Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:861.2 – Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 32:861, or the provision of any other law to the contrary that provides for or requires the assessment of a penalty, procedure, or requirement
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:861.2
- Commissioner: means the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:851
- 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. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:851
- 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. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:851
Notwithstanding the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 32:861, or the provision of any other law to the contrary that provides for or requires the assessment of a penalty, procedure, or requirement to the contrary for a registered owner‘s failure to maintain compulsory motor vehicle liability security, the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, office of motor vehicles, may waive any penalty, procedure, or requirement if the motor vehicle liability security expired or cancelled when the motor vehicle’s principal driver was the registered owner or owner’s spouse or child who was in the hospital or has died, and the registered owner presents proof of such exceptional circumstance to the commissioner.
Acts 2019, No. 173, §1, eff. June 11, 2019.