Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 55 - PUBLIC SAFETY
Part I - State Police
Chapter 23 - Weights and Standards
Section I-2321 - Recovery of Civil Penalties

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code I-2321

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. To enforce the collection of a civil penalty levied upon a person determined by the deputy secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to have committed an act that is a violation of these regulations, the deputy secretary:

1. may order the removal of the offending vehicle's license tag if the registration is from this state;

2. may seize any vehicle not registered within the state which is owned by the person or company in violation;

3. shall have the driver's or operator's license suspended for a violation(s) committed by the driver or operator.

B. The secretary shall enforce the provisions of Subsection A as follows.

1. The removal of a vehicle's license tag shall be completed and, upon remittance of the levied penalty, reinstated in a manner consistent with the procedures required by the Office of Motor Vehicles.

2. When the person or company fails to remit a levied civil penalty within 90 days subsequent to the seizure of a vehicle as authorized in this Section, the Department of Public Safety and Correction shall collect the penalty in a manner consistent with applicable portions of R.S. 32:521 et seq.

3. The suspension of a driver's license shall be completed and, upon remittance of the levied penalty, reinstated in a manner consistent with the provisions required by the Office of Motor Vehicles.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 32:380-389.

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