Louisiana

Louisiana Revised Statutes — Title 32, Motor Vehicles and Traffic

872 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 32:475 — Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 429, §2, eff. June 21, 2008.
• § 32:476 — Abandoned motor vehicles; sale by municipalities and parochial authorities; procedure
• § 32:48 — Violations; administrative hearing
• § 32:481 — Comprehensive engineering comparative analysis of flood mitigation methods; Livingston Parish
• § 32:49 — Citations
• § 32:491 — Repealed by Acts 1962, No. 310, III (3)
• § 32:5 — Authority of other law enforcement officers; parade marshals in Calcasieu Parish and Lake Charles; traffic control officers in the city of New Orleans
• § 32:501 — Motor trucks, etc., with lugs, not to be used on hard-surfaced roads; exceptions
• § 32:502 — Repealed by Acts 1954, No. 543, 1
• § 32:503 — Penalty
• § 32:51 — Vehicle license required
• § 32:511 — To 513 Repealed by Acts 1950, No. 434, 1
• § 32:52 — Driver must be licensed
• § 32:521 — REPEALED BY ACTS 1989, NO. 522, 2.
• § 32:522 — REPEALED BY ACTS 1989, NO. 522, 2.
• § 32:523 — Record of sales proceedings to be kept for year
• § 32:524 — Parish of Orleans, list of motor vehicles held in storage to be furnished public administrator; administration as vacant estates
• § 32:525 — REPEALED BY ACTS 1989, NO. 522, 2.
• § 32:53 — Proper equipment required on vehicles; display of plate
• § 32:531 — Garage or oil businesses, petition for location; consent of property owners
• § 32:532 — Restrictions as to location
• § 32:533 — Application of Part
• § 32:534 — Construction of Part; zoning
• § 32:535 — Return of parts to customer; exceptions
• § 32:535.1 — Required invoice
• § 32:54 — Size, weight and load of vehicles limited
• § 32:55 — Exclusion of vehicles from highways; notice required
• § 32:56 — Obedience to police officers, weights and standards police officers, and traffic signs
• § 32:57 — Penalties; alternatives to citation
• § 32:57.1 — Failure to honor written promise to appear; penalty; disposition of fines
• § 32:57.2 — Fee for expenses incurred for renewal or reissuance of suspended operator's license; office of the prosecuting authority
• § 32:57.3 — Failure to respond to an HOV violation
• § 32:57.4 — Repealed
• § 32:58 — Careless operation
• § 32:58.1 — Careless operation during flood conditions
• § 32:59 — Use of wireless telecommunications device prohibited; exceptions
• § 32:6 — Authority of Department of Public Safety and Corrections to serve notices and subpoenas; procedure
• § 32:601 — Public liability, bodily injury, and property damage insurance
• § 32:602 — Tort liability
• § 32:603 — Contract provisions
• § 32:604 — Actions; parties
• § 32:61 — Maximum speed limit
• § 32:62 — Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 81, §2.
• § 32:621 — Definitions
• § 32:622 — Manufacture, sale or distribution of brake fluid; registration; permits
• § 32:623 — Application for registration; forms; contents; issuance of permit; renewal
• § 32:624 — Cancellation, refusal to issue, or refusal to renew permit; grounds; procedure; powers of department
• § 32:625 — When brake fluid adulterated; specifications; amendment of specifications
• § 32:626 — When brake fluid deemed misbranded; words and letters to be in legible type
• § 32:627 — Enforcement; inspection; access to premises; authority to open boxes, cartons and other containers
• § 32:628 — Promulgation and enforcement of rules and regulations
• § 32:629 — Fees
• § 32:63 — Establishing of speed zones
• § 32:63.1 — Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 146, §1.
