§ 32:717 — Sale of motor vehicle as scrap

§717. Sale of motor vehicle as scrap
A. Any owner who sells a motor vehicle as scrap to be dismantled or destroyed shall
assign a certificate of title to the purchaser, whether the certificate was issued by the vehicle
commissioner of this state or any other state, and the purchaser shall deliver the certificate
of title to the commissioner with an application for a permit to dismantle the vehicle. The
commissioner shall thereupon issue to the purchaser a permit to dismantle the vehicle, which
shall authorize the purchaser to possess or transport the motor vehicle or to transfer
ownership thereto by an endorsement upon the permit. A certificate of title shall not again
be issued for the motor vehicle in the event it is scrapped, dismantled, or destroyed.
B. Notwithstanding Subsection A of this Section, the commissioner may issue,
without the delivery of the certificate of title, a permit to dismantle any vehicle which is more
than fifteen years old and has not had its registration renewed in this state or any other state
for a period of three years immediately prior to the application for a permit to dismantle the
vehicle.
C. For purposes of this Section, "motor vehicle" or "vehicle" means a "motor
vehicle" as defined in R.S. 32:401.

Legislative History

Acts 1950, No. 342, §20. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 485, §1; Acts 1991, No. 883, §1; Acts 2012, No. 250, §1; Acts 2018, No. 638, §1.