La. Rev. Stat. § 14:358 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 358
Subversive activities and communist control law; legislative finding of fact and declaration of necessity
Status: in_force

There exists a world communist movement, directed by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the other communist bloc nations, which has as its declared objective, world control. Such world control is to be brought about by aggression, force and violence, and is to be accomplished in large by infiltrating tactics involving the use of fraud, espionage, sabotage, infiltration, subversion, propaganda, terrorism and treachery. The state of Louisiana, as a sovereign political entity under the constitution of the United States, and as a functioning representative State government which is responsible solely to the people of this state under the constitutions of this state and nation, is a most probable and obvious target for those who seek by force, violence and other unlawful means to overthrow constitutional government, and is in imminent danger of communist espionage, infiltration, subversion and sabotage. Communist control of a country is characterized by an absolute denial of the right of self-government and by the abolition of those personal liberties which are cherished and held sacred in the state of Louisiana and in the United States of America.

The direction and control of the world communist movement is vested in and exercised by the communist dictatorships of the various communist bloc nations which, in furthering the purposes of the world communist movement, have established or caused the establishment of various action organizations and "front" organizations which are not free and independent, but are sections of a world wide communist organization or apparatus and are controlled and directed by and subject to the discipline of the various communist dictatorships.

These communist action organizations and front organizations so established and utilized in the state of Louisiana, and acting under such control, direction and discipline, endeavor to carry out the objectives of the world communist movement by bringing about the overthrow of existing governments, both national and state, by any available means, including force if necessary, and to set up communist totalitarian dictatorships which will be subservient to the world communist movement.

The agents of the world communist movement who knowingly participate in the conspiratorial subversive work of the world communist movement, by so doing, in effect repudiate their allegiance and loyalty to the state of Louisiana and in effect transfer their allegiance and loyalty to the foreign countries in which is vested the direction and control of the world communist movement. By clever and ruthless tactics of espionage, sabotage, infiltration, fraud, propaganda and subversion, the agents of the world communist movement in many instances in some form or manner successfully evade existing law. Any action organization or front organization managed, operated or controlled by communists, no matter what outward guise, cover, or public image it may assume, is in fact an arm, or tool, or agent organization, of the world communist movement, and its continued operation is a threat and a clear and present danger to the state of Louisiana and the citizens of the state of Louisiana. The effective regulation of such organizations and the control of Communist personalities is in the best interests of the state of Louisiana because the world communist movement is not a legitimate political effort, but is in fact a dangerous criminal conspiracy.

The world communist movement constitutes a clear and present danger to the citizens of the state of Louisiana and is a dangerous enemy of the state of Louisiana. This makes it necessary that the Legislature, in order to protect the people of the state, to preserve the sovereignty of the state under the constitutions of the United States and the state of Louisiana, and to guarantee to the State a republican form of government, enact appropriate legislation recognizing the existence of the world communist movement and preventing it from the accomplishment of its purposes in the state of Louisiana.

There exists a clear difference between natural persons protected by full constitutional freedoms, and organizations which are artificial entities. With this difference in mind and considering the paramount right and interest of the state to protect itself from subversion, the issue of due process is satisfied in R.S. 14:358 through 373 by the legal test of a preponderance of the evidence in a civil proceeding, R.S. 14:358 through 373 being intended as regulatory rather than punitive. The paramount interest of the state to control a clear and present danger demands the broadest possible venue provisions in such regulations. The guarantees of sovereignty and freedom enjoyed by this state and its citizens are certain to vanish if the United States and its constitution are destroyed by the communists, and any communist effort or attack against the United States is and should rightly be considered an attack upon and a clear and present danger to the state of Louisiana and its citizens.

The Legislature of Louisiana does not intend that R.S. 14:358 through 373 shall in any way regulate or control race relations in the state of Louisiana, the question of race being irrelevant for the purposes of R.S. 14:358 through 373, which is written and passed solely for the purpose of regulating subversive activities directed against the state and people of Louisiana. Nothing in R.S. 14:358 through 373 is in any way intended to improperly infringe upon the constitutionally protected right of freedom of expression, for this right, strong though it may be, is not absolute, and falls short of the right to shout "fire" in a crowded movie theater. The protections afforded by the right to freedom of speech do not extend to acts which are by their very nature a clear and present danger to the state of Louisiana and its citizens and the carrying on of communist propaganda activity and other communist controlled activities in the state of Louisiana is such a danger and is therefore an intolerable abuse of the right to freedom of expression which can and should be regulated by statute for the safety of the people of this state. The public good, and the general welfare of the citizens of this state require the immediate enactment of this measure.

Amended by Acts 1965, No. 45, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:102.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 102.9
Interference with animal research; research laboratory or farm
Status: in_force

A. Interference with animal research is any of the following:

(1) The unauthorized entry of any research laboratory or research farm with the intent of releasing or causing the release of any animal housed or kept within such research facility.

(2) The intentional or criminally negligent damaging of any research laboratory or research farm.

(3) The intentional or criminally negligent unauthorized release of any animal housed or kept within any research laboratory or research farm.

B. Whoever commits the crime of interference with animal research shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars and may be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than one year.

Acts 1989, No. 784, §1.

{{NOTE: SEE ALSO R.S. 14:228.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:70.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 70.2
Refund or access device application fraud
Status: in_force

A. No person shall with the intent to defraud use a false or fictitious name or any other identifying information as his own or use the name or any other identifying information of any other person without that person's knowledge and consent for the purpose of:

(1) Obtaining or attempting to obtain a refund for merchandise returned to a business establishment or a refund on a ticket or other document that is evidence of services purchased from a business establishment; or

(2) Obtaining or attempting to obtain an access device.

B. For the purposes of this Section, "any other identifying information" shall include, but not be limited to, an address, telephone number, social security number, account number, or any other information through which the identity of a person may be ascertained. "Access device" means any card, plate, code, account number, or other means of account access that can be used to obtain anything of value, whether contemporaneously or not.

C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of refund fraud shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(2) Whoever commits the crime of access device application fraud when the misappropriation or taking amounts to a value of twenty-five thousand dollars or more shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than twenty years, or may be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, or both.

(3) Whoever commits the crime of access device application fraud when the misappropriation or taking amounts to a value of five thousand dollars or more, but less than a value of twenty-five thousand dollars, the offender shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years, or may be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.

(4) Whoever commits the crime of access device application fraud when the misappropriation or taking amounts to a value of one thousand dollars or more but less than a value of five thousand dollars shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or may be fined not more than three thousand dollars, or both.

(5) When the misappropriation or taking amounts to less than a value of one thousand dollars, the offender shall be imprisoned for not more than six months, or may be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or both. If the offender in such cases has been convicted of theft two or more times previously, upon any subsequent conviction he shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or may be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or both.

D. When there has been a misappropriation or taking by a number of distinct acts of the offender, the aggregate amount of the misappropriation or taking shall determine the grade of the offense.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 420, §1. Acts 1986, No. 871, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1255, §1; Acts 2006, No. 143, §1; Acts 2010, No. 585, §1; Acts 2017, No. 281, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:213 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 213
False packing of cotton bales and other agricultural products; penalty
Status: in_force

A. The false packing of cotton bales or other agricultural products is the packing of a bale or bales of cotton or other agricultural products in such manner as is calculated to deceive persons with regard to quantity, weight, or quality of the product therein contained, whether the false packing of cotton bales or other agricultural products be accomplished by the wetting of the product packed, or by concealing in the interior of the packed product another substance, or by plating the product by concealing in the interior thereof material inferior in grade or quality to that on the exterior thereof, or by any other means.

B. Whoever commits the crime of false packing of cotton bales or other agricultural products shall be punished, for the first offense, by a fine of five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than sixty days nor more than six months, or both. For any offense beyond the first, the offender shall be punished by a fine of one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not less than sixty days nor more than six months, or both.

Added by Acts 1954, No. 21, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:502 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 502
Failure to seek assistance
Status: in_force

A.(1) Any person at the scene of an emergency who knows that another person has suffered serious bodily injury shall, to the extent that the person can do so without danger or peril to self or others, give reasonable assistance to the injured person. Reasonable assistance includes immediately seeking or reporting the need for medical assistance from an appropriate authority.

(2) Any person who engages in reckless behavior that results in the serious bodily injury of any person shall, to the extent that the person can do so without danger or peril to self or others, give reasonable assistance to the person. Reasonable assistance includes immediately seeking or reporting the need for medical assistance from an appropriate authority.

B. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "Appropriate authority" includes:

(a) Any state or local law enforcement agency.

(b) A 911 Public Safety Answering Point as defined in Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

(c) Emergency medical personnel.

(2) "Reckless behavior" means an activity or behavior in which a reasonable person knew or reasonably should have known that the activity or behavior may result in injury to another, including but not limited to excessive consumption of alcohol, binge drinking, drag racing, consumption of any controlled dangerous substance, acts of hazing, or other similar activity, including activity which is defined as a criminal offense under this Title.

(3) Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 2, §3.

C.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than one year, or both.

(2) If the serious bodily injury results in the death of the person, any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, or both.

Acts 2018, No. 637, §1; Acts 2019, No. 2, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:98.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 98.7
Unlawful refusal to submit to chemical tests; arrests for driving while impaired
Status: in_force

A. No person under arrest for a violation of R.S. 14:98, 98.6, or any other law or ordinance that prohibits operating a vehicle while impaired may refuse to submit to a chemical test when requested to do so by a law enforcement officer if the person has refused to submit to such test on two previous and separate occasions of any such violation.

B.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and shall be imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than six months.

(2) Imposition or execution of sentence shall not be suspended unless one of the following occurs:

(a) The offender is placed on probation with the minimum conditions that he serve two days in jail and participate in a court-approved substance abuse program and participate in a court-approved driver improvement program.

(b) The offender is placed on probation with the minimum conditions that he perform thirty-two hours of court-approved community service activities, at least half of which shall consist of participation in a litter abatement or collection program, participate in a court-approved substance abuse program, and participate in a court-approved driver improvement program. An offender who participates in a litter abatement or collection program pursuant to this Subparagraph shall have no cause of action for damages against the entity conducting the program or supervising his participation therein, as provided by R.S. 14:98.5(D).

Acts 2014, No. 385, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2020, No. 40, §1, eff. June 4, 2020; Acts 2024, No. 662, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:63.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 63.5
Entry or remaining on site of a school or recreation athletic contest after being forbidden
Status: in_force

A. No person shall without authority go into or upon or remain in or upon, or attempt to go into or upon or remain in or upon, any immovable property or other site or location that belongs to another and that is used for any school athletic contest or recreation athletic contest, including any area in the immediate vicinity of the site or location of the athletic contest, after having been forbidden to do so, either orally or in writing, by any owner, lessee, or custodian of the property or by any other authorized person.

B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned without hard labor for not more than six months, or both.

Acts 2019, No. 355, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:102.15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 102.15
Unlawful ownership of a vicious dog
Status: in_force

A. For the purposes of this Section "vicious dog" means any dog which, when unprovoked, in an aggressive manner, inflicts serious bodily injury on or kills a human being and was previously determined to be a dangerous dog.

B. It is unlawful for any person to own a vicious dog.

C. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to:

(1) Any dog which is owned, or the service of which is employed, by any state or local law enforcement agency for the principal purpose of aiding in the detection of criminal activity, enforcement of laws, or apprehension of offenders.

(2) Any dog trained in accordance with the standards of a national or regional search and rescue association to respond to instructions from its handler in the search and rescue of lost or missing individuals and which dog, together with its handler, is prepared to render search and rescue services at the request of law enforcement.

Acts 2001, No. 823, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:109 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 109
Approaching a peace officer lawfully engaged in law enforcement duties
Status: in_force

A. No person shall knowingly or intentionally approach within twenty-five feet of a peace officer who is lawfully engaged in the execution of his official duties after the peace officer has ordered the person to stop approaching or to retreat.

B. For the purposes of this Section, "peace officer" shall include all individuals as defined in R.S. 14:112.4(B) and R.S. 40:2402.

C. It shall be an affirmative defense to this crime if the defendant can establish that the lawful order or command was neither received nor understood by the defendant nor capable of being received or understood under the conditions and circumstances that existed at the time of the issuance of the order.

D. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than sixty days, or both.

Acts 2024, No. 259, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:106.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 106.1
Promotion or wholesale promotion of obscene devices
Status: in_force

A. For the purposes of this Section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1) "Obscene device" means a device, including an artificial penis or artificial vagina, which is designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs.

(2) "Promote" means to manufacture, issue, sell, give, provide, lend, mail, deliver, transfer, transmit, distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, or exhibit, including the offer or agreement to do any of these things, for the purpose of sale or resale.

B. No person shall knowingly and intentionally promote an obscene device.

C.(1) On a first conviction, whoever commits the crime of promoting an obscene device shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than six months nor more than three years, or both.

(2) On a second conviction, the offender shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than six months nor more than three years, and in addition may be fined not less than two thousand five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars.

Acts 1985, No. 928, §1; Acts 2001, No. 403, §1, eff. June 15, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:52.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 52.1
Simple arson of a religious building
Status: in_force

A. Simple arson of a religious building is the intentional damaging, by any explosive substance or by setting fire, of any church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place primarily used for religious worship or other religious purpose.

B. Whoever commits the crime of simple arson of a religious building shall be fined not more than fifteen thousand dollars and imprisoned at hard labor for not less than two nor more than fifteen years. At least two years of the sentence of imprisonment shall be imposed without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

Acts 1997, No. 404, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1362, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:95.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 95.6
Firearm-free zone; notice; signs; crime; penalties
Status: in_force

A. A "firearm-free zone" is an area inclusive of any school campus and within one thousand feet of any such school campus, and within a school bus, wherein the possession of firearms is prohibited, except as specifically set forth in Subsection B of this Section and R.S. 14:95.2(C).

B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to:

(1) A federal, state, or local law enforcement building.

(2) A military base.

(3) A commercial establishment which is permitted by law to have firearms or armed security.

(4) Private premises where a firearm is kept pursuant to law.

(5) Any constitutionally protected activity within the firearm-free zone, such as a firearm contained entirely within a motor vehicle.

C. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "School" means any public or private elementary, secondary, high school, or vocational-technical school, college, or university in this state. "School" shall not mean a vocational-technical school that is privately owned.

(2) "School bus" means any motor bus being used to transport children to and from school or in connection with school activities.

(3) "School campus" means all facilities and property within the boundary of the school property.

D. The local governing authority which has jurisdiction over zoning matters in which each firearm-free zone is located shall publish a map clearly indicating the boundaries of each firearm-free zone in accordance with the specifications in Subsection A. The firearm-free zone map shall be made an official public document and placed with the clerk of court for the parish or parishes in which the firearm-free zone is located.

E.(1) The state superintendent of education, with the approval of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the commissioner of higher education, with the approval of the Board of Regents, shall develop a method by which to mark firearm-free zones, including the use of signs or other markings suitable to the situation. Signs or other markings shall be located in a visible manner on or near each school and on and in each school bus indicating that such area is a firearm-free zone and that such zone extends to one thousand feet from the boundary of school property. The state Department of Education shall assist each approved school with the posting of notice as required in this Subsection.

(2) Signs or other markings, in addition to the method developed pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, shall provide notice that armed law enforcement officers are permitted within the firearm-free zone by including in the signs or other markings the language "Law Enforcement Weapons Permitted" or language substantially similar thereto.

F.(1) It is unlawful for any person to cover, remove, deface, alter, or destroy any sign or other marking identifying a firearm-free zone as provided in this Section.

(2) Whoever violates the provisions of this Subsection shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

Acts 1992, No. 197, §1; Acts 1993, No. 844, §1; Acts 1993, No. 1031, §1; Acts 2016, No. 337, §1; Acts 2025, No. 420, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:61 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 61
Unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure
Status: in_force

A. Unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure is any of the following:

(1) The intentional entry by a person without authority into any structure or onto any premises, belonging to another, that constitutes in whole or in part a critical infrastructure that is completely enclosed by any type of physical barrier.

(2) The use or attempted use of fraudulent documents for identification purposes to enter a critical infrastructure.

(3) Remaining upon or in the premises of a critical infrastructure after having been forbidden to do so, either orally or in writing, by any owner, lessee, or custodian of the property or by any other authorized person.

(4) The intentional entry into a restricted area of a critical infrastructure which is marked as a restricted or limited access area that is completely enclosed by any type of physical barrier when the person is not authorized to enter that restricted or limited access area.

