La. Stat. tit. 32 § 721
Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
The Department of Public Safety and every sheriff, chief of police, or peace officer upon receiving reliable information that any vehicle registered hereunder has been stolen shall immediately or not later than one week after receiving such information report such theft to the commissioner, unless prior thereto information has been received of the recovery of such vehicle. Any said officer upon receiving information that any vehicle, which he has previously reported as stolen, has been recovered, shall immediately report the fact of such recovery to the local sheriff's office or police department and to the commissioner.
La. R.S. § 32:721