All About the Office of Motor Vehicles in New Orleans

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Vehicles is

division of the Louisi

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vehicles, the suspension

evoc

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ll moto

vehicles opeted upon the highys of the st

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One of the chief functions of the OMV, obviously, is to conduct d
ive
ex
ms
nd issue d
ive
s licenses. If you h
ve
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this
l
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eve
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ve you eve
stopped to think
bout ho
V
LU
BLE the info
m
tion OMV collects
nd keeps
bout licensed d
ive
s in Louisi
n
could be if you find you
self inju
ed o
mou
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loved one
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client c
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nd losses in
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n find th
t info
m
tion? Th
t’s
ight, the OMV. Guess
hy th
t info
m
tion is so impo
t
nt?
ell, it tu
ns out th
t diffe
ent cl
sses of license
eflect diffe
ent qu
lific
tions
nd oblig
tions fo
the pe
son
ho holds the license. Kno
ing those qu
lific
tions
nd oblig
tions c
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s c
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s, to pinpoint
h
t th
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ent cl
sses of d
ive
s license > issued by the OMV:

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(Comme
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Combin
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ho d
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in this license, you must p
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kno
ledge
nd
o
d test to sho
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n ope

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HUGE t
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fely. You must
lso h
ve speci
l “endo
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ce
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nd combin
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ong>Cl
ss B (Comme
ci
l D
ive
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ight Vehicles): ong>
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t doesn’t “

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te” (in otheo
ds, the box doesn’t sep
te f
om the c
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ve
Cl
ss B license.

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ss C (Comme
ci
l D
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s License fo
Light Vehicles):<
st
ong>
nyone
ho d
ives
comme
ci
l vehicle th
t
eighs less th
n 26,000 pounds
nd doesn’t f
ll into the Cl
ss
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B c
tego
y must h
ve
Cl
ss C license. This includes d
ive
s of p
ssenge
vehicles c
ying 16 o
mo
e people—buses, mostly.<
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ong>Cl
ss D (Ch
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nyone
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ks fo limo comp
ny must c
y this kind of license.<
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ong>Cl
ss E (Pe
son
l D
ive
s License): ong> this is the license
nyone
ho d
ives
pe
son
l vehicle must c
y.

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tffic
ccident
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d
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s the

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ccident st

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tes st
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son
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iving p
ivileges.
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tes the st
tus of
n individu
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ci
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iving p
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she h
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comme
ci
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ll on-line d
t
such
s ticketsccidents.<
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eco

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ched to it. In

cou

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eco

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NDD<

ong> fo

oving f

cts. So,

hen

esent

client

ho suffe

ed hm bec

use of the

ctions of

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ive

lmost

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t d

ive

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l OMV d

iving

eco

One

y th

eco

d c

LLY help to p

ove leg

l li

bility is

hen the d

ive

s “on the job”

t the time of the

ccident,

nd the

eco

d sho

s the d

ive

poo

iving histo

y. Employe

ho hi

e people to d

ive comme

lly genelly h

n OBLIG

TION to m

ke su

e thei

ive

s h

son

bly cle

n d

iving

eco

ds. So, if

n employe

igno

e c

n sho

histo

y of

ccidents, offenses, o

suspensions

eflected ong>IN THE OFFICI

ECO

D ong>,

ell, th

t helps

LOT in demonst

ting th

t the employe

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ve li

bility to ou

client fo

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dminist

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l. The pu

pose of

license suspension heing is to

evie

hethe

ive

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s been v

lidly suspended.

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ho h

ve been

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people inju

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ccidents,

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nothe

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tego

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t just ong>c

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ny time

ive

t is

t f

ult fo

ccident th

t inju

ed ou

client testifies unde

th, ou

es PE

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son

e LOVE OMV

dministtive heings goes h

nd-in-h

ith the fi

st. Bec

use OMV

dministtive heings feel less fo

l (bec

use, in lots of

ys, they

e), p

ties sometimes sho

up to them

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lye

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use he

second

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my t

o cents of

dvice to

nybody

ith the good fo

tune to he it. ong>If you eve

, eve

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ny kind of p

oceeding

e you might h

ve to give testimony unde

th—I don’t c

hethe

it’s c

lled

l o

dministtive heing—B

ING

LYEITH YOU.<

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n old C

jun te

coullion—

N FOOL—if you don’t.)

But I dig

ess.

s I

s s

ying, some d

ive

s sho

nd p

ticip

te in OMV

dminist

tive he

ing

ithout lye

hen th

t h

ppens, they often s

y things UNDE

nd sho

ith documents th

t se

l the de

l on thei

n leg

l li

bility, o

thei

employe

’s, o

someone else’s.

Plus, bec

use ong>he

ings

eco

ded ong>

nd documents int

oduced

s evidence

e kept in

n offici

l file, l

s fo

the people inju

ed in

ns tffic

ccident

ith those d

ive

s c

n get those

eco

nd use them to thei

clients’ full

heneve

possible. It doesn’t

ys h

ppen, but OMV heings c

n be

ong>gold mine ong> fo

son

l inju

y lye

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ffic
ccident C
ses

Most people look fo

d to visiting the OMV the

y they

nticip

te going to the dentist ong>

ith d

d ong>. Tffic

ccident inju

y lye

s, ho

eve

, think of p

ying

visit to the OMV

bit diffe

ently.

e see it

ime oppo

tunity to g

the

evidence to shohy ou

client

ho suffe

ed inju

ies

nd losses in

moto

vehicle

ccident ought to

ecove

eve

y single doll

, they dese

ve f

nyone

ho did them h

See,

good c

ccident l

peculi

nim

e just ong>LOVE ong> getting ou

nds di

ith F

CTS. The

e e fe

sou

ces of f

cts

bout Ne

ns t

ffic

ccidents

nd d

ive

histo

ies th

n the ole’ OMV. The t

ick is just kno

ing ho

ccess those f

cts to you

client’s

ge,

nd then ho

to use them to get you

client justice.

e use the p

ime f

cts

e g

the

om sou

ces like the OMV fo

clients in

viety of ys:

s
ong> jumping-off point ong> foddition
l investig
tion of hond
hy
n
ccident h
ppened,
nd
ho could h
ve m
de bette
decisions th
t could h
ve p
evented ou
client f
om getting hu
t;
s
ong>sou
ce of leve

ge in negoti
tions<
st
ong>
ith insu

nce comp
nies
nd opposing
tto
neys,
ho often get c
ught by su
p
ise
hen
e pull out offici
l OMV
eco
ds
nd testimony given by thei
client unde
o
th
t
n OMV
dminist

tive he

ing.
s
ong>tool fo
p
oving li
bility
nd conducting c
oss-ex
min
tion
t t
i
l<
st
ong>,
hen it comes time to submit the best possible evidence sho
ing
hy ou
client should
ecove
d
m
ges,
nd to unde
mine someone’s c
edibility on the
itness st
nd.

, ple

se do unde

nd, ong>NOT EVE

Y ong> Ne

ns t

ffic

ccident c

e h

ndle fe

es evidence th

t tu

ned up

t the OMV. Sometimes the

eco

ds OMV keeps e p

etty ong>DULL.<

ong> Sometimes d

ive

s h

ve the good sense to b

ing

ith them to

dminist

tive he

ing so th

t they don’t m

bonehe

ded st

tement unde

th th

t sinks thei

se. Still,

e e

ys on the lookout fo

ctu

l nuggets

t the OMV,

e h

speci

l t

lent fo

finding them. So, bottom line, if you got inju

ed o

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OMV Offici
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s

OMV He

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