HLS 18RS-130 ORIGINAL
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 674
BY REPRESENTATIVE NORTON
MTR VEHICLE/DISMANTLERS: Provides relative to the documents that an owner who
sells a vehicle for scrap must present to the purchaser
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 32:717(A), relative to the sale of an motor vehicle as scrap to be
3 dismantled or destroyed; to provide for an addition to the documents that must be
4 presented to sell a motor vehicle as scrap; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 32:717(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง717. Sale of motor vehicle as scrap
8 A. Any owner who sells a motor vehicle as scrap to be dismantled or
9 destroyed shall assign a certificate of title or deliver a bill of sale thereto to the
10 purchaser, whether the certificate was issued by the vehicle commissioner of this
11 state or any other state, and the purchaser shall deliver the certificate of title to the
12 commissioner with an application for a permit to dismantle such vehicle. The
13 commissioner shall thereupon issue to the purchaser a permit to dismantle the
14 vehicle, which shall authorize the purchaser to possess or transport the motor vehicle
15 or to transfer ownership thereto by an endorsement upon the permit. A certificate
16 of title shall not again be issued for the motor vehicle in the event it is scrapped,
17 dismantled, or destroyed.
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are additions. HLS 18RS-130 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 674
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 674 Original 2018 Regular Session Norton
Abstract: Allows an owner who sells a motor vehicle as scrap to deliver a bill of sale to the
purchaser in lieu of a certificate of title.
Present law requires an owner who sells a motor vehicle as scrap to be dismantled or
destroyed to assign a certificate of title to the purchaser, regardless of whether the certificate
was issued by the vehicle commissioner of this state or any other state.
Proposed law modifies present law by allowing an owner to deliver a bill of sale to the
purchaser in lieu of a certificate of title.
(Amends R.S. 32:717(A))
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