La. Rev. Stat. § 15:454 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 454
Inapplicability of free and voluntary rule to admissions not involving criminal intent
Status: in_force

The rule that a confession produced by threat or promise is inadmissible in evidence does not apply to admissions not involving the existence of a criminal intent.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:307.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 307.1
Ignition interlock affordability
Status: in_force

A. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state police shall promulgate rules and regulations to establish and monitor compliance with an ignition interlock affordability plan for individuals that demonstrate economic hardship who are required to install an ignition interlock device.

B. The requirement to demonstrate economic hardship shall be satisfied if an individual required to have the ignition interlock device is eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Medicaid, Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), income from social security, or a judge's order for services of an indigent public defender (IPD) when the defendant demonstrated income below one hundred twenty-five percent of the federal poverty level.

C. Individuals that meet the economic hardship standard shall be required to pay no more than fifty percent of fees assessed by the ignition interlock service center for installation, monthly calibration, lease, and removal of the device.

D. Individuals that meet the economic hardship standard are responsible for any optional services an individual elects, fees related to any noncompliance as provided for in R.S. 32:378.2, state-mandated fees, and any costs related to damaged, missing, or unreturned equipment and recovery of such equipment.

E. Individuals become eligible for the affordability plan on the date that the individual provides the ignition interlock manufacturer, or ignition interlock service center, acceptable documentation verifying that the individual meets the standard for economic hardship. Continued eligibility may be verified at the discretion of the ignition interlock manufacturer or ignition interlock service center. Acceptable forms of documentation shall include an eligibility card or qualifying letter for SNAP, Medicaid, SSDI, or SSI administered by the Social Security Administration, or a judge's order for an indigent public defender as described in this Section. If the documentation does not name the individual required to install the ignition interlock device, the individual shall be required to sign a notarized affidavit provided by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections attesting to his eligibility for SNAP, Medicaid, SSDI, or SSI on a state-approved form.

F. An ignition interlock manufacturer or ignition interlock service center shall not refuse service to an individual that has demonstrated eligibility for the affordability plan in accordance with this Section.

G. An individual who has been refused service, after providing the documentation required in this Section to an ignition interlock manufacturer or ignition interlock service center, may file a complaint with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state police, applied technology unit. Effective August 1, 2024, all complaints for refusal of service shall be investigated by the office of state police, applied technology unit, within thirty days of receipt of the complaint.

H. If the investigation substantiates the refusal of service, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state police, applied technology unit, may issue a warning, suspension, or revocation of the certification for the ignition interlock manufacturer or the ignition interlock service center based on the facts of the investigation and the history of complaints related to the manufacturer or service center. An ignition interlock manufacturer or ignition interlock service center may appeal any suspension or revocation issued pursuant to this Subsection.

Acts 2023, No. 462, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:429 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 429
Corporate existence presumed unless affidavit of denial filed before trial
Status: in_force

On trial of any criminal case it shall not be necessary to prove the incorporation of any corporation mentioned in the indictment, unless the defendant, before entering upon such trial, shall have filed his affidavit specifically denying the existence of such corporation.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1252 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1252
Statement of purpose
Status: in_force

The legislature enacts this Chapter to provide for a program to be administered by the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice, hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as the commission, intended to upgrade parish jail facilities to standards promulgated by the commission.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 753, §1, eff. July 31, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:574.43 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 574.43
Severability and construction
Status: in_force

The provisions of this compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provision of the compact shall be enforceable. The provisions of this compact shall be liberally constructed to effectuate its purposes.

Acts 2001, No. 606, §1, eff. June 19, 2002.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1160 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1160
Used agricultural equipment purchases
Status: in_force

The secretary shall be allowed to purchase used agricultural and industrial equipment at public auction as provided by R.S. 39:1554(G)(2).

Acts 1985, No. 788, §3, eff. July 22, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1203 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1203
Officers; meetings
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall elect a chairman and vice chairman from the commission members for four-year terms. The chairman shall be the chief executive officer of the commission. The vice chairman shall function as the chief executive officer of the commission upon direction of the chairman.

B. The domicile of the commission shall be in Baton Rouge. The commission shall hold public meetings at least quarterly except as provided by vote of the commission or by order of the chairman.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 592, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 277, §1, eff. July 7, 1977; Acts 1980, No. 726, §1, eff. July 29, 1980; Acts 1980, No. 753, §1, eff. July 31, 1980; Acts 2014, No. 321, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:972 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 972
Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of this Part:

(1) "Evidence-based practices" shall mean practices which have been documented based upon scientific research to demonstrate effectiveness in terms of a reduction in recidivism rates among participants.

(2) "Office" shall mean the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, youth services, office of juvenile justice.

Acts 2009, No. 170, §1, eff. when sufficient funds are appropriated.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:921 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 921
Youthful Offender Management Dedicated Fund Account; creation
Status: in_force

A. All probation and parole supervision fees received by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections pursuant to Children's Code Articles 781.1 and 901.1 and any amounts appropriated by the legislature to the Youthful Offender Management Dedicated Fund Account shall be deposited immediately upon receipt into the state treasury.

B. After compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, and prior to monies being placed in the state general fund, an amount equal to that deposited as required by Subsection A of this Section shall be credited to the special agency account hereby created in the state treasury to be known as the "Youthful Offender Management Dedicated Fund Account". The monies in this account shall be used solely as provided by Subsection C of this Section and only in the amounts appropriated by the legislature. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in this account at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in such account. Funding deposited into the account shall be considered fees and self-generated revenues and shall be available for annual appropriations by the legislature.

C. The monies in the Youthful Offender Management Dedicated Fund Account shall be used solely by the department to supplement appropriated funds for salaries and other category expenditures within the office of juvenile justice deemed necessary by the secretary of the department, and to defray cost of collection and disbursement of monetary assessments imposed as a condition of probation and parole, including reasonable attorney fees.

Acts 1990, No. 324, §1; Acts 1992, No. 297, §1; Acts 2006, No. 640, §§1, 4, eff. June 27, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 565, §1; Acts 2018, No. 612, §4, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2019, No. 404, §1, eff. July 1, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:647 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 647
Limitation of liability
Status: in_force

No person shall have a cause of action against a law enforcement agency or an employee thereof for any loss or damage caused by any act or omission resulting from the implementation of the provisions of this Chapter. This limitation shall not apply to any loss or damage caused by the willful and wanton act or gross negligence of the agency or employee.

Acts 2005, No. 163, §1, eff. June 28, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:567.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 567.1
Mental incompetence to proceed to execution
Status: in_force

A. A person who is not competent to proceed to execution may not be executed.

B. A person is not competent to proceed to execution when a defendant presently lacks the competence to understand that he is to be executed, and the reason he is to suffer that penalty.

C. Any person sentenced to death may raise his mental incompetence to proceed to execution by filing in the sentencing court a petition verified by his affidavit, or, if represented, by that of his counsel. A person acting as the petitioner's next friend, or the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, may also file the petition. The petition shall contain all of the following:

(1) The name of the person in custody.

(2) The name of the custodian.

(3) The docket number in which he was convicted and the date upon which he was sentenced.

(4) A statement that clearly sets forth the alleged facts in support of the assertion that the defendant is incompetent.

(5) Any affidavits, records, or other evidence supporting the above statement or a statement why such is not available.

(6) Identification of any previous proceedings in which defendant challenged his competency.

D. If, based upon the petition, the court has reasonable grounds to doubt the defendant's mental competence to proceed to execution, it shall order a competency examination of the defendant. Prior to ordering any such competency examination, the court shall appoint counsel to represent the defendant if he is not already represented.

E. Within seven days after a competency examination is ordered, the court shall appoint a competency commission to examine and report upon the mental condition of the defendant. The competency commission shall consist of at least two and not more than three members who are licensed to practice medicine in Louisiana, who have been in the actual practice of medicine for not less than three consecutive years immediately preceding the appointment, and who are qualified by training or experience in forensic evaluations. The court may appoint, in lieu of one physician, a clinical psychologist who is licensed to practice psychology in Louisiana, who has been engaged in the practice of clinical or counseling psychology for not less than three consecutive years immediately preceding the appointment, and who is qualified by training or experience in forensic evaluations. Every competency commission shall have at least one psychiatrist as a member of the commission, unless one is not reasonably available, in which case, the commission shall have at least one clinical psychologist as a member of the commission. No more than one member of the competency commission shall be the coroner or any of his deputies.

F. The members of the competency commission appointed to make the examination shall have free access to the defendant at all reasonable times. This examination shall be conducted only when the petitioner is not under the influence of any psychotropic medication. No statement made by the petitioner in the course of any evaluation by any expert provided for by this Section, whether or not the petitioner consents to the evaluation, shall be admitted into evidence against the petitioner in any criminal, state post-conviction, or federal habeas corpus proceeding. The court shall subpoena witnesses to attend the examination at the request of the district attorney, the defendant, the commission, or any member of the commission.

G. The report of the competency commission members shall address their specific findings with regard to the defendant's ability to understand that he is to be executed, and the reason he is to suffer that penalty.

H. The court order for a competency examination shall not deprive the defendant or the district attorney of the right to an independent mental examination by a physician or mental health expert of his choice, and such physician or mental health expert shall be permitted to have reasonable access to the defendant for the purposes of the examination.

I. Once the issue of mental incompetence to proceed to execution is raised by the defendant, and upon written motion of the district attorney, the defendant shall provide the state, and any members of the competency commission, within time limits set by the court, any and all medical, correctional, educational, and military records, raw data, tests, test scores, notes, behavioral observations, reports, evaluations, and any other information of any kind reviewed by any defense expert in forming the basis of his opinion.

J. If the state exercises its option to an independent examination pursuant to Subsection H of this Section, and upon written motion of the defendant, the state shall provide the defendant, and any members of the competency commission, within time limits set by the court, any and all medical, correctional, educational, and military records, raw data, tests, test scores, notes, behavioral observations, reports, evaluations, and any other information of any kind reviewed by any state expert in forming the basis of his opinion.

K. By filing a petition under this Section, the defendant waives all claims of confidentiality and evidentiary privilege to, and is deemed to have consented to the release of any and all records solely relative to the issue of the defendant's competence to proceed to execution, which may include medical, correctional, educational, and military records, raw data, tests, test scores, reports, evaluations, and other records relevant or necessary to an examination or determination of his mental condition.

L. The issue of the defendant's mental incompetence to proceed to execution shall be determined by the court in a contradictory hearing. The report of the competency commission is admissible in evidence at the hearing, and members of the competency commission may be called as witnesses by the court, the defense counsel, or the district attorney. Regardless of who calls them as witnesses, the members of the commission are subject to cross-examination by the defense counsel, by the district attorney, and by the court. Other evidence pertaining to the defendant's mental incompetence to proceed to execution may be introduced at the hearing by the defense counsel and by the district attorney. The introduction of evidence at any hearing held pursuant to this Section shall be governed by Code of Evidence Article 1101(B).

M. After considering the evidence, the district court shall determine that the petitioner is not competent to proceed to execution if it determines, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the petitioner presently lacks the competence to understand that he is to be executed and the reason he is to suffer that penalty.

N. If a defendant is found incompetent to proceed to execution, he shall be incarcerated in accordance with R.S. 15:568.

O. Any subsequent petition filed by a defendant pursuant to this Section following a previous finding of competence to proceed to execution shall comply with the requirement of Subsection C of this Section, and further shall allege specific facts which, if proven by a preponderance of the evidence, show a material change in the defendant's competence to proceed to execution.

P. State's experts may examine a defendant found incompetent to proceed to execution not more than once every ninety days following such a ruling without further orders of the court and upon written notice to the defendant, or his counsel if the defendant is represented. At any time following a finding of incompetence to proceed to execution, the state may provoke a hearing to determine the defendant's competence to proceed to execution by filing a motion with the sentencing court alleging a material change in circumstances.

Q. Any party against whom a decision is rendered pursuant to this Section may make an appropriate application for a writ of certiorari or review directly to the Louisiana Supreme Court.

Acts 2004, No. 720, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1109.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1109.11
River Parishes Juvenile Justice District; creation; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

The River Parishes Juvenile Justice District is hereby established as a political subdivision of the state, with a territorial jurisdiction throughout the Seventeenth, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Ninth, and Fortieth Judicial Districts, including the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist.

Acts 2023, No. 145, §1; Acts 2025, No. 435, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1038 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1038
Probation and parole; release of inmates
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners may release any inmate of the industrial school on probation or parole on conditions which the board may prescribe. If the conditions of parole or probation are violated the board may cause the paroled inmate to be rearrested wherever he may be found and to be returned to the industrial school.

The board shall provide a system of merits and demerits and shall provide for the unconditional release of the inmates of the school where by the system and by the judgment and discretion of the board it is determined that an inmate has entirely reformed and has definitely earned the right to release; and upon reaching this conclusion the board shall recommend to the juvenile court of the parish the unconditional release of the person. Upon approval by the court the inmate shall be unconditionally discharged from the industrial school.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:322 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 322
Louisiana Sentencing Commission
Status: in_force

The Louisiana Sentencing Commission is hereby created and established under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice in the office of the governor.

Acts 1987, No. 158, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1093.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1093.2
Auditing; regional district reporting; report to legislative auditor; misuse of funds
Status: in_force

A.(1) In addition to the requirements provided for in R.S. 24:513 et seq., each regional juvenile justice district provided for in the provisions of this Part shall provide to the legislative auditor sworn annual financial statements.

(2) The sworn annual financial statements required pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted governmental accounting principles and shall include such disclosures required by state and federal regulations. The statements required pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall include a recital that the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the entity; that the entity has maintained a system of internal control structure sufficient to safeguard assets and comply with laws and regulations; and that the entity has complied with all laws and regulations, or shall acknowledge exceptions thereto. The information contained in the sworn annual financial statement shall include but shall not be limited to the following:

(a) The amount of all state revenue provided by the legislature from general or special appropriations, or revenue passed through by state agencies.

(b) The amount of all revenue provided by local governments from general or special appropriations, appropriations required by law, and revenue generated from special court costs.

(c) The amount of grant funding from federal pass-through or categorical grants, grants from nonprofit organizations, and private and corporate foundations.

(d) The amount of funding received from any self-generated revenue.

(e) Any other source of revenue not covered by Subparagraphs (a) through (d) of this Paragraph.

B.(1) The sworn annual financial statements required by the provisions of this Section shall be furnished to the legislative auditor between the first and the ninetieth day following the close of the entity's fiscal year.

(2) At any time after a disaster or emergency is declared pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 29:724(B)(1), which prevents a regional district from furnishing to the legislative auditor the sworn annual financial statements within the time period provided for in this Subsection, the district may ask the legislative auditor in writing for an extension of time to complete the financial statements. The legislative auditor may approve the request at his discretion.

C.(1) All regional juvenile districts governed by a board of commissioners shall include with the financial statements required by the provisions of this Section a sworn notarized affidavit from the president of the board of commissioners stating that he has viewed the financial statements and declares that the information provided therein is true and correct to the best of his knowledge.

(2) All regional juvenile districts governed by the governing authority of each participating parish shall include with the financial statements required by the provisions of this Section a sworn notarized affidavit from the parish president or the parish financial director of one of the participating parishes stating that he has viewed the financial statements and declares that the information provided therein is true and correct to the best of his knowledge.

(3) All regional juvenile districts governed by a board of directors shall include with the financial statements required by the provisions of this Section a sworn notarized affidavit from the chairman of the board of directors stating that he has viewed the financial statements and declares that the information provided therein is true and correct to the best of his knowledge.

