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LA Rev Stat § 32:901 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§901. Notice of cancellation or termination of certified policy

RS 901 - Notice of cancellation or termination of certified policy When an insurance carrier has certified a motor vehicle liability policy under R.S. 32:898 or a policy under R.S. 32:899, the insurance so certified shall not be cancelled or terminated until at least ten days after a notice of cancellation or termination of the insurance so certified shall be filed electronically by the insurance carrier in the office of the commissioner, except that such a policy subsequently procured and certified shall, on the effective date of its certification, terminate the insurance previously certified with respect to any motor vehicle designated in both certificates. Acts 1952, No. 52, §22; Acts 2012, No. 368, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:902 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§902. Chapter not to affect other policies

RS 902 - Chapter not to affect other policies A. This Chapter shall not be held to apply to or affect policies of automobile insurance against liability which may now or hereafter be required by any other law of this state, and such policies, if they contain an agreement or are endorsed to conform to the requirements of this Chapter, may be certified as proof of financial responsibility under this Chapter.  B. This Chapter shall not be held to apply to or affect policies insuring solely the insured named in the policy against liability resulting from the maintenance or use by persons in the insured's employ or on his behalf of motor vehicle not owned by the insured.  Acts 1952, No. 52, §23.
LA Rev Stat § 32:903 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§903. Bond as proof

RS 903 - Bond as proof A. Proof of financial responsibility may be furnished by filing with the commissioner the bond of a surety company duly authorized to transact business in the state, or a bond with at least two individual sureties each owning real estate within this state, and together having equities equal in value to at least twice the amount of such bond, which real estate shall be scheduled in the bond approved by a judge of a court of record. Such bond shall be conditioned for payments in amounts and under the same circumstances as would be required in a motor vehicle liability policy, and shall not be cancelable except after ten days' written notice to the commissioner. Upon the filing of notice to such effect by the commissioner in the office of the proper clerk or court of the county or city where such real estate shall be located, such bond shall constitute a lien in favor of the state upon the real estate so scheduled of any surety, which lien shall exist in favor of any holder of a judgment against the person who has filed such bond.  B. If such a judgment, rendered against the principal on such bond shall not be satisfied within sixty days after it has become final, the judgment creditor may, for his own use and benefit and at his sole expense, bring an action or actions in the name of the state against the company or persons executing such bond, including an action or proceeding to foreclose any lien that may exist upon the real estate of a person who has executed such bond.  Acts 1952, No. 52 §24.
LA Rev Stat § 32:904 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§904. Money or securities as proof

RS 904 - Money or securities as proof A.(1) Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by the certificate of the state treasurer that the person named therein has deposited with him thirty thousand dollars in cash or securities such as may legally be purchased by savings banks or for trust funds of a market value of thirty thousand dollars.  (2) The state treasurer shall not accept any such deposit and issue a certificate therefor and the commissioner shall not accept such certificate unless accompanied by evidence that there are no unsatisfied judgments of any character against the depositor in the parish where the depositor resides. B. Such deposit shall be held by the State Treasurer to satisfy, in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, any execution on a judgment issued against such person making the deposit, for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, resulting from the ownership, maintenance, use or operation of a motor vehicle after such deposit was made. Money or securities so deposited shall not be subject to attachment or execution unless such attachment or execution shall arise out of a suit for damages as aforesaid.  Acts 1952, No. 52, §25. Acts 1984, No. 237, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:905 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§905. Owner may give proof for others

RS 905 - Owner may give proof for others Whenever any person required to give proof of financial responsibility hereunder is or later becomes an operator in the employ of any owner, or is or later becomes a member of the immediate family or household of the owner, the commissioner shall accept proof given by such owner in lieu of proof by such other person to permit such other person to operate a motor vehicle for which the owner has given proof as herein provided. The commissioner shall designate the restrictions imposed by this Section on the face of such person's license.  Acts 1952, No. 52, §26.
LA Rev Stat § 32:906 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§906. Substitution of proof

