§ 32:851 — Definitions

Louisiana § 32:851

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 32: Levees

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§851. Definitions
The following words and phrases, when used in this Chapter, shall, for the purposes
of this Chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this Section, except in
those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) "Commissioner" means the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
(2) "Judgment" means any judgment which shall have become final by expiration
without appeal of the time within which a suspensive appeal might have been perfected or
by final affirmation on appeal, rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or
of the United States, upon a cause of action arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use
of any motor vehicle, 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, or upon a cause of action on an agreement of
settlement for such damages.
(3) "License" means any license, temporary instruction permit, or temporary license
issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the licensing of persons to operate motor
vehicles.
(4) "Mobile electronic device" means any small handheld computing or
communications device that has a display screen with touch input or a miniature keyboard.
(5) "Motor vehicle" means every self-propelled vehicle (except traction engines, road
rollers, farm tractors, electric-assisted bicycles, tractor cranes, power shovels, and well
drillers) and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead wires
but not operated upon rails.
(6) " Nonresident" means every person who is not a resident of this state but does not
include persons dwelling outside of this state whose occupation or business requires them
to spend one-half or more of their working hours in this state in pursuance of their business
or employment.
(7) "Nonresident's operating privileges" means the privileges conferred upon a
nonresident by the laws of this state pertaining to the operation by him of a motor vehicle,
or the use of a motor vehicle owned by him, in this state.
(8) "Operator" means every person who is in actual physical control of a motor
vehicle.
(9) "Owner" means every person who holds the legal title to a motor vehicle or in
the event a motor vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale, lease, or
transfer of the possession, however, thereof, with the right of purchase upon performance of
the condition stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the
conditional vendee, lessee, possessor, or in the event such or similar transaction is had by
means of a mortgage, and the mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such
conditional vendee, lessee, possessor, or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the
purpose of this Chapter.
(10) "Person" means every natural person, firm, co-partnership, association, or
corporation.
(11) "Proof of financial responsibility" means proof of ability to respond in damages
for liability, on account of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of the proof,
arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle in the amounts specified
in R.S. 32:872 in reference to the acceptable limits of a policy or bond.
(12) "Registration" includes a registration certificate or certificates and registration
plates issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the registration of motor vehicles.
(13) "State" means any state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District
of Columbia, or any province of the Dominion of Canada.

Legislative History

Acts 1952, No. 52, §1; Acts 1984, No. 237, §1; Acts 2012, No. 824, §1; Acts 2020, No. 152, §1.