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State Traffic
47:501 Registration of vehicles (expired registration)
47:502.2 Exemption from vehicle registration; military personnel
47:506 Registration certificates (no registration)
47:508 Registration (expired license plate)
47:513 Vehicle of non-resident owner regularly used in Louisiana (failure to transfer registration)
47:519 Temporary registration plate (unlawful use of temporary plate)
47:536 Violation of registration provisions (also switched/fictitious license plate)
32:24 Emergency vehicles; exceptions
32:51 Vehicle license required
32:53 Proper equipment required on vehicles; display of plate
32:54 Size, weight and load of vehicles limited
32:56 Obedience to police officers, weights and standards police officers, and traffic signs
32:58.1 Careless operation during flood conditions
32:65 Drag racing and racing on public roads and certain property; exemptions
32:71 Driving on right side of road; exceptions
32:72 Passing vehicles proceeding in opposite directions
32:73 Passing a vehicle on the left
32:73.1 Rolling roadblocks prohibited on certain multiple-lane highways; definitions; penalties
32:74 When passing on the right is permitted
32:75 Limitations on passing on the left
32:76 Further limitations on passing on the left
32:76.1 Limitations on passing bicycles
32:77.1 School zones; no passing zones
32:78 One-way roadways and rotary traffic islands
32:79 Driving on roadway laned for traffic
32:80 Overtaking and passing school buses
32:82 Driving on divided highways
32:83 Driving on highways with two-way left-turn lanes and dedicated left-turn lanes
32:101 Required position and method of turning at intersections
32:104 Turning movements and required signals
32:121 Vehicle approaching or entering intersection
32:122 Vehicle turning left at intersection
32:123 Stop signs and yield signs; penalties for violations
32:124 Vehicle entering highway from private road, driveway, alley or building
32:125 Procedure on approach of an authorized emergency vehicle; passing a parked emergency vehicle
32:141 Stopping, standing, or parking outside business or residence districts
32:142 Officers authorized to remove illegally stopped vehicles
32:143 Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places
32:143.1 Blocking of private driveways, highways and department rights of way, penalties
32:143.2 Private driveways, highways, and public rights-of-way; sporting activities; penalties
32:145 Unattended motor vehicles
32:171 Obedience to signal indicating approach to train; reporting violations; penalties
32:172 All vehicles must stop at certain railroad grade crossings
32:173.1 Railroad grade crossings; stopping required
32:174 Moving heavy equipment at railroad grade crossings
32:175 Vehicles must yield at railroad grade crossings; exceptions; penalties for violations
32:176 Required notification of recording devices carried on railroad trains
32:190.1 Eye protective devices to be worn by motorcyclist; windshield on motorcycle
32:191.1 Operating motorcycles on roadways laned for traffic
32:191.2 Clinging to other vehicles
32:191.3 Footrests and handlebars
32:192 Riding on motor-driven cycles
32:193 Operation of bicycles; general provision
32:194 Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles
32:197 Riding on roadways and bicycle paths
32:198 Operating motorized bicycles
32:199 Bicycle helmets; restraining seats
32:200 Operation of motor scooter on sidewalks
32:201 Harassment of bicyclists prohibited; penalties
32:202 Louisiana bicycle and pedestrian safety fund
32:203 Motor vehicles operating in bicycle lanes
32:211 Pedestrians subject to traffic regulations
32:212 Pedestrians right-of-way in crosswalks
32:213 Crossing at other than crosswalks
32:214 Drive to exercise due care
32:215 Pedestrians to use right half of crosswalks
32:216 Pedestrians on highways or interstate highways
32:217 Blind and incapacitated pedestrians; use of canes; persons in wheelchairs; vehicles
32:218 Pedestrians soliciting rides or business
32:219 Pedestrians right-of-way on sidewalks
32:231 Obedience to and required traffic-control devices
32:232 Traffic-control signals
32:232.1 Vehicle approaching intersection in which traffic lights are inoperative
32:233 Pedestrian-control signals
32:237 Barricades, signs, and signals; prohibition against tampering with, removing, possessing, and violating instructions; exceptions
32:282 Obstruction to driver's view or driving mechanism
32:283 Improper opening or leaving open of vehicle door
32:284 Riding in house trailers, on fenders, on running board or on rear racks prohibited; open pickup trucks; utility trailer
32:286 Following authorized emergency vehicles prohibited
32:288 Driving through safety zone prohibited
32:289 Cellular radio telecommunication device use by operator of school buses prohibited
32:289.1 Cellular telephone use; certain drive prohibited
32:290 Driving across ditches; requirements
32:292.1 Transportation and storage of firearms in privately owned motor vehicles
32:293 Prohibiting standing of school children under certain circumstances; limiting number of children transported at one time
32:295 Child passenger restraint system
32:295.1 Safety belt use; tags indicating exemption
32:295.2 Wearing of headphones; prohibitions; exceptions