RS 906 - Substitution of proof The commissioner shall consent to the cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance or the commissioner shall direct and the State Treasurer shall return any money or securities to the person entitled thereto upon the substitution and acceptance of other adequate proof of financial responsibility pursuant to this Chapter.  Acts 1952, No. 52, §27.
LA Rev Stat § 32:907 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§907. Other proof may be required

RS 907 - Other proof may be required Whenever any proof of financial responsibility filed under the provisions of this Chapter no longer fulfills the purposes for which required, the commissioner shall for the purpose of this Chapter, require other proof as required by this Chapter, and shall suspend the license and registration or the non-resident's operating privilege pending the filing of such other proof.  Acts 1952, No. 52, §28.
LA Rev Stat § 32:908 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§908. Duration of proof; when proof may be cancelled or returned

RS 908 - Duration of proof; when proof may be cancelled or returned A. The commissioner shall, upon request, consent to the immediate cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance, or the commissioner shall direct and the state treasurer shall return to the person entitled thereto, any money or securities deposited pursuant to this Chapter as proof of financial responsibility, or the commissioner shall waive the requirement of filing proof, in any of the following events: (1) At any time after three years from the date such proof was required when during the three year period preceding the request, the commissioner has not received record of a conviction or a forfeiture of bail which would require or permit the suspension or revocation of the license, registration or non-resident's operating privilege of the person by or for whom such proof was furnished; or (2) In the event of the death of the person on whose behalf such proof was filed or the permanent incapacity of such person to operate a motor vehicle; or (3) In the event that the person who has given proof surrenders his license and registration to the commissioner; B. However, the commissioner shall not consent to the cancellation of any bond or the return of any money or securities in the event any action for damages upon a liability covered by such proof is then pending or any judgment upon such liability is then unsatisfied, or in the event the person who has filed such bond or deposited such money or securities, has, within one year immediately preceding such request been involved as an operator or owner in any motor vehicle accident resulting in injury or damage to the person or property of others. An affidavit of the applicant as to the non-existence of such facts, or that he has been released from all of his liability, or has been finally adjudicated not to be liable, for such injury or damage, shall be sufficient evidence thereof in the absence of evidence to the contrary in the records of the commissioner.  C. Whenever any person whose proof has been cancelled or returned under paragraph (3) of this Section applies for a license or registration within a period of three years from the date proof was originally required, any such application shall be refused unless the applicant shall reestablish such proof for the remainder of such three year period.  Acts 1952, No. 52. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 495, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:909 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§909. Proof to be maintained for three years

RS 909 - Proof to be maintained for three years In all cases, under this Chapter, in which a person is required to give proof of financial responsibility, he shall maintain such proof for a period of three years.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 495 §2.
LA Rev Stat § 32:910 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§910. Driver's license; immediate reinstatement, reissuance, or issuance of restricted license

RS 910 - Driver's license; immediate reinstatement, reissuance, or issuance of restricted license Whenever any person who is eligible for the reinstatement of a license, reissuance of a license, or issuance of a restricted license due to economic hardship, upon presentation of proof of financial responsibility under the provisions of this Chapter, presents a certified copy of the judgment ordering the reinstatement, reissuance, or issuance at the driver's license office for the parish in which he resides, the Department of Public Safety shall immediately reinstate, reissue, or issue the license to which the person is entitled without any additional administrative delays. If at a later date the Department of Public Safety determines that the proof given was false or fraudulent, the license previously reinstated, reissued, or issued shall immediately be suspended for a period of time in accordance with the original order of suspension and the person shall be prosecuted as otherwise provided by law.  Added by Acts 1981, No. 445, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:1021 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§1021. Transfer of registration to defeat purpose of chapter prohibited

RS 1021 - Transfer of registration to defeat purpose of chapter prohibited If an owner's registration has been suspended hereunder, such registration shall not be transferred nor the motor vehicle in respect of which such registration was issued registered in any other name until the commissioner is satisfied that such transfer of registration is proposed in good faith and not for the purpose or with the effect of defeating the purposes of this Chapter. Nothing in this Section shall in any way affect the rights of any conditional vendor, chattel mortgagee or lessor of a motor vehicle registered in the name of another as owner who becomes subject to the provisions of this Section.  Acts 1952, No. 52, §30.
LA Rev Stat § 32:1022 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§1022. Surrender of license and registration