B. For the purposes of this Section, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1)(a) "Critical infrastructure" means any and all structures, sites, equipment, or other immovable or movable property located within or upon any of the following:

(i) Chemical plants or facilities, manufacturing facilities, or refineries.

(ii) Electrical power generating facilities, electrical transmission substations and distribution substations.

(iii) Water intake structures and water treatment facilities.

(iv) Natural gas transmission compressor stations, liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and storage facilities, natural gas and hydrocarbon storage facilities.

(v) Transportation facilities, such as ports, railroad switching yards, pipelines, and trucking terminals.

(vi) Water control structures including floodgates or pump stations.

(vii) Wireline and wireless communications and data network internet facilities and any equipment or communication wires that are connected or appurtenant to the facilities, including but not limited to broadcast television equipment, video equipment, fiber optics, and any lines or wires that are used for transmission from the facilities.

(b) "Critical infrastructure" shall include any site where the construction or improvement of any facility or structure referenced in this Section is occurring.

(2) "Fraudulent documents for identification purposes" means documents which are presented as being bona fide documents which provide personal identification information but which are, in fact, false, forged, altered, or counterfeit.

(3) "Pipeline" means flow, transmission, distribution, or gathering lines, regardless of size or length, which transmit or transport oil, gas, petrochemicals, minerals, or water in a solid, liquid, or gaseous state.

C.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, whoever commits the crime of unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, fined not more than one thousand dollars, or both.

(2) On a conviction for a second or subsequent violation of Subsection A of this Section, the offender shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than six months nor more than ten years, fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than four thousand dollars, or both.

D. Whoever commits the crime of unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure during the existence of a state of emergency, which has been declared by the governor or the chief executive officer of any parish, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than three years nor more than fifteen years.

E. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to apply to or prevent the following:

(1) Lawful assembly and peaceful and orderly petition, picketing, or demonstration for the redress of grievances or to express ideas or views regarding legitimate matters of public interest, including but not limited to any labor dispute between any employer and its employee or position protected by the United States Constitution or the Constitution of Louisiana.

(2) Lawful commercial or recreational activities conducted in the open or unconfined areas around a pipeline, including but not limited to fishing, hunting, boating, and birdwatching.

(3) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent the owner of an immovable from exercising right of ownership, including use, enjoyment, and disposition within the limits and under the conditions established by law.

Acts 2004, No. 157, §1, eff. June 10, 2004; Acts 2015, No. 366, §1; Acts 2018, No. 692, §1; Acts 2024, No. 565, §1; Acts 2025, No. 26, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:87.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 87.2
Human experimentation on an infant born alive
Status: in_force

A. Human experimentation is the use of any infant who is born alive, without consent of that live born human being, for any scientific or laboratory research or any other kind of experimentation or study except to protect or preserve the life and health of the live born human being, or the conduct, on a human embryo or fetus in utero, of any experimentation or study except to preserve the life or to improve the health of the human embryo or fetus.

B. Whoever commits the crime of human experimentation on an infant born alive shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than five nor more than twenty years, or fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.

Added by Acts 1973, No. 77, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7; Acts 2022, No. 545, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:46.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 46.1
False imprisonment; offender armed with dangerous weapon
Status: in_force

A. False imprisonment while armed with a dangerous weapon is the unlawful intentional confinement or detention of another while the offender is armed with a dangerous weapon.

B. Whoever commits the crime of false imprisonment while armed with a dangerous weapon shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 752, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:67.29 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 67.29
False personation of a veteran or fraudulent representation of a veteran-owned business
Status: in_force

A. False personation of a veteran is the false representation by a person of being a veteran, with the intent to injure, defraud, obtain economic gain, or obtain or secure any special privilege or advantage.

B. Fraudulent representation of a veteran-owned business is the false representation by an owner, operator, principal, or employee of a business that the business is owned by a veteran or is a service-connected disabled veteran-owned business, with the intent to injure, defraud, obtain economic gain, or obtain or secure any special privilege or advantage.

C. For the purposes of this Section, "veteran" means a person who has served in the armed services or reserve forces of the United States or Louisiana National Guard.

D. Whoever commits the crime of false personation of a veteran or fraudulent representation of a veteran-owned business shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

Acts 2013, No. 90, §1, eff. June 4, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:134.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 134.2
Malfeasance in office; tampering with evidence
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful and constitute malfeasance in office for a peace officer to tamper with evidence.

(1) For purposes of this Section, a "peace officer" shall be defined as a commissioned state, parish, or municipal police officer, a sheriff, or a deputy sheriff.

(2) For purposes of this Section, "tampering with evidence" is the intentional alteration, movement, removal, or addition of any object or substance when the peace officer:

(a) Knows or has good reason to believe that such object or substance will be the subject of any investigation by state, local, or federal law enforcement officers, and

(b) Acts with the intent of distorting the results of such an investigation.

B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than three years, or both.

Acts 1984, No. 566, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:87.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 87.7
Abortion
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for a physician or other person to perform an abortion, with or without the consent of the pregnant female.

B. The terms used in this Section have the same meaning as the definitions provided in R.S. 14:87.1.

C. Whoever commits the crime of abortion shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one year nor more than ten years and shall be fined not less than ten thousand dollars nor more than one hundred thousand dollars.

D. This Section does not apply to a pregnant female upon whom an abortion is committed or performed in violation of this Section, and the pregnant female shall not be held responsible for the criminal consequences of any violation of this Section.

E. This Section shall not apply to the sale, use, prescription, or administration of a contraceptive or an emergency contraceptive.

F. The provisions of this Section shall become effective immediately upon, and to the extent permitted by, the occurrence of any of the following circumstances:

(1) Any decision of the Supreme Court of the United States which overrules, in whole or in part, Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 93 S.Ct. 705, 35 L.Ed. 2d 147 (1973), thereby restoring to the state of Louisiana the authority to prohibit or limit abortion.

(2) Adoption of an amendment to the United States Constitution which, in whole or in part, restores to the state of Louisiana the authority to prohibit or limit abortion.

(3) A decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Docket No. 19-1392, which overrules, in whole or in part, Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 93 S.Ct. 705, 35 L.Ed. 2d 147 (1973), thereby restoring to the state of Louisiana the authority to prohibit or limit abortion.

Acts 2022, No. 545, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:95.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 95.7
Possession of or dealing in firearms with obliterated numbers or marks
Status: in_force

A. No person shall intentionally receive, possess, carry, conceal, buy, sell, or transport any firearm from which the serial number or mark of identification has been obliterated.

B. This Section shall not apply to any firearm which is an antique or war relic and is inoperable or for which ammunition is no longer manufactured in the United States and is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade, or which was originally manufactured without such a number.

C. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned as follows:

(1) For a first offense, the penalty shall be imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for not less than one year nor more than five years.

(2) For a second or subsequent offense, the penalty shall be imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for not less than two years nor more than ten years.

Acts 1993, No. 85, §1; Acts 2012, No. 478, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:114 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 114
Misprision of treason
Status: in_force

A. Misprision of treason is the concealment of treason, or the failure to disclose immediately all pertinent facts to proper authorities, by a person who has knowledge of the commission of the crime of treason.

B. Whoever commits misprision of treason shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, and imprisoned at hard labor for not more than ten years.

Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:98.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 98.3
Operating while impaired; third offense; penalties
Status: in_force

A.(1) Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, on a conviction of a third offense violation of R.S. 14:98, regardless of whether the third offense occurred before or after a previous conviction, the offender shall be fined two thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than one year nor more than five years. Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, at least one year of the sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. Except in compliance with R.S. 14:98.5(B)(1), the mandatory minimum sentence cannot be served on home incarceration.

(2) The one-year period described in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, which shall otherwise be imposed without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence, may be suspended if the offender is accepted into a drug division probation program pursuant to R.S. 13:5301 et seq. The provisions of R.S. 14:98(F) relative to vehicle seizure and sale shall also be applicable to any offender whose sentence is served with the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph.

(3)(a) The court, in its discretion, may suspend all or any part of the remainder of the sentence of imprisonment imposed pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection. If any of the remainder of the sentence is suspended, the offender shall be placed on supervised probation with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, division of probation and parole, for not more than a period of five years but not less than a period of time equal to the remainder of the sentence of imprisonment, which probation shall commence on the day after the offender's release from imprisonment after serving the mandatory sentence required by this Section, unless the offender was released by diminution of sentence for good behavior pursuant to R.S. 15:571.3, in which case the probation shall commence simultaneously with the period of supervision provided by R.S. 15:571.5 and shall run concurrently therewith. The offender must comply with both the conditions of his release as set by the committee on parole in accordance with R.S. 15:571.5 and with the conditions of probation set by the sentencing court.

(b) Any offender placed on probation pursuant to this Paragraph shall be required as a condition of probation to participate in two hundred forty hours of court-approved community service activities, obtain employment, participate in a court-approved driver improvement program at his expense, and submit to and complete either of the following requirements:

(i) Immediately undergo an evaluation by the Louisiana Department of Health, office of behavioral health, to determine the nature and extent of the offender's substance abuse disorder and to participate in any treatment plan recommended by the office of behavioral health, including treatment in an inpatient facility approved by the office for a period of not less than four weeks, followed by outpatient treatment services for a period not to exceed twelve months.

(ii) Participate in substance abuse treatment in an alcohol and drug abuse program provided by a drug division subject to the applicable provisions of R.S. 13:5301 et seq. if the offender is otherwise eligible to participate in such program.

(c) In addition to the requirements set forth in Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph, any offender placed on probation pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection shall be placed in a home incarceration program approved by the division of probation and parole for a period of time not less than six months and not more than the remainder of the sentence of imprisonment. The terms of home incarceration shall be in compliance with the provisions of R.S. 14:98.5(B) and Code of Criminal Procedure Article 894.2.

(d)(i) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and the provisions of R.S. 32:414(D)(1)(b), upon conviction of a third offense violation of R.S. 14:98, any motor vehicle, while being operated by the offender, shall be equipped with a functioning ignition interlock device in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 15:306. The ignition interlock device shall remain installed and operative until the offender has completed the requirements of substance abuse treatment and home incarceration, or, if applicable, the requirements of the drug division probation program provided in R.S. 13:5301 et seq.

(ii) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any offender convicted of a third offense violation of R.S. 14:98 shall, after one year of the suspension required by R.S. 32:414(D)(1)(a), upon proof to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections that the motor vehicles being operated by the offender are equipped with functioning ignition interlock devices, be issued a restricted driver's license. The restricted license shall be effective for the period of time that the offender's driver's license is suspended. The restricted license shall entitle the offender to operate the vehicles equipped with a functioning ignition interlock device in order to earn a livelihood and to travel to and from the places designated in R.S. 14:98.5(B)(3)(e).

(e) If an offender placed on probation pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph fails to complete the substance abuse treatment required by this Subsection or violates any other condition of probation, including conditions of home incarceration, his probation may be revoked, and he may be ordered to serve the balance of the sentence of imprisonment, without credit for time served under home incarceration.

(4)(a) In addition to the penalties imposed pursuant to this Section, upon conviction of a third offense, the offender shall also be fined an additional one hundred dollars.

(b) Monies collected pursuant to this Paragraph shall be forwarded by the sheriff to the state treasurer within thirty days of collection.

(c) After allocation to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund as provided in Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the state treasurer shall deposit the collections into the Louisiana Emergency Response Network Fund as established in R.S. 40:2845.

B.(1) If the offender has previously received the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence on a conviction of a third or subsequent offense violation of R.S. 14:98, or if the offender has previously participated in a drug division probation program pursuant to R.S. 13:5301 et seq., pursuant to a sentence imposed on a conviction of a third or subsequent offense violation of R.S. 14:98, or if the offender has previously been required to participate in substance abuse treatment or home incarceration pursuant to a sentence imposed on a conviction of a third or subsequent offense violation of R.S. 14:98, then on a conviction of a subsequent third offense violation of R.S. 14:98, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary and regardless of whether the offense occurred before or after an earlier conviction, the offender shall be fined two thousand dollars and imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than two nor more than five years. At least two years of the sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. Except in compliance with R.S. 14:98.5(B)(1), the mandatory minimum sentence cannot be served on home incarceration.

(2) Except where inconsistent with the provisions of this Subsection, the conditions of probation shall include but not be limited to the conditions of probation provided by Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section, except that the offender shall not be sentenced to substance abuse treatment provided for by Items (A)(3)(b)(i) and (ii) of this Section. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the court from ordering substance abuse treatment if it determines that the offender is able to pay for the substance abuse treatment.

C. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order, upon motion of the prosecuting district attorney, that the vehicle being operated by the offender at the time of the offense be seized and impounded, and sold at auction in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 14:98(F).

Acts 2009, No. 236, §1, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2014, No. 385, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2024, No. 662, §1; Acts 2025, No. 194, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:102.18 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 102.18
Seizure and disposition of dogs which cause death or inflict bodily injury
Status: in_force

A. Any law enforcement officer or animal control officer may seize any dog which when unprovoked, in an aggressive manner, causes the death of or inflicts bodily injury on a human being. Any dog seized pursuant to the provisions of this Section may be impounded pending the outcome of the hearing held in accordance with this Section.

B. The district attorney, the sheriff, an animal control officer, or other designated representative, in the name of and on behalf of the parish, and without the payment of any costs, shall be authorized to file a petition in the district court having jurisdiction requesting a hearing for the purpose of determining whether or not a dog which, when unprovoked, in an aggressive manner, causes the death of or inflicts bodily injury on a human being, shall be euthanized.

C. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the procedure provided in R.S. 14:102.13.

D. A dog determined by the court to have, when unprovoked, in an aggressive manner, caused the death of or inflicted bodily injury on a human being may be humanely euthanized by the animal control agency, a licensed veterinarian, or a qualified technician.

E. The owner of the dog shall be liable to the municipality or parish where the dog is impounded for the costs and expenses of keeping the dog if the dog is later adjudicated to have, when unprovoked, in an aggressive manner, caused the death or inflicted bodily injury on a human being.

Acts 2003, No. 563, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:135 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 135
Public salary deduction
Status: in_force

A. Public salary deduction is committed when any public officer or public employee retains or diverts for his own use or the use of any other person or political organization, any part of the salary or fees allowed by law to any other public officer or public employee, unless authorized in writing by the said public officer or public employee.

B. Whoever commits the crime of public salary deduction shall be imprisoned for not more than five years with or without hard labor or shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or both.

Amended by Acts 1980, No. 454, §1; Acts 1999, No. 318, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:33 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 33
Battery defined
Status: in_force

Battery is the intentional use of force or violence upon the person of another; or the intentional administration of a poison or other noxious liquid or substance to another.

Acts 1978, No. 394, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:402 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 402
Contraband defined; certain activities regarding contraband in correctional facilities prohibited; penalty; disposition of seized contraband
Status: in_force

A. No person shall introduce or attempt to introduce contraband into or upon the grounds of any correctional facility.

B. No person shall possess contraband upon the grounds of any correctional facility.

C. No person shall send, or give or attempt to give, contraband to an inmate of any correctional facility.

D. "Contraband" as used in this Section means:

(1) Any controlled dangerous substance as defined in R.S. 40:961 et seq., or any other drug or substance that if taken internally, whether separately or in combination with another drug or substance, produces or may produce a hypnotic effect, including nasal inhalators of any variety, sleeping pills, or barbiturates of any variety. The introduction or attempt of introduction by a person of any controlled dangerous substance as defined in R.S. 40:961 et seq. upon the grounds of any correctional facility shall constitute distribution of that controlled dangerous substance and shall be subject to the penalties provided in R.S. 40:961 et seq. The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to a drug or substance that has been prescribed by a physician, if the drug or substance is in a container issued by the pharmacy or other place of dispensation; the container identifies the prescription number, prescribing physician, and issuing pharmacist or other person; and the container is not concealed upon the body of the person.

(2) A dangerous weapon, or other instrumentality customarily used or intended for probable use as a dangerous weapon or to aid in an escape, unless authorized by the warden of the facility or his designee.

(3) Explosives or combustibles, unless authorized by the warden of the facility or his designee.

(4) Plans for the making or manufacturing of a dangerous weapon or other instrumentality customarily used or intended for probable use as a dangerous weapon or to aid in an escape, or for the making or manufacturing of explosives or combustibles, or for an escape from a facility, unless authorized by the warden of the facility or his designee.

(5) An alcoholic beverage or other beverage which produces or may produce an intoxicating effect, unless authorized by the warden of the facility or his designee for employee residential housing areas. However, employee residential housing areas shall not include bachelor officer quarters located within the secure perimeter of the facility. A reasonably small amount of sacramental wine may be permitted by the warden or his designee to be brought onto the grounds of a correctional facility for use by a clergy member only as part of a religious service.

