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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:509.1

  • Motor vehicle: means every vehicle, as herein defined, which is self propelled. 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

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, when the ownership of a motor vehicle is transferred from a deceased spouse to a surviving spouse and the surviving spouse applies for registration of that motor vehicle, the surviving spouse shall receive credit for the unused portion of the vehicle registration license tax which was paid for registration of the motor vehicle in the name of the deceased spouse.  

Acts 1991, No. 466, §1.