2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 37 - Professions and Occupations
RS 37:1867 - Disposal or changing identity prohibited during thirty-day period; exceptions
§1867. Disposal or changing identity prohibited during thirty-day period; exceptions
A. No secondhand dealer shall sell or dispose of or change or destroy the identity of any goods, articles, or things purchased by him before an interval of thirty calendar days from the date of purchase has elapsed. During the thirty calendar days after purchase, a secondhand dealer shall keep the purchased goods, articles, or things on the premises of the secondhand dealer's business location or at such other location within the parish where the secondhand dealer's business is located and the item was purchased. In all instances, a secondhand dealer shall make the item immediately available upon request by a law enforcement agency. Any secondhand dealer may sell, dispose of, change, or destroy any goods, article, or thing purchased by him from a client without any delay, provided that the dealer can prove that the client had valid title to the goods, article, or thing of which he intends to dispose.
B. Repealed by Acts 2012, 292, §2.
Acts 1987, No. 901, §1; Acts 1992, No. 817, §1; Acts 2010, No. 918, §1; Acts 2012, No. 292, §2.