(6) Stolen property.

(7) Any currency or coin, unless authorized by the warden of the facility or his designee.

(8) Any article of food, toiletries, or clothing, unless authorized by the warden of the facility or his designee.

(9) Any telecommunications equipment or component hardware, including but not limited to cellular phones, pagers, beepers, global satellite system equipment, subscriber identity module (SIM) cards, portable memory chips, batteries, and chargers, whether or not such equipment may be intended for use in planning or aiding an escape or attempt to escape from any facility, unless authorized by the warden of the facility or his designee.

(10) Any sketch, painting, drawing, or other pictorial rendering produced in whole or in part by a capital offender, unless authorized by the warden of the facility or his designee.

(11) Any tobacco product as defined in R.S. 14:91.6, unless authorized by the warden of the facility or his designee.

(12) Any equipment, whether professionally made or homemade, intended for use in tattooing.

(13) Any electronic device including but not limited to computers, telephoto equipment, and communications equipment, whether modified or not.

(14) Any hypodermic syringe, needle, or other object used or intended for use, or designed for use in injecting controlled dangerous substances into the human body.

E. Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 302, §3.

F. Any contraband which is seized may be destroyed, donated to a charitable organization, or put to lawful use within the facility, unless it is needed as evidence in a criminal prosecution. However, any money seized which is legal tender shall be placed in a fund at the facility at which the money was seized to be used solely for the purchase of contraband detection and escape chase team equipment. A record of the disposition of all contraband shall be maintained.

G.(1) Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than ten years. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, whoever introduces or attempts to introduce contraband as defined in Paragraph (D)(1) of this Section upon the grounds of any correctional facility shall be punished in accordance with the penalties for the distribution of the controlled dangerous substance provided in R.S. 40:961 et seq.

(2) If the person who violates any provision of this Section is incarcerated in the correctional facility in which the contraband is introduced, possessed, or sent from, the sentence imposed pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall be served consecutively to the sentence the person was serving at the time the violation of this Section occurred.

(3) Any fine collected under the provisions of this Subsection shall be placed in a fund located within the division of probation and parole to be used solely for the purchase of reentry services provided to offenders by the division of probation and parole.

H. For purposes of this Section, "correctional facility" means any jail, prison, penitentiary, juvenile institution, temporary holding center, or detention facility.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 269, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 538, §1; Acts 1976, No. 241, §1; Acts 1977, No. 326, §1; Acts 1978, No. 731, §1; Acts 1980, No. 365, §1; Acts 1981, No. 282, §1; Acts 1986, No. 989, §1; Acts 1991, No. 191, §1; Acts 2004, No. 602, §1; Acts 2008, No. 102, §1; Acts 2010, No. 505, §1; Acts 2012, No. 727, §1; Acts 2012, No. 799, §1, eff. June 13, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 288, §1, eff. June 14, 2013; Acts 2018, No. 464, §1; Acts 2023, No. 302, §§1, 3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:24 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 24
Principals
Status: in_force

All persons concerned in the commission of a crime, whether present or absent, and whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense, aid and abet in its commission, or directly or indirectly counsel or procure another to commit the crime, are principals.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:93.2.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 93.2.2
Unlawful placement of gold fillings, caps, and crowns; minors
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to replace a tooth or part of a tooth or associated tissue by means of a filling, cap, or crown made of any gold substance on any person under the age of eighteen without the consent of the parents or guardian of such person. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars.

Acts 1995, No. 1101, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:99.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 99.1
Hit and run damaging of a potable waterline by operation of a watercraft or vessel
Status: in_force

A. Hit and run damaging of a potable waterline by operation of a watercraft or vessel is the intentional failure of the driver of a watercraft or vessel involved in or causing any accident resulting in damage to a potable waterline to stop such vehicle at the scene of the accident to give his identity.

B. For the purpose of this Section:

(1) "Accident resulting in damage to a potable waterline" means an incident or event resulting in damage to a potable waterline or other device used for transporting potable water across marshlands or inland waterways or barrier islands.

(2) "To give his identity" means that the driver of any vehicle involved in any accident shall give his name, address, and the license number of his vessel or watercraft to the enforcement authorities at the scene or shall report the accident to the police if there are no enforcement authorities at the scene.

(3) "Potable waterline" means a potable waterline that is marked as such every two thousand feet with a sign giving notice of the crime created by this Section and the penalties imposed.

(4) "Inland waterway" shall not include the Mississippi River.

C. Whoever commits the crime of hit and run damaging of a potable waterline by operation of a watercraft or vessel shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, or both.

Acts 2006, No. 140, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:73.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 73.14
Unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another created by artificial intelligence
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person, with the intent to coerce, harass, intimidate, or maliciously disseminate or sell any video or still image created by artificial intelligence that depicts another person who is totally nude or in a state of undress so as to expose the genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast, when the person disseminating the video or still image knows or has reason to know that the person is not licensed or authorized to disseminate or sell such video or still image.

B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to an interactive computer service, electronic mail service provider, or a provider of a telecommunications service or any information service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server that was used by a person to commit any act prohibited by Subsection A of this Section.

C. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "Another person" includes a person whose image was used in creating, adapting, or modifying a video or still image with the intent to depict an actual person and who is recognizable as an actual person by the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic.

(2) "Artificial intelligence" means an artificial system developed in computer software, physical hardware, or other context that solves tasks requiring human-like perception, cognition, planning, learning, communication, or physical action.

(3) "Electronic mail service provider" means any person or entity, including an internet service provider, that is an intermediary in sending or receiving electronic mail or that provides to end users of the electronic mail service the ability to send or receive electronic mail.

(4) "Interactive computer service" means any information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, including specifically a service or system that provides access to the internet and such systems operated or services offered by libraries or educational institutions.

D. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be imprisoned for not more than six months, fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars, or both.

E. In addition to any venue provided by the Code of Criminal Procedure, a violation of this Section may be prosecuted in the parish where the unlawful act occurred or where any video or still image was created, produced, reproduced, found, stored, received, or possessed in violation of this Section.

F. The provisions of this Section shall not preclude a civil action or criminal prosecution under any other applicable provision of law.

Acts 2024, No. 142, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:83.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 83.4
Massage; sexual conduct prohibited
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any masseur, masseuse, or any other person, while in a massage parlor or any other enterprise used as a massage parlor, by stimulation in an erotic manner, to:

(1) Expose, touch, caress, or fondle the genitals, anus, or pubic hairs of any person or the nipples of the female breast; or

(2) To perform any acts of sadomasochistic abuse, flagellation, or torture in the context of sexual conduct.

B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

C.(1) It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution for a violation of this Section that, during the time of the alleged commission of the offense, the defendant was a victim of trafficking of children for sexual purposes as provided in R.S. 14:46.3(E). Any child determined to be a victim pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph shall be eligible for specialized services for sexually exploited children.

(2) It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution for a violation of this Section that, during the time of the alleged commission of the offense, the defendant is determined to be a victim of human trafficking pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 14:46.2(F). Any person determined to be a victim pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph shall be notified of any treatment or specialized services for sexually exploited persons to the extent that such services are available.

Acts 1984, No. 580, §1; Acts 2012, No. 446, §1; Acts 2014, No. 564, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:370 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 370
Additional penalties
Status: in_force

Any person convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of violating any of the provisions of R.S. 14:368 in addition to all other penalties herein provided shall from the date of such conviction be barred from:

(1) Holding any office, elective or appointive, or any other position of profit or trust in or employment by the government of the state of Louisiana or of any agency thereof or of any parish, municipal corporation or other political subdivision of said state;

(2) Filing or offering for election to any public office in the state of Louisiana; or

(3) Voting in any election in this state.

Amended by Acts 1965, No. 45, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:70.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 70.8
Illegal transmission of monetary funds
Status: in_force

A. Whoever with intent to defraud either transmits, attempts to transmit, causes to be transmitted, solicits a transmission, or receives a transmission, by wire or radio signal, any stolen or fraudulently obtained monetary funds shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years, or fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars, or both.

B. Upon a second or subsequent conviction of a violation of the provisions of this Section, the offender shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than one year nor more than ten years and may, in addition, be required to pay a fine of not more than one hundred thousand dollars.

C. In addition to the penalties provided for in Subsections A and B of this Section, a person convicted under the provisions of this Section shall be ordered to make full restitution to the victim and to any other person who has suffered a financial loss as a result of the offense in accordance with Code of Criminal Procedure Article 883.2.

D. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "Radio signal" means any text, email, or any other wireless transmission from cellular phones, portable wireless electronic tablets or computers, or any other wireless device used to transmit or receive monetary transactions.

(2) "Wire" means any wired electronic device that provides access to the internet or to any other access point and allows monetary transactions to be transmitted or received by email, financial institution-to-financial institution transfer, or money transfer facility.

Acts 2012, No. 540, §1, eff. June 5, 2012; Acts 2025, No. 188, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:54.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 54.6
Communicating of false information of planned bombing on school property, at a school-sponsored function, or in a firearm-free zone
Status: in_force

A. The communicating of false information of a bombing threat on school property, at a school-sponsored function, or in a firearm-free zone whether or not such threat involves fake explosive devices is the intentional impartation or conveyance, or causing the impartation or conveyance by the use of the mail, telephone, telegraph, word of mouth, or other means of communication, of any such threat or false information knowing the same to be false.

B. Whoever commits the crime of communicating of false information of a planned bombing on school property, at a school-sponsored function, or in a firearm-free zone as defined in R. S. 14:95.6(A) shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than twenty years. Upon commitment to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections after conviction for a crime committed on school property, at a school sponsored function or in a firearm-free zone, the department shall have the offender evaluated through appropriate examinations or tests conducted under the supervision of the department. Such evaluation shall be made within thirty days of the order of commitment.

C. For purposes of this Section, "at a school-sponsored function" means the specific designated area of the function, including but not limited to athletic competitions, dances, parties, or any extracurricular activity.

Acts 1999, No. 1236, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:102.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 102.6
Seizure and destruction or disposition of dogs and equipment used in dogfighting
Status: in_force

A.(1) Any law enforcement officer making an arrest under R.S. 14:102.5 may lawfully take possession of all fighting dogs on the premises where the arrest is made or in the immediate possession or control of the person being arrested, whether or not the dogs are actually engaged in a fight at the time, and all paraphernalia, implements, equipment, or other property or things used or employed in violation of that Section.

(2) The legislature finds and declares that fighting dogs used or employed in violation of R.S. 14:102.5 are dangerous, vicious, and a threat to the health and safety of the public. Therefore, fighting dogs seized in accordance with this Section are declared to be contraband and, notwithstanding R.S. 14:102.1, the officer, an animal control officer, or a licensed veterinarian may cause them to be humanely euthanized as soon as possible by a licensed veterinarian or a qualified technician and shall not be civilly or criminally liable for so doing. Fighting dogs not destroyed immediately shall be disposed of in accordance with R.S. 14:102.2.

B.(1) The officer, after taking possession of any dogs other than those destroyed or disposed of pursuant to Subsection A and of the other paraphernalia, implements, equipment, or other property or things, shall file with the district court of the parish within which the alleged violation occurred an affidavit stating therein the name of the person charged, a description of the property so taken and the time and place of the taking thereof, together with the name of the person who claims to own such property, if known, and that the affiant has reason to believe and does believe, stating the ground of such belief, that the property so taken was used or employed in such violation.

(2) The seizing officer shall dispose of any dogs or other animals seized in the manner provided for in R.S. 14:102.2.

(3) He shall thereupon deliver the other property so taken to such court which shall, by order in writing, place such paraphernalia, implements, equipment, or other property in the custody of a suitable custodian, to be kept by such custodian until the conviction or final discharge of the accused, and shall send a copy of such order without delay to the district attorney of the parish. The custodian so named and designated in such order shall immediately thereupon assume the custody of such property and shall retain the same, subject to the order of the court before which the accused shall be required to appear for trial.

C. Any person claiming an interest in a seized animal may post a bond with the court in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 14:102.2(C) in order to prevent the disposition of such animal.

D. Upon conviction of the person so charged, all dogs so seized shall be adjudged by the court to be forfeited and the court shall order a humane disposition of the same in accordance with R.S. 14:102.2. The court may also in its discretion order the forfeiture of the bond posted, as well as payment of any reasonable or additional costs incurred in the boarding or veterinary treatment of any seized dog, as provided in R.S. 14:102.2. In the event of the acquittal or final discharge, without conviction, of the accused, the court shall, on demand, direct the delivery of the animals and other property so held in custody to the owner thereof and order the return of any bond posted pursuant to R.S. 14:102.2(C), less reasonable administrative costs.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 432, §1; Acts 1987, No. 590, §1; Acts 1993, No. 1002, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1212, §1; Acts 2010, No. 369, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:73.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 73.9
Criminal use of Internet, virtual, street-map; enhanced penalties
Status: in_force

A. When an Internet, virtual, street-level map is used in the commission of a criminal offense against a person or against property, an additional sentence for a period of not less than one year shall be imposed. The additional penalty imposed pursuant to this Subsection shall be served consecutively with the sentence imposed for the underlying offense.

B. When an Internet, virtual, street-level map is used in the commission or attempted commission of an act of terrorism, as is defined in R.S. 14:100.12(1), an additional sentence for a period of not less than ten years shall be imposed without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of the sentence. The additional penalty imposed pursuant to this Subsection shall be served consecutively with the sentence imposed for the underlying offense.

Acts 2010, No. 62, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:102.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 102.14
Unlawful ownership of dangerous dog
Status: in_force

A. For the purposes of this Section "dangerous dog" means:

(1) Any dog which when unprovoked, on two separate occasions within the prior thirty-six-month period, engages in any behavior that requires a defensive action by any person to prevent bodily injury when the person and the dog are off the property of the owner of the dog; or

(2) Any dog which, when unprovoked, bites a person causing an injury; or

(3) Any dog which, when unprovoked, on two separate occasions within the prior thirty-six-month period, has killed, seriously bitten, inflicted injury, or otherwise caused injury to a domestic animal off the property of the owner of the dog.

B. It is unlawful for any person to own a dangerous dog without properly restraining or confining the dog.

C. A dangerous dog, while on the owner's property, shall, at all times, be kept indoors, or in a secure enclosure. A dangerous dog may be off the owner's property only if it is restrained by a leash which prevents its escape or access to other persons.

D. The owner of a dog determined by the court to be dangerous shall post signs around the secure enclosure no more than thirty feet apart and at each normal point of ingress and egress. The signs shall bear the words "Beware of Dog", or "Dangerous Dog" in letters at least three and one-half inches high and shall be so placed as to be readily visible to any person approaching the secure enclosure.

E. If the dog in question dies, or is sold, transferred, or permanently removed from the municipality or parish where the owner resides, the owner of a dangerous dog shall notify the animal control agency of the changed condition and new location of the dog in writing within two days.

F. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars.

G. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to:

(1) Any dog which is owned, or the service of which is employed, by any state or local law enforcement agency for the principal purpose of aiding in the detection of criminal activity, enforcement of laws, or apprehension of offenders.

(2) Any dog trained in accordance with the standards of a national or regional search and rescue association to respond to instructions from its handler in the search and rescue of lost or missing individuals and which dog, together with its handler, is prepared to render search and rescue services at the request of law enforcement.

Acts 2001, No. 823, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:107.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 107.5
Solicitation of funds or transportation for certain unlawful purposes
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit funds or transportation with the intention to solicit the person to engage in indiscriminate sexual intercourse for compensation.

B. For purposes of this Section, "sexual intercourse" means anal, oral, or vaginal sexual intercourse.

C. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

Acts 2014, No. 673, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:107.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 107.3
Criminal blighting of property
Status: in_force

A. The terms used in this Section shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Blighted property" means any vacant or occupied immovable property that has been declared or certified as blighted or a public nuisance by a court of competent jurisdiction or by an administrative hearing officer acting pursuant to R.S. 13:2575 or 2576, or any other applicable law.

(2) "Housing violations" means only those conditions in privately owned structures which are determined to constitute a threat or danger to the public health, safety, and welfare or to the environment.

(3) "Public nuisance" means any garage, shed, barn, house, building, apartment, or structure, that by reason of the condition in which it is permitted to remain, may endanger the health, life, limb, or property of any person, or cause any hurt, harm, damages, injury, or loss to any person in any one or more of the following conditions:

(a) The property is dilapidated, decayed, unsafe, or unsanitary, is detrimental to health, morals, safety, public welfare, and the well-being of the community, endangers life or property, or is conducive to ill health, delinquency, and crime.