• § 32:630 — Violations; penalties
• § 32:64 — General speed law
• § 32:641 — Parishwide schedule of fines, penalties and costs; written pleas of guilty; payment; exceptions
• § 32:65 — Drag racing and racing on public roads and certain property; exemptions
• § 32:651 — Emblem or name of owner to appear on equipment; penalties
• § 32:661 — Operating a vehicle under the influence of alcoholic beverages or illegal substance or controlled dangerous substances; implied consent to chemical tests; administering of test and presumptions
• § 32:661.1 — Operating a watercraft under the influence of alcoholic beverages or controlled dangerous substances; implied consent to chemical tests; administering of test and presumptions
• § 32:661.2 — Operation of a locomotive engine under the influence of alcoholic beverages or controlled dangerous substances; implied consent to chemical tests; administering of test and presumptions
• § 32:662 — Administering chemical tests; use of results as evidence
• § 32:662.1 — Admissibility
• § 32:663 — Approval of testing methods by Department of Public Safety and Corrections
• § 32:664 — Persons authorized to administer test
• § 32:665 — Furnishing of information to person tested
• § 32:666 — Refusal to submit to chemical test; submission to chemical tests; exception; effects
• § 32:667 — Seizure of license; circumstances; temporary license
• § 32:667.1 — Seizure of license upon arrest for vehicular homicide; issuance of temporary license; suspension
• § 32:668 — Procedure following revocation or denial of license; hearing; court review; review of final order; restricted licenses
• § 32:668.1 — Procedure following revocation or denial of license; discovery
• § 32:669 — Suspension of nonresident's operating privilege; notification to state of residence
• § 32:670 — Test results for persons under the age of twenty-one; exclusion from official driving record
• § 32:671 — Responsibilities of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state police; interstate highways
• § 32:681 — Postaccident drug testing; accidents involving fatalities; required
• § 32:691 — Louisiana Trucking Research and Education Council; purpose
• § 32:692 — Creation; membership; salary
• § 32:693 — Jurisdiction; powers
• § 32:694 — Surcharge assessment; collection
• § 32:7 — Authority to operate joint weight enforcement scales with contiguous states; joint enforcement of laws
• § 32:701 — VEHICLE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE LAW
• § 32:702 — Definitions
• § 32:703 — Offices of commissioner
• § 32:703.1 — Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1116, 2.
• § 32:704 — Applicability
• § 32:705 — Acceptance and delivery of certificate
• § 32:705.1 — Acts of donation; titled motor vehicles
• § 32:706 — Marketable title
• § 32:706.1 — Disclosure by persons who transfer ownership of vehicles with salvage or reconstructed titles, assembled title, or certificate of destruction; penalties
• § 32:706.2 — Requirements for vehicle identification number inspections
• § 32:707 — Application for certificates of title; exception; salvage title; antique vehicles; reconstructed title
• § 32:707.1 — Deceased persons; titles to vehicles
• § 32:707.2 — Electronic media system for lien recordation and title information; fees; required bond; confidentiality of information; rules and regulations
• § 32:707.3 — Certificates of destruction; application requirements; restrictions on sale; disassembly requirement; department rules; penalties
• § 32:707.4 — Alternate procedure to title trailers
• § 32:707.5 — Assembled vehicles
• § 32:707.6 — Expedited title procedure; rules and regulations
• § 32:708 — Issuance of certificates; satisfaction of lien or security interest; security measures
• § 32:708.1 — Issuance of certificates; satisfaction of child support privilege or security interest; security measures
• § 32:709 — Numbers assigned; indices; files
• § 32:71 — Driving on right side of road; exceptions
• § 32:710 — Security interests; priority; notation on certificate
• § 32:711 — Sale subject to mortgage or security interest; act of sale and assignment of certificate; corrected certificate
• § 32:712 — Ownership of vehicle passing otherwise than by voluntary transfer
• § 32:713 — Lost or destroyed certificate
• § 32:714 — Repealed by Acts 1976, No. 572, 1
• § 32:715 — Change of engine in vehicle
• § 32:716 — Dismantling registered vehicle
• § 32:717 — Sale of motor vehicle as scrap
• § 32:718 — Sale of an auto hulk as scrap to a scrap metal processor or a licensed automotive dismantler and parts recycler
• § 32:719 — §§719 to 720.1 Repealed by Acts 1984, No. 773, §4, eff. Sept. 1, 1984.
