# Transportation (GTR)

## Title 13. Vehicle Laws -- Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles

### Subtitle 4. Registration of Vehicles

#### Section 13-411.1

(a) In this section, "registration plate cover" means any tinted, colored, painted, marked, or illuminated object that is designed to:

  (1) Obscure or block any of the characters of a vehicle's registration plate; or

  (2) Distort a recorded image of any of the characters of a vehicle's registration plate recorded by a traffic control signal monitoring system under Sec. 21-202.1 of this article.

(b) A person may not sell or offer for sale a registration plate cover.

(c)

  (1) A person may not advertise for the purpose of promoting the sale of registration plate covers.

  (2) A person may not advertise for or promote the sale of an unlawful registration plate cover by falsely claiming that the registration plate cover is lawful in the State.

(d) A violation of subsection (c)(2) of this section is:

  (1) An unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice within the meaning of Title 13 of the Commercial Law Article; and

  (2) In addition to the penalty under Sec. 27-101 of this article, subject to the enforcement and penalty provisions contained in Title 13 of the Commercial Law Article.

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Md. Code Ann., Transp. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)