Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 73 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part I - Weights and Standards › Chapter 9 - Laws and Regulations Enforced with Other Agencies › Section I-901 - Vehicle Registration and Licensing

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. General Information
1. Commercial vehicle owners who need license
				plates which are full-plated for Louisiana and noncommercial vehicle owners may
				obtain license plates at any district office of the Vehicle Registration Bureau
				(of the Office of Motor Vehicles, Department of Public Safety). If additional
				detailed information is needed, it may be obtained from the Title Support and
				Information Section, Vehicle Registration Bureau, Department of Public Safety,
				Box 64886, Baton Rouge, LA 70896; (225) 925-6278.
2. Commercial vehicle owners who need license
				plates which are apportioned for other states may obtain applications for
				apportioned plates at any district office of the Vehicle Registration Bureau of
				the Office of Motor Vehicles, Department of Public Safety. Applications must be
				mailed to Baton Rouge, and additional information can be obtained from the
				Prorate Section, Vehicle Registration Bureau, Department of Public Safety, Box
				64886, Baton Rouge, LA 70896; (225) 925-6270.
3. Common and contract carriers must purchase
				CCT plates; however, they must first be licensed with the Louisiana Public
				Service Commission.
4. The
				following vehicles are exempt from vehicle registration and licensing:
a. farm tractors, self-propelled farm
				equipment, and two-and four-wheeled, rubber-tired farm wagons or trailers of up
				to 2-ton capacity if the vehicles are used only in farming;
b. trackless trolley coaches, buses or
				passenger coaches or passenger carrying trailers or semi-trailers which are
				operated only within the corporate limits of a municipality, of two adjoining
				municipalities or up to 1/2 mile from the corporate limits;
c. oversize or overweight self-propelled
				motor cranes used only for heavy construction by the building and utility
				industries;
d. oversize or
				overweight self-propelled oil well or gas well pulling units used only for
				servicing oil or gas wells on off-road property;
e. road rollers and road machinery only
				temporarily moved on highways;
f.
				log loaders used only for loading logs.
5. A vehicle must have Louisiana plates or
				Louisiana apportioned plates if the residence or employment or the owner or
				lessee is in Louisiana.
6.
				Nonresidents regularly employed or regularly operating a business in Louisiana
				for 30 days or more must obtain Louisiana plates or plates apportioned for
				Louisiana on all vehicles used or based in Louisiana unless the vehicles are
				being operated under reciprocal agreements between Louisiana and the
				nonresident's home state.
7. All
				commercial trucks and all trucks licensed for more than 3,500 pounds must have
				the owner's name and address on the outside of both truck doors.
8. Louisiana license plates must be attached
				to the front of a vehicle. The plate may not swing and must be clearly
				readable, and the bottom of the plate must be at least 12 inches from the
				ground.
9. The registration
				certificate issued to a vehicle must at all times be carried in the vehicle and
				be subject to inspection by a state police officer, weights and standards
				police officer, or Department of Public Safety motor vehicle enforcement
				officer.
10. Mobile Homes
a. A mobile home being moved from a point of
				origin in Louisiana or any other point, whether in Louisiana or out-of-state,
				must have a valid Louisiana registration certificate.
b. Mobile homes traveling to or through
				Louisiana are exempt from Louisiana registration if they are properly
				registered in their home state.
c.
				Mobile homes being delivered by manufacturers to dealers are not required to be
				licensed, but an "in transit " sign must be displayed on the mobile
				homes.
11. Escort
				Vehicles
a. Escort vehicles must be
				registered in accordance with Louisiana Revised Statutes or reciprocal
				agreements.
b. Louisiana domiciled
				automobiles used as escort vehicles must carry a $10 commercial
				plate.
c. Registrations for escort
				vehicles which are properly registered in other states will be accepted by
				Louisiana through reciprocal agreement.
d. Companies domiciled outside Louisiana must
				pay $10 annual fee for escort permit and decal.