ENROLLED
ACT No. 673
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 888
BY REPRESENTATIVE PIERRE
1 AN ACT
2 To 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.
6 Be 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
20 notify the secretary on a monthly report listing of all plates so removed and
21 destroyed. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, upon receipt of the
22 electronic notification of a transfer on such vehicle accompanied by the required
23 affidavit, shall issue a new plate to the new owner in the same manner as if the
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1 vehicle had no plate issued to it. The knowing submission of a false affidavit
2 electronic notification shall be false swearing under R.S. 14:125.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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