(b) The property is a fire hazard.

(c) The conditions present on the property and its surrounding grounds are not reasonably or adequately maintained, thereby causing deterioration and creating a blighting influence or condition on nearby properties and thereby depreciating the value, use, and enjoyment to such an extent that it is harmful to the public health, welfare, morals, safety, and the economic stability of the area, community, or neighborhood in which such public nuisance is located.

B. Criminal blighting of property is the intentional or criminally negligent permitting of the existence of a condition of deterioration of property by the owner, which is deemed to have occurred when the property has been declared or certified as blighted or a public nuisance by an administrative hearing officer acting pursuant to R.S. 13:2575 or 2576, or any other applicable law.

C.(1) On a first conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars per violation. Imposition of a fine may be suspended and in lieu thereof, the court may require the offender to correct all existing housing violations on the blighted property within a timely manner determined by the court.

(2) On a second conviction, or if the offender fails to correct violations after ordered to do so by the court, the offender shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars per violation and imprisoned for not more than six months. Additionally, the court shall require that the offender correct all existing housing violations on the blighted property.

(3) On any third or subsequent conviction, or if the offender fails to correct all violations after a second conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars per violation and imprisoned for not more than one year, with or without hard labor.

(4) The penalty of imprisonment provided for in this Subsection shall not be imposed when the property is a single family residence occupied by the defendant at the time of the violation.

D. Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 85, §3.

E. Any offense committed more than five years prior to the commission of the crime for which the defendant is being tried shall not be considered in the assessment of penalties hereunder.

F. The satisfactory performance of correction of housing violations on the blighted property provided for in this Section shall include inspections by a municipal entity responsible for inspecting property and enforcing health, housing, fire, historic district, and environment codes, or any other entity designated by the local governing authority, whose representatives shall report to the court on the successful or otherwise, correction of housing violations on the blighted property.

G. Community service activities as used in this Section may include clearing properties that have been declared or certified as blighted or a public nuisance as set forth herein, of debris, cutting grass, performing repairs, and otherwise correcting any situations giving rise to housing violations. Correction of housing violations on the offender's own property will not be considered as fulfillment of the offender's community service hours requirement. All community service activities assessed under this Section will be under the direct supervision of a municipal entity responsible for inspecting property and enforcing health, housing, fire, historic district, and environmental codes, or any other entity designated by the local governing authority.

H. Prosecution pursuant to this Section may occur concurrently with review and appeal of declarations and certifications of blight.

Acts 1999, No. 1229, §1; Acts 2001, No. 232, §1; Acts 2023, No. 85, §§1, 3; Acts 2025, No. 255, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:46.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 46.2
Human trafficking
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful:

(1)(a) For any person to knowingly recruit, harbor, transport, provide, solicit, sell, receive, isolate, entice, obtain, patronize, procure, purchase, hold, restrain, induce, threaten, subject, or maintain the use of another person through fraud, force, or coercion to provide services or labor.

(b) For any person to knowingly recruit, harbor, transport, provide, solicit, sell, purchase, patronize, procure, hold, restrain, induce, threaten, subject, receive, isolate, entice, obtain, or maintain the use of a person under the age of twenty-one years for the purpose of engaging in commercial sexual activity regardless of whether the person was recruited, harbored, transported, provided, solicited, sold, purchased, received, isolated, enticed, obtained, or maintained through fraud, force, or coercion. It shall not be a defense to prosecution for a violation of the provisions of this Subparagraph that the person did not know the age of the victim or that the victim consented to the prohibited activity.

(2) For any person to knowingly benefit from activity prohibited by the provisions of this Section.

(3) For any person to knowingly facilitate any of the activities prohibited by the provisions of this Section by any means, including but not limited to helping, aiding, abetting, or conspiring, regardless of whether a thing of value has been promised to or received by the person.

B.(1) Except as provided in Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Subsection, whoever commits the crime of human trafficking shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than ten years.

(2)(a) Whoever commits the crime of human trafficking when the services include commercial sexual activity or a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 shall be fined not more than fifteen thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than twenty years.

(b) Whoever commits the crime of human trafficking in violation of the provisions of Subparagraph (A)(1)(b) of this Section involving a person under the age of twenty-one years but eighteen years or older shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, imprisoned at hard labor for not less than fifteen years nor more than fifty years, or both.

(c) Whoever commits the crime of human trafficking in violation of the provisions of Subparagraph (A)(1)(b) of this Section when the trafficking involves a person under the age of eighteen years shall be punished by life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence and fined not more than seventy-five thousand dollars.

(3) Whoever commits the crime of human trafficking when the trafficking involves a person under the age of eighteen shall be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than five nor more than twenty-five years, five years of which shall be without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

(4) Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 352, §2.

C. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "Commercial sexual activity" means any sexual act performed or conducted when anything of value has been given, promised, or received by any person, directly or indirectly, including the production of pornography.

(2) "Debt bondage" means inducing an individual to provide any of the following:

(a) Commercial sexual activity in payment toward or satisfaction of a real or purported debt.

(b) Labor or services in payment toward or satisfaction of a real or purported debt if either of the following occur:

(i) The reasonable value of the labor or services provided is not applied toward the liquidation of the debt.

(ii) The length of the labor or services is not limited and the nature of the labor or services is not defined.

(3) "Fraud, force, or coercion" shall include but not be limited to any of the following:

(a) Causing or threatening to cause serious bodily injury.

(b) Physically restraining, isolating, confining, or threatening to physically restrain, isolate, or confine another person.

(c) Abduction or threatened abduction of an individual.

(d) The use of a plan, pattern, or statement with intent to cause an individual to believe that failure to perform an act will result in the use of force against, abduction of, serious harm to, or physical restraint of an individual.

(e) The abuse or threatened abuse of law or legal process.

(f) The actual or threatened destruction, concealment, removal, withholding, confiscation, or possession of any actual or purported passport or other immigration document, or any other actual or purported government identification document, of another person.

(g) Controlling or threatening to control an individual's access to a controlled dangerous substance as set forth in R.S. 40:961 et seq.

(h) The use of an individual's physical or mental impairment, where such impairment has substantial adverse effects on the individual's cognitive or volitional functions.

(i) The use of debt bondage or civil or criminal fraud.

(j) Extortion as defined in R.S. 14:66.

(k) Exposing or threatening to expose any fact or information that would subject an individual to criminal or immigration proceedings.

(l) Causing or threatening to cause financial harm to an individual or using financial control over an individual.

(4) "Labor or services" means activity having an economic value.

D. It shall not be a defense to prosecution for a violation of this Section that the person being recruited, harbored, transported, provided, solicited, received, isolated, patronized, procured, purchased, enticed, obtained, or maintained is actually a law enforcement officer or peace officer acting within the official scope of his duties.

E. If any Subsection, Paragraph, Subparagraph, Item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this Section is for any reason held to be invalid, unlawful, or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Section.

F.(1) A victim of trafficking involving services that include commercial sexual activity or a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 shall have an affirmative defense to prosecution for any of the following offenses which were committed as a direct result of being trafficked:

(a) R.S. 14:82 (Prostitution).

(b) R.S. 14:83.3 (Prostitution by massage).

(c) R.S. 14:83.4 (Massage; sexual conduct prohibited).

(d) R.S. 14:89 (Crime against nature).

(e) R.S. 14:89.2 (Crime against nature by solicitation).

(2) Any person seeking to raise this affirmative defense shall provide written notice to the state at least forty-five days prior to trial or at an earlier time as otherwise required by the court.

(3) Any person determined to be a victim pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection shall be notified of any treatment or specialized services for sexually exploited persons to the extent that such services are available.

Acts 2005, No. 187, §1; Acts 2010, No. 382, §1; Acts 2010, No. 763, §1; Acts 2011, No. 64, §1; Acts 2012, No. 446, §1; Acts 2014, No. 564, §1; Acts 2016, No. 269, §1; Acts 2017, No. 180, §1, eff. June 12, 2017; Acts 2020, No. 352, §2; Acts 2022, No. 130, §2, eff. May 26, 2022; Acts 2024, No. 586, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:225 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 225
Institutional vandalism
Status: in_force

A. A person commits the crime of institutional vandalism by knowingly vandalizing, defacing, or otherwise damaging the following:

(1) Any church, synagogue, or other building, structure, or place used for religious worship or other religious purpose.

(2) Any cemetery, mortuary, or other facility used for the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead.

(3) Any school, educational facility, or community center.

(4) The grounds adjacent to and owned or rented by any institution, facility, building, structure, or place described in Paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) above.

(5) Any personal property contained in any institution, facility, building, structure, or place described in Paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) above.

(6) Any building owned by the United States, state of Louisiana, or a political subdivision of this state.

B. Institutional vandalism is punishable as follows:

(1) When the damage is less than five hundred dollars, the offender shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(2) When the damage amounts to five hundred dollars but less than fifty thousand dollars, the offender shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years or both.

(3) When the damage amounts to fifty thousand dollars or more, the offender shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than one nor more than ten years, or both.

C. In determining the amount of damage to or loss of property, damage includes the cost of repair or replacement of the property that was damaged or lost.

Acts 1984, No. 583, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:390.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 390.4
Venue
Status: in_force

Violations of R.S. 14:390 through 390.8 are considered to take place at the location where the prohibited contraband material is found, either stored in bulk or placed in the hands of the ultimate user.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 245, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:90.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 90.6
Gambling or wagering at cockfights
Status: in_force

A. Gambling or wagering at a cockfight is the aiding or abetting or participation in any game, contest, lottery, or contrivance, in any location or place where a cockfight is being conducted and whereby a person risks the loss of anything of value in order to realize a profit.

B. Whoever commits the crime of gambling or wagering at a cockfight shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. Upon a second and subsequent violation of this Section, the penalty shall be a fine of one thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

C. Whoever conducts, finances, manages, supervises, directs, leases, or owns all or part of a business or the premises when such person has knowledge that gambling or wagering at a cockfight occurs shall be fined not more than twenty thousand dollars, or imprisoned with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both.

Acts 2007, No. 223, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:363 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 363
Registration of individuals
Status: in_force

Upon final definitive judgment under the provisions of R.S. 14:358 through 373 that any individual is a communist or a subversive person, that individual shall, within five days thereafter, register with the commission of public safety by filing in person a statement under oath or affirmation setting forth his or her name, including any other names used or in use, address, occupation, date and place of birth, features of identification, and name of spouse, if any. All such individual registrants shall be fingerprinted for positive identification at the time of each registration and shall re-register annually between the 1st and 15th of January, for so long as they remain in the state of Louisiana. If a person found to be a communist or a subversive person under the terms of R.S. 14:358 through 373 shall leave the state of Louisiana for a period as long as fifteen days or longer, he or she shall re-register as provided above within five days after he or she shall return to the state.

Amended by Acts 1965, No. 45, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:67.24 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 67.24
Theft of critical infrastructure
Status: in_force

A. Theft of critical infrastructure is the misappropriation, taking, or illegal possession, as defined in R.S. 14:69(A), of critical infrastructure. The intent to deprive the owner permanently of the critical infrastructure is essential.

B. As used in this Section, "critical infrastructure" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S. 14:61.

C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of theft of critical infrastructure when the misappropriation, taking, or illegal possession amounts to a value of less than twenty-five thousand dollars shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than fifteen years, or both.

(2) Whoever commits the crime of theft of critical infrastructure when the misappropriation, taking, or illegal possession amounts to a value of twenty-five thousand dollars or more shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, or imprisoned at hard labor for not more than twenty years, or both.

(3) Whoever commits the crime of theft of critical infrastructure wherein it is foreseeable that human life will be threatened as a result of the theft shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, or imprisoned at hard labor for not more than twenty years, or both.

D. In addition to the penalties provided in Subsection C of this Section, the offender shall be ordered to make full restitution to the victim. If the offender is found to be indigent and therefore unable to make restitution in full at the time of conviction, the court shall order a periodic payment plan consistent with the offender's financial ability.

Acts 2025, No. 26, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:68.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 68.1
Unauthorized removal of shopping cart, basket, or dairy case
Status: in_force

A. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to remove a shopping cart, basket, or dairy case belonging to another from the parking area or grounds of any store without authorization therefor.

B. Whoever commits the crime of unauthorized removal of a shopping cart, basket, or dairy case from the parking area or grounds of a store shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 22, §1. Acts 1988, No. 255, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:403.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 403.5
Gunshot wounds; mandatory reporting
Status: in_force

A. The purpose of this Section is to aid law enforcement in combating violent crime through the rapid identification and reporting of all gunshot wounds or injuries treated by any medical professionals, practitioners, or associated personnel.

B. In every case of a gunshot wound or injury presented for treatment to a medical professional, practitioner, or associated person, that professional, practitioner, or associated person shall make an oral notification to either the sheriff of the parish in which the wounded person was presented for treatment, or the chief or superintendent of police in the municipality in which the wounded person was presented for treatment immediately after complying with all applicable state and federal laws, rules, and regulations related to the treatment of emergencies and before the wounded person is released from the hospital. A written notation of this action shall be made on the emergency record.

C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any wounds or injuries received from the firing of an air gun.

D. Any report of a gunshot wound or injury required to be reported by this Section which does not result in criminal prosecution shall not become public record and shall be destroyed by the law enforcement agency receiving the information.

E. Any person who fails to file a report under this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. Any person who knowingly files a false report under this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

Acts 1997, No. 1309, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:83.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 83.1
Inciting prostitution
Status: in_force

A. Inciting prostitution is the aiding, abetting, or assisting in an enterprise for profit in which:

(1) Customers are charged a fee for services which include prostitution, regardless of what portion of the fee is actually for the prostitution services,

(2) When the person knows or when a reasonable person in such a position should know that such aiding, abetting, or assisting is for prostitution, and

(3) When the proceeds or profits are to be in any way divided by the prostitute and the person aiding, abetting, or assisting the prostitute.

B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of inciting prostitution shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

(2) Whoever commits the crime of inciting prostitution of persons under the age of eighteen years shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, imprisoned at hard labor for not less than fifteen years nor more than fifty years, or both, with at least five years being served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.

(3) Whoever commits the crime of inciting prostitution of persons under the age of fourteen years shall be fined not more than seventy-five thousand dollars, imprisoned at hard labor for not less than twenty-five years nor more than fifty years, or both, with at least ten years being served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.

(4) Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 352, §2.

Acts 1984, No. 580, §1; Acts 2012, No. 446, §1; Acts 2013, No. 83, §1; Acts 2014, No. 564, §1; Acts 2017, No. 180, §1, eff. June 12, 2017; Acts 2020, No. 352, §2; Acts 2025, No. 230, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:102.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 102.7
Search warrant for dogfighting offenses
Status: in_force

If complaint is made, by affidavit, to any magistrate authorized to issue search warrants in criminal cases, that the complainant has reason to believe that R.S. 14:102.5 has been violated within the past forty-eight hours, is being, or will be violated in any building or place, such magistrate, if satisfied that there is reasonable cause for such belief, shall issue a search warrant authorizing any law enforcement officer competent by law to make arrests for such offenses to make a search of said building or place, and to arrest any person found violating R.S. 14:102.5. This Section shall not be construed as a limitation on the power of law enforcement officers to seize animals or evidence at the time of arrest.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 432, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:100.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 100.12
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Subdivision, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Act of terrorism" means the commission of any of the following acts when the offender has the intent to intimidate or coerce the civilian population, influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion:

(a) Intentional killing of a human being.

(b) Intentional infliction of serious bodily injury upon a human being.

(c) Kidnapping of a human being.

(d) Aggravated arson upon any structure, watercraft, or movable.

(e) Intentional aggravated criminal damage to property.

(2) "Alien student" means any person who is attending an institution of education in the state who is not a citizen of the United States.

(3) "Documentation demonstrating lawful presence in the United States" is a document demonstrating lawful presence in the United States as determined by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections pursuant to R.S. 32:409.1(A)(2)(d)(vi).

(4) "INS" means the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service.

(5) "Nonresident alien" means any person who is not a United States citizen and who is a citizen of any country other than the United States, who is physically present in the United States and who has not acquired INS permanent resident status.

Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 46, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:402.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 402.1
Taking of contraband to hospitals unlawful; penalty
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to introduce or attempt to introduce into or upon the grounds or buildings of any hospital or related facility, except through regular channels as authorized by the administrator of the hospital, any of the following articles which are hereby declared contraband for the purposes of this Section, namely: Any intoxicating beverage or beverage which causes or may cause an intoxicating effect, any controlled dangerous substance that has not been prescribed or recommended in accordance with the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law at R.S. 40:961 et seq., and any firearm or other instrumentality customarily considered a dangerous weapon possessed by a person who is prohibited from possessing the firearm or instrumentality pursuant to state or federal law.

B. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall upon conviction be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than three years.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 383, §1; Acts 2001, No. 403, §1, eff. June 15, 2001; Acts 2018, No. 516, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 91.3
Unlawful participation in a child-related business
Status: in_force

A. No person who has been convicted of, or who has pled guilty or nolo contendere to, an offense listed in R.S. 15:587.1(C) or whose name is recorded on the Department of Children and Family Services' state central registry on or after August 1, 2018, shall own, operate, or in any way participate in the governance of any early learning center as defined by R.S. 17:407.33, residential home as defined by R.S. 46:1403, or residence in which child care services are provided by a family child care provider or in-home provider who is registered pursuant to R.S. 17:407.61 et seq.

B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than one year, or both.

Acts 2009, No. 210, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 223, §1; Acts 2018, No. 5, §1; Acts 2025, No. 409, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:35.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 35.2
Simple battery of persons with infirmities
Status: in_force

A. Simple battery of persons with infirmities is a battery committed against a person who is infirm, has a disability, or is aged and who is incapable of consenting to the battery due to either of the following:

(1) Advanced age.

(2) Unsoundness of mind, stupor, abnormal condition of the mind, or other mental or developmental disability, regardless of the age of the victim.

B. For purposes of this Section, "person who is infirm, has a disability, or is aged" shall include but not be limited to any individual who is a resident of a nursing home, facility for persons with intellectual disabilities, mental health facility, hospital, or other residential facility, or any individual who is sixty years of age or older. Lack of knowledge of the person's age shall not be a defense.

C. Whoever commits the crime of battery of persons with infirmities shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or both.

Acts 1999, No. 1056, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §6, eff. June 23, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:388 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 388
False statements in affidavit as perjury
Status: in_force

Any false statement under oath contained in the affidavit required by R.S. 14:386 filed with the secretary of state shall constitute perjury and shall be punished as provided by R.S. 14:123.

Acts 1958, No. 260, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:57.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 57.1
Vandalizing, tampering with, or destroying a crime camera system
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally vandalize, tamper with, or destroy a crime camera system by any of the following:

(1) Causing functional or cosmetic damage to the system.

(2) Adjusting or modifying the location, position, aim, focus, or functionality of the system.

(3) Tampering with the performance, functions, or features of the system.

(4) Rendering the system temporarily or permanently inoperable.

B. For the purposes of this Section, a "crime camera system" includes any camera or license plate reader erected or installed for the purpose of observing or deterring illegal activity as well as any lights, mounting poles or brackets, actuator motors, computer control boards, connection interfaces, signage, software, protective housing, lenses, power supply systems, recording or battery backups, microphones, data connectivity hardware, or other component parts or ancillary equipment necessary for proper functionality and operation.

C. Whoever violates the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years or may be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or both.

Acts 2024, No. 343, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:32.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 32.8
Third degree feticide
Status: in_force

A. Third degree feticide is:

(1) The killing of an unborn child by criminal negligence. The violation of a statute or ordinance shall be considered only as presumptive evidence of such negligence.

(2) The killing of an unborn child caused proximately or caused directly by an offender engaged in the operation of, or in actual physical control of, any motor vehicle, aircraft, vessel, or other means of conveyance whether or not the offender had the intent to cause death or great bodily harm whenever any of the following conditions exist and such condition was a contributing factor to the killing:

(a) The offender is impaired by alcoholic beverages as determined by chemical tests administered under the provisions of R.S. 32:662.

(b) The offender's blood alcohol concentration is 0.08 percent or more by weight based upon grams of alcohol per one hundred cubic centimeters of blood.

(c)(i) The offender is impaired by any other drug, combination of drugs, or combination of alcohol and drugs.

(ii) As used in this Section, the term "drug" means any substance or combination of substances that, when taken into the human body, can impair the ability of the person to operate a vehicle safely.

(d) The offender is impaired by alcoholic beverages.

(e) The operator's blood has any detectable amount of any controlled dangerous substance listed in Schedule I, II, III, or IV as set forth in R.S. 40:964, or a metabolite of such controlled dangerous substance, that has not been medically ordered or prescribed for the individual.

(f), (g) Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 662, §3.

B. Whoever commits the crime of third degree feticide shall be fined not less than two thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years.

Acts 1989, No. 777, §1; Acts 2001, No. 781, §1, eff. Sept. 30, 2003; Acts 2001, No. 1163, §5; Acts 2006, No. 131, §1; Acts 2008, No. 451, §2, eff. June 25, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 662, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2024, No. 662, §§1, 3.

NOTE: Section 6 of Acts 2001, No. 781 provides that the provisions of the Act shall become null and of no effect if and when Section 351 of P.L. 106-346 regarding the withholding of federal highway funds for failure to enact a 0.08 percent blood alcohol level is repealed or invalidated for any reason.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:42.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 42.1
Second degree rape
Status: in_force

A. Second degree rape is rape committed when the anal, oral, or vaginal sexual intercourse is deemed to be without the lawful consent of the victim because it is committed under any one or more of the following circumstances:

(1) When the victim is prevented from resisting the act by force or threats of physical violence under circumstances where the victim reasonably believes that such resistance would not prevent the rape.

(2) When the victim is incapable of resisting or of understanding the nature of the act by reason of stupor or abnormal condition of the mind produced by a narcotic or anesthetic agent or other controlled dangerous substance administered by the offender and without the knowledge of the victim.

(3) When the offender acts without the consent of the victim, the victim is thirteen years of age or older but less than seventeen years of age, and the difference between the age of the victim and the age of the offender is three years or greater. Lack of knowledge of the victim's age shall not be a defense.

B. Whoever commits the crime of second degree rape shall be imprisoned at hard labor, without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence, for not less than five nor more than forty years.

C. For all purposes, "forcible rape" and "second degree rape" mean the offense defined by the provisions of this Section and any reference to the crime of forcible rape is the same as a reference to the crime of second degree rape. Any act in violation of the provisions of this Section committed on or after August 1, 2015, shall be referred to as "second degree rape".

Acts 1978, No. 239, §1. Acts 1984, No. 569, §1; Acts 1997, No. 862, §1; Acts 2001, No. 301, §1; Acts 2015, No. 184, §1; Acts 2015, No. 256, §1; Acts 2020, No. 32, §1; Acts 2025, No. 346, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:72.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 72.6
Forgery of a motor vehicle inspection certificate; penalties
Status: in_force

A. Forgery of a motor vehicle inspection certificate is the knowing or intentional production, manufacture, transfer, or distribution of any fraudulent document or portion thereof intended to serve as a certificate of motor vehicle inspection as defined by the provisions of Chapter 7 of Title 32 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

B. Whoever commits the crime of forgery of a motor vehicle inspection certificate shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, or both.

Acts 2013, No. 153, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:401 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 401
Demonstrations in or near building housing a court or occupied as residence by judge, juror, witness, or court officer
Status: in_force

A. Whoever, with the intent of interfering with, obstructing, or impeding the administration of justice, or with the intent of influencing any judge, juror, witness, or court officer in the discharge of his duty, pickets or parades in or near a building housing a court of the state of Louisiana, or in or near a building or residence occupied or used by such judge, juror, witness, or court officer, or with such intent uses any sound-truck or similar device or resorts to any other demonstration in or near any such building or residence, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

B. Nothing in this Section shall interfere with or prevent the exercise by any court of the state of Louisiana of its power to punish for contempt.

Acts 1950, No. 177, §§1, 2; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:95.1.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 95.1.2
Illegally supplying a felon with ammunition
Status: in_force

A. Illegally supplying a felon with ammunition is the intentional giving, selling, donating, providing, lending, delivering, or otherwise transferring ammunition to any person known by the offender to be a person convicted of a felony and prohibited from possessing a firearm as provided for in R.S. 14:95.1.

B. For the purposes of this Section, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Ammunition" means any projectiles with their fuses, propelling charges, or primers fired from any firearm.

(2) "Firearm" means any pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, submachine gun, or assault rifle, which is designed to fire or is capable of firing fixed cartridge ammunition or from which a shot or projectile is discharged by an explosive.

C. Whoever commits the crime of illegally supplying a felon with ammunition shall be imprisoned for not more than five years and may be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars.

Acts 2008, No. 622, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:107.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 107.2
Hate crimes
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to select the victim of the following offenses against person and property because of actual or perceived race, age, gender, religion, color, creed, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, or ancestry of that person or the owner or occupant of that property or because of actual or perceived membership or service in, or employment with, an organization, or because of actual or perceived employment as a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel: first or second degree murder; manslaughter; battery; aggravated battery; second degree battery; aggravated assault with a firearm; terrorizing; menacing; mingling harmful substances; simple or third degree rape, forcible or second degree rape, or aggravated or first degree rape; sexual battery; second degree sexual battery; oral sexual battery; carnal knowledge of a juvenile; indecent behavior with juveniles; molestation of a juvenile or a person with a physical or mental disability; simple, second degree, or aggravated kidnapping; simple or aggravated arson; communicating of false information of planned arson; simple or aggravated criminal damage to property; contamination of water supplies; simple or aggravated burglary; criminal trespass; simple, first degree, or armed robbery; purse snatching; extortion; theft; desecration of graves; institutional vandalism; or assault by drive-by shooting.

B. If the underlying offense named in Subsection A of this Section is a misdemeanor, and the victim of the offense listed in Subsection A of this Section is selected in the manner proscribed by that Subsection, the offender may be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. This sentence shall run consecutively to the sentence for the underlying offense.

C. If the underlying offense named in Subsection A of this Section is a felony, and the victim of the offense listed in Subsection A of this Section is selected in the manner proscribed by that Subsection, the offender may be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, or both. This sentence shall run consecutively to the sentence for the underlying offense.

D. "Organization", as used in this Section, means all of the following:

(1) Any lawful corporation, trust, company, partnership, association, foundation, or fund.

(2) Any lawful group of persons, whether or not incorporated, banded together for joint action on any subject or subjects.

(3) Any entity or unit of federal, state, or local government.

E. As used in this Section:

(1) "Emergency medical services personnel" shall have the same meaning ascribed to it by R.S. 40:1075.3.

(2) "Firefighter" means any firefighter regularly employed by a fire department of any municipality, parish, or fire protection district of the state of Louisiana.

(3) "Law enforcement officer" means any active or retired city, parish, or state law enforcement officer, peace officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, probation or parole officer, marshal, deputy, wildlife enforcement agent, state correctional officer, or commissioned agent of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, as well as any federal law enforcement officer or employee, whose permanent duties include making arrests, performing search and seizures, execution of criminal arrest warrants, execution of civil seizure warrants, any civil functions performed by sheriffs or deputy sheriffs, enforcement of penal or traffic laws, or the care, custody, control, or supervision of inmates.

Acts 1997, No. 1479, §2, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 301, §1; Acts 2004, No. 676, §1; Acts 2011, No. 67, §3; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7; Acts 2015, No. 184, §1; Acts 2016, No. 184, §1; Acts 2022, No. 493, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:325 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 325
Annual registration of conductors of public opinion polls; penalty for failure
Status: in_force

A.(1) Any persons, associations, partnerships, or corporations who offer themselves to the public as professional poll takers shall register with the secretary of state before commencing such activity and annually thereafter not later than February fifteenth of each year. Only the managing or overseeing party responsible for conducting the poll must register under this Act, and it will not be necessary for individuals hired by the managing or overseeing party to register on an individual basis.

(2) Such registration shall state that the person, association, partnership, or corporation is engaging in the making of public opinion polls or samplings in the state of Louisiana; the name and current mailing address of the person, association, partnership, or corporation under which the polls are conducted; the name and current mailing address of the principal executive officer thereof; and the year for which the registration is filed. It shall be signed by the principal executive officer thereof. The secretary of state is directed to collect a registration fee as provided in R.S. 49:222 for each such registration.

B. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall be punishable, for the first offense, by a fine of one hundred dollars or ten days in jail, or both; for the second offense, by a fine of two hundred dollars or ten days in jail, or both; and for the third offense, by a fine of five hundred dollars or ten days in jail, or both.

C. The secretary of state shall keep the registrations filed with him under this section as a part of the permanent public records of his office and may cause same to be published annually.

Acts 1960, No. 564, §§1, 2. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 602, §1; Acts 2008, No. 913, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:34.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 34.3
Battery of a school teacher
Status: in_force

A. Battery of a school teacher is a battery committed without the consent of the victim when the offender has reasonable grounds to believe the victim is a school teacher acting in the performance of employment duties.

B. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "School teacher" shall include any teacher or instructor, administrator, staff person, or employee of any public or private elementary, secondary, vocational-technical training, special, or postsecondary school or institution. For purposes of this Section, "school teacher" shall also include any teacher aide and paraprofessional, school bus driver, food service worker, and other clerical, custodial, or maintenance personnel employed by a city, parish, or other local public school board.

(2) "School" means any public or nonpublic elementary, secondary, high school, vocational-technical school, college, special, or postsecondary school or institution, or university in this state.

(3) "Student" means any person registered or enrolled at the school where the school teacher is employed.

C. Whoever commits the crime of battery of a school teacher shall be punished as follows:

(1) If the battery was committed by a student, upon conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than one year. At least seventy-two hours of the sentence imposed shall be imposed without benefit of suspension of sentence.

(2) If the battery was committed by someone who is not a student, the offender shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than one year nor more than five years, or both.

(3) If the battery produces an injury that requires medical attention, the offender shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than one year nor more than five years, or both.

Acts 1985, No. 871, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 44, §1; Acts 1999, No. 936, §1; Acts 2008, No. 295, §1, eff. June 17, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 283, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:93.17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 93.17
Purchase and possession of consumable hemp products by a minor; penalties
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for any person under twenty-one years of age to purchase or possess any consumable hemp product as defined in R.S. 3:1481.

B.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.

(2) Any person apprehended while violating the provisions of this Section shall be issued a citation by the apprehending law enforcement officer, which shall be paid in the same manner as provided for the offenders of local traffic violations. A citation issued by a law enforcement officer for such violation shall not be included on the person's criminal history record.

Acts 2025, No. 233, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:79 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 79
Violation of protective orders
Status: in_force

A.(1)(a) Violation of protective orders is the willful disobedience of a preliminary or permanent injunction or protective order issued pursuant to R.S. 9:361 et seq., R.S. 9:372, R.S. 46:2131 et seq., R.S. 46:2151, R.S. 46:2171 et seq., R.S. 46:2181 et seq., Children's Code Article 1564 et seq., Code of Civil Procedure Articles 3604 and 3607.1, or Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 320 and 871.1 after a contradictory court hearing, or the willful disobedience of a temporary restraining order or any ex parte protective order issued pursuant to R.S. 9:361 et seq., R.S. 9:372, R.S. 46:2131 et seq., R.S. 46:2151, R.S. 46:2171 et seq., criminal stay-away orders as provided for in Code of Criminal Procedure Article 320, Children's Code Article 1564 et seq., or Code of Civil Procedure Articles 3604 and 3607.1, if the defendant has been given notice of the temporary restraining order or ex parte protective order by service of process as required by law.

(b) A defendant may also be deemed to have been properly served if tendered a certified copy of a temporary restraining order or ex parte protective order, or if tendered a faxed or electronic copy of a temporary restraining order or ex parte protective order received directly from the issuing magistrate, commissioner, hearing officer, judge or court, by any law enforcement officer who has been called to any scene where the named defendant is present. Such service of a previously issued temporary restraining order or ex parte protective order if noted in the police report shall be deemed sufficient evidence of service of process and admissible in any civil or criminal proceedings. A law enforcement officer making service under this Subsection shall transmit proof of service to the judicial administrator's office, Louisiana Supreme Court, for entry into the Louisiana Protective Order Registry, as provided in R.S. 46:2136.2(A), by facsimile transmission or direct electronic input as expeditiously as possible, but no later than the end of the next business day after making service, exclusive of weekends and holidays. This proof shall include, at a minimum, the case caption, docket number, type of order, serving agency and officer, and the date and time service was made.

(2) Violation of protective orders shall also include the willful disobedience of an order of protection issued by a foreign state.

(3) Violation of protective orders shall also include the willful disobedience of the following:

(a) An order issued by any state, federal, parish, city, or municipal court judge, magistrate judge, commissioner or justice of the peace that a criminal defendant stay away from a specific person or persons as a condition of that defendant's release on bond.

