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RS 40:1483

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RS 40:1483

§1483. Impoundment

A law enforcement officer may impound oil or oil field equipment and the vehicle transporting it, pending being furnished with the correct documentation or other proof of ownership or right to possession, whenever:

(1)he has reasonable cause to examine the documentation; and

(2)the transporter lacks it or the documentation is substantially in variance with the facts.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 550, §1.