HLS 16RS-849 ENGROSSED
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 of Public Safety and Corrections attesting to that fact and attach said affidavit to the
17 title and registration. He shall electronically notify the secretary on a monthly report
18 listing of all plates so removed and destroyed. The Department of Public Safety and
19 Corrections, upon receipt of a transfer on such vehicle accompanied by the required
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1 affidavit, shall issue a new plate to the new owner in the same manner as if the
2 vehicle had no plate issued to it. The knowing submission of a false affidavit shall
3 be false swearing under R.S. 14:125.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
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 Engrossed 2016 Regular Session Pierre
Abstract: Modifies the notice requirement dealers who sell trade-in vehicles must follow
for canceled 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 Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections 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))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Transportation,
Highways and Public Works to the original bill:
1. Clarify a reference to department as the Department of Public Safety and
Corrections.
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