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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 417
BY SENATOR GARY SMITH
MOTOR VEHICLES. Provides relative to a water damaged vehicle. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 32:707(O), relative to the application for certificate of title of motor vehicles;2
to provide for requirement of certificate of title on a water damaged vehicle; and to3
provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:707(O) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง707. Application for certificates of title; exception; salvage title; antique vehicles;7
reconstructed title8
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(O) A vehicle whose power train, computer, or electrical system has10
sustained water damage, but does not meet the criteria for a salvaged vehicle,11
or a certificate of destruction, shall be issued a branded title indicating the12
vehicle has sustained water damage. The department may promulgate rules as13
are necessary to implement and enforce this Subsection.14 SB NO. 417
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Margaret M. Corley.
DIGEST
Gary Smith (SB 417)
Proposed law provides for the issuance of title for a vehicle whose power train, computer,
or electrical system has sustained water damage, but does not meet the criteria for a salvaged
vehicle, or a certificate of destruction.
Proposed law requires a branded title to be issued indicating the vehicle has sustained water
damage.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 32:707(O))