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La. Rev. Stat. § 34:851.9 Incapacity of operator
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§851.9. Incapacity of operator It shall be unlawful for the owner of any watercraft or any person having such in charge or in control to authorize or knowingly permit the same to be operated by any person who by reason of physical or mental disability is incapable of operating su…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.1 Short title
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§852.1. Short title This Part may be cited as the "Vessel and Motor Titling Act". Acts 2007, No. 319, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; H.C.R. No. 25, 2008 R.S, eff. May 28, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 508, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.10 Manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin required
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§852.10. Manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin required No dealer shall purchase or otherwise acquire a new vessel or outboard motor without obtaining from the seller a manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin or equivalent document. No manufacturer, import…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.11 Manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin; form and content
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§852.11. Manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin; form and content A. The manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin, or equivalent document, shall be a uniform or standardized form. B. Each manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin shall contain: (1) …
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.12 Dealer's record of vessels bought, sold, or transferred
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§852.12. Dealer's record of vessels bought, sold, or transferred Every dealer shall maintain for at least three years a record of any vessel or outboard motor bought, sold, exchanged, or received for sale or exchange. This record shall be available for inspection by department re…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.13 Hull identification number requirement; prohibitions
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§852.13. Hull identification number requirement; prohibitions A. Each vessel shall have a hull identification number assigned and affixed. The department shall assign a hull identification number to an undocumented vessel not having a hull identification number at the time of num…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.14 Transfer or repossession of vessel or outboard motor by operation of law or court order
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§852.14. Transfer or repossession of vessel or outboard motor by operation of law or court order A. In the event of a transfer by operation of law or order of a court of the title or interest of an owner in a vessel or outboard motor titled under the provisions of this Part, the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.15 Transfer of title; absence of executor or administrator of estate
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§852.15. Transfer of title; absence of executor or administrator of estate If the titled owner is deceased and no one has qualified as administrator or executor of the owner's estate, a transfer may be made by a legatee or distributee. The legatee or distributee shall present to …
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.16 Security interest in vessels or outboard motors; certificate of title to show interest; notice; exemptions
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§852.16. Security interest in vessels or outboard motors; certificate of title to show interest; notice; exemptions A. The department, upon receiving an application or financing statement for a certificate of title to a vessel or outboard motor or financing statement showing a se…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.17 Certificate of origin; evidence of ownership; rebuttal
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§852.17. Certificate of origin; evidence of ownership; rebuttal Issuance of a certificate of origin under provision of the law shall be prima facie evidence of ownership of a vessel or outboard motor and entitlement of the owner to a certificate of title, but such certificate of …
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.18 Forms; investigations
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§852.18. Forms; investigations A. The department shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, financing statements, certificates of title, and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out this Part. B. The department may make necessary investigations to procu…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.19 Adoption of rules and regulations
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§852.19. Adoption of rules and regulations The department shall adopt the necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Part. Acts 2007, No. 319, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; H.C.R. No. 25, 2008 R.S., eff. May 28, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.2 Definitions
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§852.2. Definitions As used in this Part: (1) "Certificate of documentation" means a certificate issued by the United States Coast Guard for a vessel documented under 46 U.S.C., Chapter 121 (Form CG-1270). (2) "Certificate of origin" means a document establishing the initial chai…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.20 Electronic media system for lien recordation and title information
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§852.20. Electronic media system for lien recordation and title information The department is hereby authorized to develop and implement a computer system which will permit the voluntary electronic recording of information concerning the perfection and release of vessel or outboa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.21 Fees
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§852.21. Fees A. The department shall charge the following fees: (1) Certificate of title-eighteen dollars. (2) Duplicate certificate of title-fifteen dollars. (3) Notation of a security interest, whether a chattel mortgage, other security agreement, or other financing statement …
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.22 Violations; penalties
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§852.22. Violations; penalties Any person found in violation of this Part shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars but no more than one thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both, for each violation. Acts 2007, No. 319, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; H.C…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.23 Titling abandoned and salvaged vessels and outboard motors
