Chapter 1. Louisiana Highway Regulatory Act

Part I. Definitions and General Authority

• La. R.S. § 32:1 Definitions
• La. R.S. § 32:2 Authority of Department of Transportation and Development
• La. R.S. § 32:3 Authority of Department of Public Safety and Corrections
• La. R.S. § 32:4 Authority of Departments to Summon Witnesses
• La. R.S. § 32:5 Authority of Other Law Enforcement Officers; Parade Marshals In Calcasieu Parish and Lake Charles; Traffic Control Officers In the City of New Orleans
• La. R.S. § 32:6 Authority of Department of Public Safety and Corrections to Serve Notices and Subpoenas; Procedure
• La. R.S. § 32:7 Authority to Operate Joint Weight Enforcement Scales With Contiguous States; Joint Enforcement of Laws
• La. R.S. § 32:8 Final Delinquent Debt; Office of Motor Vehicles

Part II. Uniform Applicability of Chapter; Power of Local Authorities

• Subpart A. Uniformity of Application
• Subpart B. Powers of Local Authorities

Part III. General Prohibitions, Penalties

• La. R.S. § 32:51 Vehicle License Required
• La. R.S. § 32:52 Driver Must Be Licensed
• La. R.S. § 32:53 Proper Equipment Required On Vehicles; Display of Plate
• La. R.S. § 32:54 Size, Weight and Load of Vehicles Limited
• La. R.S. § 32:55 Exclusion of Vehicles From Highways; Notice Required
• La. R.S. § 32:56 Obedience to Police Officers, Weights and Standards Police Officers, and Traffic Signs
• La. R.S. § 32:57 Penalties; Alternatives to Citation
• La. R.S. § 32:57.1 Failure to Honor Written Promise to Appear; Penalty; Disposition of Fines
• La. R.S. § 32:57.2 Fee For Expenses Incurred For Renewal Or Reissuance of Suspended Operator's License; Office of the Prosecuting Authority
• La. R.S. § 32:57.3 Failure to Respond to an Hov Violation
• La. R.S. § 32:57.4 [Repealed]
• La. R.S. § 32:58 Careless Operation
• La. R.S. § 32:58.1 Careless Operation During Flood Conditions

Part IV. Traffic Regulations

• Subpart A. Speed Restrictions
• Subpart B. Driving On the Right Side, Overtaking and Passing, Etc
• Subpart C. Turning, Starting and Stopping and Signals Therefor
• Subpart D. Right of Way
• Subpart E. Parking, Standing and Stopping
• Subpart E-1. Open Roads Law
• Subpart F. Railroad Grade Crossings
• Subpart G. Operation of Motorcycles, Motor-Driven Cycles and Bicycles
• Subpart G-1. Electric Mobility Aids
• Subpart G-2. Personal Delivery Devices
• Subpart H. Pedestrians' Rights and Duties
• Subpart I. Signs, Markers and Signals
• Subpart J. Vehicles Transporting Explosives Or Inflammables
• Subpart K. Regulation of Certain Highways and Establishment of Through Highways
• Subpart L. Miscellaneous Provisions

Part V. Equipment of Vehicles

• Subpart A. Lamps and Other Lighting Equipment
• Subpart B. Brakes
• Subpart C. Other Equipment

Part VI. Size, Weight, and Load of Vehicle

• La. R.S. § 32:379 Applicability; Regulations In Excess of R.s. 32:380 Through R.s. 32:386 Prohibited
• Subpart A. Size, Width, Height, Length, Weight and Load of Vehicles In Regular Operation
• Subpart B. Special Permits
• Subpart C. Penalties
• Subpart D. Enforcement, Payment and Collection Procedures

Part VI-A. Weigh-In-Motion Photo Enforcement System

• La. R.S. § 32:390 Weigh-In-Motion (Wim) System

Part VI-B. Louisiana Truck Center

• La. R.S. § 32:390.21 Louisiana Truck Center; Creation; Purpose
• La. R.S. § 32:390.22 Services and Assistance
• La. R.S. § 32:390.23 Agency Representatives
• La. R.S. § 32:390.24 [Repealed]

Part VII. Procedure and Reports

• La. R.S. § 32:391 Appearance Upon Arrest
• La. R.S. § 32:392 Impounding of Vehicles; Prohibitions
• La. R.S. § 32:392.1 [Repealed]
• La. R.S. § 32:393 Persons Charged With Traffic Violations; Time For Disposition, Licenses, Reports, and Records to Be Sent to Department of Public Safety and Corrections; Fee Charged; Record of Unpaid Traffic Fines and Parking Fines
• La. R.S. § 32:393.1 Records of Convictions; Extracts; Fees
• La. R.S. § 32:393.2 Reports; Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges; U.s. Department of State; Deadlines
• La. R.S. § 32:394 Flagrant Violations; Courts to Give Details On Request of Department
• La. R.S. § 32:395 Police Officers Not Impeded By This Chapter
• La. R.S. § 32:396 Commissioner to Publish Records
• La. R.S. § 32:397 Commissioner to Furnish Forms and Receive Accident Reports
• La. R.S. § 32:397.1 Accident Reports; Citizens Right to Privacy
• La. R.S. § 32:398 Crash Reports; When and to Whom Made; Information Aid; Fees For Copies; Fees For Crash Photographs and Videos

Part VII-A. Uniform Traffic Citations

• La. R.S. § 32:398.1 Traffic Citations; Form; Issuance
• La. R.S. § 32:398.2 Disposition of Traffic Citations; Unlawful Acts; Records
• La. R.S. § 32:398.3 Illegal Cancellation of Traffic Citation; Penalty; Audit of Citation Records; Publication
• La. R.S. § 32:398.4 When Copy of Citation Shall Be Deemed a Lawful Complaint
• La. R.S. § 32:398.5 Applicability

Part VII-B. Reporting of Statistics Related to Traffic Citations

• La. R.S. § 32:398.10 [Effective Until 1/1/2024] Collection and Reporting of Statistical Information Relating to Traffic Stops
• La. R.S. § 32:398.10 [Effective 1/1/2024] Collection and Reporting of Statistical Information Relating to Traffic Stops

Part VIII. Method of Citation

• La. R.S. § 32:399 Citation

Part IX. Autonomous Commercial Motor Vehicles

• La. R.S. § 32:400.1 Definitions
• La. R.S. § 32:400.2 Controlling Authority; Compliance
• La. R.S. § 32:400.3 Operation; Criteria
• La. R.S. § 32:400.4 Owners and Operators of an Autonomous Commercial Motor Vehicle
• La. R.S. § 32:400.5 Reporting an Accident
• La. R.S. § 32:400.6 Remote Drivers; Teleoperations; Compliance
• La. R.S. § 32:400.7 Teleoperations; Operation; Criteria
• La. R.S. § 32:400.8 Liability; Jurisdiction