TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – In a memo to all Florida law enforcement agencies on December 12, FLHSMV clarified that license plate frames are permissible as long as they don’t obscure the tag number or decal.

Floridians are facing a wave of confusion after different legal authorities have put license plate frames in the crosshairs. A new law made obstructed plates a second-degree misdemeanor, but it ...