HLS 16RS-849 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 888
BY REPRESENTATIVE PIERRE
MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Modifies the license plate notification requirements
applicable to dealers who resell trade-in vehicles and extends such requirements to
lease returns
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 47:505(B)(2), relative to license plates; to modify the notice
3 requirement for canceled license plates applicable to dealers who resell trade-in
4 vehicles; to extend the notice requirement for canceled license plates for such dealers
5 to leased vehicles; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 47:505(B)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง505. Number plates
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10 B.
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12 (2) Any dealer of motor vehicles who receives a lease return or a previously
13 owned vehicle with the intention of reselling such vehicle shall remove the license
14 or number plate from such vehicle before resale. After the dealer so removes the
15 plate, he shall execute an affidavit submit electronic notification to the department
16 attesting to that fact and attach said affidavit to the title and registration. He shall
17 electronically notify the secretary on a monthly report listing of all plates so removed
18 and destroyed. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, upon receipt of
19 a transfer on such vehicle accompanied by the required affidavit, shall issue a new
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HB NO. 888
1 plate to the new owner in the same manner as if the vehicle had no plate issued to it.
2 The knowing submission of a false affidavit shall be false swearing under R.S.
3 14:125.
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DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 888 Original 2016 Regular Session Pierre
Abstract: Modifies the notice requirement dealers who sell trade-in vehicles must follow
for cancelled license plates. Also, extends the notice requirement to canceled license
plates for leased vehicles.
Present law requires any dealer of motor vehicles who receives a previously owned vehicle
with the intention of reselling such vehicle to remove the license plate from that vehicle and
execute an affidavit attesting to that fact and attach said affidavit to the title and registration.
Proposed law modifies present law by requiring the dealer to remove the license plate and
submit an electronic notification to the department attesting that the license plate has been
removed instead of executing an affidavit and attaching the affidavit to the title and
registration. Also, extends the notice requirement for canceled license plates in present law
to leased vehicles.
(Amends R.S. 47:505(B)(2))
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