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LA Rev Stat § 32:718 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§718. Sale of an auto hulk as scrap to a scrap metal processor or a licensed automotive dismantler and parts recycler

RS 718 - Sale of an auto hulk as scrap to a scrap metal processor or a licensed automotive dismantler and parts recycler  A. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in lieu of a title, any owner who sells an auto hulk as scrap to be dismantled or processed for recycling shall provide the secondary metal processor or licensed automotive dismantler and parts recycler with a signed and dated affidavit stating that he is the owner of the vehicle or part or has the right to sell or transfer the vehicle or part.  B. Every secondary metal processor or licensed automotive dismantler and parts recycler shall maintain the signed and dated affidavit, along with the name and address of the person delivering, selling, or transferring the auto hulk, photographic or electronic copy of the seller's valid driver's license or a valid identification card issued by the seller's current state of residence, the tag number and state of issue of the vehicle delivering the auto hulk, and the vehicle identification number of the auto hulk. This information shall be kept in a registry or book or in electronic format for a period of two years at the secondary metal processor's or the licensed automotive dismantler and parts recycler's place of business and shall be made available for inspection by any peace officer, law enforcement official, or office of motor vehicles official at any time during customary business hours.  C. Every secondary metal processor or licensed automotive dismantler and parts recycler shall report the vehicle identification number of each auto hulk received from a seller to the office of motor vehicles' auto hulk database located at www.expresslane.org. The report shall be in a form approved by the office of motor vehicles and shall be submitted prior to the dismantling, crushing, or other destruction of the auto hulk. The office of motor vehicles shall send a return message that the report was successfully entered. If the office's return message indicates the auto hulk has been reported as stolen, such auto hulk shall not be dismantled or destroyed, and the secondary metal processor or licensed automotive dismantler and parts recycler in possession of the auto hulk shall notify local law enforcement of its location.  D. The provisions of this Section are applicable to auto hulks in lieu of the provisions of R.S. 32:717 and 807.  E. For the purposes of this Chapter and Chapter 4-C of this Title, "auto hulk" shall not mean a motor vehicle as defined in R.S. 32:781.  Acts 2008, No. 586, §1; Acts 2009, No. 435, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2018, No. 638, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:719 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§719. §§719 to 720.1 Repealed by Acts 1984, No. 773, §4, eff. Sept. 1, 1984.

RS 719 - §§719 to 720.1 Repealed by Acts 1984, No. 773, §4, eff. Sept. 1, 1984.
LA Rev Stat § 32:721 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§721. Stolen vehicles; report of theft and recovery

RS 721 - Stolen vehicles; report of theft and recovery The Department of Public Safety and every sheriff, chief of police, or peace officer upon receiving reliable information that any vehicle registered hereunder has been stolen shall immediately or not later than one week after receiving such information report such theft to the commissioner, unless prior thereto information has been received of the recovery of such vehicle. Any said officer upon receiving information that any vehicle, which he has previously reported as stolen, has been recovered, shall immediately report the fact of such recovery to the local sheriff's office or police department and to the commissioner.  Acts 1950, No. 342, §24.
LA Rev Stat § 32:722 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§722. Stolen or embezzled vehicles; liens and encumbrances

RS 722 - Stolen or embezzled vehicles; liens and encumbrances The owner, or person having a lien or encumbrance upon a registered vehicle which has been stolen or embezzled, may notify the commissioner of such theft or embezzlement, but, in the event of an embezzlement, may make such report only after having procured the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of the person charged with such embezzlement. Every owner or other person who has given such notice must notify the commissioner of a recovery of such vehicle.  Acts 1950, No. 342 §25.
LA Rev Stat § 32:723 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§723. Stolen or embezzled vehicles; suspension of registration; lists

RS 723 - Stolen or embezzled vehicles; suspension of registration; lists A. The commissioner upon receiving a report of a stolen or embezzled vehicle as hereinbefore provided shall file and appropriately index the same and shall immediately suspend the registration of the vehicle so reported and shall not transfer the registration of the same until such time as it is notified in writing that such vehicle has been recovered.  B. The commissioner shall at least once each week compile and maintain at his headquarters office a list of all vehicles which have been stolen or embezzled or recovered as reported to it during the preceding week and such lists shall be open to inspection by any peace officer or other person interested in any such vehicle.  Acts 1950, No. 342, §26.
LA Rev Stat § 32:724 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§724. Transfer and possession of stolen vehicles

