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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:511.3

  • 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
  • Motor vehicle: means every vehicle, as herein defined, which is self propelled. 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
  • 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 Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall issue a temporary registration plate to authorize a motor vehicle to be operated upon the highways of this state when it is not otherwise registered or licensed in this state if the owner purchased the vehicle with the intention to permanently take the vehicle out of this state.

B.  The fee for the temporary registration plate shall be five dollars and fifty cents and the department may use a plate which is identical to the temporary registration plates issued by dealers as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 47:519.

C.  The temporary registration plate issued in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall expire within thirty days from the date of its issuance.  The department shall include on each plate the date that such plate was issued and the make and vehicle identification number of the vehicle for which the plate was issued.  An owner shall be eligible to receive only one temporary registration permit per vehicle.

D.  The department shall promulgate rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Section.

Acts 1999, No. 564, §1.