Required here, but no where enforced. I got my car from a different state that didn't require the front plate and they never put anything on the front so that I could put one on. I have never put one on, have been pulled over for speeding in a school zone, it was near Christmas and there were no flashing lights so I had no clue if they were in or out at that time, and they never gave me a ticket for not having one. Good money maker, but for some reason not enforced. I don't mind one bit. I may have to pick up my Challenger out of state like that.