(b) An order issued by any state, federal, parish, city, or municipal court judge, magistrate judge, commissioner or justice of the peace that a defendant convicted of a violation of any state, federal, parish, municipal, or city criminal offense stay away from any specific person as a condition of that defendant's release on probation.

(c) A condition of a parole release pursuant to R.S. 15:574.4.2(A)(5) or any other condition of parole which requires that the parolee stay away from any specific person.

(d) An order issued pursuant to R.S. 46:1846.

(4) Violation of protective orders shall also include the possession of a firearm or carrying a concealed weapon in violation of R.S. 46:2136.3, the purchase or attempted purchase of a firearm, and the carrying of a concealed weapon in violation of R.S. 14:95.1, 95.1.3, or 95.10.

B.(1) On a first conviction for violation of protective orders, except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, the offender shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(2) On a second or subsequent conviction for violation of protective orders, except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, regardless of whether the current offense occurred before or after the earlier convictions, the offender shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than fourteen days nor more than two years. At least fourteen days of the sentence of imprisonment imposed under this Paragraph shall be without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. If a portion of the sentence is imposed with benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence, the court shall require the offender to participate in a court-monitored domestic abuse intervention program as defined by R.S. 14:35.3.

C.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, whoever is convicted of the offense of violation of protective orders where the violation involves a battery or any crime of violence as defined by R.S. 14:2(B) against the person for whose benefit the protective order is in effect, or where the violation involves the offender going to the residence or household, school, or place of employment of the person for whose benefit the protective order is in effect while in possession of a firearm, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than three months nor more than two years. At least thirty days of the sentence of imprisonment imposed under this Paragraph shall be without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. If a portion of the sentence is imposed with benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence, the court shall require the offender to participate in a court-monitored domestic abuse intervention program as defined by R.S. 14:35.3.

(2) Whoever is convicted of the offense of violation of protective orders where the violation involves a battery or any crime of violence as defined by R.S. 14:2(B) against the person for whose benefit the protective order is in effect, or where the violation involves the offender going to the residence or household, school, or place of employment of the person for whose benefit the protective order is in effect while in possession of a firearm, and who has a conviction of violating a protective order or of an assault or battery upon the person for whose benefit the protective order is in effect during the five-year period prior to commission of the instant offense, regardless of whether the instant offense occurred before or after the earlier convictions, the offender shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars and imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than one year nor more than five years. At least one year of the sentence of imprisonment imposed under this Paragraph shall be without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.

D. If, as part of any sentence imposed under this Section, a fine is imposed, the court may direct that the fine be paid for the support of the spouse or children of the offender.

E.(1) Law enforcement officers shall use every reasonable means, including but not limited to immediate arrest of the violator, to enforce a preliminary or permanent injunction or protective order obtained pursuant to R.S. 9:361, R.S. 9:372, R.S. 46:2131 et seq., R.S. 46:2151, R.S. 46:2171 et seq., R.S. 46:2181 et seq., Children's Code Article 1564 et seq., Code of Civil Procedure Articles 3604 and 3607.1, or Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 320 and 871.1 after a contradictory court hearing, or to enforce a temporary restraining order or ex parte protective order issued pursuant to R.S. 9:361, R.S. 9:372, R.S. 46:2131 et seq., R.S. 46:2151, R.S. 46:2171 et seq., R.S. 46:2181 et seq., Children's Code Article 1564 et seq., Code of Civil Procedure Articles 3604 and 3607.1, or Code of Criminal Procedure Article 320 if the defendant has been given notice of the temporary restraining order or ex parte protective order by service of process as required by law.

(2) Law enforcement officers shall at a minimum issue a summons to the person in violation of a temporary restraining order, a preliminary or permanent injunction, or a protective order issued pursuant to R.S. 9:361 et seq., R.S. 9:372, R.S. 46:2131 et seq., R.S. 46:2151, R.S. 46:2181 et seq., Children's Code Article 1564 et seq., Code of Civil Procedure Articles 3604 and 3607.1, or Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 30, 320, and 871.1.

F. This Section shall not be construed to bar or limit the effect of any other criminal statute or civil remedy.

G. "Instant offense" as used in this Section means the offense which is before the court.

H. An offender ordered to participate in a court-monitored domestic abuse intervention program under the provision of this Section shall pay the cost incurred in participating in the program, unless the court determines that the offender is unable to pay. Failure to make payment under this Subsection shall subject the offender to revocation of probation.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 497, §1; Acts 1987, No. 268, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 70, §1; Acts 1995, No. 905, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1156, §6; Acts 1999, No. 659, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1200, §1; Acts 2003, No. 750, §5; Acts 2003, No. 1198, §1; Acts 2014, No. 317, §2; Acts 2014, No. 318, §2; Acts 2014, No. 355, §3; Acts 2015, No. 242, §2; Acts 2015, No. 440, §1; Acts 2016, No. 409, §2; Acts 2017, No. 90, §1; Acts 2018, No. 293, §1; Acts 2018, No. 367, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 679, §2; Acts 2020, No. 246, §2; Acts 2022, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:110.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 110.3
Tampering with surveillance, accounting, inventory, or monitoring systems; definitions; penalties
Status: in_force

A. No person shall intentionally defeat, degrade, tamper, damage, alter, destroy, remove, disable, obstruct, or impair in any way the operation of any surveillance, accounting, inventory, or monitoring system of any nature or purpose, including but not limited to any of the following:

(1) Removing, damaging, altering, destroying, disabling, impairing, obstructing, obscuring, covering, or infusing with any object, substance, or material any component of any surveillance, accounting, inventory, or monitoring system.

(2) Disconnecting, interfering with, damaging, tampering with, or temporarily or permanently delaying or interrupting the internal or external signal or electronic wire or wireless analog or digital transmissions of any surveillance, accounting, inventory, or monitoring system.

(3) Interrupting any source of power for or degrading the performance in any manner of the whole or any part or component or operating software or hardware of any surveillance, accounting, inventory, or monitoring system.

B. For the purposes of this Section, "surveillance, accounting, inventory, or monitoring system" means any electronic, analog, digital, radio, or other system which generates, detects, senses, or records any or all of the following: video, audio, radio waves of any frequency, light in the visible light spectrum, ultraviolet light, infrared radiation, laser light or impulses, microwaves, magnetism, ionization, heat, smoke, water, motion, or fire.

C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of tampering with surveillance, accounting, inventory, or monitoring systems shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than one year, or both.

(2) If the surveillance, accounting, inventory, or monitoring system is located on the premises of any jail, prison, correctional facility, juvenile detention center, the offender shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than two years, or both. Such sentence shall be consecutive to any other sentence imposed for violation of the provisions of any state criminal law.

Acts 2010, No. 351, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:102.20 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 102.20
Sport killing of zoo or circus animals prohibited
Status: in_force

A. No person shall kill for sport an animal that is presently or was formerly a part of a zoo or circus.

B. No zoo or circus shall provide, sell, or donate any animal for use in any business or activity wherein the animal may be intentionally killed for sport.

C. No person shall knowingly transfer or conspire to transfer any animal from a zoo or circus to any business, person, or activity wherein the animal may be intentionally killed for sport.

D. No business or person wherein an animal may be intentionally killed for sport shall purchase, accept as a donation, or receive any animal that was formerly a part of a zoo or circus.

E. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

Acts 2004, No. 891, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:110 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 110
Simple escape; aggravated escape
Status: in_force

A. Simple escape shall mean any of the following:

(1) The intentional departure, under circumstances wherein human life is not endangered, of a person imprisoned, committed, or detained from a place where such person is legally confined, from a designated area of a place where such person is legally confined, or from the lawful custody of any law enforcement officer or officer of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

(2) The failure of a person serving a sentence and participating in a work release program authorized by law to report or return from his planned employment or other activity under the program at the appointed time.

(3) The failure of a person who has been granted a furlough under the provisions of R.S. 15:833 or R.S. 15:908 to return to his place of confinement at the appointed time.

(4) The intentional alteration, destruction, removal, or disabling of electronic monitoring equipment while participating in a home incarceration program.

B.(1) A person who is participating in a work release program as defined in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section and who commits the crime of simple escape may be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than six months nor more than one year.

(2) A person who fails to return from an authorized furlough as defined in Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than six months nor more than one year and any such sentence shall not run concurrently with any other sentence.

(3) A person participating in a home incarceration program who violates the provisions of Paragraph (A)(4) of this Section shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than six months nor more than five years, and such sentence shall not run concurrently with any other sentence.

(4) A person imprisoned, committed, or detained who commits the crime of simple escape as defined in Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than two years nor more than five years; provided that such sentence shall not run concurrently with any other sentence.

C.(1) Aggravated escape is the intentional departure of a person from the legal custody of any officer of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or any law enforcement officer or from any place where such person is legally confined when his departure is under circumstances wherein human life is endangered.

(2) Whoever commits an aggravated escape as herein defined shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than five years nor more than ten years and any such sentence shall not run concurrently with any other sentence.

D. For purposes of this Section, a person shall be deemed to be in the lawful custody of a law enforcement officer or of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and legally confined when he is in a rehabilitation unit, a work release program, or any other program under the control of a law enforcement officer or the department.

E. The provisions of this Section shall be applicable to all penal, correctional, rehabilitational, and work release centers and any and all prison facilities under the control of the law enforcement of the respective parishes of the state of Louisiana. The prison facilities shall include but are not limited to parish jails, correctional centers, home incarceration, work release centers, and rehabilitation centers, hospitals, clinics, and any and all facilities where inmates are confined under the jurisdiction and control of the law enforcement of the respective parishes.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 122, §1; Acts 1963, No. 65, §1; Acts 1968, No. 189, §1; Acts 1968, No. 647, §1; Acts 1970, No. 290, §1; Acts 1972, No. 740, §1; Acts 1975, No. 450, §1; Acts 1976, No. 345, §1; Acts 1977, No. 455, §1; Acts 1978, No. 177, §1; Acts 1981, No. 719, §1; Acts 1984, No. 746, §1; Acts 1985, No. 70, §1, eff. June 22, 1985; Acts 1985, No. 413, §1; Acts 2012, No. 137, §1; Acts 2013, No. 152, §1; Acts 2024, No. 263, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:34.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 34.6
Disarming of a peace officer
Status: in_force

A. Disarming of a peace officer is committed when an offender, through use of force or threat of force, and without the consent of the peace officer, takes possession of any law enforcement equipment from the person of a peace officer or from an area within the peace officer's immediate control, when the offender has reasonable grounds to believe that the victim is a peace officer acting in the performance of his duty.

B. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "Law enforcement equipment" shall include any firearms, weapons, restraints, ballistics shields, forced entry tools, defense technology equipment, self-defense batons, self-defense sprays, chemical weapons, or electro shock weapons used by the peace officer in the course and scope of his law enforcement duties and approved for such use by the peace officer's law enforcement agency.

(2) "Peace officer" shall include commissioned police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, deputy marshals, correctional officers, constables, wildlife enforcement agents, park wardens, livestock brand inspectors, forestry officers, and probation and parole officers.

C. Whoever commits the crime of disarming of a peace officer shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than five years.

Acts 1997, No. 558, §1; Acts 2003, No. 697, §1; Acts 2010, No. 820, §1; Acts 2019, No. 5, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 91.12
Sale, distribution or making available to minors publications encouraging, advocating, or facilitating the illegal use of controlled dangerous substances
Status: in_force

A. No person shall sell, distribute or make available to a person under eighteen years of age any publication which has as its dominant theme articles or a substantial number of advertisements encouraging, advocating, or facilitating the illegal use of any substance classified as a controlled dangerous substance pursuant to Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

B. No employee acting within the course and scope of his employment and who has no proprietary interest in the business shall be guilty of a violation of this Section unless he has actual knowledge of the contents of the publication.

C. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 594, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 1
Method of citation
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known as the Louisiana Criminal Code. The provisions hereunder may be referred to or cited either as Articles of the Criminal Code or as Sections of the Revised Statutes. Thus Article 30 of Louisiana Criminal Code may also be referred to or cited as R.S. 14:30.

Whenever reference is made herein to an Article of the Criminal Code, the same shall also relate to the corresponding Section of the Revised Statutes.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:366 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 366
Public office and public support, disqualification
Status: in_force

It shall be the public policy of this state to discourage the public employment of persons legally determined under the provisions of R.S. 14:358 through 373 to be Communists or Subversive Persons, and no official or employee of the state of Louisiana or any political subdivision thereof having the authority to hire and fire other employees shall hire or retain on the official payrolls any person about whom the courts have made any such determination under R.S. 14:358 through 373, and further, no official or employee of the state of Louisiana or any political subdivision thereof who has the authority and responsibility to pay out any public funds for any purpose shall pay out any such funds in any amount for any purpose to any person about whom the courts have made any such determination under R.S. 14:358 through 373.

Amended by Acts 1965, No. 45, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:403.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 403.10
Drug-related overdoses; medical assistance; immunity from prosecution
Status: in_force

A.(1) A person acting in good faith who seeks medical assistance for an individual experiencing a drug-related overdose may not be charged, prosecuted, or penalized for possession or use of a controlled dangerous substance under the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law or of possession of drug paraphernalia as defined in R.S. 40:1021 if the evidence for such offenses was obtained as a result of the person's seeking medical assistance.

(2) Any such person shall also not be subject to the following, if related to seeking medical assistance:

(a) Sanctions for a violation of a condition of pretrial release, condition of probation, or condition of parole, related to the incident which required medical assistance as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

(b) Civil forfeiture of property, related to the incident which required medical assistance as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

B.(1) A person who experiences a drug-related overdose and is in need of medical assistance shall not be arrested, charged, prosecuted, or penalized for possession or use of a controlled dangerous substance under the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law or for possession of drug paraphernalia as defined in R.S. 40:1021 if the evidence for such offenses was obtained as a result of the overdose and the need for medical assistance.

(2) Any such person shall not be subject to the following, if related to seeking medical assistance:

(a) Sanctions for a violation of a condition of pretrial release, condition of probation, or condition of parole, related to the incident which required medical assistance as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

(b) Civil forfeiture of property, related to the incident which required medical assistance as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

C. Protection from prosecution in this Section may not be grounds for suppression of evidence in other criminal prosecutions.

D. The act of providing or seeking first aid or other medical assistance for someone who is experiencing a drug overdose may be used as a mitigating factor in a criminal prosecution for which immunity provided by Subsection B of this Section is not provided.

E. Nothing in this Section shall limit any seizure of evidence or contraband otherwise permitted by law.

F. Nothing in this Section shall limit or abridge the authority of a law enforcement officer to detain or take into custody a person in the course of an investigation or to effectuate an arrest for any offense except as provided in Subsections A and B of this Section.

G. Nothing in this Section shall limit the admissibility of any evidence in connection with the investigation or prosecution of a crime with regard to a defendant who does not qualify for the protections of Subsection A or B of this Section or with regard to other crimes committed by a person who otherwise qualifies for the protections of Subsection A or B of this Section.

Acts 2014, No. 392, §1; Acts 2022, No. 225, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:37 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 37
Aggravated assault
Status: in_force

A. Aggravated assault is an assault committed with a dangerous weapon.

B. Whoever commits an aggravated assault shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

C. If the offense is committed upon a store's or merchant's employee while the offender is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of theft of goods, the offender shall be imprisoned for not less than one hundred twenty days without benefit of suspension of sentence nor more than six months and may be fined not more than one thousand dollars.

Acts 1978, No. 394, §1; Acts 1992, No. 985, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:63.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 63.3
Entry on or remaining in places or on land after being forbidden
Status: in_force

A.(1) No person shall without authority go into or upon or remain in or upon or attempt to go into or upon or remain in or upon any structure, watercraft, or any other movable, or immovable property, which belongs to another, including public buildings and structures, ferries, and bridges, or any part, portion, or area thereof, after having been forbidden to do so, either orally or in writing, including by means of any sign hereinafter described, by any owner, lessee, or custodian of the property or by any other authorized person.

(2) For the purposes of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection,"sign" means either:

(a) A sign or signs posted on or in the structure, watercraft, or any other movable, or immovable property, including public buildings and structures, ferries and bridges, or part, portion or area thereof, at a place or places where such sign or signs may be reasonably expected to be seen.

(b) The placement of identifying purple paint marks on the trees or posts on the property, provided that such marks are:

(i) Vertical lines of not less than eight inches in length and not less than one inch in width.

(ii) Placed so that the bottom of the mark is not less than three feet from the ground nor more than five feet from the ground.

