A license plate validation system for a vehicle, comprising: a vehicle (502, 620); an RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500) on the vehicle (502, 620), the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500) comprising a registration sticker (308, 400) thereon; a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader (102, 604) located inside the vehicle (502, 620) and configured to read from the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500) on the vehicle (502, 620) upon detecting an attempt to start the vehicle (502, 620); and a microcontroller coupled to the RFID reader (102, 604) and configured to: receive, from the RFID reader (102, 604), information obtained from the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500); and determine, based at least on the received information, whether the vehicle (502, 620) is properly registered by: determining whether the RFID reader (102, 604) is able to read from the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500); and in response to determining that the RFID reader (102, 604) is not able to read from the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500), determining that the vehicle (502, 620) is not properly registered, wherein the RFID reader (102, 604) is not able to read from the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500) as a result of the registration sticker (308, 400) on the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500) being degraded due to an expired registration. a vehicle (502, 620); an RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500) on the vehicle (502, 620), the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500) comprising a registration sticker (308, 400) thereon; a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader (102, 604) located inside the vehicle (502, 620) and configured to read from the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500) on the vehicle (502, 620) upon detecting an attempt to start the vehicle (502, 620); and a microcontroller coupled to the RFID reader (102, 604) and configured to: receive, from the RFID reader (102, 604), information obtained from the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500); and determine, based at least on the received information, whether the vehicle (502, 620) is properly registered by: determining whether the RFID reader (102, 604) is able to read from the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500); and in response to determining that the RFID reader (102, 604) is not able to read from the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500), determining that the vehicle (502, 620) is not properly registered, wherein the RFID reader (102, 604) is not able to read from the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500) as a result of the registration sticker (308, 400) on the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500) being degraded due to an expired registration. receive, from the RFID reader (102, 604), information obtained from the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500); and determine, based at least on the received information, whether the vehicle (502, 620) is properly registered by: determining whether the RFID reader (102, 604) is able to read from the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500); and in response to determining that the RFID reader (102, 604) is not able to read from the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500), determining that the vehicle (502, 620) is not properly registered, wherein the RFID reader (102, 604) is not able to read from the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500) as a result of the registration sticker (308, 400) on the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500) being degraded due to an expired registration. determining whether the RFID reader (102, 604) is able to read from the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500); and in response to determining that the RFID reader (102, 604) is not able to read from the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500), determining that the vehicle (502, 620) is not properly registered, wherein the RFID reader (102, 604) is not able to read from the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500) as a result of the registration sticker (308, 400) on the RFID-enabled license plate (200, 202, 204, 300, 500) being degraded due to an expired registration.