Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1270.26 – Notice regarding recalls; recreational vehicles
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1270.26
- Dealer: means a person who holds a license from the commission authorized by the manufacturer to service the items in a recreational vehicle warranted by the manufacturer, who is actively engaged in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging new recreational vehicles at retail, and who has an established place of business. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1270.32
- Manufacturer: means any person, firm, association, corporation, or trust, resident or nonresident, who manufactures or assembles recreational vehicles or the chassis for recreational vehicles. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1270.32
- New recreational vehicle: means a recreational vehicle, the legal title to which has never been transferred by a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer to an ultimate purchaser. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1252
- recreational vehicle: includes a motor home, a travel trailer, a fifth-wheel travel trailer, a folding camper trailer, a slide-in truck camper, and a park model trailer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1270.32
- Recreational vehicle dealer: means any person who, for a commission or with intent to make a profit or gain of money or other thing of value, buys, sells, brokers, exchanges, auctions, offers, or attempts to negotiate a sale or exchange of an interest in recreational vehicles and who is engaged wholly or in part in the business of buying and selling recreational vehicles in the state of Louisiana and who holds a license as a recreational products dealer under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1252
- Vehicle: means any motor vehicle, specialty vehicle, or recreational product subject to regulation by this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1252
It shall be a violation of this Part for a recreational vehicle dealer to sell a new recreational vehicle without first supplying a prospective buyer with the following notice: “A new recreational vehicle may have been subject to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration required recall which would be repaired in accordance with manufacturer standards approved by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. If such a repair is a concern before you purchase, please ask for a copy of the recall notice, if applicable, to the recreational vehicle being sold.” This notice shall be included on the buyer’s order in a box and in bold print which is signed by the buyer and the seller or his representative next to the box. If the buyer requests the recall notice, the recall notice shall be included in the sales transaction. If the selling recreational vehicle dealer performed the repair, the documents supporting the repair shall also be included in the sales transaction.
Acts 2012, No. 326, §1.