D. In addition to the requirements provided in R.S. 24:523, if, on the basis of a report or audit pursuant to R.S. 24:513, or on the basis of sworn annual financial statements, the legislative auditor determines that there may have been a misuse of funds by a regional juvenile district or that a regional juvenile district may have failed to comply with state and federal laws and regulations, the legislative auditor shall report to the Legislative Audit Advisory Council who shall then, after independent determination, provide notification of this possible misuse or failure to comply to the following persons:

(1) For all regional juvenile districts governed by a board of commissioners or board of directors, notification shall be provided to the district attorney and governing authority of each parish within the jurisdiction of the regional juvenile district.

(2) For all regional juvenile districts governed by the governing authority of each participating parish of the regional juvenile district, notification shall be provided to the district attorney and the governing authority of each participating parish.

Acts 2011, No. 178, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:589 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 589
Duty to maintain security
Status: in_force

The bureau shall adopt rules and regulations which shall establish necessary control over any data processing or telecommunication system, facilities and personnel recruitment and such processing or communication related assignment policies of the department as become necessary to ensure compliance with all applicable security standards at the state and national level for storage and transmission of criminal history record information. To the maximum extent feasible, the bureau shall regulate through the design, implementation, and operation of the criminal justice information system the privacy and security of information contained herein.

Acts 1981, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1981.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1152 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1152
Prison enterprises
Status: in_force

The department may engage in any agricultural, aquacultural, silvicultural, industrial enterprise, or service in accordance with the provisions of this Part.

Added by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 59, §1, eff. Feb. 7, 1983; Acts 2007, No. 289, §1.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1983, NO. 691, REGARDING THE PRISON ENTERPRISES FUND.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1094.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1094.2
Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the commission shall be to assist and afford opportunities to children who enter the juvenile justice system, or who are children in need of care or supervision, to become productive, law-abiding citizens of the community, parish, and state by the establishment of rehabilitative programs within a structured environment and to provide physical facilities and related services for children throughout the parishes of Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington.

Acts 1986, No. 495, §1, eff. July 2, 1986.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:168 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 168
Judicial district indigent defender fund
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created within each judicial district an indigent defender fund which shall be administered by the district public defender on behalf of the office of the district public defender for that judicial district and composed of funds provided for by this Section and such funds as may be appropriated or otherwise made available to it.

B.(1)(a) Every court of original criminal jurisdiction, except in the town of Jonesville, in the city of Plaquemine, and in mayors' courts in municipalities having a population of less than five thousand, shall remit the following special costs to the district indigent defender fund for the following violations, under state statute as well as under parish or municipal ordinance, except a parking violation. Except as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph, the sum of forty-five dollars shall be assessed in cases in which a defendant is convicted after a trial, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or after forfeiting bond and shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures imposed.

(b) In the parish of Orleans, in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures imposed, the sum of forty-five dollars may be assessed in cases in which a defendant is convicted after a trial, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or after forfeiting bond.

(2)(a) Such amounts shall be remitted by the respective recipients thereof to the judicial district indigent defender fund monthly by the tenth day of the succeeding month.

(b) Such amounts remitted in the parish of Orleans shall include all of the following data for each case in which the costs required for in this Subsection are assessed:

(1) Name and case number of each defendant.

(2) Date of order assessing such costs.

(3) Date by which the defendant is ordered to pay such costs.

(4) Date of collection of such costs.

(5) Actual amount collected.

(c) The office for the district public defender for the parish of Orleans shall notify the office of the inspector general, city of New Orleans, in writing, if such amounts and data required in Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph have not been remitted by the fifteenth day of the month.

C. Except as otherwise provided by the Louisiana Public Defender Act, the funds provided for in this Section, and any other self-generated revenue and all interest or other income earned from the investment of such funds and self-generated revenue shall be retained in the district and shall be used and administered by the district public defender.

D. Any unexpended and unencumbered monies in the judicial district indigent defender fund at the close of each fiscal year shall remain in the judicial district indigent defender fund. Monies in the fund shall be administered and used solely and exclusively for purposes of delivering indigent defender services in that judicial district.

E.(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, each judicial district is allowed to accumulate funds for the purposes of retaining expert witnesses. The district public defender, in his discretion, shall determine how payments shall be administered and which experts shall be paid.

(2) Any person who has retained private counsel but is found to be indigent may apply for funds for expert witnesses in the same manner as public defender clients. Each person shall apply for the funds by making application to the district defender of the district having jurisdiction and shall be subject to the same requirements as indigent clients.

(3) No court shall have jurisdiction to order the payment of any funds administered by the office or district public defender for expert witnesses, or for any other reason.

F. Repealed by Acts 2024, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 22, §3, eff. March 20, 2024.

Acts 2007, No. 307, §1; Acts 2012, No. 330, §1, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 578, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2016, No. 239, §1; Acts 2016, No. 581, §1, eff. June 17, 2016; Acts 2020, No. 110, §2; Acts 2022, No. 239, §1; Acts 2022, No. 654, §1, eff. June 18, 2022; Acts 2024, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 22, §§1, 3, eff. March 20, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 528, §1, eff. June 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:932 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 932
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Subpart, the following words shall have the following meaning:

(1) "Episode" shall mean a singular instance in which a youth is placed under the supervision, care, or custody of the office of juvenile justice.

(2) "Office of juvenile justice" or "the office" shall mean the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, youth services, office of juvenile justice.

Acts 2016, No. 499, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:849 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 849
Establishment; purpose and title
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of Terrebonne Parish may create a department of corrections and rehabilitation. Said department shall have the authority to establish, and construct or designate a centralized, single-parish jail and prison for the purpose of providing for the maintenance and upkeep of all persons lawfully incarcerated in Terrebonne Parish. If created, established, and constructed or designated under this Part, this jail and prison shall be known as the Terrebonne Parish Detention Center.

B. No other provision of this Part shall become effective until and unless the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government creates and establishes, by resolution of the parish council of such body, a department of corrections and rehabilitation.

Acts 1984, No. 821, §1, eff. July 13, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:574.40 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 574.40
Finance
Status: in_force

A. The Interstate Commission shall pay or provide for the payment of the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization, and ongoing activities.

B. The Interstate Commission shall levy on and collect an annual assessment from each compacting state to cover the cost of the internal operations and activities of the Interstate Commission and its staff, which must be in a total amount sufficient to cover the Interstate Commission's annual budget as approved each year. The aggregate annual assessment amount shall be allocated based upon a formula to be determined by the Interstate Commission, taking into consideration the population of the state and the volume of interstate movement of offenders in each compacting state and shall promulgate a rule binding upon all compacting states which governs said assessment.

C. The Interstate Commission shall not incur any obligations of any kind prior to securing the funds adequate to meet the same; nor shall the Interstate Commission pledge the credit of any of the compacting states, except by and with the authority of the compacting state.

D. The Interstate Commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the Interstate Commission shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established under its bylaws. However, all receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the Interstate Commission shall be audited yearly by a certified or licensed public accountant and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the Interstate Commission.

Acts 2001, No. 606, §1, eff. June 19, 2002.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:572.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 572.8
Compensation for wrongful conviction and imprisonment; petition process; compensation; proof; assignment of powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. A petitioner is entitled to compensation in accordance with this Section if he has served in whole or in part a sentence of imprisonment under the laws of this state for a crime for which he was convicted and:

(1) The conviction of the petitioner has been reversed or vacated; and

(2) The petitioner has proven by clear and convincing scientific or non-scientific evidence that he is factually innocent of the crime for which he was convicted.

B. For the purposes of this Section, "factual innocence" means that the petitioner did not commit the crime for which he was convicted and incarcerated nor did he commit any crime based upon the same set of facts used in his original conviction.

C. All petitions for compensation as provided in this Section shall be filed in the district court in which the original conviction was obtained, hereinafter referred to as "the court", and shall be governed by procedures outlined herein and randomly re-allotted by the court.

D. The court shall render a final decision on all petitions for compensation filed in accordance with the provisions of this Section and shall be tried by the judge alone. The court may consider any relevant evidence regardless of whether it was admissible in, or excluded from, the criminal trial in which the petitioner was convicted.

E. The attorney general shall represent the state of Louisiana in these proceedings. The court shall serve a copy of any petition filed pursuant to this Section upon the attorney general and the district attorney of the parish in which the conviction was obtained and upon the court that vacated or reversed the petitioner's conviction or upon the pardon board if the conviction was vacated through executive clemency within fifteen days of receiving such petition. Upon receipt of the petition and of confirmation of service on the attorney general's office, the court shall ask the state, through the attorney general's office, to respond to the petition within forty-five days of service of the petition. A maximum of two extensions of thirty days may be granted by the court upon written request by the state for cause shown. The court shall set a hearing within forty-five days of the attorney general's response. Unless otherwise provided herein, the Louisiana rules of evidence shall apply.

F. The petition shall contain a recitation of facts necessary to an understanding of the petitioner's innocence that is supported by either the opinion or order vacating the conviction and sentence and/or by the existing court record of the case. Specific citations for each fact tending to show innocence shall be made to the existing record.

G. The petitioner shall attach to the petition:

(1) A copy of the judgment, opinion, or pardon that vacated the petitioner's conviction and sentence.

(2) A copy of the verdict of acquittal or of the entry of an order of nolle prosequi, or other action of the state declining to re-prosecute the petitioner.

(3) A record from the Department of Public Safety and Corrections of the time the petitioner spent in the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

H.(1) After a contradictory hearing with the attorney general, the court shall render a decision as soon as practical. If, from its findings of fact, the court determines that the petitioner is entitled to compensation because he is found to be factually innocent of the crime of which he was convicted, it shall determine the amount of compensation due in accordance with the provisions of this Section, and it shall order payment to the petitioner from the Innocence Compensation Fund which shall be created specifically for the administration of awards under this Section.

(2)(a) Compensation for the physical harm and injury suffered by the petitioner shall be calculated at a rate of twenty-five thousand dollars per year incarcerated, not to exceed a maximum total amount of two hundred fifty thousand dollars, to be paid at a rate of twenty-five thousand dollars annually.

(b) After July 1, 2022, compensation for the physical harm and injury suffered by the petitioner shall be calculated at a rate of forty thousand dollars per year incarcerated, not to exceed a maximum total amount of four hundred thousand dollars, to be paid at a rate of forty thousand dollars annually.

(c) Any petitioner who has not previously been awarded compensation pursuant to the provisions of this Section who files a petition seeking compensation on or after July 1, 2022, has the option to receive a lump sum payment in the amount of two hundred fifty thousand dollars in lieu of receiving forty thousand dollars annually.

(3) In addition to the compensation provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, the court shall order that the petitioner receive eighty thousand dollars total in compensation for the loss of life opportunities resulting from the time spent incarcerated and to cover expenses relating to job skills training, education, housing, and any other services the wrongfully convicted person may need. Any petitioner who has been awarded compensation pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph and who has received a portion of the compensation prior to August 1, 2019, may file a petition prior to August 1, 2020, seeking the remainder of the compensation, not to exceed eighty thousand dollars total, authorized by the provisions of this Paragraph or be forever barred from filing the petition. Compensation ordered pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph shall be paid from the Innocence Compensation Fund.

(4) In determining the compensation owed to the petitioner, the court may not deduct any expenses incurred by the state or any of its political subdivisions in connection with the arrest, prosecution, conviction, and imprisonment of the petitioner for a crime of which the board finds he was factually innocent, including expense for food, clothing, shelter, and medical services.

(5) A petitioner shall not be entitled to compensation for any portion of a sentence in prison during which he was also serving a concurrent sentence for the conviction of another crime.

I. Any petitioner claiming compensation in accordance with this Section based on a disposition enumerated in Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section that occurs on or after September 1, 2005, shall file a petition within two years from the date on which the conviction was reversed or vacated.

J. Any petitioner claiming compensation in accordance with this Section and based on a disposition enumerated in Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section that occurred prior to September 1, 2005, shall file a petition on or before September 1, 2008, or be forever barred from filing a petition.

K. This Section shall apply to all petitions for compensation from petitioners who have been convicted of and imprisoned for crimes of which they are factually innocent. Petitions which are predicated on convictions involving willful misconduct on the part of state actors are not limited to the recovery provided in this Section.

L. The following shall not be a bar to a petition brought pursuant to this Section:

(1) The judgment of conviction in the trial that resulted in the petitioner's imprisonment.

(2) An indictment, information, complaint, or other formal accusation.

M. Any finding by the court shall be inadmissible in any judicial proceeding and shall not form the basis for any cause of action by the petitioner or any other person.

N.(1) There is hereby established in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the Innocence Compensation Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund". The fund shall be administered by the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice. The source of monies for the fund shall be appropriations, donations, grants, and other monies which may become available for the purposes of the fund. Any judgment rendered pursuant to this Section shall be payable only from the fund established herein. No state agency, political subdivision, constitutional office, nor employee thereof shall be liable for any payment ordered pursuant to this Section.

(2) The monies in the fund shall be subject to appropriation and may only be used as provided in Paragraph (3) of this Subsection. The monies in the fund shall be invested by the treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund, and interest earnings shall be deposited in and credited to the fund. All unexpended or unencumbered monies remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain to the credit of the fund.

(3) Monies appropriated from the fund shall be used exclusively to compensate petitioners who are found to be factually innocent of the crime of which they were convicted as provided in this Section.

O. In the event that compensation is awarded to a petitioner pursuant to this Section in the amount in excess of one hundred thousand dollars, the court may fund on behalf of such petitioner an annuity contract to be secured by the petitioner, provided that:

(1) Such contract shall only be secured from an insurance company licensed in accordance with the laws of the state of Louisiana whose claims-paying ability is rated as superior or excellent by at least two nationally recognized rating services; and

(2) The contract, by its terms, cannot be sold, transferred, assigned, discounted, or used as security for a loan; and

(3) The contract provides for survivors benefits; and

(4) The remainder of the compensation awarded shall be distributed evenly over a period of five years.

P. The court shall annually prepare and submit a report for the prior calendar year to the judicial administrator of the Louisiana Supreme Court, on or before the first day of March, commencing in 2008, including the number of awards and the total amount of funds distributed in accordance with this Section. The judicial administrator of the Louisiana Supreme Court shall annually prepare and submit a report for the prior calendar year to the governor and legislature, on or before the first day of April, commencing in 2008, including the number of awards and the total amount of funds distributed in accordance with this Section.

Q. Beginning July 1, 2022, any petitioner who has been awarded compensation by the court pursuant to the provisions of this Section, on or after September 1, 2005, and prior to July 1, 2022, may file a petition seeking supplemental compensation in the amount authorized by the provisions of Subparagraph (H)(2)(b) of this Section. The petitioner shall file a petition seeking supplemental compensation on or before July 1, 2023, or be forever barred from filing a supplemental petition. Any compensation awarded pursuant to this Subsection shall be awarded at a rate of forty thousand dollars annually.

R. The Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice shall prepare a report annually for the prior calendar year and submit it to the governor and legislature, on or before the first day of April, commencing in 2013, including the number of awards and the total amount of funds distributed in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

S. The Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, shall adopt all rules necessary to implement the provisions of this Section, including but not limited to the following:

(l) The methods and procedures for applying for compensation from the Innocence Compensation Fund as authorized by this Section.

(2) The administration of the Innocence Compensation Fund.

Acts 2005, No. 486, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005; Acts 2007, No. 262, §1; Acts 2008, No. 220, §6, eff. June 14, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 262, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 696, §1; Acts 2018, No. 612, §§4, 22, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2019, No. 121, §§1, 3; Acts 2021, No. 257, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1109.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1109.13
Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the commission shall be to assist and afford opportunities to children who enter the juvenile justice system, or who are children in need of care or supervision, to become productive, law-abiding citizens of the community, parish, and state by the establishment of rehabilitative programs within a structured environment and to provide physical facilities and related services for children throughout the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist.

