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LA SB72
Bill
Status
2/19/2026
Primary Sponsor
Valarie Hodges
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AI Summary
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Documents for motor vehicle sales, transfers, titling, registration, or encumbrances may be created, executed, and submitted electronically when the Office of Motor Vehicles has the technological capability to accept them.
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Electronic signatures satisfy legal requirements for documents to be signed, endorsed, or executed in motor vehicle transactions.
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Motor vehicle documents may be notarized electronically or through remote online notarization under Louisiana's Remote Online Notarization Act (R.S. 35:621 et seq.).
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Documents cannot be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because they are in electronic form.
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Effective August 1, 2026.
Legislative Description
Provides for electronic signatures for vehicle titles. (8/1/26)
MOTOR VEHICLES
Last Action
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
3/9/2026