Vehicle tax in New Orleans runs about 10% all in, the rate for Orleans Parish. Louisiana credits your trade-in, so you are taxed on the price after it comes off. The doc fee is capped at $436.
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| Line | Estimate |
|---|---|
| Louisiana sales tax (10%, your local rate, paid at registration) | $3,500.00 |
| Title fee | $68.50 |
| Registration (estimate) | $80.00 |
| OMV handling fee (each title/registration transaction) | $8.00 |
About 10% all in for Orleans Parish. Louisiana charges 5% and local jurisdictions add the rest, set by where you live.
Trade-in allowance on a motor vehicle taken in trade reduces the taxable sales price (R.S. 47:301(13)).
A car the selling dealership ships out of its own state usually carries no sales tax in that state; you pay Louisiana tax when you register it in Louisiana. Picking the car up in another state can mean paying that state's tax at the dealership first, and whether Louisiana credits it depends on the two states. Whether a dealership ships to New Orleans is up to the dealership, and it sets its own shipping charge, shown on the car before you sign.
Louisiana caps it at $436. That is the 2026 figure: under R.S. 6:969.18 the cap is adjusted for inflation each year.