RS 724 - Transfer and possession of stolen vehicles Any person who, with intent to procure or pass title to a vehicle which he knows or has reason to believe has been stolen or unlawfully taken, received, or transfers possession of the same from one to another, or who has in his possession any vehicle which he knows or has reason to believe has been stolen or unlawfully taken, and who is not an officer of the law engaged at the time in the performance of his duty as such officer, is guilty of a felony.  Acts 1950, No. 342, §27.
LA Rev Stat § 32:725 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§725. Concealing or misrepresenting identity of motor vehicle or engine

RS 725 - Concealing or misrepresenting identity of motor vehicle or engine Any person who knowingly buys, receives, disposes of, sells, offers for sale, or has in his possession any motor vehicle, or engine removed from a motor vehicle, from which the manufacturer's serial or engine number or other distinguishing number or identification mark or number placed thereon under assignment from the commissioner has been removed, defaced, covered, altered, or destroyed for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting the identity of said motor vehicle or engine is guilty of a misdemeanor.  Acts 1950, No. 342, §28.
LA Rev Stat § 32:726 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§726. Destruction or alteration of distinguishing number or mark

RS 726 - Destruction or alteration of distinguishing number or mark A. No person shall with fraudulent intent deface, destroy or alter the manufacturer's serial or engine number or other distinguishing number or identification mark of a motor vehicle nor shall any person place or stamp any serial, engine, or other number or mark upon a motor vehicle, except one assigned thereto by the commissioner. Any violation of this provision is a misdemeanor.  B. This section shall not prohibit the restoration by an owner of an original serial, engine, or other number or mark when such restoration is made under permit issued by the commissioner, nor prevent any manufacturer from placing in the ordinary course of business numbers or marks upon motor vehicles or parts thereof.  Acts 1950, No. 342, §29.
LA Rev Stat § 32:727 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§727. Rules and regulations; forms; cancellation of certificates; copies of and reports as to records

RS 727 - Rules and regulations; forms; cancellation of certificates; copies of and reports as to records A. The commissioner may adopt such reasonable rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to insure uniform and orderly operation of this Chapter.  B. The commissioner shall provide and furnish the forms required by this Chapter. The commissioner shall keep on hand a sufficient supply of blank forms, which, except certificate of title and memorandum certificate forms, shall be furnished and distributed without charge to all persons residing within the state.  C. If it appears that a certificate of title has been improperly issued, the commissioner shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, to cancel same. Upon cancellation of any certificate of title, the commissioner shall notify the person to whom such certificate of title was issued as well as any chattel mortgage holders appearing thereon of said cancellation and shall demand the surrender of such certificate of title, but said cancellation shall not affect the validity of any chattel mortgage noted thereon. The holder of such certificate of title shall return same to the commissioner forthwith.  D. The commissioner is authorized upon application of any person and payment of the proper fees, to search the records of the bureau and make reports thereof, and to make photographic copies of the bureau records and attestations thereof.  E. The commissioner shall charge two dollars a page for photographic copies of records and attestations thereof, under the signature and seal of the commissioner. Such copy or copies shall be taken as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, in any court of the state of Louisiana. The commissioner shall furnish without charge to the Department of Public Safety, sheriffs, or chiefs of police, information on any title.  Acts 1950, No. 342, §30. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 416, §1, eff. July 1, 1977.
LA Rev Stat § 32:728 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§728. Fees

