Washington faces license plate shortage

Washington is one of several states nationwide going through a license plate shortage, so now Clark County could begin issuing temporary paper permits instead for passenger vehicles. The Clark County Auditor’s Office and nine licensing subagents are part of that process. "The production capacity has been really diminished," Clark County auditor Greg Kimsey said.

The shortage in Washington is due in part to interruptions in production during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Metal license plates are produced by Department of Corrections (DOC) inmates. "It has been having significant challenges the entire pandemic," Kimsey explained. "Safety and shortage of workers, both."

The DOC has worked to increase staffing but also outsourced production to another state beginning July 31.

[jimk]

Considering how many expired plates I see on the road who fear no tickets, does this matter?

[jimwilliams]

Really, this is a problem.
How about making them out of a different material.
And you can outsource the production to a machine shop with a CIC machine.

[Intruc]

Everything is running short these days.

[MXP]

Defund license plates. If showing ID is racist, so are IDs for your car.

[chuckruckus]

So don’t use one. Are police even pulling cars over now?

[lostwoodproduction]

Fucking bullshit that they charge me for a plate then when I asked if I will receive it within 60 days and their response was "I hope so". Don't feel like I should be paying for something I didn't even get.