Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:474 – Transporter plates
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:474
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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. The office of motor vehicles shall establish procedures by which persons who transport vehicles of any type, by any method, may obtain transporter plates.
B. The office of motor vehicles shall determine the design and material of the transporter plates.
C. The office of motor vehicles shall design the application forms which shall be used for applying for transporter plates and shall determine the information which shall be included in the applications.
D. Transporter plates shall be valid for one year.
E. Each applicant for a transporter plate shall present evidence, in a form satisfactory to the office of motor vehicles, that the applicant is covered by a liability insurance policy or bond covering public liability and property damage. The policy or bond shall be for not less than ten thousand dollars for public liability and for not less than five thousand dollars for property damage.
F. Each transporter plate shall cost one hundred dollars.
G. Transporter plates may be used in lieu of other license plates required by law for transporting any vehicle, including but not limited to mobile homes, other trailers, trucks, and other motor vehicles.
H. The office of motor vehicles shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of this Section. All rules shall be adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
Acts 1992, No. 631, §1, eff. July 2, 1992.