Acts 2023, No. 145, §1; Acts 2025, No. 435, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:874 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 874
Compensation account
Status: in_force

The inmate's compensation account shall be handled and accounted for as follows:

(1) Each foreman of inmates shall keep an accurate daily record, on forms provided, of the skill and industry of each inmate at his work and the time spent at such work. These records shall be submitted weekly to the accounting office of the penitentiary and shall serve as the basis for computing compensation.

(2) The inmate's compensation record, including a record of any wages earned working in a certified Private Sector/Prison Industry Enhancement program, shall be kept on forms prescribed and shall show the total amount earned by each inmate and shall show a distribution of said total on the basis of fifty percent for the inmate's drawing account and fifty percent for the inmate's savings account, except as otherwise provided in Paragraph (4) of this Section.

(3) Expenditures may be made for or on behalf of the inmate from his personal account in strict conformity with rules and regulations pertaining thereto.

(4)(a) All or any part of the amounts credited to the inmate's savings account may, upon written request, be expended for accredited educational courses or the purchase of bonds of the state of Louisiana or the United States. Any bonds so purchased shall be held for the inmate in the same manner as other money or personal property belonging to the inmate. The funds from bonds redeemed or cashed during the inmate's term of sentence shall revert to the account from which it originated.

(b) In addition, all or part of the amounts credited to any inmate's drawing or savings account may, upon the written request or authorization of the inmate or upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction, be expended for the payment of court costs in a matter in which the inmate is a party.

(c) When an inmate's savings account attains a balance of at least two hundred fifty dollars, the inmate may deposit future compensation into either his savings account or his personal drawing account. When an inmate selects to have future compensation deposited to his personal drawing account as provided herein, and subsequently a court of competent jurisdiction orders payment of court costs in a matter to which the inmate is a party causing the inmate's account balance to be less than two hundred fifty dollars, thirty percent of future compensation shall be deposited to his drawing account and seventy percent shall be distributed toward payment of the court costs.

(d) The funds credited to the inmate's drawing or savings account may be withdrawn to satisfy any medical or dental copayment in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 15:831(B)(2).

(e) The funds credited to the inmate's drawing or savings account may be withdrawn to satisfy any restitution imposed by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and those accounts may be frozen by the warden until the amount of restitution due from the inmate has been withdrawn from the accounts and paid to the institution in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 15:875.

(f) Except as provided in Paragraph (7) of this Section, money may not be withdrawn from an inmate's savings account for any other reason prior to his discharge or parole, unless authorized by the secretary of the department.

(g) In all criminal cases and in proceedings connected with criminal cases relating to a violation of state law, except for bond forfeiture proceedings, upon presentation to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections of a certified copy of the appeal or writ to a court of appeal of a matter in which the inmate is a party, upon the written request or authorization of the inmate, or upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction, the department shall withdraw funds from an inmate's drawing or savings account for the payment of the fees to the parish which has paid the cost of appeal. All funds so collected shall be forwarded to the parish which has paid the cost of appeal. The department shall deduct the amount of the fee from the inmate's drawing or savings account. Except as otherwise authorized by law, the department shall prohibit withdrawals from the account until the costs have been paid in full to the parish which has paid the cost of appeal.

(5) All past and present interest income earned from the investment of inmates' money shall be deposited in the fund established for the benefit of all inmates pursuant to R.S. 15:866.2. The interest earned may be used to help defray administrative costs, to seed new institutions' inmate welfare funds, and to provide for other expenditures which will benefit the inmate population. The interest earned may also be used to provide assistance to indigent inmates participating in the reentry process who have been released from physical custody but remain under the supervision of the division of probation and parole. Such assistance for indigent inmates released under supervision may include but not be limited to assistance with obtaining proper identification, work placement, counseling, transportation, education, and housing.

(6) All inmates released or discharged after payments are begun shall receive the total of accumulations due them in such installments and at such times as provided for by regulations.

(7) Upon presentation to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections of a court order or a certified copy of an extract of the minutes of a court proceeding showing that an inmate was convicted and was assessed court costs, along with a letter from the sheriff itemizing the costs assessed and verifying which of the costs were not paid, the department shall withdraw funds from any of the inmate's accounts for the payment of court costs due. All funds so collected shall be forwarded to the court that assessed the costs; however, if the inmate has not paid the costs assessed in accordance with Crime Victims Reparations Act, R.S. 46:1801, et seq., those costs shall be collected and shall be credited directly to the Crime Victims Reparations Fund, R.S. 46:1816, after all other costs are paid. The department shall notify the court if the costs for the Crime Victims Reparations Fund have been collected. The funds in an inmate's accounts shall not be reduced by more than seventy-five percent in accordance with this Section.

(8) The warden, or his or her designee, shall make an accounting to the inmate showing each time the inmate's accounts are debited.

Acts 1956, No. 554, §6. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 575, §1; Acts 1983, No. 163, §1; Acts 1985, No. 195, §1, eff. July 6, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 324, §1; Acts 1990, No. 329, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 87, §1; Acts 1995, No. 644, §1; Acts 1997, No. 528, §1; Acts 1997, No. 597, §1, eff. July 3, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 626, §1; Acts 1999, No. 699, §2; Acts 2008, No. 252, §1; Acts 2012, No. 545, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:591 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 591
Submission of information; statistics; data
Status: in_force

It shall be the obligation of every criminal justice agency to collect and submit the name, fingerprints, description, photographs, and other identifying data on persons lawfully arrested, indicted, or taken into custody in this state as required by the bureau with respect to all offenses described in R.S. 15:590. Upon notification, every criminal justice agency, coroner, correctional facility, prison, penal institution, institution for the criminally insane, or private criminal justice agency lawfully empowered to perform any arrest, detention, treatment, supervision, or any official function on behalf of the criminal justice system shall collect and report to the bureau in such manner as prescribed, any statistics, reports, lists of stolen property or fugitives, criminal history records, or any other information the deputy secretary may require under authority of any provision of this Chapter, rule, or regulation issued pursuant thereto. In addition, each coroner shall transmit to the bureau all statistics and information as prescribed regarding autopsies performed, inquests held, and verdicts rendered.

Acts 1981, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1981.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:242 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 242
Pretrial diversion for driving while intoxicated; reporting
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if a person is placed into a pretrial diversion program following an arrest for a violation of R.S. 14:98, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, or a parish or municipal ordinance that prohibits operating a vehicle while intoxicated, while impaired, or while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or any controlled dangerous substance, then the prosecuting authority shall maintain a record consisting of the name of the person, the arrest date, and a description of the pretrial intervention or diversion program into which the person was placed. Such record shall become a public record when the person has successfully completed the intervention program or is terminated from the program.

Acts 1997, No. 714, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1312.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1312.1
Assistance in installation and use of a wire, oral, or electronic intercepting device
Status: in_force

A. Upon the request of an officer of a law enforcement agency authorized to receive the results of a wire, oral, or electronic intercepting device under this Part, a provider of a wire or electronic communication service, landlord, custodian, or other person shall, if technically possible, install such device forthwith on the appropriate line and shall furnish such investigative or law enforcement officer all additional information, facilities, and technical assistance including installation and operation of the device unobtrusively and with a minimum of interference with the services that the person so ordered by the court accords the party with respect to whom the installation and use is to take place, if such installation and assistance is directed by a court order as provided in R.S. 15:1310(D)(2). Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the results of the wire, oral, or electronic intercepting device shall be furnished to the investigative or law enforcement officer designated in the court order, at reasonable intervals during the regular business hours for the duration of the order.

B. A provider of a wire or electronic communication service, landlord, custodian, or other person who furnishes facilities or technical assistance pursuant to this Section shall be compensated for such reasonable expenses incurred in providing such facilities and assistance.

C. No cause of action shall lie in any Louisiana court against any provider of a wire or electronic communication service, its officers, employees, agents, or other specified persons for providing information, facilities, or assistance in accordance with the terms of a court order under this Part.

Acts 2007, No. 132, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:574.41 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 574.41
Eligibility of compacting states, effective date, and amendment
Status: in_force

A. Any state, as defined in R.S. 15:574.32, is eligible to become a compacting state. The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than thirty-five of the states. The initial effective date shall be the later of July 1, 2001, or upon enactment into law by the thirty-fifth jurisdiction. Thereafter, it shall become effective and binding, as to any other compacting state, upon enactment of the compact into law by that state. The governors of nonmember states or their designees will be invited to participate in Interstate Commission activities on a nonvoting basis prior to adoption of the compact by all states and territories of the United States.

B. Amendments to the compact may be proposed by the Interstate Commission for enactment by the compacting states. No amendment shall become effective and binding upon the Interstate Commission and the compacting states unless and until it is enacted into law by unanimous consent of the compacting states.

Acts 2001, No. 606, §1, eff. June 19, 2002.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:574.4.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 574.4.3
Parole requirements for certain sex offenders
Status: in_force

A.(1) Before having a parole hearing for any offender who has been convicted of a violation of a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541, when the law permits parole consideration for that offense, and when according to law an offender convicted of one of those offenses is otherwise eligible for parole, the committee shall give written notice of the date and time of the parole hearing at least three days prior to the hearing to the victim or the victim's parent or guardian, unless the victim, parent, or guardian has advised the committee on parole in writing that such notification is not desired.

(2) The victim or the victim's parent or guardian who desires to do so shall be given a reasonable opportunity to attend the hearing and to be heard.

B. If a person who is otherwise eligible for intensive incarceration pursuant to R.S. 15:574.4.4, has been convicted of one of the sexual offenses enumerated in this Section and the intensive incarceration program is applicable to any of those enumerated crimes, then the provisions of this Section shall apply.

C. If a person, who is otherwise eligible for diminution of sentence for good behavior pursuant to R.S. 15:571.3, has been convicted of one of the sexual offenses enumerated in this Section and the diminution of sentence for good behavior is applicable to any of those enumerated crimes, then the provisions of this Section shall apply.

D.(1) In cases where the offender has been convicted of or where adjudication has been deferred or withheld for the perpetration or attempted perpetration of a violation of a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541, including criminal sexual offenders under the supervision and legal authority of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision provided for in R.S. 15:574.31 through 574.44, and parole is permitted by law and the offender is otherwise eligible, and when the committee releases an offender on parole, the committee shall order the offender to register as a sex offender and provide notification in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 15:540 et seq.

(2) The committee shall mail notice within three days after it makes a decision to release a sexual offender, as enumerated and pursuant to the circumstances in this Paragraph, on parole. The notice shall contain the address where the defendant will reside, a statement that the offender will be released on parole, and the date he will be released and shall be mailed to the victim or the victim's parent or guardian if the victim or a relative was not present at the parole hearing of the offender, and the notice shall be sent to their last known address by registered or certified letter, unless the victim or relative has signed a written waiver of notification.

E.(1) In cases where parole is permitted by law and the offender is otherwise eligible, the committee on parole shall not grant parole to any sex offender either by an order of the committee on parole or office of adult services pursuant to R.S. 15:571.3 until the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, division of probation and parole, has assessed and approved the suitability of the residence plan of such offender. In approving the residence plan of the offender, the department shall consider the likelihood that the offender will be able to comply with all of the conditions of his parole.

(2) For purposes of this Section, "sex offender" shall mean any offender who has been convicted of, or where adjudication has been deferred or withheld for, the perpetration or attempted perpetration of a violation of a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541.

F.(1) In cases where the offender has been convicted of or where adjudication has been deferred or withheld for the perpetration or attempted perpetration of a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 and the victim of that offense is a minor, the committee may, if the department has the equipment and appropriately trained personnel, as an additional condition of parole, authorize the use of truth verification examinations to determine if the offender has violated a condition of parole. If ordered by the committee as a condition of parole, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, division of probation and parole, is hereby authorized to administer a truth verification examination pursuant to the committee's order and the provisions of this Subsection.

(2) Any examination conducted pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection shall be subsequent to an allegation that the offender has violated a condition of parole or at the discretion of the parole officer who has reason to believe that the offender has violated a condition of parole.

(3) The truth verification examination shall be conducted by a trained certified polygraphist or voice stress examiner.

(4) The results of the truth verification examination may be considered in determining the level of supervision and treatment needed by the offender and in the determination of the parole officer as to whether the offender has violated a condition of parole; however, such results shall not be used by the committee as the basis for a finding that a violation of a condition of parole has occurred.

(5) The sexual offender may request a second truth verification examination to be conducted by a trained and certified polygraphist or voice stress examiner of his choice. The cost of the second examination shall be borne by the offender.

(6) For purposes of this Subsection:

(a) "Polygraph examination" shall mean an examination conducted with the use of an instrument or apparatus for simultaneously recording cardiovascular pressure, pulse and respiration, and variations in electrical resistance of the skin.

(b) "Truth verification examination" shall include a polygraph examination or a voice stress analysis.

(c) "Voice stress analysis" shall mean an examination conducted with the use of an instrument or apparatus which records psychophysiological stress responses that are present in a human voice when a person suffers psychological stress in response to a stimulus.

Acts 2010, No. 241, §1; Acts 2012, No. 705, §1; Acts 2012, No. 714, §8; Acts 2019, No. 369, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:561.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 561.5
Conditions of supervised release
Status: in_force

A person placed on supervised release shall comply with the following conditions:

(1) Report immediately to the division of probation and parole office, Department of Public Safety and Corrections, which is listed on the face of the certificate of supervised release.

(2) Establish a schedule of a minimum of one meeting per month with his supervised release officer to provide the officer with his current address, electronic mail address or addresses, instant message name or names, date of birth, place of employment, and verification of compliance with all registration and notification requirements of a sex offender as required by law.

(3) Be subject to periodic visits with his supervising officers without prior notice.

(4) Abide by any curfew set by his supervising officers.

(5) Refrain from using or possessing any controlled dangerous substance or alcoholic beverage and submit, at his own expense, to screening, evaluation, and treatment for controlled dangerous substances or alcohol abuse as directed by his supervising officers.

(6) Refrain from purchasing or possessing any pornographic or sexually explicit materials. "Pornographic or sexually explicit materials" means any paper, magazine, book, newspaper, periodical, pamphlet, composition, publication, photograph, drawing, picture, poster, motion picture film, video tape, figure, phonograph record, album, cassette, wire or tape recording, compact disc, digital versatile disc, digital video disc, or any other form of visual technology or other similar tangible work or thing which is devoted to or principally consists of descriptions or depictions of illicit sex or sexual immorality, the graphic depiction of sex, including but not limited to the visual depiction of sexual activity or nudity, ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual, simulated, or animated, whether between human beings, animals, or an animal and a human being.

(7) Report to the supervised release officer when directed to do so.

(8) Not associate with persons known to be engaged in criminal activities or with persons known to have been convicted of a felony without written permission of his supervised release officer.

(9) In all respects, conduct himself honorably, work diligently at a lawful occupation, and support his dependents, if any, to the best of his ability.

(10) Promptly and truthfully answer all inquiries directed to him by the supervised release officer.

(11) Live and remain at liberty and refrain from engaging in any type of criminal conduct.

(12) Not have in his possession or control any firearms or dangerous weapons.

(13) Submit himself to available medical, psychiatric, or mental health examination and treatment for persons convicted of sex offenses when deemed appropriate and ordered to do so by the supervised release officer.

(14) Defray the cost, or any portion thereof, of his supervised release by making payments to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections in a sum and manner determined by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, based upon his ability to pay.

