Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:57.3

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Department: means the Department of Transportation and Development. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
  • Driver: means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Owner: means a person who holds a legal title to a vehicle or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale, lease, or transfer of possession thereof with the right of purchase upon the performance of the conditions stated in the agreement, with the right of immediate possession in the vendee, lessee, possessor, or in the event such similar transaction is had by means of mortgage and the mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then the conditional vendee, lessee, possessor, or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purposes of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
  • Vehicle: means every device by which persons or things may be transported upon a public highway or bridge, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1

            A.(1) When the office of motor vehicles receives notice from the Department of Transportation and Development to not renew or reissue the driver‘s license or vehicle registration of a frequent violator as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 47:820.5.9(J)(2), the office of motor vehicles shall issue a notice to the violator at the address listed on the violator’s driver’s license, unless a more current address is on file, that shall identify the vehicle or vehicles subject to HOV violations by vehicle identification number and the assigned license plate number. The notice shall also advise the registered owner that his registration privileges and driver’s license will be blocked against renewal or reissuance, including any request for a duplicate registration or driver’s license. The office of motor vehicles shall obtain a certificate of mailing at the time the notice is mailed to the frequent violator.

            (2) The notice shall also state that the person shall pay a reinstatement fee to the office of motor vehicles in addition to providing proof of compliance from the Department of Transportation and Development to remove the block against renewal or reissuance, including any request for a duplicate registration or driver’s license.

            (3) The reinstatement fee due under this Section shall be one hundred dollars.

            B. The Department of Transportation and Development shall provide the complete record on all violations of the frequent violator including all notices, evidence, or other records used in determining the violation or conducting any hearing or appeal.

            Acts 2021, No. 357, §1, eff. June 14, 2021.