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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., which states he has received the vehicle, removed the license
18 or number plate from such vehicle, and intends to resell the vehicle. The dealer shall
19 attach the title and registration to the electronic notification. He shall electronically
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1 notify the secretary on a monthly report listing of all plates so removed and
2 destroyed. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, upon receipt of the
3 electronic notification of a transfer on such vehicle accompanied by the required
4 affidavit, shall issue a new plate to the new owner in the same manner as if the
5 vehicle had no plate issued to it. The knowing submission of a false affidavit
6 electronic notification shall 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 Reengrossed 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.
Provides that the knowing submission of a false affidavit is a false swearing under present
law (R.S. 14:125).
Proposed law modifies present law by requiring the dealer to remove the license plate and
submit an electronic notification, instead of an affidavit attesting to the removal of the
license plate, to the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections, which states he has received the
vehicle, removed the license or number plate from such vehicle, and intends to resell the
vehicle. Also, extends the notice requirement for canceled license plates in present law to
leased vehicles. Clarifies that the knowing submission of a false electronic notification is
a false swearing under present law (R.S. 14:125).
(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.
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Eliminate references to submission of affidavits and specify that electronic
notification must be submitted by a dealer to the Dept. of Public Safety and
Corrections and contain a statement that he has received the vehicle, removed the
license or number plate from such vehicle, and that he intends to resell the
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vehicle. Also, require the dealer to attach the title and registration to the
electronic notification.
2. Clarify that the knowing submission of a false electronic notification, instead of
an affidavit, is a false swearing under present law.
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