(15) Submit a residence plan for approval by the supervised release officer.

(16) Submit himself or herself to continued supervision, either in person or through remote monitoring, of all of the following Internet related activities:

(a) The person's incoming and outgoing electronic mail and other Internet-based communications.

(b) The person's history of websites visited and the content accessed.

(c) The periodic unannounced inspection of the contents of the person's computer or any other computerized device or portable media device and the removal of such information, computer, computer device or portable media device to conduct a more thorough inspection.

(17) Comply with such other specific conditions as are appropriate, stated directly, and without ambiguity so as to be understandable to a reasonable man.

Acts 2006, No. 242, §1; Acts 2008, No. 256, §1; Acts 2008, No. 672, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:143 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 143
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part, the following words have the following meanings:

(1) "District indigent defender fund" means the judicial district indigent defender fund as provided for in R.S. 15:168.

(2) "District office" means the office of a district public defender as provided for in R.S. 15:161.

(3) "District public defender" or "chief indigent defender" means an attorney employed by or under contract with the office to supervise service providers and enforce standards and guidelines within a judicial district or multiple judicial districts.

(4) "Indigent defendant" means a person who has been determined under the provisions of R.S. 15:175 to be indigent and financially unable to retain private counsel.

(5) "Indigent defender services program" or "the program" means the activities directed toward the accomplishment of providing indigent defender services under the Louisiana Public Defender Act.

(6) "Office" means the office of the state public defender authorized to:

(a) Regulate and fund public defender services and provide financial support to other service programs that provide services to persons adjudicated in the criminal justice system.

(b) Make recommendations to the legislature, the governor, and the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court regarding potential changes to laws in order to improve public defender services and the criminal justice system in Louisiana.

(7) "Public defender" or "indigent defender" means an attorney employed by or under contract with the board, the office, or a district public defender to provide legal counsel to an indigent person in a criminal proceeding.

(8) "Public defender services" or "indigent defender services" means the providing of legal services to indigent persons in criminal proceedings in which the right to counsel attaches under the United States and Louisiana constitutions.

(9) "Revenue" or "self-generated revenue" means all revenue received by a judicial district including revenue received as a result of grants or donations or other forms of assistance.

(10) "State public defender" means the person appointed by the governor, subject to approval of a majority of the board and Senate confirmation, to administer the statewide public defender system for the delivery of public defender services.

Acts 2007, No. 307, §1; Acts 2008, No. 220, §6, eff. June 14, 2008; Acts 2024, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 22, §1, eff. March 20, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:828 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 828
Classification and treatment programs; qualified sex offender programs; reports; earned credits
Status: in_force

A.(1) Persons committed to and in the physical custody of the department shall be treated in a humane manner, and the department shall direct efforts toward the rehabilitation of such persons in order to effect their return to the community as promptly as practicable. In order to accomplish this purpose, the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall establish programs of classification and diagnosis, education, casework, counseling and psychotherapy, vocational training and guidance, work, library and religious services, and such other rehabilitation programs as are consistent with available resources, physical custody, and appropriate classification criteria. Such programs shall include but not be limited to the prison rehabilitation pilot program as set forth in R.S. 15:828.1. Additionally, he shall institute procedures to provide for the study and classification of all inmates of penal or correctional institutions under the jurisdiction of the department.

(2)(a) In cases where the offender has been convicted of a violation of a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 and, in accordance with the penalty provisions of the particular statute, has been sentenced to hard labor in the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and is housed in a state correctional facility, the department, subject to the availability of resources and appropriate individual classification criteria, should provide counseling and therapy by institutional mental health staff in a sex offender program until successfully completed or until expiration of sentence, release on parole in accordance with and when permitted by R.S. 15:574.4, or other release in accordance with law, whichever comes first.

(b) For purposes of this Paragraph, a "sex offender program" means one which includes either or both group and individual therapy and may include arousal reconditioning. Group therapy should be conducted by two therapists, one male and one female, and, subject to availability of staff, at least one of whom should be licensed as a psychologist, board-certified as a psychiatrist, or a clinical social worker.

(c) The social worker, psychologist, or psychiatrist shall provide the committee on parole with progress reports and information in accordance with R.S. 15:574.4(C)(2).

(3)(a) All Department of Public Safety and Corrections adult detention facilities shall offer both a General Education Development (GED) test training program and at least one vocational training program as an option for inmates. Participation in the Prison Rehabilitation Pilot Program, the Transitional Residential Pilot Program, or a regional reentry program shall satisfy this requirement if those programs provide both a GED training program and a vocational training program.

(b) Beginning on July 1, 2025, the department shall pay the sum of two dollars per day to each parish sheriff, or to the governing authority of those parishes in which the governing authority operates the parish jail, if the sheriff or parish offers programming that meets the requirements for a General Education Development (GED) training program.

B. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations for local jail facilities and state correctional institutions to encourage voluntary participation by offenders in certified treatment and rehabilitation programs, including but not limited to basic education, job skills training, values development and faith-based initiatives, therapeutic programs, and treatment programs. When funds are provided, such educational programs shall be available at each penal or correctional institution under the jurisdiction of the department. The rules and regulations may include provisions for furloughs or the awarding of earned credits toward the reduction of the projected good time parole supervision date. Offenders may be awarded up to three hundred sixty days total earned credits toward the reduction of the projected good time parole supervision date for program participation.

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any offender in the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, including those sentenced as an habitual offender pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 15:529.1, may earn additional good time for participation in certified treatment and rehabilitation programs as provided for in Subsection B of this Section, unless the offender's instant offense is one of the following:

(1) A sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541.

(2) A crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B) and the offender has more than one prior conviction of a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B) or a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541.

D. Offenders who are otherwise eligible under this Section who are participating in the workforce development work release program pursuant to R.S. 15:1199.9, shall be eligible to earn an additional one hundred eighty days of credit toward the reduction of the projected good time parole supervision date.

E. Offenders who are otherwise eligible under this Section who earn a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited and a department-approved educational institution while incarcerated shall be eligible to earn an additional ninety days of credit toward the reduction of the projected good time parole supervision date.

F. Offenders who are otherwise eligible under this Section who earn a master's degree from a regionally accredited and a department-approved educational institution while incarcerated shall be eligible to earn an additional ninety days of credit toward the reduction of the projected good time parole supervision date.

Acts 1968, No. 192, §1; Acts 1989, No. 336, §1; Acts 1991, No. 51, §1; Acts 1991, No. 766, §1; Acts 1992, No. 723, §1; Acts 1993, No. 484, §1, eff. June 10, 1993; Acts 1993, No. 671, §1; Acts 1993, No. 872, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 110, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 138, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1206, §1; Acts 2006, No. 61, §1; Acts 2009, No. 266, §1; Acts 2011, No. 186, §3; Acts 2012, No. 181, §1; Acts 2012, No. 714, §8; Acts 2013, No. 183, §1; Acts 2017, No. 280, §3, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Acts 2021, No. 5, §1; Acts 2024, No. 168, §1, eff. May 23, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:893.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 893.1
Inmates who may not be assigned to J. Levy Dabadie Correctional Center
Status: in_force

The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, corrections services, shall not assign any inmate included in the categories listed below to serve any portion of his term at the correctional institution at J. Levy Dabadie Correctional Center:

(1) Inmates who have been convicted of first or second degree murder, aggravated or first degree rape, aggravated kidnapping, armed robbery, aggravated arson, or a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541.

(2) Inmates who have a balance of time extending beyond fifteen years to the earliest release date.

(3) Inmates sentenced pursuant to R.S. 15:529.1 et seq. if the instant offense is a third felony conviction or greater.

(4) Inmates who do not qualify for minimum custody status (trustee).

(5) Inmates with records, either arrest or institutional records, which reveal compulsive or habitual use of violence against the person.

(6) Inmates whose presence in the community is likely to evoke adverse public reaction.

(7) Persons who are currently under or who have demonstrated a need for extensive or intensive medical treatment. At the time treatment has been completed and such termination of services has been documented by competent medical staff, persons may be considered as eligible for transfer.

(8) Persons who have escaped or who have abetted an escape or have attempted to escape within a period of the last seven years.

(9) Persons who have demonstrated an overt-aggressive pattern of homosexual behavior to the extent that it would disrupt the smooth daily operation of the institution.

(10) Inmates whose institutional records reflect habitual and compulsive violent behavior, consistent signs of bad work habits, lack of cooperation or good faith, or other undesirable behavior.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 700, §1; Acts 1993, No. 133, §1; Acts 1995, No. 320, §1, eff. June 16, 1995; Acts 1995, No. 914, §1, eff. June 28, 1995; Acts 2001, No. 1206, §1; Acts 2003, No. 635, §1; Acts 2007, No. 137, §1; Acts 2009, No. 266, §1; Acts 2010, No. 560, §1; Acts 2015, No. 184, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:645 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 645
Central registry
Status: in_force

A. The bureau shall establish and maintain a central registry to collect and disseminate information regarding those offenders who are required to register in accordance with this Chapter. The bureau shall provide the information to all law enforcement agencies in this state who request such information in an effort to assist in the prevention of violence and protection of peace officers. The bureau shall establish an alert flag on the criminal history record information of each person who is required to register pursuant to this Chapter that would be visible and accessible to law enforcement agencies and peace officers while in the performance of their duties.

B. Once each year, the bureau shall mail a non-forwardable verification form, not less than five days prior to the anniversary of the date of the offender's initial registration, to the last reported address of each person subject to the provisions of this Section. The person subject to registration shall mail the verification to the bureau within ten days of receipt of the verification form. If the bureau does not receive the verification form within thirty days, the bureau shall immediately notify the sheriff of the parish in which the person's last reported address of residence is located, or in the case of a person residing in a municipality with a population in excess of three hundred thousand persons, the police department of his municipality of residence.

Acts 2005, No. 163, §1, eff. June 28, 2005; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 18, §1; Acts 2019, No. 298, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1196 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1196
Project return post-release skills program
Status: in_force

A. Louisiana Works may establish or contract with a service provider or community service organization to establish a comprehensive project return post-release skills program for offenders recently released from the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. The purpose of the program shall be to provide former offenders with the skills necessary to become productive citizens in the community and to address the range of issues that contribute to recidivism.

B. The goals and objectives of the program shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) To establish a post-release skills program designed to work with former offenders for a period of six months.

(2) To assist former offenders in community building with a focus on breaking the cycle of drugs, criminal behavior, and violence that prevents them from moving forward with their lives in the community and contributes to recidivism.

(3) To provide former offenders with employment skills and to assist them in finding internships while they are involved with the program, and permanent employment once they have completed the program.

(4) To employ former offenders who have successfully completed the program.

C. The services offered through the program shall include the following:

(1) Substance abuse counseling.

(2) Drug testing.

(3) GED test preparation and academic enhancement.

(4) Job preparation, job information services, and job placement assistance.

(5) Individual, group, and family counseling.

(6) Life skills classes.

(7) Computer skills classes.

(8) Referral to available government mental health and medical assistance agencies and programs.

(9) After-care services.

(10) Conflict resolution training.

(11) Anger management training.

(12) Such other services as Louisiana Works recommends and deems consistent with the goals of the program.

D. Louisiana Works, in conjunction with the Louisiana Department of Health, office of behavioral health, shall promulgate rules, regulations, and standards governing the creation of the project return post-release skills program. The rules, regulations, and standards shall be promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act and shall include at a minimum the following:

(1) Procedures for monitoring of the program, including annual on-site surveys.

(2) Criteria for an application and acceptance process.

(3) Qualifications and training of staff.

E. The provisions of this Section shall be implemented to the extent that funds are appropriated for this purpose and to the extent that it is consistent with available resources.

Acts 2007, No. 176, §1; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 384, §7, eff. July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1110 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1110
Purpose and reasons for detention; detention standards; licensing; fees
Status: in_force

A. It is the intent of the legislature to protect the health, safety, and well-being of the children of this state who are placed in juvenile detention facilities. Toward this end, it is the purpose of this Part to provide for the establishment of statewide standards for juvenile detention facilities, to ensure maintenance of these standards, and to regulate conditions in these facilities through a licensing program. It shall be the policy of this state that all juvenile detention facilities provide temporary, safe, and secure custody of juveniles during the pendency of juvenile proceedings, when detention is the least restrictive alternative available to secure the appearance of the juvenile in court or to protect the safety of the child or the public.

B. Secure detention shall be used only when it is determined to be necessary based on the child's assessed risk to public safety or to secure the appearance of the child in court.

C.(1) No juvenile detention facility, including any facility owned or operated by any governmental, profit, nonprofit, private, or public agency, shall be used to detain a child who is alleged to have committed a delinquent act for any of the following purposes or reasons:

(a) To punish, treat, or rehabilitate the child.

(b) To allow the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian to avoid the parent's, guardian's, or legal custodian's legal responsibilities relative to the child.

(c) Solely to satisfy a demand made by a victim, law enforcement, or the community that a child be detained.

(d) To facilitate further interrogation or investigation.

(e) To facilitate further assessment or evaluation.

(f) The unavailability of a more appropriate facility.

(2) Nothing in this Subsection shall prohibit the detention of a child who is charged with the commission of a serious offense or with a history of prior adjudications for the commission of delinquent acts based upon serious offenses.

D.(1) On or after July 1, 2020, a detention screening instrument, as provided in Children's Code Article 815, shall be administered for any child placed in secure detention when taken into custody without a court order pursuant to Children's Code Article 814 for alleged commission of a delinquent act.

(2)(a) The Louisiana Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Statewide Leadership Collaborative, created by House Concurrent Resolution No. 102 of the 2016 Regular Session of the Legislature, hereinafter referred to as the "JDAI Collaborative", shall support the statewide implementation of detention screening instruments and the training process and requirements for those persons who will utilize the instruments.

(b) The detention screening instruments shall assess the child only to determine the child's risk to public safety while a current arrest is pending and the risk of failure to appear in court for the pending case.

(c) The detention screening instrument shall be selected from the tools that are being utilized as of January 1, 2019, by local jurisdictions in the state, which shall be provided by the JDAI Collaborative. A detention screening instrument that is being utilized by a jurisdiction as of January 1, 2019, is sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this Subparagraph.

(3) A copy of the completed detention screening instrument shall be provided to the juvenile detention facility for any child who is admitted into its custody. The juvenile detention facility shall keep a record of the results of the detention screening instrument and the recommendation made based upon the instrument to either detain the child, release the child with conditions, or release the child without conditions. This record shall include the parish in which the child was taken into custody, the most serious charge for which the child was taken into custody, and demographic information about the child including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, and age. This information shall be aggregated and submitted quarterly to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice which shall annually provide such information to the JDAI Collaborative.

E. Each juvenile detention facility licensed pursuant to this Part, including facilities owned or operated by any governmental, profit, nonprofit, private, or public agency, may establish arts-based programming in the facility which may include but is not limited to performing arts, visual arts, and other arts activities that enhance youth development. For the purposes of funding the arts-based programming, the facility owner or operator is authorized to receive, by appropriation, gift, grant, donation, or otherwise, any sum of money, aid, or assistance from any person, firm, or corporation or from the United States, its agencies, the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision of the state.

F, G. Repealed by Acts 445, §3, eff. July 1, 2024.

