GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A bureaucratic glitch in Michigan has led to the issuing of a number of 2011 license plate renewal tags in the wrong color, authorities said.
A state police trooper assigned to the Rockford station reported encountering about 50 vehicles this year with yellow 2011 tabs -- tabs that are supposed to be orange, the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Press reported Saturday.
Color-coded tabs are meant to aid police in spotting vehicles with expired registrations.
Police stopping vehicles with the wrong color tabs can still determine through in-car computers that the tabs are valid, secretary of state spokeswoman Kelly Chesney said.
"This error sometimes occurs when we are transitioning to a new year -- hence a new color," she said.
The state police department has issued a memo to officers, she said.
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