Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:477 – Trailers to bear stenciled serial numbers
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:477
- Department: means the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, acting directly through its duly authorized officers and agents, or whatever state board, official, or body may hereafter be authorized by law to exercise the functions now devolving upon it under the law. 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Before issuing a license for any semitrailer, trailer, or tandem semitrailer, the deputy secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall require the owner to furnish the deputy secretary the serial number of each such vehicle. This serial number shall be stenciled permanently on the rear axle of each vehicle. If the semitrailer, trailer or tandem semitrailer does not have a serial number, then the office of state police shall assign to the owner a serial number and stencil that number permanently on the vehicle. The fee for this service shall be not less than five dollars if the semitrailer, trailer, or tandem semitrailer is brought into the office of state police or a state police headquarters or station for stenciling, and shall be not less than ten dollars if it is necessary for a representative of the office to perform the service in the field. This fee shall be retained by the office of state police to help defray the expenses of administering this Section. The number so assigned and stenciled shall be used in making application for and the licensing of each such vehicle. Any fees charged in excess of said fees shall be adopted pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 49:950, et seq.
Amended by Acts 1958, No. 152, §1; Acts 1977, No. 427, §1, eff. July 1, 1977; Acts 1986, No. 344, §1.