(iii) Placed at locations that are readily visible to any person approaching the property and no more than one hundred feet apart on forest land, as defined in R.S. 3:3622, or one thousand feet apart on land other than forest land.

B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned in the parish jail for not more than six months, or both.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 78, §1. Amended by Acts 1963, No. 91, §1; Acts 1968, No. 647, §1; Acts 1977, No. 445, §1; Acts 1978, No. 694, §1; Acts 2018, No. 347, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:72.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 72.2
Monetary instrument abuse
Status: in_force

A. Whoever makes, issues, possesses, sells, or otherwise transfers a counterfeit or forged monetary instrument of the United States, a state, or a political subdivision thereof, an organization, or a person with intent to deceive or defraud another person shall be fined not more than one million dollars but not less than five thousand dollars or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years but not less than six months, or both.

B. Whoever makes, issues, possesses, sells, or otherwise transfers an implement designed for or particularly suited for making a counterfeit or forged monetary instrument with the intent to deceive or defraud a person shall be fined not more than one million dollars but not less than five thousand dollars or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years but not less than six months, or both.

C. Upon a second or subsequent conviction of a violation of the provisions of this Section, the offender shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than one year nor more than ten years and may, in addition, be required to pay a fine of not more than one million dollars.

D. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "Counterfeit" means a document or writing that purports to be genuine but is not because it has been falsely made, manufactured, or composed.

(2) "Forged" means the false making or altering, with intent to defraud, of any signature to, or any part of, any writing purporting to have legal efficacy. Forged also means the washing through the use of chemical solvents or physical removal of ink writing on a monetary instrument with the intent to defraud, including but not limited to the washing or physical removal of a name of a payee or dollar amount on a monetary instrument.

(3) "Monetary instrument" means:

(a) A note, stock certificate, treasury stock certificate, bond, treasury bond, debenture, certificate of deposit, interest coupon, warrant, debit or credit instrument, access device or means of electronic fund transfer, United States currency, check or draft, money order, bank check, teller's check, cashier's check, traveler's check, letter of credit, warehouse receipt, negotiable bill of lading, certificate of interest in or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate, pre-organization certificate of subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting trust certificate, or certificate of interest in tangible or intangible property.

(b) An instrument evidencing ownership of goods, wares, or merchandise.

(c) Any other written instrument commonly known as a security.

(d) A certificate of interest in, certificate of participation in, certificate for, receipt for, or warrant or option or other right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing.

(e) A blank form of any of the foregoing.

(4) "Organization" means a legal entity, other than a government, established or organized for any purpose and includes a corporation, limited liability company, company, federally insured financial institution, association, firm, partnership, joint stock company, foundation, institution, society, union, or any other association of persons which operates in or the activities of which affect intrastate, interstate, or foreign commerce.

(5) "State" includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.

E. In addition to the penalties provided in Subsections A, B, and C of this Section, a person convicted under the provisions of this Section shall be ordered to make full restitution to the victim and any other person who has suffered a financial loss as a result of the offense in accordance with Code of Criminal Procedure Article 883.2.

Acts 1997, No. 674, §1; Acts 2008, No. 495, §1; Acts 2012, No. 735, §1, eff. June 11, 2012; Acts 2024, No. 45, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:223.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 223.2
Exceptions
Status: in_force

R.S. 14:223 through 223.8 shall not apply to any person engaged in radio or television broadcasting who transfers or causes to be transferred any such sounds intended for or in connection with broadcast transmissions or related uses or for archival purposes.

Acts 1972, No. 350, §3; Acts 1990, No. 122, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:134.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 134.3
Abuse of office
Status: in_force

A. No public officer or public employee shall knowingly and intentionally use the authority of his office or position, directly or indirectly, to compel or coerce any person to provide the public officer, public employee or any other person with anything of apparent present or prospective value when the public officer or employee is not entitled by the nature of his office to the services sought or the object of his demand.

B.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined up to five thousand dollars, or be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than one year nor more than five years.

(2) In addition to the penalty provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a person convicted of the provisions of this Section may be ordered to pay restitution to the state if the state suffered a loss as a result of the offense. Restitution shall include the payment of legal interest at the rate provided in R.S. 13:4202.

C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to benefits or services rendered to a person who is entitled to such benefits or services from the state or any political subdivision of the state or any governmental entity when the public officer or public employee is performing his duties as authorized by law. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit or limit the ability of a public officer or public employee from performing his duties as authorized by law or as a condition of his employment or office.

Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 22, §1, eff. March 11, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 811, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:31 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 31
Manslaughter
Status: in_force

A. Manslaughter is:

(1) A homicide which would be murder under either Article 30 (first degree murder) or Article 30.1 (second degree murder), but the offense is committed in sudden passion or heat of blood immediately caused by provocation sufficient to deprive an average person of his self-control and cool reflection. Provocation shall not reduce a homicide to manslaughter if the jury finds that the offender's blood had actually cooled, or that an average person's blood would have cooled, at the time the offense was committed; or

(2) A homicide committed, without any intent to cause death or great bodily harm.

(a) When the offender is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of any felony not enumerated in Article 30 or 30.1, or of any intentional misdemeanor directly affecting the person; or

(b) When the offender is resisting lawful arrest by means, or in a manner, not inherently dangerous, and the circumstances are such that the killing would not be murder under Article 30 or 30.1.

(3) When the offender commits or attempts to commit any crime of violence as defined by R.S. 14:2(B), which is part of a continuous sequence of events resulting in the death of a human being where it was foreseeable that the offender's conduct during the commission of the crime could result in death or great bodily harm to a human being, even if the offender has no intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm. For purposes of this Paragraph, it shall be immaterial whether or not the person who performed the direct act resulting in the death was acting in concert with the offender.

(4) When the offender unlawfully distributes or dispenses a controlled dangerous substance listed in Schedules I through V of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law, or any combination thereof, which significantly contributes to the death of the recipient who ingested or consumed the controlled dangerous substance.

(5) When the offender unlawfully distributes or dispenses a controlled dangerous substance listed in Schedules I through V of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law, or any combination thereof, to another who subsequently distributes or dispenses such controlled dangerous substance which significantly contributes to the death of the person who ingested or consumed the controlled dangerous substance.

B. Whoever commits manslaughter shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than forty years. However, if the victim killed was under the age of ten years, the offender shall be imprisoned at hard labor, without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence, for not less than ten years nor more than forty years.

Amended by Acts 1973, No. 127, §1; Acts 1991, No. 864, §1; Acts 1992, No. 306, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 115, §1; Acts 2008, No. 10, §1; Acts 2020, No. 105, §1; Acts 2025, No. 169, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:93.2.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 93.2.1
Child desertion
Status: in_force

A. Child desertion is the intentional or criminally negligent exposure of a child under the age of ten years, by a person who has the care, custody, or control of the child, to a hazard or danger against which the child cannot reasonably be expected to protect himself, or the desertion or abandonment of such child, knowing or having reason to believe that the child could be exposed to such hazard or danger.

B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of child desertion shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(2) On a second and subsequent conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than six months, at least thirty days of which shall be without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence.

Acts 1986, No. 370, §1; Acts 2003, No. 168, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:37.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 37.5
Aggravated assault upon a utility service employee with a firearm
Status: in_force

A. Aggravated assault upon a utility service employee with a firearm is an assault committed upon a utility service employee who is acting in the course and scope of his duties when the offender knows the victim is a utility service employee and the assault is committed with the intention of preventing the person from performing his official duties and is committed with a firearm.

B. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "Firearm" is defined as an instrument used in the propulsion of shot, shell, or bullets by the action of gunpowder exploded within it.

(2) "Utility service" means any electricity, gas, water, broadband, cable television, heat, steam, telecommunications service, or sewer services.

(3) "Utility service employee" means any uniformed, readily identified employee, including any person employed under contract, of any utility service that provides electricity, gas, water, broadband, cable television, heat, steam, telecommunications services, or sewer services, whether privately, municipally, cooperatively, or investor-owned.

C. Whoever commits an aggravated assault upon a utility service employee with a firearm shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than three years, with or without hard labor, or both.

Acts 2006, No. 79, §1; Acts 2023, No. 65, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:329.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 329.3
Command to disperse; who may give; failure to comply
Status: in_force

A. Any law enforcement or peace officer or public official responsible for keeping the peace may issue a command to disperse under the authority of R.S. 14:329.1 through 329.8 if he reasonably believes that riot is occurring or about to occur. The command to disperse shall be given in a manner reasonably calculated to be communicated to the assemblage.

B. Whoever willfully fails to comply with a lawful command to disperse shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 14:329.7.

Acts 1969, No. 176, §4; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:102.19 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 102.19
Hog and canine fighting prohibited; penalties
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to organize or conduct any commercial or private event, wherein there is a display of combat or fighting among one or more domestic or feral canines and feral or domestic hogs and in which it is intended or reasonably foreseeable that the canines or hogs would be injured, maimed, mutilated, or killed.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally do any of the following for the purpose of organizing, conducting, or financially or materially supporting any event as provided in Subsection A of this Section:

(1) Finance, commercially advertise, sell admission tickets, or employ persons.

(2) Own, manage, or operate any facility or property.

(3) Supply, breed, train, or keep canines or hogs.

(4) Knowingly purchase tickets of admission.

C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any competitive event in which canines, which are trained for hunting or herding activities, are released in an open area or an enclosed area to locate and corner hogs, and in which competitive points are deducted if a hog is caught and held, unless by such actions it is reasonably foreseeable that the canines or hogs would be injured, maimed, mutilated, or killed.

D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the lawful hunting of hogs with canines or the use of canines for the management, farming, or herding of hogs which are livestock or the private training of canines for the purposes enumerated in this Subsection provided that such training is conducted in the field and is not in violation of the provisions of Subsection A of this Section.

E. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to "Uncle Earl's Hog Dog Trials", as defined in R.S. 49:170.10.

F. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

G. For the purposes of this Section:

(1) "Hog" shall include a pig, swine, or boar.

(2) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, trust, firm, association or other legal entity.

Acts 2004, No. 111, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:70.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 70.5
Fraudulent remuneration
Status: in_force

A. Fraudulent remuneration is the intentional solicitation, receipt, offer, or payment of any remuneration, including but not limited to bribes, rebates, or bed hold payments, directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind, to or from a third party for the following:

(1) In return for the referral of an individual to a health care provider for the purpose of providing any good, service, or supply, billed to the Louisiana medical assistance program.

(2) In return for purchasing, leasing, or ordering, or for arranging or recommending for the purchasing, leasing, or ordering, of any good, supply, service, or facility billed to the Louisiana medical assistance program.

(3) For the recruitment of new patients for the purpose of providing any good, supply, service, or facility billed to the Louisiana medical assistance program.

(4) To any recipient or his representative, for goods, services, supplies, or facilities furnished to the recipient and billed to the Louisiana medical assistance program.

B. Normal business practices which fall within the "safe harbor" exemptions of R.S. 46:438.2 shall not be construed as an offense under the provisions of this Section.

C. Whoever commits the crime of fraudulent remuneration shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or may be fined not more than twenty thousand dollars, or both.

Acts 1999, No. 450, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 91.13
Illegal use of controlled dangerous substances in the presence of persons under seventeen years of age
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person over the age of seventeen, while in the presence of any person under the age of seventeen and when there is an age difference of greater than two years between the two persons, to use, consume, possess, or distribute any controlled dangerous substance in violation of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act.

B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for more than six months, or both.

Acts 1988, No. 691, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:351 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 351
Bail, sale, etc. of real estate securing, prohibited; penalty
Status: in_force

A. No person shall, with intent to defraud, sell, transfer, donate, give, mortgage, hypothecate, or in any way encumber to the prejudice of the state any real estate offered as security to the state on any bail or appearance bond for the release of any person charged with crime.

B. Whoever violates this Section shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than six months nor more than twelve months.

Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:72 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 72
Forgery
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful to forge, with intent to defraud, any signature to, or any part of, any writing purporting to have legal efficacy.

B. Issuing, transferring, or possessing with intent to defraud, a forged writing, known by the offender to be a forged writing, shall also constitute a violation of the provisions of this Section.

C. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "Forge" means the following:

(a) To alter, make, complete, execute, or authenticate any writing so that it purports:

(i) To be the act of another who did not authorize that act;

(ii) To have been executed at a time or place or in a numbered sequence other than was in fact the case; or

(iii) To be a copy of an original when no such original existed.

(b) To issue, transfer, register the transfer of, pass, publish, or otherwise utter a writing that is forged in accordance with the meaning of Subparagraph (1)(a).

(c) To possess a writing that is forged within the meaning of Subparagraph (1)(a).

(2) "Writing" means the following:

(a) Printing or any other method of recording information;

(b) Money, coins, tokens, stamps, seals, credit cards, badges, and trademarks; and

(c) Symbols of value, right, privilege, or identification.

D. Whoever commits the crime of forgery shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years, or both.

Acts 2001, No. 922, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:329.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 329.5
Prohibition of interference with educational process; certain activities excepted
Status: in_force

A. No person shall, on the campus or lands of any university, college, junior college, trade or vocational-technical school, special school, elementary or secondary school in this state, hereinafter referred to as "institutions of learning," or at or in any building or other facility thereof owned, operated or controlled by the state or any of its agencies or political subdivisions, willfully deny to students, school officials, faculty, employees, invitees and guests thereof:

(1) Lawful freedom of movement on the campus or lands; or

(2) Lawful use of the property, facilities or parts of any institution of learning; or

(3) The right of lawful ingress and egress to and from the institution's physical facilities.

B. No person shall, on the campus of any institution of learning or at or in any building or other facility thereof owned, operated or controlled by the state or any agency or political subdivision thereof, willfully impede the staff or faculty of such institution in the lawful performance of their duties, or willfully impede a student of such institution in lawful pursuit of his educational activities, through use of restraint, abduction, coercion, or intimidation, or when force and violence are present or threatened.

C. No person shall willfully refuse or fail to leave the property of, or any building or other facility owned, operated or controlled by the state or any agency or political subdivision thereof, upon being requested to do so by the chief administrative officer thereof, or by his designee charged with maintaining order on the campus or grounds and in its facilities, or a dean of such institution of learning, if such person is committing, threatens to commit, or incites others to commit, any act which would or is likely to disrupt, impair, interfere with or obstruct the lawful missions, processes, procedures or functions of such institutions of learning.

D. Nothing contained in R.S. 14:329.1 through 329.8 shall apply to a bona fide legitimate labor organization or to any of its legal activities such as lawful picketing, lawful assembly or concerted activity in the interest of its members for the purpose of accomplishing or securing more favorable wage standards, hours of employment or working conditions.

Acts 1969, No. 176, §6.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:56.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 56.5
Criminal damage to historic buildings or landmarks by defacing with graffiti
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally deface with graffiti any historic building or landmark, whether publicly or privately owned, without the consent of the owner.

B. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Deface" or "defacing" is the damaging of any historic building or landmark by means of painting, marking, scratching, drawing, or etching with graffiti.

(2) "Graffiti" includes but is not limited to any sign, inscription, design, drawing, diagram, etching, sketch, symbol, lettering, name, or marking placed upon any historic building or landmark in such a manner and in such a location as to deface the property and be visible to the general public.

(3) "Historic building or landmark" means any of the following:

(a) Any building or landmark specifically designated as historically significant by the state historic preservation office, historic preservation district commission, landmarks commission, the planning or zoning commission of a governing authority, or by official action of a local political subdivision.

(b) Any structure located within a National Register Historic District, a local historic district, a Main Street District, a cultural products district, or a downtown development district.

C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of criminal damage to historic buildings or landmarks by defacing with graffiti shall be fined up to one thousand dollars and may be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years.

(2) The court shall also order the offender to perform the following hours of community service as follows:

(a) For a first conviction, not to exceed thirty-two hours over a period not to exceed one hundred eighty days.

(b) For a second or subsequent conviction, sixty-four hours over a period not to exceed one hundred eighty days.

(3) The fine and community service imposed by the provisions of this Section shall not be suspended.

Acts 2010, No. 990, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:219 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 219
Removal of building or structure from immovable property subject to a conventional mortgage or vendor's privilege
Status: in_force

Any person who wilfully or knowingly removes from any immovable property subject to a conventional mortgage or vendor's privilege affecting the immovable property, any building or other structure, or any part of a building or other structure, or any item which was so attached to or connected with any such building or structure as to become subject to a conventional mortgage or vendor's privilege affecting the immovable property at the time of the execution of the mortgage or act creating the vendor's privilege, with intent to defraud and without first obtaining the written consent of all holders of conventional mortgages or vendor's privileges affecting the immovable property shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than one (1) year, or both, at the discretion of the Court.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 496, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:73.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 73.4
Offenses against computer users
Status: in_force

A. An offense against computer users is the intentional denial to an authorized user, without consent, of the full and effective use of or access to a computer, a computer system, a computer network, or computer services.