H. Repealed by Acts 445, §3, eff. July 1, 2024.

I. Repealed by Acts 445, §3, eff. July 1, 2024.

Acts 2003, No. 1225, §2; Acts 2010, No. 863, §1; Acts 2012, No. 366, §1; Acts 2012, No. 814, §1, eff. July 1, 2013; Acts 2016, No. 614, §2; Acts 2019, No. 147, §2; Acts 2019, No. 395, §2; Acts 2023, No. 445, §2, eff. June 28, 2023, §3, eff. July 1, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:539.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 539.3
Mandatory restitution
Status: in_force

A. A person convicted of an offense enumerated in R.S. 15:539.1(A) shall be ordered to pay mandatory restitution to the victim, with the proceeds from property forfeited under R.S. 15:539.1 applied first to payment of restitution, after the costs of the public sale or auction, court costs, and fees related to seizure and storage have been satisfied. Restitution under this Section shall include any of the following:

(1) Costs of medical and psychological treatment.

(2) Costs of necessary transportation and temporary housing.

(3) The greater of the value of the victim's labor as guaranteed under the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act or the gross income or value to the defendant of the victim's labor or services engaged in by the victim while in the human trafficking situation. In the case of sex trafficking, the victim shall be entitled to restitution for the income he would have earned, had he not been victimized, as guaranteed under the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

(4) Return of property, cost of damage to property, or full value of property if destroyed or damaged beyond repair.

(5) Expenses incurred by the victim and any household members or other family members in relocating away from the defendant or the defendant's associates, including but not limited to deposits for utilities and telephone service, deposits for rental housing, temporary lodging and food expenses, clothing, and personal items. Expenses incurred pursuant to this Section shall be verified by law enforcement to be necessary for the personal safety of the victim or household or family members, or by a mental health treatment provider to be necessary for the emotional well-being of the victim.

B. For purposes of this Section, the return of the victim to the victim's home country or other absence of the victim from the jurisdiction shall not prevent the victim from receiving restitution.

Acts 2013, No. 429, §1, eff. June 24, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 564, §2; Acts 2020, No. 352, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:595 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 595
Duty to abide by regulations
Status: in_force

Each agency subject to reporting requirements of the bureau shall abide by all rules and regulations adopted by the bureau pursuant to its authority.

Acts 1981, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1981.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:562.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 562.1
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Chapter, the following shall apply:

(1) "Conviction" means any disposition of charges adverse to the defendant, including a plea of guilty, deferred adjudication, adjudication withheld for the perpetration or attempted perpetration of or conspiracy to commit an offense involving arson. "Conviction" shall not include a decision not to prosecute, a dismissal, or an acquittal, except when the acquittal is due to a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity and the person was committed. However, a dismissal entered after a period of probation, suspension, or deferral of sentence shall be included in the definition of "conviction" for purposes of this Chapter.

(2) "Disposition" means the formal conclusion of a criminal proceeding at whatever stage it occurs in the criminal justice system.

(3) "Offense involving arson" includes the following:

(a) Aggravated arson (R.S. 14:51).

(b) Simple arson (R.S. 14:52).

(c) Simple arson of a religious building (R.S. 14:52.1).

(d) Arson with intent to defraud (R.S. 14:53).

(e) Communicating of false information of planned arson (R.S. 14:54.1).

(f) Manufacture and possession of delayed action incendiary devices (R.S. 14:54.2).

(g) Manufacture and possession of a bomb (R.S. 14:54.3).

(h) Fake explosive device (R.S. 14:54.5).

(i) Injury by arson (R.S. 14:51.1).

(j) Negligent arson (R.S. 14:52.2).

(4) "Residence" means a dwelling where an offender regularly resides, regardless of the number of days or nights spent there. For those offenders who lack a fixed abode or dwelling, "residence" shall include the area or place where the offender habitually lives, including but not limited to a rural area with no address or a shelter.

Acts 2010, No. 796, §1; Acts 2014, No. 140, §1; Acts 2018, No. 576, §2, eff. May 31, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1424 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1424
Juvenile delinquency and gang prevention advisory boards; membership
Status: in_force

A. Within each law enforcement planning district advisory council a juvenile delinquency and gang prevention advisory board shall be established consisting of at least eleven members, at least three of whom shall be minorities. The chairman of the commission or his designee shall serve as a member and shall appoint at least four members representing child advocates in the community, business leaders, parents, and a student attending high school.

B. Each advisory board shall also include the following representatives:

(1) Two law enforcement officials appointed by the chairman of the commission from a list submitted by the Louisiana Sheriff's Association and the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police.

(2) An assistant district attorney assigned to a court having juvenile jurisdiction appointed by the chairman of the commission from a list submitted by the Louisiana District Attorneys Association.

(3) An assistant public defender or an attorney residing in the district who handles juvenile matters, appointed by the district public defender.

(4) Two persons employed by the city or parish school board appointed by the chairman of the commission from a list furnished by the Louisiana Association of Educators and Louisiana Federation of Teachers.

(5) A judge who handles juvenile matters appointed by the chairman of the commission from a list submitted by the Louisiana Association of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.

Acts 1993, No. 461, §1; Acts 2007, No. 307, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:539.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 539.2
Survivor Special Fund
Status: in_force

A.(1) Any person who is convicted or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to any of the following offenses shall be ordered to pay a mandatory monetary assessment of two thousand dollars:

(a) Battery of a dating partner under R.S. 14:34.9(E), (F), (L), (M), (N), (O), or (P).

(b) Domestic abuse battery under R.S. 14:35.3(L), (M), (N), (O), or (P).

(c) First degree rape under R.S. 14:42.

(d) Second degree rape under R.S. 14:42.1.

(e) Sexual battery under R.S. 14:43.1(C)(2) or (3).

(f) Second degree sexual battery under R.S. 14:43.2.

(g) Oral sexual battery under R.S. 14:43.3.

(h) Aggravated kidnapping of a child under R.S. 14:44.2.

(i) Human trafficking under R.S. 14:46.2.

(j) Trafficking of children for sexual purposes under R.S. 14:46.3.

(k) Pornography involving juveniles under R.S. 14:81.1.

(l) Molestation of a juvenile or a person with a physical or mental disability under R.S. 14:81.2.

(m) Computer-aided solicitation of a minor under R.S. 14:81.3.

(n) Possessing, trafficking, or importing a child sex doll under R.S. 14:81.6.

(o) Prostitution with persons under eighteen under R.S. 14:82.1.

(p) Purchase of commercial sexual activity under R.S. 14:82.2.

(q) Soliciting for prostitutes under R.S. 14:83(B)(2) or (3).

(r) Promoting prostitution under R.S. 14:83.2(B)(2) or (3).

(s) Pandering under R.S. 14:84(B)(2) or (3).

(t) Enticing persons into prostitution under R.S. 14:86(B)(1)(b) or (c).

(u) Aggravated crime against nature under R.S. 14:89.1.

(v) Crime against nature by solicitation under R.S. 14:89.2(B)(3)(a) or (b).

(w) Sexual battery of persons with infirmities under R.S. 14:93.5.

(2) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the assessments provided by this Section shall be in addition to and not in lieu of, and shall not be used to offset or reduce, any fine authorized or required by law. Nothing in this Section shall alter the dispositions of fines and forfeitures ordered by the court under R.S. 15:571.11. If the court finds that the offender is indigent and therefore unable to pay the mandatory assessment at the time of conviction, the court shall order a periodic payment plan consistent with the person's financial ability.

B.(1) There is established in the state treasury the Survivor Special Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund". Appropriations by the legislature and all monetary assessments paid and interest accrued on funds collected pursuant to Subsection A of this Section shall be deposited into the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, and after a sufficient amount is allocated from the Bond Security and Redemption Fund to pay all the obligations secured by the full faith and credit of the state which become due and payable within any fiscal year, the treasurer shall pay the remainder of such monies into the fund. The fund shall be subject to public audit.

(2) Subject to appropriation by the legislature and except as provided in Paragraph (3) of this Subsection, monies in the fund shall be used for the provision of services and treatment to adult and minor victims of human trafficking, domestic violence, and sexual assault.

(3) Subject to appropriation by the legislature, the monies in the fund shall be administered to the Office of Human Trafficking Prevention for disbursement as follows:

(a) Twenty-five percent of the monies to child advocacy centers, in compliance with Children's Code Article 524, for programs to serve child victims of sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect, or human trafficking in this state.

(b) Twenty-five percent of the monies to the state domestic violence coalition, as defined in 42 U.S.C. 10402, for distribution to member programs that provide community services and shelter programs to victims of domestic violence pursuant to R.S. 46:2124.

(c) Fifty percent of the monies to accredited sexual assault crisis centers within this state, as defined in R.S. 46:2187(A), to serve victims of sexual assault and exploitation.

(4) The governor's office of human trafficking prevention is authorized to retain not more than ten percent of the monies in the fund for necessary and associated administrative expenses of the fund.

Acts 2013, No. 429, §1, eff. June 24, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 564, §2; Acts 2017, No. 180, §2, eff. June 12, 2017; Acts 2025, No. 226, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1353 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1353
Prohibited activities
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for any person who has knowingly received any proceeds derived, directly or indirectly, from a pattern of racketeering activity to use or invest, whether directly or indirectly, any part of such proceeds, or the proceeds derived from the investment or use thereof, in the acquisition of any title to, or any right, interest, or equity in immovable property or in the establishment or operation of any enterprise.

B. It is unlawful for any person, through a pattern of racketeering activity, knowingly to acquire or maintain, directly or indirectly, any interest in or control of any enterprise or immovable property.

C. It is unlawful for any person employed by, or associated with, any enterprise knowingly to conduct or participate in, directly or indirectly, such enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity.

D. It is unlawful for any person to conspire or attempt to violate any of the provisions of Subsections A, B, or C of this Section.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 727, §1, eff. July 22, 1983; Acts 1992, No. 918, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:178 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 178
Appointment of appellate and post-conviction counsel in death penalty case
Status: in_force

In a capital case in which the trial counsel was provided to an indigent defendant and in which the jury imposed the death penalty, the court, within thirty days of the imposition of the sentence of death, shall order the office of the state public defender to have enrolled at least one attorney for direct appeal and at least one separate attorney for state post conviction proceedings.

Acts 2007, No. 307, §1; Acts 2024, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 22, §1, eff. March 20, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 393, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:81 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 81
Bond for release for violation of municipal ordinances; parole or release of prisoners; penalty
Status: in_force

A. At the earliest practicable time after arrest of a person imprisoned or detained for violation of any ordinance of any village, town, city, or municipality, an order admitting to bail shall be made. Upon execution of the bond in due form and with proper surety, the arrested person shall be released pending trial.

B. Except as provided for in Subsection H of this Section in municipalities or wards in which a city court or parish court vested with criminal jurisdiction exists, no bond for release shall exceed one hundred dollars. In municipalities having criminal jurisdiction, it shall not exceed twenty-five hundred dollars.

C. A person unable to furnish other surety may deposit the amount of the bond in cash. The officer taking the money shall give him a receipt for the deposit. Upon his appearance before any court in compliance with the condition of the bond, the money deposited shall be refunded to him.

D. Within one-half hour after arrest, the captain, police clerk, or arresting officer of the station where the person is being detained shall have the name of the arrested person placed on a placard visible for public display in the main office of the police station. The placard must be presented to any and all persons inquiring or requesting a view or perusal of it.

E. The parole or release from custody of any person arrested or detained for violation or alleged violation of an ordinance of any village, town, city, or other municipality shall be executed in accordance with the provisions of this Section. A municipality, by ordinance, may specifically grant the power of parole and release to the presiding judges and officers of its municipal courts.

F. In the city of New Orleans, the parish parole officer of the state committee on parole and each of the members of the jury commission of the parish in which the municipality is located shall have the power to parole and release persons arrested or detained for alleged violation of any of such municipalities' ordinances.

G. Whoever violates or advises, consents, aids, or abets in the violation of this Section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than sixty days nor more than twelve months, or both.

H.(1) In the Municipal Court of New Orleans, no bond for release shall exceed thirty thousand dollars.

(2) In matters within the criminal jurisdiction of the mayor's court in the city of Kenner, no bond for release shall exceed twenty-five hundred dollars.

Acts 1966, No. 311, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1967. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 848, §1, eff. Aug. 2, 1981; Acts 1999, No. 266, §1; Acts 1999, No. 557, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 18, §1; Acts 2012, No. 118, §1; Acts 2012, No. 714, §8.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1302 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1302
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter:

(1) "Aggrieved person" means a person who was party to any intercepted wire or oral communication or a person against whom the interception was directed.

(2) "Attorney for a governmental entity" means an attorney on the staff or under the direct supervision of the district attorney authorized by law to prosecute such offenses as are subject of the pen register, a trap and trace device, or a cellular tracking device.

(3) "Aural transfer" means a transfer containing the human voice at any point between and including the point of origin and the point of reception.

(4) "Bail enforcement agent" means a licensed bail agent who engages in the apprehension or surrender by a natural person of a principal who is released on bail or who has failed to appear at any stage of the proceedings to answer the charge before the court in which the principal may be prosecuted.

(5) "Cellular tracking device" means a device that transmits or receives radio waves to or from a communications device in a manner that interferes with the normal functioning of the communications device or communications network and that can be used to intercept, collect, access, transfer, or forward the data transmitted or received by the communications device, or stored on the communications device; includes an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) catcher or other cell phone or telephone surveillance or eavesdropping device that mimics a cellular base station and transmits radio waves that cause cell phones or other communications devices in the area to transmit or receive radio waves, electronic data, location data, information used to calculate location, identifying information, communications content, or metadata, or otherwise obtains this information through passive means, such as through the use of a digital analyzer or other passive interception device; and does not include any device used or installed by an electric utility solely to the extent such device is used by that utility to measure electrical usage, to provide services to customers, or to operate the electric grid.

(6) "Communications common carrier" means any person engaged as a common carrier for hire in communication by wire, radio, or electronic communications; however, a person engaged in commercial radio broadcasting which is supervised by the Federal Communications Commission shall not, insofar as such person is so engaged, be deemed a common carrier.

(7) "Contents" when used with respect to any wire, electronic, or oral communication includes any information concerning the substance, purport, or meaning of that communication.

(8) "Court of competent jurisdiction" means state district courts of general criminal jurisdiction and those courts exercising appellate jurisdiction thereof.

(9)(a) "Electronic communication" means any transfer of signs, signals, writings, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic, or photo-optical system, but does not include any of the following:

(i) Any oral communication.

(ii) Any communication made through a tone-only paging device.

(iii) Any communication from a tracking device used to locate a mobile object by emission of a sound signal.

(b) "Electronic communication" specifically includes the radio portion of a cordless, portable, or cellular telephone communication that is transmitted between the cordless, portable, or cellular handset and the base or transmitting tower or unit.

(10) "Electronic communications service" means any service which provides to users thereof the ability to send or receive wire or electronic communications.

(11) "Electronic communications system" means any wire, radio, electromagnetic, photo-optical, or photoelectronic facilities used for the transmission of wire or electronic communications, and any computer facilities or related electronic equipment for the electronic storage of such communication.

(12) "Electronic, mechanical, or other device or means" denotes any device or apparatus which can be used to intercept a wire, electronic, or oral communication other than:

(a) Any telephone or telegraph instrument, equipment, or facility, or any component thereof, either:

(i) Furnished to the subscriber or user by a communications common carrier in the ordinary course of its business and being used by the subscriber or user in the ordinary course of its business, or

(ii) Being used by a communications common carrier in the ordinary course of its business, or by an investigative or law enforcement officer in the ordinary course of his duties.

(b) A hearing aid or similar device being used to correct subnormal hearing to not better than normal.

(13) "Intercept" means the aural or other acquisition of the contents of any wire, oral, or electronic communication through the use of any electronic, mechanical, or other device.

(14) "Investigative or law enforcement officer" means any commissioned state police officer of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections who, in the normal course of his law enforcement duties, is investigating an offense enumerated in this Chapter, and the district attorney authorized by law to prosecute or participate in the prosecution of such offense.

