Two former Rhode Island judges are still driving with judicial license plates, and the state Supreme Court has ordered them returned by Friday.

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Aurendina G. Veiga, 47, resigned as a magistrate for the state's Traffic Tribunal because ethics violations and a refusal to take an ethics course.

Marjorie R. Yashar, 65, retired as of Sept. 27 as a judge on the tribunal after being disciplined for conduct demeaning her office and a serious ethics complaint.

The Providence Journal reports both sill have the special license plates given to judges and the state Supreme Court said after numerous requests to return them, there was no choice but to issue an order.

Court spokeswoman Susan Pedgen said there was no formal order but an administrator has called both former judges and their lawyers about it.

Pedgen said this was the first time the court has had to do this.

A formal letter from the director of the state's Department of Motor Vehicles will also be sent to both Yashar and Veiga.