Iowa is one of 31 states to require vehicles to display both front and rear license plates. Despite a proposed bill in the Iowa House to make the front plate optional , State Representative Clel Baudler wants both plates to stay put. “I think I got it stopped. I hate that. As a Trooper, law enforcement officer, you need that front plate.”

Baudler says that in addition to displaying both your front and rear license plates, Iowa law also requires you to keep your plates’ county of registration visible.