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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:531

  • Commissioner: means the secretary of the Department of Public Safety as provided for in 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

The director of public safety is designated as vehicle commissioner of the state; he shall have all powers and perform such duties as are herein imposed upon the vehicle commissioner.  

Amended by Acts 1972, No. 96, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.