RS 728 - Fees  Unless required to be waived pursuant to R.S. 32:1729, the commissioner shall charge the following fees and no others:  (1) Each certificate of title-- sixty-eight dollars and fifty cents.  (2) Each certified copy of a certificate of title--fifteen dollars.  (3) Each memorandum certificate--one dollar; provided, that if the application for a memorandum certificate is made at the time of application for a certificate of title, the commissioner shall charge only the three dollar and fifty cent fee for the certificate of title and no fee shall be required for the memorandum certificate.  (4) Each certified copy of memorandum certificate--one dollar.  (5) Each notation of a security interest, whether a chattel mortgage, other security agreement, or other financing statement evidencing such security interest is filed, on a vehicle certificate of title--five dollars.  (6) Each cancellation of a notation of any chattel mortgage or security interest on a certificate of title or a cancellation of a floor plan mortgage--five dollars.  (7) Each permit to sell or duplicate permit to sell a motor vehicle--fifteen dollars.  (8) Each salvage title-- sixty-eight dollars and fifty cents.  (9) The fees authorized under R.S. 10:9-525 et seq. NOTE: Paragraph (10) eff. until July 1, 2022. See Acts 2021, No. 114.  (10) Each certificate of title issued pursuant to a procedure established by R.S. 32:707.6 – ten dollars in addition to the eighteen dollars and fifty cents charged for each certificate of title as authorized pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Section. The additional ten dollars shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit into the Office of Motor Vehicles Customer Service and Technology Fund. NOTE: Paragraph (10) as amended by Acts 2021, No. 114, eff. July 1, 2022.   (10) Each certificate of title issued pursuant to a procedure established by R.S. 32:707.6 – ten dollars in addition to the eighteen dollars and fifty cents charged for each certificate of title as authorized pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Section. The additional ten dollars shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit into the Office of Motor Vehicles Customer Service and Technology Dedicated Fund Account.  (11) The fees authorized by R.S. 32:707.2(C)(4).  Acts 1991, No. 377, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1991, No. 483, §1; Acts 1992, No. 272, §1; Acts 2001, No. 128, §12, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2011, No. 288, §1; Acts 2015, No. 110, §1, eff. July 1, 2015; Acts 2021, No. 114, §18, eff. July 1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 32:729 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§729. Necessity for certificate

RS 729 - Necessity for certificate After July 1, 1951, no owner of any vehicle registered and licensed under the Louisiana Vehicle Registration License Tax Law, Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall operate any such vehicle upon any public road, highway or bridge in this state, without first applying for a certificate of title therefor, nor shall he so operate any such vehicle upon which the certificate of title has been cancelled; nor shall any other person operate such vehicle upon any public road, highway or bridge in this state, knowing or having reason to believe that the owner has failed to obtain a certificate of title therefor, or that same has been cancelled.  Provided, however, that the commissioner is hereby vested with discretion to grant extension of such general compliance date, upon reasonable grounds, for a reasonable period not exceeding three months, and may thereafter grant a further extension, upon reasonable grounds, not exceeding two months.  Acts 1950, No. 342, §32.
LA Rev Stat § 32:730 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§730. Alteration and forgery; false name, address, or statement; other fraud

RS 730 - Alteration and forgery; false name, address, or statement; other fraud Whoever alters or forges any certificate of title to a vehicle, or any endorsement or sale and assignment thereof, or resale or reassignment thereof, or any cancellation of any chattel mortgage on a vehicle is guilty of forgery and punishable as provided by law. Whoever holds or uses such certificate or endorsement of sale and assignment or cancellation knowing the same to have been altered or forged; or whoever uses a false or fictitious name or gives a false or fictitious address or makes any false statement in any application or affidavit required under the provisions of this Chapter, or in a bill of sale or sworn statement of ownership or otherwise commits a fraud in any application, shall, upon conviction thereof be punished by imprisonment not exceeding four years, or by fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or both, in the discretion of the court.  Acts 1950, No. 342, §33.
LA Rev Stat § 32:731 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§731. Violations; penalty

RS 731 - Violations; penalty Whoever shall, except as otherwise provided for in this Chapter, purport to sell or transfer a vehicle without delivery to the purchaser or transferee thereof a certificate of title thereto duly endorsed and assigned to such purchaser as provided in this Chapter; or, being the owner thereof, shall operate on any public road, highway or bridge in this state a vehicle for which a certificate of title is required by the provisions of this Chapter without such certificate having been applied for in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, or upon which the certificate of title has been cancelled; or any person other than the owner thereof who shall operate on any public road, highway or bridge in this state a vehicle for which a certificate of title is required by the provisions of this Chapter, knowing or having reason to believe that the owner has failed to obtain a certificate of title therefor, or that same has been cancelled; or whoever shall fail to surrender any certificate of title or memorandum certificate upon cancellation of the same by the commissioner and notice thereof as prescribed in this Chapter; or whoever fails to surrender the certificate of title to the commissioner as provided in this Chapter in case of the destruction or dismantling or change of a vehicle in such respect that it is not the vehicle described in the certificate of title; or whoever shall violate any of the other provisions of this Chapter, or any lawful rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall for each offense be punished by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or both, in the discretion of the court.  Acts 1950, No. 342, §34.
LA Rev Stat § 32:732 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§732. Additional penalties

