Vehicle inspection stickers will soon become a thing of the past in Louisiana. On Tuesday, Governor Jeff Landry signed House Bill 1085 into law. It effectively ends the mandatory $10 annual inspection sticker (or $20 for two years), with a $6 QR code beginning January 1, 2027.
The legislation states that the transition takes place once a vehicle’s registration is renewed, with the new QR code sticker sent in the mail. A grace period from a traffic citation, if a sticker is not displayed, will be in place beginning June 30 until the law takes effect.
As the Louisiana Radio Network (LRN) reports, Gov. Landry says this was easily the most popular bill he’s signed. “I can tell people about all the roads we’ve paved and bridges we’ve fixed and taxes we’ve reduced, insurance rates that have come down and on and on. But the minute I tell them we’re going to get rid of the inspection sticker this year, they just about get on the table and start dancing.”
Northwest Louisiana State Representative Larry Bagley, R-Stonewall, had tried unsuccessfully for years to push through this legislation, as Landry added, “What he said, he’s been trying to do this for seven years for the people of this state. He just needed the right governor.”
However, the new law also stipulates that some commercial vehicles, school buses and some farm vehicles will still require safety inspections.
Some municipalities like Kenner, New Orleans, and Westwego have their own stickers and would be allowed to continue their own local inspections.
Vehicles registered in Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston and West Baton Rouge Parish are still federally mandated to undergo emissions inspections annually.