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§852.23. Titling abandoned and salvaged vessels and outboard motors The department shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act to establish guidelines and procedures for the registration and titling of vessels or outboard motors which are abando…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.3 Certificate of title authorized
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§852.3. Certificate of title authorized A. Any person who purchases or possesses either of the following to be principally operated on the waters of this state and not held as inventory for sale or lease may apply to the department for a certificate of title for the following: (1…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.4 Application for certificate of title; form; content
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§852.4. Application for certificate of title; form; content A. An application for a certificate of title may be made by the owner within sixty days after acquiring the vessel or outboard motor or after a change in the data listed on the certificate of title. The application shall…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.5 Acquisition of vessel or outboard motor by dealer
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§852.5. Acquisition of vessel or outboard motor by dealer If a dealer buys or acquires a used outboard motor or numbered vessel for resale, the dealer shall report the acquisition to the department on forms the department provides, or the dealer may apply for and obtain a certifi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.6 Prohibition of vessel or outboard motor sale, assignment, or transfer without
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§852.6. Prohibition of vessel or outboard motor sale, assignment, or transfer without certificate of title or documentation A.(1) No person shall sell, assign, or transfer a vessel or outboard motor titled by the department or documented with the United States Coast Guard without…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.7 Certificate of title; form and content
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§852.7. Certificate of title; form and content A. Each certificate of title shall contain: (1) The name of the current owner. (2) The address of the principal place of residence of an individual owner, and the address, including zip code, of the principal place of business of an …
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.8 Retention of records of title
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§852.8. Retention of records of title The department shall retain the evidence used to establish the accuracy of the information required for vessel or outboard motor titling purposes and may make the evidence available to the United States Coast Guard and participating authoriti…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:852.9 Duplicate certificate of title
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§852.9. Duplicate certificate of title The holder of an original title shall apply for a duplicate title after the discovery of the loss, theft, mutilation, or destruction of an original certificate of title. The department shall issue a duplicate certificate of title plainly mar…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:855.1 Short title
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§855.1. Short title This Part may be cited as the "Personal Watercraft Safety Act". Acts 1991, No. 97, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:855.2 Definitions
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§855.2. Definitions As used in this Part, "personal watercraft" means a vessel which uses an inboard motor powering a water jet pump as its primary source of motive power and which is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing, or kneeling on the vessel, rather than th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:855.3 Regulation of personal watercraft
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§855.3. Regulation of personal watercraft A. A person shall not operate a personal watercraft unless each person aboard is wearing a type I, type II, type III, or type V personal flotation device approved by the United States Coast Guard. B. A person operating a personal watercra…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:855.4 Regulation of liveries
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§855.4. Regulation of liveries A. A livery shall not lease, hire, or rent a personal watercraft to or for operation by any person who is under sixteen years of age. B. Any person violating this Section shall be fined according to R.S. 56:31. Acts 1991, No. 97, §1; Acts 2009, No. …
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:855.5 Exemptions
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§855.5. Exemptions The provisions of R.S. 34:855.3 shall not apply to a performer engaged in a professional exhibition or a person preparing to participate or participating in an officially sanctioned regatta, race, marine parade, tournament, or exhibition. Acts 1991, No. 97, §1.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:861 Debts recoverable from seamen
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§861. Debts recoverable from seamen No keeper of a public or lodging house for seamen shall, at any time, recover from a seaman any debt exceeding one dollar, and no other person shall recover from any seaman a debt exceeding one dollar, after he has signed articles to proceed to…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:862 Detaining effects of seamen for debt
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§862. Detaining effects of seamen for debt No keeper of a public or lodging house for seamen shall withhold or detain any chest, bed or bedding, clothes, or tools, or other effects of any seaman, for any debt alleged to be due by the seaman. Any magistrate may, by warrant, cause …
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:863 Crews of foreign vessels working beyond ship's tackle; prohibition; penalty
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§863. Crews of foreign vessels working beyond ship's tackle; prohibition; penalty No sailor or portion of the crew of any foreign sea-going vessel shall engage in working on the wharves or levee of the city of New Orleans beyond the end of the vessel's tackle. Any officer, sailor…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:864 Certificate of discharge; master's duty to give
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§864. Certificate of discharge; master's duty to give The master of every vessel arriving at any port shall give to every person shipped on board such vessel, who is entitled to his discharge, or who is discharged there, a certificate in the following form: "A.B., one of the crew…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:865 Shipping seamen without discharges; penalty
