Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:509 – Transfer of certain registration certificates
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:509
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Commissioner: means the secretary of the Department of Public Safety as provided for in Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Highway: includes every way or place of whatever nature open to the use of the public, for the purpose of vehicular travel. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- Motor vehicle: means every vehicle, as herein defined, which is self propelled. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- Owner: means a person who holds the legal title to a vehicle or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale, lease, or transfer of the possession, howsoever, thereof with right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with the right of immediate possession vested in such vendee, lessee, possessor, or in the event such similar transaction is had by means of mortgage and the mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or possessor or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- Person: means every natural person, individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, association, or joint stock association or other organization. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- Semitrailer: means every single vehicle without motive power designed for carrying property or passengers and so designed in conjunction and used with a motor vehicle that some part of its own weight and that of its own load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle and having itself one or more load-carrying axles. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- Tandem truck: means every motor propelled single vehicle designed for the conveyance of property or things for hauling purposes and having one front or steering axle and two rear or load carrying axles, even though one of said load carrying axles is not permanently affixed to the frame of the vehicle and may be removed therefrom. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- Trailer: means every single vehicle without motive power designed for carrying property or passengers wholly on its own structure and designed to be drawn by a truck, tractor, or another motor vehicle and having two or more load carrying axles. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- Truck: means every motor propelled single vehicle for the conveyance of property or things for hauling purposes and having one front or steering axle and one rear or load carrying axle. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- Vehicle: means every device in, upon, or by which any person, property, or thing is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks; provided, that for the purpose of this Chapter, a bicycle or a ridden animal shall not be deemed a vehicle, and provided further that a trailer or semitrailer shall be held and deemed each to be and constitute a separate vehicle. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
A. Whenever the title or interest of any person in or to a vehicle (except trucks, tandem trucks, semitrailers, tandem semitrailers, trailers, and busses or passenger coaches, registered under the provisions of this Chapter) is transferred or assigned, the registration of such vehicle, together with the number plates originally assigned thereto, shall be transferred to the transferee or assignee thereof upon the surrender of the former’s registration certificate, or upon proof satisfactory to the commissioner of the transfer thereof; the number plate or plates originally assigned to the vehicle must remain attached thereto until the end of the current registration year. The transferee, before operating or permitting the operation of such motor vehicle upon a highway, shall apply and obtain the registration thereof, as upon original registration, except as herein otherwise provided. In the case of a transfer or assignment of the title or interest of an owner in and to a vehicle, the registration thereof shall be suspended and the vehicle shall not be operated upon the highways unless the new owner obtains a transfer or registration in accordance with the provisions hereof. The Commissioner of the Division of State Police may issue to proper persons, under such rules and regulations as he shall provide, a temporary permit for the operation of such vehicle upon the highways.
B.(1) Whenever the title or interest of any person in or to a truck, tandem truck, semitrailer, tandem semitrailer, trailer, and bus or passenger coach, registered and licensed under the provisions of this Chapter, other than as provided in Paragraphs (2) through (5) of this Subsection, is transferred or assigned, the owner shall transfer the registration certificate and license plate thereof.
(2) Whenever a truck, tandem truck, semitrailer, trailer, and bus or passenger coach, registered under the provisions of this Chapter, for which a license in excess of $10.00 has been paid, is destroyed or permanently withdrawn from service and replaced by a like vehicle to be similarly used, the registered owner may transfer the registration and license plate from the vehicle destroyed or withdrawn from service to the vehicle replacing it, by complying with Paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Subsection.
(3) To effect such transfer and registration the owner of the vehicle shall pay a total registration transfer fee of three dollars. Such fee shall cover only the transfer of said registration. Where applicable the transferee shall submit an affidavit showing the fact of destruction or withdrawal from service, and surrender the registration certificate therefor to the commissioner. No plate shall be used by the owner until the use thereof on a vehicle other than that for which it was originally issued has been approved by the commissioner.
(4) If the weight of the replacement vehicle being registered under this Subsection exceeds the weight of the vehicle destroyed or withdrawn from service, a new license plate shall be purchased for the replacement vehicle. The commissioner shall, upon surrender of the old license plate, allow credit for the amount paid therefor, against the registration fee for the replacement vehicle.
(5) Whenever the title or interest of any person in or to a truck, tandem truck, semitrailer, tandem semitrailer, trailer, vehicle used for the transport of forest products, and bus or passenger coach, registered under the provisions of this Chapter as a common or contract vehicle, is transferred or assigned, the owner shall retain the registration and license plate thereof and the same may be used as the registration certificate and licensing plate of another vehicle of the same classification or surrendered to the commissioner under such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the commissioner. No such registration certificate or license plate shall be used by the owner until the use thereof on a vehicle other than that for which it was originally issued has been approved by the commissioner.
C. Repealed by Acts 1958, No. 403, §2.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 86, §1; Acts 1958, No. 403, §1; Acts 1977, No. 420, §1, eff. July 1, 1977; Acts 1985, No. 79, §1.