Frequently Asked Questions
Can I be charged with a misdemeanor for any violation? Is there a penalty?
Yes, the following offenses are considered prohibited acts, subject to misdemeanor charges. If you are found guilty of a misdemeanor, and convicted, you will be fined not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both:
- Failure to maintain any record required by LA R.S. 47:818.1 et seq.
- Making a false statement in a license application, return, invoice, statement, or any other document required by the Department.
- Making a false statement in an application for a refund.
- Failure to make a required disclosure of the correct amount of gasoline or diesel fuel sold or used in this state.
- Failure to file a new, replacement, larger, or additional surety bond as required.
- Use, deliver, or sell any aviation fuel for use or intended for use in highway vehicles.
- Interference with or refusal to permit seizures.
- Deliver gasoline or diesel fuel from a transport vehicle to the fuel supply tank of a highway vehicle.
- Dispense or allow to be dispensed any gasoline on which tax levied has not been paid into the supply tank of a vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft.
- Dispense any diesel fuel on which tax levied has not been paid into the supply tank of a highway vehicle required to be licensed.
- Purchase gasoline or diesel fuel from an unlicensed Supplier, unlicensed Permissive Supplier, unlicensed Importer or unlicensed Distributor.