(15) "Judge" means the senior judge of a judicial district court of the state, any judge of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, or a judge designated by a majority vote of the court in writing in advance to consider applications for warrants or orders under this Chapter.

(16) "Monitoring post" means a secure Department of Public Safety and Corrections facility, including a Louisiana State Police facility, having investigative control over the intercept, regardless of geographic location.

(17) "Oral communication" means any oral communication uttered by a person exhibiting an expectation that such communication is not subject to interception under circumstances justifying such expectation, but such term does not include any electronic communication.

(18) "Pen register" means a device which records and decodes dialing, routing, addressing, or signaling information transmitted by an instrument or facility from which a wire or electronic communication is transmitted, if the information does not include the contents of the communication. The term does not include a device used by a provider or customer of a wire or electronic communication service in the ordinary course of the provider's or customer's business for either of the following purposes:

(a) Billing or recording as an incident to billing for communications services.

(b) Cost accounting, security control, or other ordinary business purposes.

(19) "Person" means any employee or agent of the state or a political subdivision thereof, and any individual, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, or corporation.

(20) "Telecommunications device" or "communications device" means any type of instrument, device, or machine that is capable of transmitting or receiving telephonic, electronic, radio, text, or data communications, including but not limited to a cellular telephone, a text-messaging device, a personal digital assistant, a computer, or any other similar wireless device that is designed to engage in a call or communicate text or data. It does not include citizens band radios, citizens band radio hybrids, commercial two-way radio communication devices, or electronic communication devices with a push-to-talk function.

(21) "Trap and trace device" means a device or electronic means which captures the incoming electronic or other impulses which identify the originating number of an instrument or device from which a wire or electronic communication was transmitted, except that it shall not include a service, device, or electronic means tariffed by the Louisiana Public Service Commission, used by a subscriber of telecommunicational services to receive the telephone numbers for calls placed to the subscriber.

(22) "Wire communication" or "communication by wire" means any aural transfer made in whole or in part through the use of facilities used for the transmission of communications by aid of wire, cable, or other like connection between the points of origin and reception, including the use of such connection in a switching station, furnished or operated by any person licensed to engage in providing or operating such facilities for the transmission of communications and such term includes any electronic storage of such communication, and such term includes the radio portion of a cordless, portable, or cellular telephone communication that is transmitted between the cordless, portable, or cellular handset and the base or transmitting tower or unit.

Acts 1985, No. 859, §1, eff. July 23, 1985; Acts 1987, No. 402, §1; Acts 1991, No. 795, §1, eff. July 22, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 1193, §1, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 2012, No. 727, §2; Acts 2016, No. 308, §2; Acts 2025, No. 33, §1; Acts 2025, No. 140, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1204.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1204.2
Creation of system; functions; powers; duties
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created within the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice, hereinafter referred to as the "commission", a Louisiana Uniform Crime Reporting System, hereinafter referred to as the "system". The commission may appoint such employees, agents, consultants, and special committees as it may deem necessary to properly manage the system.

B. The system, by and through the commission, shall have the following functions, powers, and duties:

(1) To establish, through electronic data processing and related procedures, a system by which relevant information can be collected, coordinated, analyzed, and made readily available to serve qualified agencies concerned with the administration of criminal justice located anywhere in the state. The commission shall prescribe the terms and conditions under which such agencies shall contribute or gain access to information contained in the system files.

(2) To adopt such measures to assure the security of the system as may be specified in state and federal regulations.

(3) To adopt and publish for distribution to the system subscribers and other interested parties the operating policies, practices and procedures, and conditions of qualification for data access.

(4) To prepare and distribute, to all such persons and agencies, forms to be used in reporting data to the system. The forms shall provide for information regarding crimes which are directed against individuals or groups, or their property, by reason of their actual or perceived race, age, gender, religion, color, creed, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, or ancestry or by reason of their actual or perceived membership or service in, or employment with, an organization as defined in R.S. 14:107.2. The forms shall also provide for other items of information needed by federal and state bureaus or departments engaged in the development of national and state statistics.

(5) To instruct such persons and agencies in the installation, maintenance, and use of incident-based records and in the manner of reporting to the system.

(6) To tabulate, analyze, and interpret the data collected.

(7) To supply data to federal bureaus or departments engaged in collecting national criminal statistics.

(8)(a) To present annually to the governor and members of the legislature, on or before May first, a report containing the criminal statistics of the most recently available calendar year and to present at such other times as the commission may deem wise, or the governor, the chairman of the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice, or the chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary C may request, reports on special aspects of criminal statistics.

(b) The report shall specifically contain a category entitled "gaming related offenses" and shall include statistics involving violations of R.S. 14:60, R.S. 14:62, R.S. 14:64 through 67, R.S. 14:70, R.S. 14:71, R.S. 14:71.1, and R.S. 14:72, in which the offender's gaming activity is a motive for commission of the crime. In addition, the report shall contain under the same category violations of prohibited acts and gaming offenses, as defined in R.S. 14:90, R.S. 14:90.2, R.S. 27:98 through 101, and R.S. 27:260 and 262 through 265.

(c) A sufficient number of copies of all reports shall be printed for distribution to the governor, the chairman of the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice, and the chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary C, and as many others as may be requested. The report shall be made available electronically on the commission's website to all public officials in the state dealing with crimes or criminals and for general distribution in the interest of public enlightenment.

(9) To make, solicit, and request proposals and offers, and to execute and effectuate agreements or contracts for the operation of any part of the system.

(10) To do all other things necessary or convenient to carry out the functions, powers, and duties set forth in this Section.

Acts 1991, No. 509, §1; Acts 1997, No. 488, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1479, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2013, No. 160, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:162 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 162
Vacancies in position of district public defender; formation of district public defender selection committee; powers and duties of committee; process for filling vacancy for district public defender; interim district public defender
Status: in_force

A. Within twenty days of receiving notice of a vacancy which occurs for the position of district public defender by reason of demotion, termination, retirement, resignation, or death, the office shall form a district public defender selection committee as provided for in Subsection B of this Section.

B.(1) The selection committee shall consist of one attorney in good standing with the Louisiana State Bar Association, and two other registered voters, all of whom are domiciled in that judicial district.

(2) The members shall be selected as follows:

(a) One member, who shall serve as chairman of the committee, appointed by the state public defender.

(b) One member appointed by the chairman of the Louisiana Public Defender Oversight Board.

(c) One member appointed by the chief judge of the judicial district.

C.(1) The selection committee shall review eligible candidates for the position of district public defender, giving preference to those individuals who are domiciled in the district.

(2) Within sixty days of formation of the selection committee, the selection committee shall submit a list of at least three nominees for the position of district public defender to the state public defender.

D. Within thirty days of receiving the nominations for the position of district public defender from the selection committee, the office shall contract with a district public defender from the list of nominees submitted to the board.

E. The office shall appoint an interim district public defender to fill the vacancy of the district public defender until the position is filled.

F. Whenever a vacancy occurs for the position of district public defender in any judicial district having a population of less than thirty thousand, or having less than four attorneys providing public defender services, the office shall evaluate the district and make a determination regarding the appropriateness of contracting with a district public defender or authorizing a district public defender from a contiguous judicial district to manage and supervise public defender services in that judicial district. If a decision is made by the office to contract with a district public defender, the office shall use the selection process provided for in this Section to fill that vacancy.

G. Office staff shall not require of the district public defenders or their staff any response with a due date less than six working days from the first full day since the request is received, other than during a natural emergency. The time period provided for in this Subsection shall not include responses requested by the governor, the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice, or the Senate Committee on Judiciary B.

Acts 2007, No. 307, §1; Acts 2008, No. 220, §6, eff. June 14, 2008; Acts 2016, No. 571, §1; Acts 2024, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 22, §1, eff. March 20, 2024 Acts 2007, No. 307, §1; Acts 2008, No. 220, §6, eff. June 14, 2008; Acts 2024, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 22, §§1, 3, eff. March 20, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 528, §1, eff. June 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:539.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 539.4
Fines related to solicitation of prostitutes and purchase of commercial sexual activity
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 15:571.11, when a fine is imposed pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 14:82.2(C) or 83(B)(1), (2), or (3), the sheriff or executive officer of the court shall distribute five hundred dollars or one-half of the fine, whichever is greater, pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 15:571.11 and the remainder of the fine shall be distributed as follows:

(1) Fifty percent of the proceeds from the imposition of the fine to the sheriff or law enforcement agency that made the arrest to be used for training officers in recognizing and the preventing of human trafficking.

(2) Fifty percent of the proceeds from the imposition of the fine to the district attorney, in furtherance of the administration of justice in the judicial district and to prevent future recidivism, to be paid to a program for victim services that counsels, treats, and helps victims of human trafficking or those who are charged or convicted of prostitution.

Acts 2018, No. 663, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1317 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1317
Application for an order for use of a cellular tracking device
Status: in_force

A. An investigative or law enforcement officer shall not use a cellular tracking device unless either of the following occur:

(1) The investigative or law enforcement agency has obtained an order issued by a court to use the tracking instrument.

(2) Exigent circumstances exist that necessitate using the tracking instrument without first obtaining a court order.

(3) If an investigative or law enforcement agency uses a cellular tracking device based upon the existence of exigent circumstances, the investigative or law enforcement agency shall seek to obtain an order issued by a court not later than seventy-two hours after the initial use of the cellular tracking device.

B. An application made pursuant to this Section shall include:

(1) The identity of the investigative or law enforcement officer making the application and the identity of the law enforcement agency conducting the investigation.

(2) A certification by the applicant attesting that the information sought is relevant to an ongoing felony criminal investigation being conducted by that agency, and includes in that certification a recital of facts or information constituting the reasonable suspicion upon which the application is based.

Acts 2016, No. 308, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:603 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 603
Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) "CODIS" means Combined DNA Index System, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's national DNA identification index system that allows the storage and exchange of DNA records submitted by state and local forensic DNA laboratories.

(2) "Criminal justice agency" means any criminal justice agency as defined in R.S. 15:576(3).

(3) "Deputy secretary" means the deputy secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, or the commander of the Louisiana State Police.

(4) "DNA" means deoxyribonucleic acid, which is located in cells and provides an individual's personal genetic blueprint and which encodes genetic information that is the basis of human heredity and forensic identification.

(5) "DNA record" means DNA identification information stored in the state DNA data base or the Combined DNA Index System for the purpose of generating investigative leads or supporting statistical interpretation of DNA test results. The DNA record is the result obtained from the DNA typing tests. The DNA record is comprised of the characteristics of a DNA sample which is of value in establishing the identity of individuals.

(6) "DNA sample" means a blood, tissue, or bodily fluid sample provided by any person with respect to offenses covered by this Chapter or submitted to the state police criminalistics laboratory pursuant to this Chapter for analysis or storage, or both.

(7) "FBI" means the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(8) "Felony" means any crime for which an offender may be sentenced to death or imprisonment at hard labor.

(9) "Felony-grade delinquent act" means an offense that if committed by an adult, may be punished by death or by imprisonment at hard labor.

(10) "Other specified offense" means a commission of the following:

(a) A violation of R.S. 14:34.2 through 34.5.

(b) A violation of R.S. 14:35 through 37.

(c) A violation of R.S. 14:37.3.

(d) A violation of R.S. 14:38.

(e) A violation of R.S. 14:38.2.

(f) A violation of R.S. 14:40.2.

(g) A violation of R.S. 14:43.1.1.

(h) A violation of R.S. 14:67.16.

(i) A violation of R.S. 14:80.1.

(j) A violation of R.S. 14:81.4.

(k) A violation of R.S. 14:82.

(l) A violation of R.S. 14:83 through 83.1.

(m) A violation of R.S. 14:83.3 through 83.4.

(n) A violation of R.S. 14:85.

(o) A violation of R.S. 14:92.

(p) A violation of R.S. 14:95.

(q) A violation of R.S. 14:95.8.

(r) A violation of R.S. 14:107.2.

(s) A violation of R.S. 14:284.

(t) A violation of R.S. 14:329.2.

(11) "State police" means the office of state police or the state police criminalistics laboratory.

Acts 1997, No. 737, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; H.C.R. No. 40, 1999 R.S., eff. June 21, 1999; Acts 2003, No. 487, §1, eff. June 20, 2003; Acts 2010, No. 209, §1; Acts 2018, No. 126, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1097.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1097.7
Funding for the authority; juvenile court costs
Status: in_force

In the parishes of Bienville, Claiborne, DeSoto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, and Webster, in all courts exercising juvenile jurisdiction, special costs in the amount of fifty dollars shall be levied against every juvenile who is found to have committed a traffic violation or who is adjudicated a delinquent. All or part of the costs may be suspended, but any amounts thereof collected shall be remitted, by the tenth of the month following the month in which collected, by the proper officer of the court in which the matter was heard to the board of the Ware Youth Center Authority to be used for the expenses of its operations as provided in this Subpart.

Acts 1986, No. 1005, §1, eff. July 16, 1986; HCR 44, 1998 1st Ex. Sess.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1310 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1310
Procedure for interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications
Status: in_force

A. Each application for an order authorizing or approving the interception of a wire, electronic, or oral communication shall be made in writing upon oath or affirmation to a judge in whose district such interception of wire, electronic, or oral communication shall take place and shall state the applicant's authority to make such application. Each application shall include the following information:

(1) The identity of the investigative or law enforcement officer making the application and the person authorizing the application.

(2) A full and complete statement of the facts and circumstances relied upon by the applicant to justify his belief that an order should be issued, including:

(a) Details as to the particular offense that has been, is being, or is about to be committed,

(b) A particular description of the nature and location of the facilities from which or the place where the communication is to be intercepted,

(c) A particular description of the type of communications sought to be intercepted, and

(d) The identity of the person, if known, committing the offense and whose communications are to be intercepted.

(3) A full and complete statement as to whether or not other investigative procedures have been tried and failed or why they reasonably appear to be unlikely to succeed if tried or to be too dangerous, or that such circumstances exist that without immediate action a human life may be endangered.

(4) A statement of the period of time for which the interception is required to be maintained, which shall not exceed thirty days.

(5) When the application is for the extension of an order, a statement setting forth the results thus far obtained from the interception, or a reasonable explanation of the failure to obtain such results.

(6) A full and complete statement of the facts concerning previous applications for the past five years, known to the individuals authorizing and making the application, made to any judge for authorization to intercept, or for approval of interception of, wire, electronic, or oral communications involving any of the same persons, facilities, or places specified in the application, and the action taken by the judge on each such application.

B.(1) If statements of an identified or unidentified informant are relied upon in the application as a basis for establishing that there are reasonable grounds to believe that an offense has been, is being, or is about to be committed, the application shall set forth the factual basis for the affiant's belief that the informant is credible and that the information has been obtained in a reliable manner. The judge considering the application may order that the informant be presented and sworn to afford the judge opportunity to inquire if the statements made in the application are true and the application shall state that the informant was presented to the judge and sworn for such purpose if so ordered. This provision shall not affect the privileged character of the identity of an informant. Nothing herein shall be construed to require the identification of a confidential informant.

(2) The judge may require the applicant to furnish additional testimony or documentary evidence.

C. Upon such application the judge may enter an ex parte order, as requested or as modified, authorizing or approving interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications within the territorial jurisdiction of the district in which the judge is sitting, if the judge determines on the basis of the facts submitted by the applicant that:

(1) There is probable cause for belief that an individual is committing, has committed, or is about to commit a particular offense enumerated in R.S. 15:1308.

