The Louisiana Revised Statutes allow local municipal authorities to require registration of bicycles.
SUBPART B. POWERS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES
§41. Power of local municipal authorities
A. Except as otherwise provided by law, this Chapter shall not be deemed to prevent local municipal authorities, with respect to highways other than state maintained highways within their corporate limits, from adopting ordinances:
(7) Requiring the registration and licensing of bicycles, including the requirement of a registration fee;
New Orleans requires the registration of all bicycles.
Sec. 154-1403. - Registration permitted.
Any person who resides in the City of New Orleans and who owns a bicycle and rides it upon a public right-of-way may register the bicycle with the department of safety and permits to receive a specific identification number for each bicycle he or she owns. The director of the department of safety and permits and his or her designee (hereafter department) is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations as may be required to carry out the purpose of this article.
(Code 1956, § 38-192; M.C.S., Ord. No. 27900, § 1, 10-18-18)
Sec. 154-1404. - Registration application and fee.
(a)Applications to register bicycles shall be made upon a form provided by the department. There shall be a $5.00 application fee for each registered bicycle.
(b)It shall be a violation of this article for any person to register a bicycle when they know or have reasonable grounds to believe that they are not the owner or authorized by the owner to possess and register the bicycle.
(Code 1956, § 38-193; M.C.S., Ord. No. 27900, § 1, 10-18-18)
Sec. 154-1405. - Issuance of registration; record.
(a)Upon the department's receipt of a proper application and fee, the department shall register the bicycle, assign it a registration number, and issue to the applicant a bicycle certificate sticker, as provided in section 154-1406.
(b)The department shall keep a record of each issued registration number, the date issued, the name and address of the person to whom a bicycle certificate sticker was issued, the manufacturer's identification number that is printed on the frame of the bicycle, if applicable, and all fees collected relative thereto.
(c)Upon the department's receipt of a written request, it shall be the duty of the department to provide the superintendent of police and/or the superintendent of fire with a copy of the record of each registration.
(Code 1956, § 38-194; M.C.S., Ord. No. 27900, § 1, 10-18-18)
Sec. 154-1406. - Attachment of registration certificate.
The department upon registering a bicycle shall issue to the applicant a bicycle certificate sticker bearing a unique city registration number, specifically assigned to the bicycle. The department shall instruct the applicant to firmly attach the bicycle certificate sticker on the frame of the bicycle in such a position that it is plainly visible. It shall be a violation of this article for any person to remove a bicycle certificate sticker from a bicycle without express permission of the owner.
(Code 1956, § 38-195; M.C.S., Ord. No. 27900, § 1, 10-18-18)
