LAC 55:III.1603. Authority; Businesses and Governmental Entities (Formerly §1553)

A. R.S. 47:532.1 authorizes the commissioner to establish a system of public tag agents authorized to collect the registration license taxes, as well as applicable sales and use taxes, and issue registration certificates and license plates to motor vehicles. An agent may be either a municipal or parish governing authority, a new motor vehicle dealer or his agent, or an auto title company. Public tag agents shall also be authorized to receive and process applications filed for certificates of title, duplicate certificates of titles, corrected certificates of title, recordation of liens, mortgages, or security interests against motor vehicles, conversions of plates, transfers of plates, replacements of lost or stolen plates and/or stickers, renewals of registration, duplicate registrations, and additional applications or transactions authorized by the commissioner. B. The commissioner and a public tag agent, shall enter into a contract which shall state the required procedures for the implementation of authorized activities. See §1569 for a copy of the contract. C. With the exception of the requirements for a surety bond, all rules and regulations as well as all contractual provisions shall apply to municipal and parish governing authorities acting as public tag agents.