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§865. Shipping seamen without discharges; penalty No master of a vessel, nor any person for him, shall ship any seaman who does not produce a discharge, unless previously thereto he gives twelve hours' notice that such seaman has applied to be shipped without a discharge to all t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:866 Proceedings when discharge refused
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§866. Proceedings when discharge refused The justice of the peace of the port where a vessel has arrived, on the verbal complaint of any person that he is entitled to receive his discharge, and that the same is denied by the master of the vessel to which he belonged, shall issue …
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:867 Advertisement of deserters
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§867. Advertisement of deserters If any seaman deserts from any vessel in any of the ports of this state, or in the voyage from the sea up to either of them, the master of the vessel shall, within twelve hours after his arrival, if such desertion has taken place before his arriva…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:868 Innkeepers harboring or concealing deserters; penalty
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§868. Innkeepers harboring or concealing deserters; penalty If the keeper of any tavern, lodging or boarding house, knowingly receives, harbors, lodges, or conceals any deserter from any merchant vessel, he shall, on conviction, pay a fine of one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:869 Causing desertion or interfering with authority of master; penalty
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§869. Causing desertion or interfering with authority of master; penalty Any master of a vessel; any keeper of a boarding house for seamen, or any servant, agent or other person in his employ; and any broker, shipping master or other person engaged in procuring seamen for vessels…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:870 Place of arrest or trial
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§870. Place of arrest or trial Any person or persons accused of any of the offenses provided for in R.S. 34:869, may be arrested and tried in any parish in which the vessel on which such offense was committed, may moor.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:871 Arrest by master or person in charge
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§871. Arrest by master or person in charge Any master or person in charge of any vessel upon which the offenses enumerated in R.S. 34:869 are committed, may arrest any person so offending and deliver him to the proper authorities for trial.
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:872 Evidence; burden of proof
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§872. Evidence; burden of proof On the trial of any person, for having gone on board any vessel without permission from the proper officer, it shall be incumbent upon him to prove that he had received the permission required; in default of his proving this, he shall be considered…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:873 Taking testimony of master, officer or transient person
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§873. Taking testimony of master, officer or transient person When the testimony of any master or officer of any vessel, or of any transient person is required by a magistrate before whom a prosecution has been commenced under the provisions of R.S. 34:869, which testimony is nec…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:874 Harboring or secreting seamen; penalty
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§874. Harboring or secreting seamen; penalty Any person either on shipboard or on shore, other than those enumerated in R.S. 34:868 and 34:869, who harbors or secretes a seaman who has signed shipping articles to proceed on a voyage, or who inveigles or procures such seaman to de…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:875 Search warrant for secreted seamen
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§875. Search warrant for secreted seamen Any magistrate may, on complaint on oath being made by the master of a vessel, or some person in his behalf, that a seaman or boy apprentice has deserted from his vessel, and that he is harbored, secreted or detained, issue a warrant under…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:876 Shipping articles as evidence
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§876. Shipping articles as evidence On the trial of any person under R.S. 34:874 and R.S. 34:875, a copy of the articles of any vessel authenticated by the affidavit of the captain, sworn to before any magistrate, shall be admissible in evidence to prove that any seaman whose nam…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:877 Abandonment of ship or refusal to perform duty; forfeiture and damages
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§877. Abandonment of ship or refusal to perform duty; forfeiture and damages Any person who ships upon a vessel to do service thereon either by the month or voyage, in the capacity of officer, engineer, pilot, clerk, mate, carpenter, cook, steward, cabin boy, watchman, fireman, d…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:941 Definitions
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§941. Definitions As used in this Subpart, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Board of examiners" or "board" means the Board of Examiners of Bar Pilots for the Port of New Orleans, esta…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:942 Board of examiners; appointment, terms and compensation of members
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§942. Board of examiners; appointment, terms and compensation of members The governor shall appoint three examiners to constitute the Board of Examiners of Bar Pilots for the Port of New Orleans, all of whom shall be bar pilots and shall have served as such for a minimum of five …
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:943 Associated branch pilots; number
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§943. Associated branch pilots; number The pilots whose duty it shall be to pilot sea-going vessels into and out of the entrance of the Mississippi River and into and out of the entrances of all other waterways connecting the Port of New Orleans with outside waters of the Gulf of…
La. Rev. Stat. § 34:944 Confirmation of branch pilots as bar pilots
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§944. Confirmation of branch pilots as bar pilots All pilots qualified under laws existing prior to July 28, 1948 as branch or bar pilots, and who were then members of the Associated Branch Pilots of New Orleans and engaged in piloting vessels in and out of the entrances of the M…
