Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:807 – Transfers of scrapped motor vehicles
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:807
- Commission: means the Louisiana Used Motor Vehicle Commission or its designee. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:781
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Dismantler and parts recycler: means a person, firm, or corporation engaged in whole or in part in the business of acquiring and dismantling, disassembling, or repairing wrecked, abandoned, or repairable motor vehicles or selling the usable parts thereof, or selling such wrecked, abandoned, or repairable motor vehicles as a unit of wholesale, or selling such repaired motor vehicles as a unit at wholesale. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:781
- Motor vehicle: means any motor-driven vehicle required to be registered that was used, is used, or is designed to be used for the transporting of passengers or goods for public, private, commercial, or for-hire purposes. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:801
- Motor vehicle crusher: means any person, firm, limited liability corporation, or corporation engaged in whole or in part in the business of purchasing and crushing or compacting motor vehicles and selling the crushed or compacted vehicle for scrap. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:781
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Scrap metal processor: means any person or entity engaged in the business of obtaining and storing scrap metal, as defined by Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:781
- Used motor vehicle: means a motor vehicle, which has been previously titled to an ultimate purchaser as defined in Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:781
A. Unless transferred by a dismantler and parts recycler or motor vehicle crusher licensed by this commission, all transfers of motor vehicles shall be accompanied by the delivery of possession of the certificate of title, a permit to sell, or the permit to dismantle the motor vehicle, as required under La. Rev. Stat. 32:716 or 717, whichever is applicable, by the transferor to the transferee thereof.
B. No motor vehicle crusher or scrap metal processor acquiring a motor vehicle from any person, firm, or corporation who is not licensed under the provisions of this Part as a dismantler and parts recycler or as a motor vehicle crusher shall crush, compact, demolish, shred, or otherwise recycle for scrap such motor vehicle until after applying with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles, for a permit to dismantle the motor vehicle for scrap in accordance with the applicable provisions and procedures set forth in La. Rev. Stat. 32:716 or 717, unless a permit to dismantle or a permit to sell such motor vehicle has previously been issued to the seller and transferred to the purchaser of the motor vehicle.
C. A scrap metal processor, upon receiving a copy of the license from a used motor vehicle dealer, dismantler and parts recycler, or motor vehicle crusher, shall be authorized to rely on the validity of said license for the term of said license unless and until the scrap metal processor receives actual written notice from the commission that said license has been revoked, suspended, or canceled.
Acts 2006, No. 440, §1.