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GREENSBORO – Bobby Harville is a Mountaineer fan.

"It's a great place to go to school,” Harville said. “If I had to do it all over again, I would go right back to Appalachian State.”

Friday, he said he hadn't heard about the new state law that bans license plate frames that cover the word “North Carolina” on the plates. The new law goes into effect Dec. 1.

"I just bought that trim ring, so I'm a little disappointed about that," said Harville.

State law already prohibited frames that covered the registration stickers. The change will help authorities identify cars more easily.

“If you got that license plate frame around there and all you have is just a tag with some numbers on it, and you don't know which state it's from, you try to run them and if it's in North Carolina, you may be successful or you may not be," said Trooper W.J. Davis, with the North Carolina Highway Patrol.

The frames come from everywhere from car dealerships to novelty stores, but Davis said they all can prevent officers from catching suspects.

“I've had some incidents myself where I wasn't successful in getting them," said Davis

The state stands to make some money off the new law. Fines are $100, but luckily don't go into effect until next December.

One parking lot in Greensboro had some 29 violators Friday.

More people may turn to vanity plates to express themselves -- whether it's school spirit or other things near and dear to their hearts. And others may move those frames to the front of their car.

"I'll still let people know who I pull for, and who the best team in the state is," said Harville.