32:295.3 Leaving children unattended and unsupervised in motor vehicles; prohibition; penalties
32:295.3.1 Child safety alarms in motor vehicles used to transport children; day care facilities; quality care rating system
32:295.4 Guidelines for seat belt, motor vehicle inspection, and motor vehicle liability security checkpoints; law enforcement agencies
32:296 Stopping, parking, or standing upon the highway shoulder; driving upon the highway shoulder
32:299 Off-road vehicles; authorization for use on the shoulder of certain public roads and highways; authorization for use on certain public property
32:300 Possession of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles
32:300.1 Low-speed vehicles; safety equipment requirements; exemptions; registration; safety inspections
32:300.2 Electric personal assistive mobility devices; operation; exceptions
32:300.4 Smoking in motor vehicles prohibited; penalties
32:300.5 Use of certain wireless telecommunications devices for text messaging and social networking prohibited
32:300.6 Use of wireless telecommunications devices by certain drive prohibited; exceptions
32:300.7 Use of certain wireless telecommunications devices by minor while driving prohibited; exceptions
32:300.8 Use of wireless telecommunications devices in school zones prohibited; exceptions
32:301 When lighted lamps are required
32:302 Visibility distance and mounted height of lamps
32:303 Headlamps on motor vehicles; motorcycles and motordriven cycles
32:305 New motor vehicles to be equipped with reflectors
32:306 Stop lamps and turn signals required on new motor vehicles
32:308 Additional equipment required on buses, trucks, truck tractors, trailers, semi-trailer and pole trailer
32:309 Color of clearance lamps, identification lamps, side marker lamps, backup lamps and reflectors
32:310 Mounting of reflectors, clearance lamps and side marker lamps
32:311 Visibility of reflectors, clearance lamps, and marker lamps
32:311.1 Equipment combinations
32:312 Obstructed lights not required
32:313 Lamp or flag on projecting load
32:314 Lamps on parked vehicles
32:315 Lamps on farm tractors, farm equipment and implements of husbandry
32:315.1 Reflecting tape on trailer hauling sugarcane
32:316 Lamps on other vehicles and equipment
32:317 Spotlights and auxiliary lamps
32:318 Audible and visual signals on certain vehicles
32:319 Signal lamps and signal devices
32:320 Additional lighting equipment
32:320.1 Vehicular hazard warning signals
32:321 Multiple beam road lighting equipment
32:322 Use of multiple beam road lighting equipment
32:323 Single-beam road-lighting equipment
32:324 Lighting equipment on motor-driven cycles
32:325 Alternate road-lighting equipment
32:326 Number of driving lamps required or permitted; parking lights
32:327 Special restrictions on lamps
32:329.1 Bicycles; front lamps; rear lamps; side and rear reflector
32:333 Certain lights around license plates prohibited
32:334 Installation or use of certain lamps prohibited
32:341 Brake equipment required
32:351 Horns and warning devices
32:352 Mufflers; requirements; prevention of excessive noise, fumes and smoke
32:353 Modification of exhaust systems
32:354 Mirrors
32:355 Fire extinguishers
32:356 Windshields must be equipped with wiping and washing systems
32:361.1 View outward or inward through windshield or windows; obscuring prohibited
32:361.2 Medical exemption (tint)
32:361.3 Security exemption (tint)
32:362 Restrictions as to tire equipment
32:366 Required equipment of tow cars
32:367 Certain vehicles to carry flares or other warning devices
32:368 Display of warning devices when vehicle disabled
32:369 Red flags, use in parking certain vehicles
32:378.1 Display of patently obscene words, photographs, and depictions
32:402 All drivers must secure license; exception; emergency vehicle exception; military personnel exceptions; violations
32:404 Operation of motor vehicles by nonresidents, students, and military personnel and dependents; reciprocity agreements with foreign countries
32:411.1 Licensee to have license in immediate possession; notification to vehicle owner; surrender of license
32:414.1 Unlawful use of license
32:415 Operating vehicle while license is suspended; offenses in other states; record of offenses given other states
32:416 Unlawful operation by persons under the age of seventeen; parents responsible
32:416.1 Unlawful operation by persons less than seventeen years of age; operation of motor vehicles and power cycles between certain hours prohibited
32:423 Restricted license
32:861 Security required
32:861.1 Security required; exemption for active duty overseas
32:862 Proof of compliance (card, mobile device, etc.)
32:863 Sanctions for false declaration; reinstatement fees; revocation of registration
32:863.1 Evidence of compulsory motor vehicle liability security contained in vehicle
32:864 Criminal sanctions for false declaration
32:865 Criminal sanctions for operating motor vehicle not covered by security
32:865.1 Criminal sanctions for operating school bus not covered by security
32:867 Private parking lots (insurance requirements)
32:880 Nonresident (foreign) drivers; accidents
32:1736 Towing of motor vehicles from private property (if tow truck is not in compliance with all provisions - violation of R.S. 14:68.4)