The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Michael Bell.
DIGEST
SB 440 Original 2018 Regular Session Morrell
Present law provides that in any municipality in this state, when a motor vehicle is seized or
otherwise held by any policeman or other officer employed by said municipality for illegal parking,
stationing or abandoning of such motor vehicle or for the violation of any traffic ordinance or
regulation of the municipality, the owner shall be entitled to regain possession thereof upon payment
of such costs as may be fixed by the policing authority of the municipality for the violation.
Proposed law retains present law.
Proposed law requires a municipality to notify the registered owner, in writing, by mailing a copy
of the final notice of fines due by certified mail, return receipt to the registered owner's last known
address. Proposed law further provides that if the registered owner does not resolve the unpaid fines
within 15 days after receiving the final notice of fines due, the municipality may immobilize the
motor vehicle upon the showing of proof that it has in its possession the return receipt executed by
the registered owner.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 32:472)