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ACT No. 638
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 674
BY REPRESENTATIVE NORTON
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 32:717(A) and 718(C) and to enact R.S. 32:717(C) and 718(E),
3 relative to the sale of a motor vehicle or auto hulk as scrap to be dismantled or
4 destroyed; to define the term "motor vehicle"; to specify the database for certain
5 required reporting; to provide for certain prohibitions and reporting relative to stolen
6 auto hulk; to provide for certain terms and conditions; and to provide for related
7 matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 32:717(A) and 718(C) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
10 32:717(C) and 718(E) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
11 §717. Sale of motor vehicle as scrap
12 A. Any owner who sells a motor vehicle as scrap to be dismantled or
13 destroyed shall assign a certificate of title thereto to the purchaser, whether the
14 certificate was issued by the vehicle commissioner of this state or any other state,
15 and the purchaser shall deliver the certificate of title to the commissioner with an
16 application for a permit to dismantle such the vehicle. The commissioner shall
17 thereupon issue to the purchaser a permit to dismantle the vehicle, which shall
18 authorize the purchaser to possess or transport the motor vehicle or to transfer
19 ownership thereto by an endorsement upon the permit. A certificate of title shall not
20 again be issued for the motor vehicle in the event it is scrapped, dismantled, or
21 destroyed.
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1 C. For purposes of this Section, "motor vehicle" or "vehicle" means a "motor
2 vehicle" as defined in R.S. 32:401.
3 §718. Sale of an auto hulk as scrap to a scrap metal processor or a licensed
4 automotive dismantler and parts recycler
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6 C. Every secondary metal processor or licensed automotive dismantler and
7 parts recycler shall submit an electronic report to the office of motor vehicles of the
8 vehicle identification number of each auto hulk or vehicle received from a seller to
9 the office of motor vehicles' auto hulk database located at www.expresslane.org.
10 The report shall be in a form approved by the office of motor vehicles and shall be
11 submitted within seventy-two hours of the purchase of the auto hulk prior to the
12 dismantling, crushing, or other destruction of the auto hulk. The office of motor
13 vehicles shall send a return message that the report was successfully entered. If the
14 office's return message indicates the auto hulk has been reported as stolen, such auto
15 hulk shall not be dismantled or destroyed, and the secondary metal processor or
16 licensed automotive dismantler and parts recycler in possession of the auto hulk shall
17 notify local law enforcement of its location.
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19 E. For the purposes of this Chapter and Chapter 4-C of this Title, "auto hulk"
20 shall not mean a motor vehicle as defined in R.S. 32:781.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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