then that Nice touch up on the car.