Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:522 – Authorization to enter dealer premises to recover state credentials
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:522
- Dealer: means every person engaged regularly in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, trucks, tractors, or other character of commercial or industrial motor vehicles in this state, and having an established place of business in this state, and using a special license plate issued hereunder solely for or in the bona fide transaction of such business and not otherwise, howsoever, or by whomsoever. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- 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
- 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. Whenever any licensed dealer has his license suspended or revoked, or if the licensed dealer ceases operations without any formal action by the appropriate commission, representatives of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall be authorized to enter any and all locations of the dealer to recover official state credentials issued to the dealer by the department, including but not limited to dealer inventory plates, temporary registration plates, and motor vehicle inspection stickers.
B. In the event the dealer, or any agent or representative of the dealer, removes or causes to be removed the official state credentials, the dealer shall be responsible for surrendering the credentials to the department.
C. The Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission and the Louisiana Recreational and Used Motor Vehicle Commission shall promptly notify the Department of Public Safety and Corrections whenever a dealer’s license is suspended or revoked, or if either commission has information that a licensed dealer has ceased operations without any formal action against the dealer’s license.
Acts 2009, No. 435, §2, eff. July 1, 2010.