B. (1) Whoever commits an offense against computer users shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both, for commission of the offense.

(2) However, when the damage or loss amounts to a value of five hundred dollars or more, the offender may be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both.

Acts 1984, No. 711, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:362 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 362
Registration of organizations
Status: in_force

Upon final definitive judgment under the provisions of R.S. 14:358 through 373 that an organization is a communist action organization, a communist front organization, a communist infiltrated organization or a subversive organization, the president, vice president, secretary or treasurer, or in their absence any director or other officer of the organization, shall file or cause to be filed, within five days thereafter and annually thereafter between the 1st and 15th of January, with the commissioner of public safety, or his designated representative, a registration statement, and for the purposes of filing this registration statement only, any member of the bar of this state may be employed. Except with respect to the disclosures required to be made in this registration statement, the legal privileges of the attorney-client relationship shall be observed. The said registration statement shall contain the following information:

The names and current home and office addresses of all current officers, plus all officers during the year preceding the date of the statement, with a designation of the title of the officer and a brief description of the duties of said officers.

The names and current home and office addresses of all persons or organizations which have contributed funds to said organization in the year preceding the date of the statement plus a statement of the amount and date of each contribution received from each contributor during the year preceding the date of the statement, the qualifications for membership in the organization, a detailed statement of the aims, purposes and activities of the organization and all the means by which they are carried out.

In the case of a communist action organization or a subversive organization, the name and last known address of each person who was a member of the organization at any time during the year preceding the date of the statement.

(In the case of any officer or member listed above who is or has been known by more than one name, each name which such officer or member uses or by which he has been known must be listed to comply with R.S. 14:358 through 373).

An inventory of all property and assets owned by the said organization listing brief description, location and approximate values.

Registrants under this Section shall attach to their registration statements copies of all publications of any kind, including written transcripts of any radio or television broadcasts, published or disseminated by the registering organization during the year preceding the date of the statement, plus, a copy of the Charter, articles of incorporation, bylaws and rules of the organization.

The registration statement of any organization under this Section shall be submitted under oath or by affirmation.

Amended by Acts 1965, No. 45, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:116 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 116
Flag desecration
Status: in_force

Flag desecration is the act of any person who shall intentionally, in any manner, for exhibition or display:

(1) Place or cause to be placed any word, mark, design or advertisement of any nature upon any flag; or

(2) Expose to public view any flag, upon which has been printed or otherwise produced, or to which shall have been attached any such word, mark, design, or advertisement; or

(3) Expose to public view, or have in possession for sale or any other purpose, any article of merchandise, or thing for holding or carrying merchandise, upon or to which shall have been produced or attached any flag, in order to advertise, call attention to or decorate such article; or

(4) Publicly mutilate, defile, or by word or act cast contempt upon any flag.

The word "flag" as used herein shall mean any duly authorized flag, shield, standard, color or ensign of the United States, the State of Louisiana, or the Confederate States of America, or any copy thereof.

Whoever commits the crime of flag desecration shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 544, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:324 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 324
Abandoning or discarding ice boxes or other air tight containers; penalty
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to leave outside of any building or dwelling in a place accessible to children, any abandoned, unattended or discarded ice box, refrigerator, or any other container of any kind which has an airtight door or doors, or which may not be released for opening from the inside of said icebox, refrigerator or container. It shall further be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, to leave outside of any building or dwelling in a place accessible to children any abandoned, unattended or discarded icebox, refrigerator, or any other container of any kind which is airtight and has a snap lock or other device thereon without first removing said snap lock or locks, or door or doors, from said icebox, refrigerators or containers.

B. Should any person, firm or corporation violate any of the provisions of this Section they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding $1,000.00, or imprisoned for not in excess of six months, or both, at the discretion of the court.

Acts 1954, No. 75, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:100.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 100.13
Operating a vehicle without lawful presence in the United States
Status: in_force

A. No alien student or nonresident alien shall operate a motor vehicle in the state without documentation demonstrating that the person is lawfully present in the United States.

B. Upon arrest of a person for operating a vehicle without lawful presence in the United States, law enforcement officials shall seize the driver's license and immediately surrender such license to the office of motor vehicles for cancellation and shall immediately notify the INS of the name and location of the person.

C. Whoever commits the crime of driving without lawful presence in the United States shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than one year, with or without hard labor, or both.

Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 46, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:40.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 40.7
Cyberbullying
Status: in_force

A. Cyberbullying is the transmission of any electronic textual, visual, written, or oral communication with the malicious and willful intent to coerce, abuse, torment, or intimidate a person under the age of eighteen.

B. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "Cable operator" means any person or group of persons who provides cable service over a cable system and directly, or through one or more affiliates, owns a significant interest in such cable system, or who otherwise controls or is responsible for, through any arrangement, the management and operation of such a cable system.

(2) "Electronic textual, visual, written, or oral communication" means any communication of any kind made through the use of a computer online service, Internet service, or any other means of electronic communication, including but not limited to a local bulletin board service, Internet chat room, electronic mail, or online messaging service.

(3) "Interactive computer service" means any information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, including a service or system that provides access to the Internet and such systems operated or services offered by libraries or educational institutions.

(4) "Telecommunications service" means the offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used.

C. An offense committed pursuant to the provisions of this Section may be deemed to have been committed where the communication was originally sent, originally received, or originally viewed by any person.

D.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, whoever commits the crime of cyberbullying shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(2) When the offender is under the age of eighteen, the disposition of the matter shall be governed exclusively by the provisions of Title VII of the Children's Code.

E. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to a provider of an interactive computer service, provider of a telecommunications service, or a cable operator as defined by the provisions of this Section.

F. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to prohibit or restrict religious free speech pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

Acts 2010, No. 989, §1; Acts 2019, No. 104, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:98.5.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 98.5.1
Assessment for alcohol or drug dependence; rehabilitative programs; second and subsequent convictions
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary provided by R.S. 14:98, 98.1, 98.2, 98.3, and 98.4, on a second or subsequent conviction for a violation of R.S. 14:98, the court may order the offender, at the sole expense of the offender, to undergo an assessment that uses a standardized evidence-based instrument performed by a physician to determine whether the offender has a diagnosis for alcohol or drug dependence and would likely benefit from a court-approved medication-assisted treatment indicated and approved for the treatment of alcohol or drug dependence by the United States Food and Drug Administration, as specified in the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association.

B. Upon considering the results of the assessment, the court may refer the offender to a rehabilitative program that offers one or more forms of court-approved medications that are approved for the treatment of alcohol or drug dependence by the United States Food and Drug Administration.

C. This Section shall not apply when an offender shows that he is unable to pay the costs of the assessment and rehabilitative program, either personally or through a third party insurer.

Acts 2020, No. 41, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:95.1.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 95.1.3
Fraudulent firearm and ammunition purchase; mandatory reporting
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for any person:

(1) To knowingly solicit, persuade, encourage, or entice a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition to sell a firearm or ammunition under circumstances which the person knows would violate the laws of this state or of the United States.

(2) To provide to a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition what the person knows to be materially false information with intent to deceive the dealer or seller about the legality of a sale of a firearm or ammunition.

(3) To willfully procure another person to engage in conduct prohibited by this Section.

B. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "Ammunition" means any cartridge, shell, or projectile designed for use in a firearm.

(2) "Licensed dealer" means a person who is licensed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923 to engage in the business of dealing in firearms or ammunition.

(3) "Materially false information" means information that portrays an illegal transaction as legal or a legal transaction as illegal.

(4) "Private seller" means a person who sells or offers for sale any firearm or ammunition.

C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to a law enforcement officer acting in his official capacity or to a person acting at the direction of such law enforcement officer.

D. Whoever violates the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars or more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than twenty years, or both. The sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

E.(1) If a person is reported ineligible to purchase firearms by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), the licensed dealer shall report the NICS denial to the sheriff of the parish in which the attempted purchase occurred and to the Louisiana Automated Victim Notification System.

(2) If at any time a law enforcement agency discovers that a licensed dealer knew or should have known that a purchaser or attempted purchaser of a firearm was prohibited from possessing a firearm and the licensed dealer failed to report as required by this Section, the sheriff or law enforcement agency shall notify all state and federal licensing agencies of the licensed dealer's failure to report.

Acts 2012, No. 335, §1; Acts 2018, No. 367, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:112.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 112.1
False personation of a peace officer or firefighter
Status: in_force

A. False personation of a peace officer or firefighter is the performance of any one or more of the following acts with the intent to injure or defraud or to obtain or secure any special privilege or advantage:

(1) Impersonating any peace officer or firefighter or assuming, without authority, any uniform or badge by which a peace officer or firefighter is lawfully distinguished.

(2) Performing any act purporting to be official in such assumed character.

(3) Making, altering, possession, or use of a false document or document containing false statements which purports to be a training program certificate or in-service training certificate or other documentation issued by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training, pursuant to R.S. 40:2405, which certifies the peace officer has successfully completed the requirements necessary to exercise his authority as a peace officer.

(4) Equipping any motor vehicle with lights or sirens which simulate a law enforcement vehicle.

B. As used in this Section:

(1) "Badge" shall mean a device or emblem, regardless of the material of which it is made, worn as an insignia of rank, office, or membership in a law enforcement organization, including but not limited to those that bear the seal of the state of Louisiana.

(2) "Firefighter" means any certified first responder as defined in R.S. 40:1231, certified emergency medical technician as defined in R.S. 40:1231, or any firefighter regularly employed by a fire department of any municipality, parish, or fire protection district of the state of Louisiana, or any volunteer fireman of the state of Louisiana.

(3) "Peace officer" shall include commissioned police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, deputy marshals, correctional officers, constables, wildlife enforcement agents, park wardens, livestock brand inspectors, forestry officers, military police, fire marshal investigators, probation and parole officers, attorney general investigators, and district attorney investigators.

C. Whoever commits the crime of false personation of a peace officer or firefighter shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than two years, or both.

Acts 1993, No. 673, §1; Acts 2009, No. 157, §1; Acts 2012, No. 165, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:87.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 87.4
Abortion advertising
Status: in_force

A. Abortion advertising is the placing or carrying of any advertisement of abortion services by the publicizing of the availability of abortion services.

B. Whoever commits the crime of abortion advertising shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than one year or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.

Added by Acts 1973, No. 76, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:108.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 108.1
Flight from an officer; aggravated flight from an officer
Status: in_force

A. No driver of a motor vehicle or operator of a watercraft shall intentionally refuse to bring a vehicle or watercraft to a stop knowing that he has been given a visual and audible signal to stop by a police officer when the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the driver has committed an offense. The signal shall be given by an emergency light and a siren on a vehicle marked as a police vehicle or marked police watercraft.

B. Whoever commits the crime of flight from an officer shall be fined not less than one hundred fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

C. Aggravated flight from an officer is the intentional refusal of a driver to bring a vehicle to a stop or of an operator to bring a watercraft to a stop, under circumstances wherein human life is endangered, knowing that he has been given a visual and audible signal to stop by a police officer when the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the driver or operator has committed an offense. The signal shall be given by an emergency light and a siren on a vehicle marked as a police vehicle or marked police watercraft.

D. Circumstances wherein human life is endangered shall be any situation where the operator of the fleeing vehicle or watercraft commits at least two of the following acts:

(1) Leaves the roadway or forces another vehicle to leave the roadway.

(2) Collides with another vehicle or watercraft.

(3) Exceeds the posted speed limit by at least twenty-five miles per hour.

(4) Travels against the flow of traffic or in the case of watercraft, operates the watercraft in a careless manner in violation of R.S. 34:851.4 or in a reckless manner in violation of R.S. 14:99.

(5) Fails to obey a stop sign or a yield sign.

(6) Fails to obey a traffic control signal device.

E.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, whoever commits aggravated flight from an officer shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than ten years and may be fined not more than two thousand dollars.

(2) Whoever commits the crime of aggravated flight from an officer that results in serious bodily injury shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than fifteen years and may be fined not more than two thousand dollars.

F. In addition to any other fine or penalty imposed pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the court may, in its discretion, order restitution as a part of the sentence. If a person ordered to make restitution pursuant to this Section is found to be indigent and therefore unable to make restitution in full at the time of conviction, the court shall order a periodic payment plan consistent with the person's financial ability.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 307, §1; Acts 1997, No. 865, §1; Acts 2008, No. 3, §1; Acts 2009, No. 6, §1; Acts 2010, No. 512, §1; Acts 2011, No. 264, §1; Acts 2014, No. 50, §1; Acts 2019, No. 2, §3; Acts 2024, No. 305, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:95.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 95.5
Possession of firearm on premises of alcoholic beverage outlet
Status: in_force

A. No person shall intentionally possess a firearm while on the premises of an alcoholic beverage outlet.

B. "Alcoholic beverage outlet" as used herein means any commercial establishment in which alcoholic beverages of either high or low alcoholic content are sold in individual servings for consumption on the premises, whether or not such sales are a primary or incidental purpose of the business of the establishment.

C.(1) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the owner or lessee of an alcoholic beverage outlet, an employee of such owner or lessee, or to a law enforcement officer or other person vested with law enforcement authority or listed in R.S. 14:95(G) or (H).

(2) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to a person possessing a firearm in accordance with a concealed handgun permit issued pursuant to R.S. 40:1379.1 or 1379.3 or pursuant to R.S. 14:95(M) on the premises of an alcoholic beverage outlet which has been issued a Class A-Restaurant permit, as defined in Part II of Chapter 1 or Part II of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

(3) The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to limit the ability of a sheriff or chief law enforcement officer to establish policies within his department or office regarding the carrying of a concealed handgun on the premises of an alcoholic beverage outlet by any law enforcement officer under his authority.

D. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

Acts 1985, No. 765, §1; Acts 2014, No. 147, §1; Acts 2024, No. 37, §1, eff. July 4, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:105 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 105
Letting a disorderly place
Status: in_force

A. Letting a disorderly place is the granting of the right to use any premises knowing that they are to be used as a disorderly place, or allowing the continued use of the premises with such knowledge.

B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of letting a disorderly place shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(2) Whoever commits the crime of letting a disorderly place for the purpose of prostitution of persons under the age of eighteen years shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, imprisoned at hard labor for not less than fifteen years nor more than fifty years, or both, with at least five years being served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.

(3) Whoever commits the crime of letting a disorderly place for the purpose of prostitution of persons under the age of fourteen years shall be fined not more than seventy-five thousand dollars, imprisoned at hard labor for not less than twenty-five years nor more than fifty years, or both, with at least ten years being served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.

(4) Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 352, §2.

Amended by Acts 1970, No. 459, §1; Acts 2012, No. 446, §1; Acts 2013, No. 83, §1; Acts 2014, No. 564, §1; Acts 2017, No. 180, §1, eff. June 12, 2017; Acts 2020, No. 352, §2; Acts 2025, No. 230, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:34.9.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 34.9.1
Aggravated assault upon a dating partner
Status: in_force

A. Aggravated assault upon a dating partner is an assault with a dangerous weapon committed by one dating partner upon another dating partner.

B. For purposes of this Section, "dating partner" means any person who is involved or has been involved in a sexual or intimate relationship with the offender characterized by the expectation of affectionate involvement independent of financial considerations, regardless of whether the person presently lives or formerly lived in the same residence with the offender. "Dating partner" shall not include a casual relationship or ordinary association between persons in a business or social context.

C. Whoever commits the crime of aggravated assault upon a dating partner shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one year nor more than five years and fined not more than five thousand dollars.

D. This Subsection shall be cited as the "Aggravated Assault Upon a Dating Partner Child Endangerment Law". When the state proves, in addition to the elements of the crime as set forth in Subsection A of this Section, that a minor child thirteen years of age or younger was present at the residence or any other scene at the time of the commission of the offense, the mandatory minimum sentence imposed by the court shall be two years imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

Acts 2017, No. 84, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:65 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 65
Simple robbery
Status: in_force

A. Simple robbery is the taking of anything of value belonging to another from the person of another or that is in the immediate control of another by use of force or intimidation but not armed with a dangerous weapon.

B. Whoever commits the crime of simple robbery shall be fined not more than three thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than seven years, or both.

Acts 1983, No. 70, §1; Acts 2022, No. 731, §1; Acts 2024, No. 119, §1.