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• Position: STATELINE - Flood-damaged vehicles' sale - Brief article

Louisiana lawmakers want to make it harder to sell flood-damaged vehicles to unwitting consumers through a bill passed in November. It will require the owner or insurer of a water-damaged car that has been declared a "total loss" in a declared state of emergency or disaster to get a "certificate of destruction" from the state. The legislation prohibits a car with this certificate from being resold as a "retail unit." Hurricanes damaged between 250,000 to...