(2) There is probable cause for belief that particular communications concerning that offense will be obtained through such interception.

(3) There is probable cause for belief that the facilities from which, or the place where, the wire or oral communications are to be intercepted are being used, or are about to be used, in connection with the commission of such offense or are leased to, listed in the name of, or commonly used by such person.

(4) There is reason to believe that investigative procedures have been tried and failed or they reasonably appear to be unlikely to succeed if tried or to be dangerous, or that such circumstances exist that without immediate action a human life may be endangered.

(5) The interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications, as planned, is not reasonably expected to intercept privileged communications.

D.(1) Each order authorizing or approving the interception of any wire, electronic, or oral communication shall specify:

(a) The identity of the person, if known, whose communications are to be intercepted.

(b) The nature and location of the communications facilities as to which, or the place where, authority to intercept is granted.

(c) A particular description of the type of communication sought to be intercepted and a statement of the particular offense to which it relates.

(d) The identity of the agency authorized to intercept the communications, the person applying for the application, and the person authorizing the application.

(e) The period of time during which such interception is authorized.

(f) The specific location of the monitoring post.

(2) An order issued under this Section shall direct, upon request of the applicant, the furnishing of information, facilities, and technical assistance necessary to accomplish the installation of the pen register or trap and trace device under R.S. 15:1312.1.

E. No order entered under this Section may authorize or approve the interception of any wire, electronic, or oral communication for any period longer than is necessary to achieve the objective of the investigation, and in no event longer than thirty days. Extensions of an order may be granted, but only upon application for an extension made in accordance with Subsection A of this Section and the court's making the findings required by Subsection C of this Section. The period of extension shall be no longer than the authorizing judge deems necessary to achieve the purposes for which it was granted and in no event for longer than thirty successive days or until the described type of communication has been obtained. Every order and extension thereof shall contain a provision that the authorization to intercept shall be executed as soon as practicable, shall be conducted in such a way as to minimize the interception of communications not otherwise subject to interception under this Chapter, and must terminate upon completion of the investigation or expiration of the order.

F.(1) The contents of any wire, electronic, or oral communication intercepted by any means authorized by this Chapter shall be recorded on tape or wire or other comparable device. The recording of the contents of any wire, electronic, or oral communication under this Subsection shall be done in such way as will protect the recording from editing or other alterations. Immediately upon the expiration of the period of the order, or extensions thereof, such recordings shall be made available to the judge issuing such order and sealed under his directions. Custody of the recording shall be wherever the judge orders. They shall not be destroyed except upon an order of the issuing or denying judge and in any event shall be kept for ten years. Duplicate recordings may be made for use or disclosure pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 15:1309(A) and (B) for investigations. The presence of the seal provided for by this Subsection, or a satisfactory explanation for the absence thereof, shall be a prerequisite for the use or disclosure of the contents of any wire, electronic, or oral communication or evidence derived therefrom under R.S. 15:1309(C).

(2) Applications made and orders granted under this Chapter shall be sealed by the judge. Custody of the applications and orders shall be wherever the judge directs. Such applications and orders shall be disclosed only upon a showing of good cause before a judge in whose district the interception of wire, electronic, or oral communication took place and shall not be destroyed, except on order of the issuing or denying judge, and in any event shall be kept for ten years.

(3) Any violation of the provisions of this Subsection may be punished as contempt of the issuing or denying judge.

(4) Within a reasonable time, but not later than ninety days after the filing of an application for an order of approval, the issuing judge shall cause to be served, on the persons named in the order of the application, and such other parties to intercepted communications as the judge may determine in his discretion to be in the interest of justice, an inventory which shall include notice of:

(a) The fact of the entry of the order or the application;

(b) The date of the entry and the period of authorized, approved, or disapproved interception, or the denial of the application; and

(c) The fact that during the period wire, electronic, or oral communications were or were not intercepted. The judge, upon the filing of a motion, may in his discretion make available to such person or his counsel for inspection such portions of the intercepted communications, applications, and orders as the judge determines to be in the interest of justice. On an ex parte showing of good cause to a judge in whose district the interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications took place, the serving of the inventory required by this Subsection may be postponed until such time as may be appropriate in the circumstances.

(5) Whenever an order authorizing the interceptions is entered pursuant to this Chapter, the order shall require reports to be made to the judge who issued the order showing what progress has been made toward achievement of the authorized objective and the need for continued interception. Such reports shall be made at such intervals as the judge may require.

G. The contents of any intercepted wire, electronic, or oral communication or evidence derived therefrom shall not be received in evidence or otherwise disclosed in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding in any court unless each party, not less than thirty days before the trial, hearing, or proceeding, has been furnished with a copy of the court order, and accompanying application, under which the interception was authorized or approved. This thirty-day period may be waived by the judge if he finds that it was not possible to furnish the party with the above information thirty days before the trial, hearing, or proceeding and that the party will not be prejudiced by the delay in receiving such information.

H.(1) Any aggrieved person in any trial, hearing, or proceeding in or before any court, department, officer, agency, regulatory body, or other authority of the state, or a political subdivision thereof, may move to suppress the contents of any intercepted wire, electronic, or oral communication, or evidence derived therefrom, on the grounds that:

(a) The communication was unlawfully intercepted;

(b) The order of authorization or approval under which it was intercepted is insufficient on its face; or

(c) The interception was not made in conformity with the order of authorization or approval.

(2) Such motion shall be made before the trial, hearing, or proceeding, unless there was not opportunity to make such motion or the person was not aware of the grounds of the motion. If the motion is granted, the contents of the intercepted wire, electronic, or oral communication, or evidence derived therefrom, shall be treated as having been obtained in violation of this Chapter. The judge, upon the filing of such motion by the aggrieved person, may in his discretion make available to the aggrieved person or his counsel for inspection such portion of the intercepted communication or evidence derived therefrom as the judge determines to be in the interests of justice.

(3) In addition to any other right to appeal, the state shall have the right to appeal from an order granting a motion to suppress made under this Subsection, or the denial of any application for an order of approval, if the attorney general or district attorney shall certify to the judge or other official granting such motion or denying such application that the appeal is not taken for purposes of delay. Such appeal shall be taken within thirty days after the date the order was entered and shall be diligently prosecuted.

Acts 1985, No. 859, §1, eff. July 23, 1985; Acts 2007, No. 132, §1; Acts 2012, No. 727, §2; Acts 2025, No. 33, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1109.23 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1109.23
Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the commission shall be to assist and afford opportunities to preadjudicatory and postadjudicatory children who enter the juvenile justice system to become productive, law-abiding citizens of the community, parish, and state through the establishment of rehabilitative programs within a structured environment, and to provide physical facilities and related services for children throughout the district.

Acts 2024, No. 767, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1084 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1084
Establishment of rates for payment for care in nonstate operated agencies and facilities
Status: in_force

A. For purposes of establishing rates of payment the Department of Children and Family Services or Louisiana Department of Health and the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall develop a formula that bears a reasonable relationship to cost of care for children cared for by nonstate operated institutions and agencies and which incorporates a prospective budgeting methodology. For purposes of establishing such rates each department named herein shall develop criteria for budgeting that reflect established accounting practices and encourage cost containment.

B. On the basis of information provided in accordance with R.S. 15:1083, the Department of Children and Family Services or Louisiana Department of Health and the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall pay monthly to each nonstate operated institution or agency a sum computed by these departments using a formula that bears a reasonable relationship to cost of care for children cared for by the nonstate operated institutions and agencies and which incorporates a prospective budgeting methodology.

C. The Department of Children and Family Services or Louisiana Department of Health and the Department of Public Safety and Corrections may make revisions to these rates provided that all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The Department of Children and Family Services or Louisiana Department of Health or the Department of Public Safety and Corrections submits a report to the legislature documenting the need for such revisions.

(2) The effective date of the revision shall be no earlier than the first day of the succeeding state fiscal year.

(3) The revised rate shall remain in effect for at least the entire state fiscal year for which the rate was revised; however, the rate paid to a facility may be reduced within such fiscal year when it fails to document approved adjustments properly or fails to follow the guidelines and regulations set forth by the departments.

(4) The legislature appropriates funds for implementation of the revised rates. D. The Louisiana Department of Health, Department of Children and Family Services, and the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall promulgate under the Administrative Procedure Act and publish in the Louisiana Register the criteria utilized in establishing the cost related formula that bears a reasonable relationship to cost of care for children cared for by nonstate operated institutions and agencies. Each department may set its own rates and make payment based on that rate.

Acts 1978, No. 786, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Acts 1981, No. 487, §2, eff. July 1, 1982; H.C.R. No. 222, 1981 R.S.; Acts 1984, No. 362, §1; Acts 1986, No. 331, §1; Acts 1988, No. 609, §1; H.C.R. No. 59, 1999 R.S.; Acts 2013, No. 220, §5, eff. June 11, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:571.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 571.4
Forfeiture of diminution of sentence
Status: in_force

A. Determination shall be made by the secretary as to whether good time or credits toward the reduction of the projected good time parole supervision date has been earned by inmates in the department's custody. Good time, or credits toward the reduction of the projected good time parole supervision date, which has been earned by inmates in the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, hereinafter referred to as the "department", shall not be forfeited except as provided in Subsection D of this Section.

B.(1) An inmate who is sentenced to the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and who commits a simple or aggravated escape, as defined in R.S. 14:110, from any correctional facility, work-release facility or from the lawful custody of any law enforcement officer or officer of the department, or, in the case of an inmate serving a sentence and participating in a work-release program authorized by law, fails to report to or return from his planned employment or other activity under the program, may forfeit all good time and credits toward the reduction of the projected good time parole supervision date earned on that portion of his sentence served prior to his escape.

(2) An inmate who has been returned to the custody of the department because of a violation of the terms of parole granted by the committee on parole shall forfeit all good time earned or credits toward the reduction of the projected good time parole supervision date on that portion of the sentence served prior to the granting of parole.

(3) An inmate who is sentenced to the custody of the department and who commits a battery on an employee of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or any police officer as defined in R.S. 14:34.2 may forfeit good time earned or credits toward the reduction of the projected good time parole supervision date on that portion of the sentence served prior to committing the battery of such person, up to a maximum of one hundred eighty days.

(4) In all other cases, forfeiture of good time or credits toward the reduction of the projected good time parole supervision date may include up to a maximum of one hundred eighty days.

C. The secretary may promulgate rules and regulations regarding the restoration of previously forfeited good time for disciplinary violations or credits toward the reduction of the projected good time parole supervision date. In order to be eligible for restoration of good time or credits toward the reduction of the projected good time parole supervision date which has been previously forfeited, the inmate shall not have been found guilty of any major rule violation for a consecutive twenty-four month period and shall not have been found guilty of a minor rule violation for a consecutive six-month period. Restoration of previously forfeited good time or credits toward the reduction of the projected good time parole supervision date shall not exceed five hundred forty days.

D. The department shall adopt rules to govern the imposition of the forfeiture of good time or credits toward the reduction of the projected good time parole supervision date for the causes enumerated in Subsection B of this Section and the restoration of good time or credits toward the reduction of the projected good time parole supervision date under the conditions enumerated in Subsection C of this Section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The rules shall provide that an inmate has the right to a hearing on any charges which are punishable by the forfeiture of good time or credits toward the reduction of the projected good time parole supervision date and that the inmate may waive that right. The rules shall be consistent with and shall implement the provisions of the constitutional, statutory, and jurisprudential requirements which govern the forfeiture of good time or credits toward the reduction of the projected good time parole supervision date.

Amended by Acts 1991, No. 138, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 689, §1; Acts 1992, No. 1011, §1; Acts 1993, No. 78, §1; Acts 1993, No. 854, §1; Acts 1995, No. 980, §1; Acts 1997, No. 820, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 68, §1; Acts 2004, No. 43, §1; Acts 2009, No. 17, §1; Acts 2011, No. 186, §3; Acts 2012, No. 714, §8; Acts 2014, No. 87, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:841 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 841
Establishment; purpose
Status: in_force

The Northeast Louisiana Correctional Center is hereby created as a political corporation, with power to sue and be sued. It shall be administered by a board of governors.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 690, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 678, §2; Acts 1985, No. 447, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:574.72 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 574.72
Alien removal process; deportation eligibility hearing
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an offender shall be eligible for parole consideration and release for the purposes of deportation or removal pursuant to this Section if the following conditions have been met:

(1) The offender is an alien who has a final order of removal or a detainer issued by the Department of Homeland Security.

(2) The offender is not serving a sentence for either of the following:

(a) A sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541.

(b) A crime of violence, as defined in R.S. 14:2(B), punishable by imprisonment for ten years or more, life imprisonment, or death.

(3) The offender has been approved for a deportation eligibility hearing by both the governor and the district attorney of the parish where the conviction was obtained.

B. For any offender who meets the criteria of Subsection A of this Section, the committee shall:

(1) Conduct an expedited pre-hearing investigation.

(2) Notify the district attorney and sheriff of the parish where the conviction was obtained and any registered victim at least thirty days prior to any deportation eligibility hearing.

(3) Conduct an expedited deportation eligibility hearing.

(4) Render its decision ordering or denying the release and transfer of the offender for the purpose of deportation or removal within seven days of the hearing.

C. Any decision by the committee to grant an offender release on parole for the purpose of deportation or removal shall include and recite the following conditions of release:

(1) The offender shall only be released from physical state custody directly to the custody of the Department of Homeland Security and shall be held in its custody until the offender is physically removed from the United States.

(2) The remainder of the offender's sentence shall be suspended upon the date the offender is transferred out of state custody.

(3) If the offender is deemed to be ineligible for deportation or removal for any reason, the offender shall be transferred back to state custody to serve the remainder of his current sentence.

(4) If deported or removed from the United States, the offender shall remain outside of the United States and the state of Louisiana and shall not attempt to reenter the country unless such reentry is in compliance with Title 8 of the United States Code.

(5) If the offender is discovered or detained within the United States after deportation or removal, the parole of the offender shall be automatically revoked by the committee on parole and the offender shall be remanded to state custody to serve out the balance of the suspended sentence.

D.(1) If the committee grants a release on parole for the purposes of deportation or removal pursuant to this Section, the committee shall issue all orders and paperwork necessary to transfer or deliver the offender to the custody of the Department of Homeland Security.

(2) Upon release of the offender to the Department of Homeland Security, the committee shall issue a warrant for the return of the offender to the custody of the department to be executed if the offender is released from the custody of the Department of Homeland Security for any reason other than deportation or removal.

E. The committee shall have sole discretion as provided by R.S. 15:574.11 regarding its decision to release the offender pursuant to this Section, and no person shall have a right of appeal from any such decision.

Acts 2025, No. 158, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:272 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 272
Order for substitution of certified copy of missing document
Status: in_force

The judge shall, upon proof of the loss, destruction or abstraction from the court of any indictment, information or bail bond, order that a certified copy from the judicial record of such lost, destroyed or abstracted document shall be substituted for the original and that the trial and all further proceedings in the cause be had as on the original.

Acts 1966, No. 311, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1967.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:737 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 737
Title
Status: in_force

This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Prison Reform Act of 1995".

