How are you planning on making it street legal in Louisiana?
Well from what I gathered it can be done by getting it inspected by state police after meeting all requirements. This is what the Honda Store in Covington told me and I have another buddy who has some kind crazy looking can am with a plate. He rides it on street in Metairie? Why? what are you thinking?
No it doesn't. I've seen the documentation and looked into it when I bought mine. When I looked into it I was told they wouldn't pass the inspection even with the proper items/paperwork since it was at their "discretion". Very similar to what local LEO were doing for suppressors/SBR if you didn't have an LLC; they could sign at their discretion (and most wouldn't) regardless of your legal standing.
They can probably cite this as well, since I don't know of any roads on the north shore that are designated for UTV use. Maybe the LSP troop on the south shore is more lenient.
Have you checked around to verify if La. is willing to Title/Reg an offroad SxS???
My thoughts exactly. I can not speak with certainty today, but I KNOW for sure that when I retired you could not title a sxs for the highway in La.
Did you see THIS ........ "the utility terrain vehicle may only be used upon a parish road that has been designated by a parish, or a municipal street that has been designated by a municipality, for use by a utility terrain vehicle or cross any divided highway, highway, roadway, or street with a posted speed limit in excess of thirty-five miles per hour at an intersection." ...... which means you are VERY limited on where you can ride it on public roads. Add to everything else liability Ins and Inspection sticker.
Still looks to be the case. You might be able to get it inspected and pass but the DMV won't title it. There's that South Dakota loophole where they will let you title it even if you're out of state, but there is a bunch of paper work involved. I haven't looked into it in a while but they weren't being as lenient as they had in the past.
According to La. law, regardless of where any veh is originally title or where owner may live, IF the veh is in La 50% of the time it is required to be reg in La. Any SD loophole would be a temporary solution until the local LEO saw the problem.
That's pretty much what I read. You'd be fine until you got nabbed by someone who decided to do more than just write the ticket/warning and send you on your way.
Didn't doubt it had been done or could be done; I've seen them with tags around the state before. I think you will run into a different scenario trying to do it on the Northshore.
