Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 73 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part I - Weights and Standards › Chapter 1 - Policy and Procedures for Weight Enforcement Field Personnel › Section I-105 - Registration and Licensing Requirements for Vehicles Operating in Louisiana

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Registration
				Requirements for Intrastate Haulers. A vehicle is operating intrastate when it
				is hauling any load which both originates and terminates in Louisiana. The
				vehicle must be either full plated for Louisiana or apportioned for Louisiana,
				or must have a 48-hour temporary permit. If the vehicle is owned and operated
				in Louisiana, it must be licensed and titled in Louisiana.
B. Reciprocity for Interstate Haulers.
				Louisiana has reciprocal agreements with most other states that are not members
				of the International Registration Plan (IRP) to recognize each state's license
				plates. These vehicles, if lawfully owned and registered by a resident of one
				of these states, are not required to have Louisiana plates to operate
				interstate in Louisiana (to pass through or to only originate or only terminate
				loads in Louisiana). These foreign plated interstate haulers are allowed the
				Louisiana weight limits, if their state has lower limitations, provided that
				the gross vehicle weight, including the steering axle, does not exceed the
				amount for which the vehicle is registered in its home state. If the home state
				weight limits are greater than the Louisiana weight limits, then the vehicle
				will have to abide by the Louisiana weight limits.
C. Temporary 48-Hour Permits. Occasionally a
				hauler who is not licensed to operate in this state will want to operate in
				Louisiana. In these cases it is more advantageous for him to purchase a
				temporary 48-hour permit rather than full plate or apportion with Louisiana.
				The hauler must secure this $25 permit from the Vehicle Registration Bureau, a
				DOTD port-of-entry location, or a wire service. This temporary permit allows
				the vehicle to operate in Louisiana for a period of 48 continuous hours. Under
				no condition is a vehicle allowed to operate within the state (intrastate)
				without either having Louisiana plates, or a temporary 48-hour permit, or being
				apportioned for Louisiana. Temporary 48-hour permits apply to these types of
				vehicles:
1. those properly registered in a
				state which does belong to the IRP and the vehicle is not apportioned for
				Louisiana. A hauler in this situation must purchase a temporary 48-hour permit
				to operate either interstate or intrastate. The officer must check the cab card
				on all vehicles bearing apportioned tags for Louisiana;
2. those properly registered in a state which
				does not belong to the IRP but does have a reciprocal agreement with Louisiana.
				A hauler in this situation must purchase a temporary 48-hour permit to operate
				intrastate in Louisiana, if he doesn't want to purchase Louisiana plates. The
				reciprocity clause allows him to operate interstate without having to purchase
				a permit or Louisiana tags. Unless otherwise notified, consider any state that
				is not in the IRP as having a reciprocal agreement with Louisiana.