Louisiana § RS 47:472 - Lost certificate or number plate
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§ RS 47:472. Lost certificate or number plate
A. If any number plate or registration certificate issued hereunder is lost, mutilated, or becomes illegible, or is transferred from one person to another, the person who is entitled thereto shall make immediate application for and obtain a duplicate or substitute therefor, upon furnishing affidavit or information of such fact satisfactory to the commissioner and upon payment of ten dollars for duplicate plate or plates and four dollars for each duplicate certificate of registration.
B. All collections made under the provisions of this Section shall be apportioned to funds in the same manner as if they were part of the license tax imposed. However, three dollars of each fee for a duplicate certificate of registration shall be deposited in the state general fund and eight dollars of each fee for a duplicate plate or plates shall be paid into the state treasury on or before the twenty-fifth day of each month following their collection.
C. No fee shall be charged for transactions to issue a duplicate certificate of registration to correct an address due to the renaming of a street or highway in accordance with a parish or municipal ordinance.
Amended by Acts 1970, No. 686, §1; Acts 1977, No. 415, §1, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 33, §4, eff. Jan. 19, 1983; Acts 1986, No. 1050, §1; Acts 1992, No. 984, §14; Acts 2021, No. 335, §3.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 47:472 ("Lost certificate or number plate") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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