• § 32:72 — Passing vehicles proceeding in opposite directions
• § 32:721 — Stolen vehicles; report of theft and recovery
• § 32:722 — Stolen or embezzled vehicles; liens and encumbrances
• § 32:723 — Stolen or embezzled vehicles; suspension of registration; lists
• § 32:724 — Transfer and possession of stolen vehicles
• § 32:725 — Concealing or misrepresenting identity of motor vehicle or engine
• § 32:726 — Destruction or alteration of distinguishing number or mark
• § 32:726.1 — Tampering with or altering odometers prohibited; penalties
• § 32:727 — Rules and regulations; forms; cancellation of certificates; copies of and reports as to records
• § 32:728 — Fees
• § 32:729 — Necessity for certificate
• § 32:73 — Passing a vehicle on the left
• § 32:73.1 — Rolling roadblocks prohibited on certain multiple-lane highways; definitions; penalties
• § 32:730 — Alteration and forgery; false name, address, or statement; other fraud
• § 32:731 — Violations; penalty
• § 32:732 — Additional penalties
• § 32:733 — REPEALED BY ACTS 1992, NO. 984, 18.
• § 32:734 — Signature to documents
• § 32:735 — Auto title companies; licensing; regulation; fees, suspension, and revocation; domicile; surety bonds; expiration and renewal dates
• § 32:736 — Surety bond required; amount and conditions of surety bond; filing of bond
• § 32:737 — Causes for nonissuance, suspension, revocation, cancellation, or restrictions; reinstatement
• § 32:738 — Cease and desist order; injunctive relief
• § 32:74 — When passing on the right is permitted
• § 32:75 — Limitations on passing on the left
• § 32:751 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:752 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:753 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:754 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:755 — Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1388, 2.
• § 32:756 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:757 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:758 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:759 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:759.1 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:76 — Further limitations on passing on the left
• § 32:76.1 — Limitations on passing bicycles
• § 32:760 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:761 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:762 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:763 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:764 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:765 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:766 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:77 — No passing zones
• § 32:77.1 — School zones; no passing zones
• § 32:771 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:772 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:773 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:773.1 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:773.2 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:774 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:774.1 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:774.2 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:774.3 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:775 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:776 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:777 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:778 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:779 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:78 — One-way roadways and rotary traffic islands
• § 32:780 — Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 440, §2.
• § 32:781 — Definitions
• § 32:782 — Purpose; jurisdiction and authority of the commission
• § 32:783 — Used Motor Vehicle Commission; appointment and qualification; terms of office; powers and duties
• § 32:784 — Dealers, dismantlers, and auctions to be licensed; exception
• § 32:785 — Procedures for denial, suspension, or revocation of license; notice; hearings; appeals; abandonment of business
• § 32:786 — Injunctions; cease and desist orders
• § 32:787 — Criminal penalties
• § 32:788 — Civil penalties
• § 32:789 — Sale of used water-damaged vehicles
• § 32:79 — Driving on roadway laned for traffic
• § 32:790 — Black market sales; prohibition
• § 32:791 — Application for license; fee; educational seminar; bond requirements; liability insurance; salesperson's license; location of business
• § 32:792 — Denial, revocation, or suspension of license; grounds; unauthorized acts
• § 32:793 — Rent with option-to-purchase program
• § 32:794 — Wholesale motor vehicle auctions; unlawful acts
• § 32:795 — Educational seminars; authority; initial license application seminar; renewal application seminar; exceptions
• § 32:796 — Deposit and down payment disclosure and delivery of vehicle pending the sale
• § 32:8 — Final delinquent debt; office of motor vehicles
• § 32:80 — Overtaking and passing certain school buses
• § 32:801 — Definition
• § 32:802 — License required; application; fee; duration
• § 32:803 — Other licenses not required
• § 32:804 — Denial, revocation, or suspension of license; grounds; violations
• § 32:805 — Requirement to keep records
• § 32:806 — Transfer of motor vehicle certificate of title to or from a dismantler and parts recycler
• § 32:807 — Transfers of scrapped motor vehicles
• § 32:808 — Salvage pools; record keepers