Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:502.3 – A. A person or their spouse may operate a vehicle in this state without securing Louisiana registration or paying sales or use tax imposed pursuant to R.S. 47:302(A)(2) or by a polit
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:502.3
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
- 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. A person or their spouse may operate a vehicle in this state without securing Louisiana registration or paying sales or use tax imposed pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 47:302(A)(2) or by a political subdivision for up to ninety days following either’s separation from active duty from any branch of the armed forces of the United States should the following requirements be met:
(1) The license plates displayed on the vehicle are valid and current plates issued by a foreign jurisdiction.
(2) The vehicle registration and license plates are current and issued to the person who separated from active duty of any branch of the armed forces of the United States or the spouse of a person who separated from active duty of any branch of the armed forces of the United States.
(3) The owner or driver of the vehicle has in effect one of the forms of financial responsibility specified in La. Rev. Stat. 32:861.
B. A person or their spouse shall secure a Louisiana registration and remit sales or use taxes imposed pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 47:302(A)(2) or by a political subdivision for a vehicle should the vehicle registration and license plates issued by a foreign jurisdiction expire prior to or during the ninety days following either’s separation from active duty of any branch of the armed forces of the United States.
Acts 2016, No. 25, §1, eff. May 9, 2016.