§ 47:536 — Violations of registration provisions

§536. Violations of registration provisions
A. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, no person shall do, omit to do,
permit, or cause to be done or omitted, any of the things required or prohibited by this
Chapter, or to commit any of the following acts:
(1) To operate, or for the owner thereof knowingly to permit the operation of any
motor or other vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer, which is not registered or which does not have
attached thereto and displayed thereon, in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 47:507, the
number plates assigned to it for the current year, subject to the exemptions provided in this
Chapter.
(2) To display or cause or permit to be displayed to sell or offer for sale or otherwise
distribute or have in possession any registration certificate, or registration number plate,
including any temporary registration license plate knowing the same to be fictitious or to
have become cancelled, revoked, suspended, or altered.
(3) To lend to or knowingly permit the use of by anyone not entitled thereto, any
registration number plate issued to the person so lending or permitting the use thereof.
(4) To fail or refuse to surrender to the commissioner or officers of the Division of
State Police, upon demand, any registration certificate or registration number plate which has
been suspended, cancelled, or revoked, as provided in this Chapter.
(5) To use a false or fictitious name or address in any application for the registration
of any vehicle or for any renewal or duplicate thereof, or to make a false statement or
knowingly to conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in any such application.
(6) For the owner, purchaser, assignee, or transferee of a vehicle formerly registered
in the name of another, to neglect, fail, or refuse to surrender to the commissioner or officer
of the Division of State Police the registration certificate of the former owner, or to fail or
refuse to furnish the commissioner with satisfactory proof as to the transfer thereof and his
ownership of the vehicle.
(7) To use or operate, or permit to be used or operated, any vehicle on the highways
of the state carrying a net load in excess of that for which it is registered and the tax thereon
paid. Each use of said vehicle shall constitute a separate offense.
(8) To obtain or use an improper registration certificate, license or license plates, or
to make improper use of a properly obtained registration license or license plate, or to use
upon one vehicle the license plates issued for another vehicle, or to register and attach license
plates to and use on the highways of this state a vehicle unsafe or unfit to be operated, or one
that is not equipped as required by law, or for a manufacturer or dealer to make or permit to
be made any unlawful use of the same or permit the use thereof by a person not entitled
thereto.
B. Whoever violates the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall be fined not
more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both, except
a fine for violating Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section which shall be two hundred and fifty
dollars.

Legislative History

Acts 2025, No. 509, §1, eff. July 1, 2025.