Worldwide
In some countries, like Norway, the owner will annually get a sticker to place on the registration plate, if the vehicle is permitted for driving. In Australia, historically a windscreen sticker has been required but several states are moving away from requiring stickers in favour of number plate recognition systems. In the United States and Canada, an annual or biennial sticker is usually applied to the licence plate, with a few exceptions. For example, the District of Columbia and a few U.S. states use windscreen stickers, and some U.S. and Canadian jurisdictions issue permanent fleet licence plates. Also, some U.S. states, such as Virginia, require that a motorist obtain a vehicle licence from the city, county, or town government in addition to registering the vehicle with the appropriate agency of the state government. Note that in British English licence is the correct spelling for the noun, and is also an acceptable variant spelling of the verb. In US English both noun and verb are spelled license.
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