Category Archives: Towings Laws

RS 32:1728.2 1728.2. Procedure for disposal of junk vehicles

RS 32:1728 1728. Disposal of a stored motor vehicle. A. After forty-five days from the original date of storage or adjusted storage date, if applicable, the storage or parking facility owner shall send a final notice which shall comply with the notice requirements of R.S. 32:1720(B)1) through (7) to the stored vehicle’s owner.

RS 32:1727 1727. Hearings. A. The owner of any vehicle that was stored by a public agency shall have the right to an administrative hearing to determine if towing and storage of said vehicle was proper. The owner of the vehicle must make a request for a hearing within ten days of the date that [...]

RS 32:1726 1726. Abandoned automobiles; stored or in possession of dealer or repairman; right to sell; procedure. A. Whenever any vehicle of a type subject to registration in this state has been stored or left in possession of a motor vehicle dealer or repairman for repair or otherwise and the same has not been…

RS 32:1725 1725. Criminal penalties. Any violation of this Chapter shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. Acts 1989, No. 522,167 1…

RS 32:1724 1724. Administrative penalties. A. Any person who fails to comply with any provision required by this Chapter shall forfeit all claims for towing services and storage of such vehicles and shall be subject to an administrative fine. Each day’s failure to make such a report as required hereunder shall…

RS 32:1723 1723. Maintenance of records. The owner of the place of business shall maintain adequate records on storage of all vehicles, describing the vehicle, the date brought into storage, and the name of the person and/or department authorizing such storage. These records and any vehicle remaining in storage…

RS 32:1722 1722. Exemption from provisions of R.S. 32:1718 through R.S. 32:1721. A. Except when summoned to a location by a law enforcement agency from a call allocation system, the provisions of R.S. 32:1718 through R.S. 32:1721 shall not apply where the owner of the vehicle or the legal representative of the owner…

RS 32:1721 1721. Self-park storage facility notification procedure. A. If the storage garage or parking lot is of the type where vehicles are driven in and left in storage and the entrance to the facility is controlled manually or mechanically similar to parking facilities usually found at airports and railway…

RS 32:1720.1 1720.1. Surrender of stored vehicle to lienholder