La. Admin. Code tit. 55 § III-1608

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section III-1608 - Qualifications for Public Tag Agent Owners and Employees

A. Qualifications for a Public Tag Agent Owner. To contract with the department as a public tag agent, the owner/applicant shall:

1. be a citizen of the United States or be lawfully present in the United States;

2. have earned at least a high school diploma, GED or its equivalent;

3. have a business location within the state of Louisiana where the public tag agent office will operate;

4. provide proof of registration with the secretary of state to do business in the state of Louisiana;

5. possess any required business license;

6. the department may deny an application and refuse to grant the applicant authority to act as a public tag agent or revoke a public tag agents status as a result of any of the following actions by the applicant, or by any of the applicant's employees, officer's, directors, managers, representatives, or owners:

a. operating as an auto title company or public tag agent without a license or authorization for each location, with an expired license or authorization, or without a valid surety bond on file with the Office of Motor Vehicles;

b. being a principal or accessory to the alteration of documents relevant to a registration or titling transaction that results in material injury to the public records or a short fall in the collection of taxes owed;

c. the forwarding to the Office of Motor Vehicles by a public tag agent of a document relevant to a registration or titling transaction that results in a material injury to the public records, or a short fall in the collection of taxes owed when the public tag agent had knowledge of facts causing such injury or shortfall, and failed to disclose the same to the Office of Motor Vehicles;

d. conviction of, or an entry plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, any felony or conviction of, or an entry plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, any criminal charge, an element of which is fraud or theft;

e. fraud, deceit, or perjury in obtaining any license issued under this Chapter;

f. any material misstatement of fact or omission of fact in any application for the issuance of an authorization for a public tag agent;

g. current or previous owner, employee, officer, director, manager or representative of a public tag agent or any other business regulated by DPS whose license or contract has been revoked;

h. conviction of a crime involving violence, dishonesty, deceit, or an offense involving moral turpitude.

i. there is current prosecution or pending charge against for any offense listed in this section.

La. Admin. Code tit. 55, § III-1608

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles, LR 491123 (6/1/2023).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 47:532.1.