RS 732 - Additional penalties A. Unless another penalty is in this Chapter or by the laws of this state provided, every person convicted of a misdemeanor for the violation of any provisions of this Chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.  B. Any person who is convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter herein or by the laws of this state declared to constitute a felony shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five years, or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.  Acts 1950, No. 342, §35.
LA Rev Stat § 32:733 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§733. REPEALED BY ACTS 1992, NO. 984, §18.

RS 733 - REPEALED BY ACTS 1992, NO. 984, §18.
LA Rev Stat § 32:734 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§734. Signature to documents

RS 734 - Signature to documents Whenever the commissioner is required to sign any document under this Chapter he may, at his discretion, perform the act of signing in person or by duly authorized agent, and may use or cause to be used a signature machine for the purpose of affixing his signature to such documents.  Acts 1950, No. 342, §37.
LA Rev Stat § 32:735 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§735. Auto title companies; licensing; regulation; fees, suspension, and revocation; domicile; surety bonds; expiration and renewal dates

RS 735 - Auto title companies; licensing; regulation; fees, suspension, and revocation; domicile; surety bonds; expiration and renewal dates  A. Except as otherwise provided by law, only auto title companies, as defined by R.S. 32:702, who have confected a contract with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles, shall be allowed to issue temporary registrations as provided in R.S. 47:519.2. Eligibility to contract under the provisions of this Section shall be limited to those persons of good moral character, who maintain an office within the state, have executed a good and sufficient surety bond that meets the requirements of R.S. 32:736, and have paid the annual fee required by Subsection C of this Section.  B. The department shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to implement this Section. Such rules may include guidelines for eligibility to contract with the department, criteria for the suspension, revocation, or cancellation of a contract, or any other matter the department deems necessary for the proper oversight of auto title companies.  C. A biennial fee of four hundred dollars shall be collected from a person seeking to contract with the department prior to the person commencing to act as an auto title company as provided in this Section. The contract and bond shall be valid for additional locations when such locations are under the same ownership, management, and control as that of the authorized auto title company. However, for the initial contract request and for each subsequent contract request, the auto title company shall pay an additional one hundred dollars for each additional location.  D. Every contract between the department and an authorized auto title company authorized by this Section shall expire as of the first day of June two years following the year in which such license was issued and may be automatically renewed by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles.  E. Each contract perfected pursuant to this Section shall be renewed biennially at least sixty days in advance of the expiration date of the contract by submitting to the office of motor vehicles an application for renewal upon a form supplied by that office, together with the renewal fee and the surety bond for the renewal period.  Acts 1992, No. 626, §2; Acts 1993, No. 463, §1; Acts 1993, No. 737, §1; Acts 1993, No. 1005, §1; Acts 2006, No. 409, §1; Acts 2016, No. 606, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:736 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§736. Surety bond required; amount and conditions of surety bond; filing of bond

RS 736 - Surety bond required; amount and conditions of surety bond; filing of bond   A. Each auto title company shall execute a good and sufficient surety bond with a surety company qualified to do business in Louisiana as surety, in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars should the auto title company have only one location in this state and in a sum of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars should the auto title company have more than one location in this state, if such surety bond is available for purchase. Such bond shall name the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles as obligee and shall be subject to the condition that, if the auto title company shall, throughout the entire term of the bond, timely file with the office of motor vehicles all applications delivered to the auto title company for filing, and timely remit all fees and taxes collected, the obligation shall be void. If the company fails to meet the conditions of the bond, the obligation of the surety shall remain in full force and effect.   B. The surety bond furnished as required in this Section shall be delivered to and filed with the office of motor vehicles.  Acts 1993, No. 737, §1; Acts 2016, No. 606, §1.