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