RS 1022 - Surrender of license and registration Any person whose license or registration shall have been suspended as herein provided, or whose policy of insurance or bond, when required under this Chapter, shall have been cancelled or terminated, or who shall neglect to furnish other proof upon request of the commissioner, shall immediately return his license and registration to the commissioner. If any person shall fail to return to the commissioner the license or registration as provided herein, the commissioner shall forthwith direct any peace officer to secure possession thereof and to return the same to the commissioner.  Acts 1952, No. 52, §31.
LA Rev Stat § 32:1023 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§1023. Other violations; penalties

RS 1023 - Other violations; penalties A. Failure to report an accident as required in R.S. 32:871 shall be punished by a fine not in excess of twenty-five dollars, and in the event of injury or damage to the person or property of another in such accident, the commissioner shall suspend the license of the person failing to make such report, or the non-resident's operating privilege of such person, until such report has been filed and for such further period not to exceed thirty days as the commissioner may fix.  B. Any person who gives information in a report provided for in R.S. 32:398 or 871 knowing or having reason to believe that such information is false, or who shall forge or, without authority, sign any evidence of proof of financial responsibility, or who files or offers for filing any such evidence of proof knowing or having reason to believe that it is forged or signed without authority, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.  C. Any person whose license or registration or non-resident's operating privilege has been suspended or revoked under this Chapter, and who, during such suspension or revocation drives any motor vehicle upon any highway or knowingly permits any motor vehicle owned by such person to be operated by another upon any highway, except as permitted under this Chapter, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not exceeding six months, or both.  D. Any person willfully failing to return license or registration as required in R.S. 32:1022 shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not to exceed thirty days, or both.  E. Any person who shall violate any provision of this Chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both.  Acts 1952, No. 52, §32. Acts 1985, No. 547, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:1041 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§1041. Exceptions

RS 1041 - Exceptions A. This Chapter shall not apply with respect to any motor vehicle owned by the United States, this state or any political subdivision of this state, or any municipality therein, a bona fide organized public volunteer fire department which owns and operates those specially equipped motor vehicles for fire fighting purposes, nor, except for R.S. 32:871 and 905, with respect to any motor vehicle which is subject to the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, or to any motor vehicle subject to registration under the single state registration for motor carriers authorized by 49 U.S.C. 11506, or as otherwise permitted by federal law, or to carriers of persons operating over specified routes with fixed termini and predominantly under franchises or indeterminate permits granted by an incorporated municipality and who are subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of such municipality. B. Any person, firm, association, or corporation licensed and engaged in the business of renting or leasing motor vehicles to be operated on the public highways shall only be required to furnish proof of financial ability to satisfy any judgment or judgments rendered against said person, firm, association, or corporation in his or its capacity as owner of the said motor vehicles, and shall not be required to furnish proof of its financial ability to satisfy any judgment or judgments rendered against the person to whom the motor vehicle was rented or leased at the time of the accident. Acts 1952, No. 52, §33; Acts 1990, No. 862, §1; Acts 1995, No. 301, §1, eff. June 15, 1995.
LA Rev Stat § 32:1042 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§1042. Self-insurers

RS 1042 - Self-insurers A. Any person in whose name more than twenty-five motor vehicles are registered or who owns property in Louisiana assessed in his name having a value of one hundred thousand dollars or more after deducting any encumbrances thereon from its assessed valuation may qualify as a self-insurer by obtaining a certificate of self-insurance issued by the assistant secretary of the office of motor vehicles as provided in Subsection B of this Section.  B.(1) The assistant secretary may, at his discretion, upon the application of such a person, issue a certificate of self-insurance when he is satisfied that such person is possessed and will continue to be possessed of ability to pay judgments obtained against such person.  (2) The assistant secretary shall assess a fee of one hundred dollars for each certificate.  C. Upon not less than five days notice and a hearing pursuant to such notice, the commissioner may cancel upon reasonable grounds a certificate of self-insurance. Failure to pay any judgment within sixty days after such judgment has become final shall constitute a reasonable ground for the cancellation of a certificate of self-insurance. The commissioner, upon receipt of certified copy of a final judgment, shall forthwith suspend the license and registration, or any nonresident's operating privileges, of any person, or any legal entity, against whom such judgment was rendered, except as otherwise provided in R.S. 32:892 and R.S. 32:895.  D. Any person or any legal entity whose certificate of self-insurance has been cancelled for his failure to pay a final judgment shall not be eligible for the renewal or reissuance of a certificate of self-insurance for a period of five years from the date of cancellation.  Acts 1952, No. 52, §34. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 653, §1; Acts 1985, No. 589, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:1043 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§1043. Residual market plans

