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ACT No. 949
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1418
BY REPRESENTATIVE FOIL
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 32:1735.1, relative to storage of motor vehicles; to allow law enforcement2
agencies to place holds on motor vehicles stored at a licensed storage facility; to3
provide for notification; to provide for payment of the storage of the motor vehicle;4
and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 32:1735.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
ยง1735.1. Motor vehicle holds; storage requirements; notification; payment of8
storage costs9
A. Any law enforcement agency may place a hold on a vehicle stored at a10
licensed storage facility for up to fourteen calendar days.11
B. A law enforcement agency may request extension of a hold placed12
pursuant to Subsection A of this Section. In order to extend a hold, the law13
enforcement agency shall notify the storage facility in writing prior to expiration of14
the initial hold. If the law enforcement agency does not request extension of such15
hold, the storage facility shall release the vehicle to its owner upon payment by such16
owner of all towing and storage charges to the storage facility, provided that the17
storage facility has complied with the provisions of R.S. 32:1719 and 1720. 18
C. When a law enforcement agency extends its hold pursuant to Subsection19
B of this Section, the law enforcement agency may remove the vehicle to a20
designated impound lot.21
D. When a law enforcement agency extends its hold pursuant to Subsection22
B of this Section and elects to continue storage of the motor vehicle at the storage23
facility, the law enforcement agency shall be responsible for payment of the storage24 ENROLLEDHB NO. 1418
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facility's charges during the requested hold extension period; however, the owner of1
the motor vehicle shall be responsible for payment of the storage facility's towing2
and storage charges during the initial law enforcement hold period.3
E. Upon judicial determination of no probable cause, a law enforcement4
agency shall release its hold on the impounded vehicle.5
F. Upon judicial determination of guilt of an offense pursuant to Titles 14,6
32, or 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, for which law enforcement7
placed a hold on his vehicle, the owner of an impounded vehicle shall be liable for8
payment of all towing and storage costs.9
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: