[Kevinh44]

Do license plates on motorcycles HAVE to be facing the rear? Can they sit (if looking from rear) facing left or right? Or so you just have to have a license plate located on it somewhere?

 

[cwadej]

You'll definitely run afoul of
547.322(f):
(f) A taillamp or a separate lamp shall be constructed and mounted to emit a white light that:
(1) illuminates the rear license plate; and
(2) makes the plate clearly legible at a distance of 50 feet from the rear.


legible from the rear. so if your plate faces the side, how can it be legible from the rear?

 

[bigaaronsrt]

typically they must read top to bottom if they are sideways.