Here’s How California Closed the Montana License Plate Loophole
- Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images It’s official: California has closed the Montana license plate loophole.
- After more than seven months of legislative shuffling, CA State Bill 1406 (“Sales and Use Tax Law: vehicles: shell companies”) became law on Sept.
- 30, 2026, making it much harder to get away with the shell-company shenanigans rich Californians have exploited for decades.
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- Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images It’s official: California has closed the Montana license plate loophole.
- After more than seven months of legislative shuffling, CA State Bill 1406 (“Sales and Use Tax Law: vehicles: shell companies”) became law on Sept.
- 30, 2026, making it much harder to get away with the shell-company shenanigans rich Californians have exploited for decades.
Sources: Thedrive