RS 1043 - Residual market plans  A. After consultation with insurance companies authorized to issue motor vehicle insurance in this state, the commissioner of insurance shall approve a reasonable plan for insuring commercial motor vehicles, including garage liability insurance, called the Commercial Automobile Insurance Procedures and a separate reasonable assigned risk plan for insuring private passenger automobiles and other motor vehicles, called the Louisiana Automobile Insurance Plan. These plans shall provide insurance to those who are in good faith entitled to but are unable to procure such policies through ordinary methods. The Louisiana Automobile Insurance Plan shall not subsidize losses or participate in the profits of the members of the Commercial Automobile Insurance Procedures. All actuarially adequate rates for insurance provided by the plans shall be approved by the commissioner of insurance. All insurers writing insurance for commercial motor vehicle insurance, private passenger automobiles, or other motor vehicles in the state shall be members of the plans authorized by this Section and share in the administrative expenses for the operation of the plans based on the market share of premiums for the preceding calendar year. The exceptions provided in R.S. 32:1041(A) shall not apply to this Section.  B. Any applicant for any such policy, any person insured under any such plan, and any insurance company affected may appeal to the commissioner of insurance from any ruling or decision of the manager or committee designated to operate such plan. Any person aggrieved hereunder by any order or act of the commissioner of insurance may, within ten days after notice thereof, file a petition in the district court of the parish of East Baton Rouge or in the district court of the domicile of the aggrieved person, for a review thereof. The court shall summarily hear the petition and may make any appropriate order or decree.  Acts 1952, No. 52, §35. Amended by Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 12, §1; Acts 1995, No. 431, §1; Acts 2007, No. 459, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2008. NOTE: §1043 repealed by Acts 2020, No. 53, eff. Jan. 1, 2021. RS 1043 - Repealed by Acts, 2020, No. 53, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.
LA Rev Stat § 32:1251 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§1251. Declaration of public policy

RS 1251 - Declaration of public policy The legislature finds and declares that the distribution and sale of motor vehicles and recreational products in the state of Louisiana vitally affects the general economy of the state, the public interest, and the public welfare, and that in order to promote the public interest, and the public welfare, and in the exercise of its police power, it is necessary to regulate and to license those persons enumerated in R.S. 32:1254 and doing business in Louisiana, in order to prevent frauds, impositions, and other abuses upon its citizens, and avoid undue control of the independent motor vehicle dealer and recreational products by their motor vehicle manufacturing and distributive organizations and foster and keep alive vigorous and healthy competition, by prohibiting unfair practices by which fair and honest competition is destroyed or prevented, and to protect the public against the creation or perpetuation of monopolies and practices detrimental to the public welfare, to prevent the practice of requiring the buying, leasing, or renting of special features, appliances, and equipment not desired or requested by the purchaser, lessee, or renter, to prevent false and misleading advertising, to prevent unfair practices by said licensees, to promote the public safety and prevent disruption of the system of distribution of motor vehicles and recreational products to the public and prevent deterioration of facilities for servicing motor vehicles and keeping same safe and properly functioning, and prevent bankrupting of motor vehicle and recreational products dealers and lessors, who might otherwise be caused to fail because of such unfair practices and competition, thereby resulting in unemployment, disruption of leases, and nonpayment of taxes and loans, and contribute to an inevitable train of undesirable consequences, including economic depression. Acts 1985, No. 911, §1; Acts 2005, No. 500, §1, eff. July 12, 2005; Acts 2009, No. 403, §1, eff. July 7, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 326, §3.