Acts 1995, No. 810, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:254.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 254.6
Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; mayor's court, town of Welsh
Status: in_force

A. Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, city or state police officer, or other law enforcement officer subpoenaed to testify in a case before the mayor's court of Welsh on a date or at a time when such an officer is off duty shall be paid the sum of twenty-five dollars per case per day by the clerk of the town of Welsh. The clerk of the town of Welsh shall transmit the fees due under this Section to the law enforcement officer's employer within thirty days after the officer qualifies for the fee. The employer shall be responsible for calculating and withholding all requisite deductions for taxes and for transferring or remitting all sums of employee withholdings to the appropriate taxing authorities, on behalf of the law enforcement officer and, within thirty days after receipt of the funds, for making payment of the appropriate net amount to the law enforcement officer. Compensation allowed law enforcement officers as witnesses in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall not be deemed to be in lieu of, or to constitute any portion of, the salary or compensation paid to such law enforcement officers for the performance of the duties of their jobs, nor shall the payment of such witness fees be taken into consideration in determining the salary, any salary increase, or any supplemental pay by the state to which any law enforcement officer is or becomes entitled.

B.(1) The maximum allowable fee to be received by an officer on any given day when he is summoned in an off-duty status shall be seventy-five dollars per day, no matter how many summonses he receives per specific day. This fee shall be in addition to any other compensation the law enforcement officer is eligible to receive from his or her employer.

(2)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:441(A), witness fees provided by this Subsection shall be paid from costs of court which shall be assessed and collected in individual cases in which there is a plea of guilty or a conviction, in accordance with a schedule of costs adopted by the mayor's court. The costs so collected shall be placed in a special fund maintained and administered by the clerk of the town of Welsh, and from which the governing authority shall pay the witness fees provided for herein.

(b) All unexpended and unencumbered funds remaining in the witness fee account at the end of each calendar year may be transferred by the clerk to the town's general fund for the purpose of paying for infrastructure improvements and equipment.

(3) The mayor's court of the town of Welsh may adjust the schedule of costs from time to time as the need for funds may require.

C. As a condition precedent to receipt of the compensation provided in this Section, the law enforcement officer and his superior shall be required to certify to the clerk of the town of Welsh that the officer was summoned to testify on a day while he was off duty and did in fact appear in court as commanded in the subpoena.

Acts 1995, No. 775, §1; Acts 2003, No. 464, §1, eff. June 20, 2003; Acts 2005, No. 96, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:549 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 549
Notification of release or escape of inmate
Status: in_force

A. At the earliest possible date, and in no event later than ten days before release, except in the event of escape or emergency furloughs, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall send written notice of parole, community placement, work release placement, furlough, or escape, about a specific inmate convicted of a sex offense or a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor, to all of the following:

(1) The chief of police of the municipality in which the inmate will reside or in which placement will be made in a work release program.

(2) The sheriff of the parish in which the inmate will reside or in which placement will be made in a work release program.

B. The same notice as required in Subsection A of this Section shall be sent to the following if such notice has been requested in writing about a specific inmate convicted of a sex offense or a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor:

(1) The victim of the crime for which the inmate was convicted.

(2) Any witnesses who testified against the inmate in any court proceedings involving the offense.

(3) Any person specified in writing by the prosecuting district attorney.

C. Information regarding any victim, a relative of the victim, or witness requesting the notice, information regarding any other person specified in writing by the prosecuting district attorney to receive the notice, and the notice are confidential and shall not be available to the inmate.

D. If an inmate convicted of a sex offense or a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor escapes from a correctional facility, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall immediately notify, by the most reasonable and expedient means available, the chief of police of the municipality and the sheriff of the parish in which the inmate resided immediately before the inmate's arrest and conviction. If previously requested, the department shall also notify the witnesses and the victim of the crime for which the inmate was convicted. If the inmate is recaptured, the department shall send notice to the persons designated in this Subsection as soon as possible but in no event later than two working days after the department learns of such recapture.

E. If the victim or any witness is under the age of sixteen, the notice required by this Section shall be sent to the parents, tutor, or legal guardian of the child.

F. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall send the notices required by this Chapter to the last address provided to the department by the requesting party. The requesting party shall furnish the department with a current address.

G. Nothing in this Section shall impose any liability upon a chief of police of a municipality or sheriff of a parish for failing to request in writing a notice as provided in this Section.

H. The state shall make the electronic mail address or addresses and instant message names or names collected for the sex offender registry available to any commercial or non-profit entity who makes a request and which promotes child safety, including any of the following:

(1) Child safety organizations who attempt to deter the sexual exploitation of children.

(2) Educational institutions.

(3) Interactive computer services.

I. No provider of interactive computer services shall be liable under this Chapter or any other provision of law for any of the following:

(1) Identifying, removing, disabling, blocking or otherwise affecting a user on a good faith belief that such user's electronic mail address, instant message name, username, or other similar Internet identifier appeared in the National Sex Offender Registry or any analogous state registry.

(2) For failing to identify, block or otherwise prevent a person from registering for its service, or for failing to remove, disable or otherwise affect a registered user, whose electronic mail address, instant message name or names, or other similar Internet identifier appears in the National Sex Offender Registry or any analogous state registry.

Acts 1992, No. 388, §1, eff. June 18, 1992; Acts 2007, No. 460, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 672, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1401 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1401
Citation
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Louisiana Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act".

Acts 1990, No. 230, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1107.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1107.6
Court costs; Twentieth Judicial District; funding for drug and alcohol awareness programs
Status: in_force

In the parishes within the jurisdiction of the district, in addition to any fines or costs imposed by law, in all felony and misdemeanor prosecutions, including traffic offenses, under state law or parish or local ordinance, in any district or mayor's court, as may be applicable, special court costs in the amount of five dollars shall be assessed against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or who forfeits bond. The monies from such costs shall be collected by the sheriff or magistrate of the mayor's court and submitted to the district attorney's office for the Twentieth Judicial District, who shall distribute the funds to each drug and alcohol awareness program in the parishes of East Feliciana and West Feliciana, whereby each program shall receive two dollars from each special court cost collected. The district attorney shall retain one dollar of the special court cost to defray the costs of administrative fees and any other expenses associated with the collection and distribution of the funds.

Acts 2007, No. 321, §1; Acts 2015, No. 14, §1.

NOTE: Section 2 of Act 321, 2007 R.S., states that no increase in special court costs provided for in Act 321 shall become effective without approval of the Judicial Council, unless the council fails to approve or reject such increase within 30 days after the effective date of the Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:571.36 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 571.36
Electronic monitoring equipment
Status: in_force

A. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, corrections services, the office of state police, and the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice shall develop written policies and procedures in the manner provided in the Administrative Procedure Act for the promulgation of rules governing mandatory requirements for electronic monitoring service providers and manufacturers, including the availability, storage, use of, and operational capacity for electronic monitoring equipment utilized for pretrial, post-conviction, or monitoring, which shall include all of the following requirements:

(1) Secure storage, making equipment inaccessible to a monitored individual.

(2) Visual inspection of equipment worn by the monitored individual to determine its condition not less than once per month.

(3) A master listing and inventory.

(4) Availability of at least one complete backup unit for every twenty-five units in use.

(5) Responses to system malfunctions.

(6) Restricted password access to authorized staff of base station hardware.

(7) Maintenance and cleaning of equipment.

(8) Location accuracy of a monitored individual for all of the following:

(a) The indoor location of a monitored individual.

(b) The outdoor location of a monitored individual.

(c) On-demand location, which is the most recent location of a monitored individual, and the ability to provide this location accuracy within three minutes of a request.

(9) Development of zoning capabilities for both of the following:

(a) Inclusion zones, which are geographic areas where a monitored individual is scheduled to be.

(b) Exclusion zones, which are geographic areas where a monitored individual is not permitted to visit.

(10) Alert notifications to a provider of electronic monitoring services for all of the following:

(a) The tampering of the electronic monitoring equipment and the ability to provide an alert of this violation within three minutes of the violation.

(b) The presence of the electronic monitoring equipment in an exclusion zone and the ability to provide an alert of this violation within four minutes of the violation.

(c) Low battery alert prior to the complete discharge of the battery within the electronic monitoring equipment.

(11) Simultaneous access to an authorizing judge or law enforcement agency for all monitoring records of an electronic monitoring provider.

(12) The certification standards and registration requirements for electronic monitoring providers and manufacturers who render electronic monitoring services in this state.

B. When the court has placed an individual under electronic monitoring, the name and contact information of the person or entity providing electronic monitoring services shall be entered in the docket for the case in which the electronic monitoring is ordered.

C.(1) When an individual has been placed under electronic monitoring, the provider of the electronic monitoring services shall, by noon of the following day, provide law enforcement agencies within the appropriate jurisdiction and the prosecuting authority all of the following information:

(a) The name and any aliases used by the monitored individual.

(b) The physical address or addresses of residence of the monitored individual.

(c) The name and physical address of place of employment. If the monitored individual does not have a fixed place of employment, he shall provide information with as much specificity as possible regarding the places where he works, including but not limited to travel routes used by the monitored offender.

(d) The pending criminal charges against the monitored individual.

(e) The reason why the monitored individual has been placed under electronic monitoring.

(2) Electronic monitoring service providers shall submit an accurate report to each court exercising jurisdiction over the persons being monitored and the prosecuting authority, by the tenth day of each month for the previous month's monitoring activity to include all of the following information:

(a) The name and any aliases used by the monitored individual.

(b) The date of birth of the monitored individual.

(c) The offense that the monitored individual has been charged with, or convicted of.

(3) By January fifteenth of each year, electronic monitoring service providers shall submit an accurate annual report to each court exercising jurisdiction over any monitored person during the previous calendar year that includes all of the following information:

(a) The services offered.

(b) The areas served.

(c) The number of defendants served.

(d) The number of defendants terminated.

(e) The reasons for termination.

(f) The credentials or qualifications of the provider.

(4) When a violation of the defendant's monitoring conditions has occurred, the provider of electronic monitoring services shall report the violation to the bail agent on record, the law enforcement agencies within the appropriate jurisdiction, the prosecuting authority, and the court exercising jurisdiction over the defendant immediately but in no event not longer than thirty minutes from the provider's verification of a notice of violation that any of the following involving the electronic monitoring equipment has occurred:

(a) Presence in an exclusion zone, which are geographic areas where the defendant is not permitted to visit.

(b) Tampering or destruction.

(c) Loss of battery power.

(d) Loss of communications.

(5) After an individual has been placed under electronic monitoring, the court exercising jurisdiction over the monitored individual shall report the information provided in this Subsection to all law enforcement agencies within its jurisdiction.

D. Any provider of an electronic monitoring service who intentionally withholds or intentionally fails to timely report information as required by this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars per each day of a violation, not to exceed ten thousand dollars per instance or individual monitored, or imprisoned for not more than six months, and shall be prohibited from registering to provide electronic monitoring services in this state for a period of five years.

E. The Integrated Criminal Justice Information System Policy Board, in consultation with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, corrections services, the office of state police, the office of the attorney general, the office of information and technology systems, and the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, shall evaluate the feasibility of all of the following:

(1) Development of a statewide system for the use of global position system monitoring and other electronic methods of monitoring as an alternative to incarceration for persons who have been arrested, who are awaiting trial, or who have been convicted.

(2) Development of guidelines and criteria for contracts between a local government and a person or entity that provides electronic monitoring services.

(3) Development and maintenance of a centralized registry that can assist the state in the collection of the following data:

(a) The number of persons who are electronically monitored by jurisdiction.

(b) The number of violations that occur within each jurisdiction.

Acts 2010, No. 416, §1; Acts 2023, No. 374, §2; Acts 2024, No. 746, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2025; Acts 2025, No. 416, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:858 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 858
Catholic priest for penitentiary; method of appointment; access to inmates
Status: in_force

The warden shall provide for the services on a contractual basis of a full-time Catholic priest who shall be appointed by and subject to the archbishop of New Orleans who shall serve as the Catholic chaplain. The inmates shall at all times have access to the Catholic chaplain. He shall be paid a monthly fee by the warden to be paid out of the funds regularly appropriated for the state penitentiary, which monthly fee shall be the same amount as the monthly fee paid the full-time minister serving as Protestant chaplain.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 207, §1; Acts 1958, No. 481, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:594 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 594
Access to records
Status: in_force

Each criminal justice agency subject to reporting requirements of the bureau shall, upon request by any authorized agent of the bureau, provide reasonable access to any record of such agency for the purpose of audit or to substantiate the accuracy of any record or statistics which the bureau is empowered to collect.

Acts 1981, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1981.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:181 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 181
Limited effect
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Part are intended to facilitate the providing of legal services and related expenses only to the extent required by the Constitution of Louisiana or the Constitution of the United States of America and specific statutory provisions affording the right of counsel to indigent defendants in criminal cases. No provision of this Part or rule adopted pursuant thereto creates or shall be construed to confer substantive or procedural rights in favor of any person accused of an offense.

Acts 1997, No. 1361, §1, eff. Dec. 31, 1997; Acts 2007, No. 307, §16; Acts 2008, No. 220, §6, eff. June 14, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:745.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 745.1
Declaration of public policy
Status: in_force

A. The goals of incarceration in the criminal justice system are as follows:

(1) To protect the citizens of the state of Louisiana.

(2) To punish conduct which is defined as criminal by the legislature.

(3) To deter future conduct which is defined as criminal by the legislature.

(4) To rehabilitate offenders so that they may be reintroduced into society as law-abiding citizens.

B. The legislature recognizes that when ex-offenders return to their communities and families, they face numerous challenges to their successful reentry into the community. Among these challenges, the most difficult to overcome are the barriers to employment.

C. It is the intention of the legislature that this Part will provide opportunities to break the cycle of criminal recidivism, increase public safety, and assist the growing population of criminal offenders reentering the community to establish a self-sustaining life through opportunities in employment.

D. The legislature hereby declares that it shall be the public policy of this state to promote initiatives that will provide ex-offenders with the support and services necessary to allow them to find employment and make healthy connections with their families and communities. Such initiatives can help ex-offenders to become productively engaged with their communities, to work and support their families, and thus make both their communities safer and their families economically secure.

E. The legislature further recognizes the excellence that the standardized reentry programs developed by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections have had on the successful reentry of many ex-offenders into their communities. As a result of these successes, the legislature believes that it is equally important to replicate such programs in local and regional correctional facilities where statistically larger numbers of offenders are released each year.

F. The sheriff of Pointe Coupee Parish has already initiated a reentry project at the Pointe Coupee Detention Center through a public-private venture. The legislature believes that establishing a pilot program at this local facility would be an efficient use of available resources.

G. In balancing the legitimate needs of law enforcement agencies and the desire to facilitate reentry opportunities to individuals who have paid their debts to society, the Legislature of Louisiana enacts the provisions of this Part and authorizes the sheriff for the parish of Pointe Coupee to implement a pilot program which shall be called the "Offender Reentry Support Pilot Program".

Acts 2014, No. 342, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1191 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1191
Claims arising under federal law
Status: in_force

Except as specifically prohibited by federal law, the provisions of this Part shall also apply to all prisoner suits in state courts asserting claims arising under 42 U.S.C. 1983 or other federal laws.

Acts 2001, No. 801, §1, eff. June 26, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1405.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1405.3
Notification of the release of a member of a criminal street gang
Status: in_force

When a person is released from the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, and that person was in the custody of the department for conviction of a violation of the provisions of this Chapter, or the department knows that the person is or was a member of a criminal street gang, the department shall transmit notice of the release of that person to the sheriff of the parish in which the crime was committed and the sheriff of the parish in which that person will reside upon release. If the crime was committed in a municipality, or if that person will reside in a municipality upon release, that department shall transmit the same notice to the chiefs of police of those municipalities.

Acts 1999, No. 903, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:32 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 32
Disposition of money used as evidence in criminal cases
Status: in_force

Whenever any money used as evidence of a crime in criminal cases and thereafter deposited with the clerk of the district court is not disposed of by the district attorney or the district judge within five years after final disposition of the case, the clerk of the district court shall remit all of such funds to the governing authority of the parish to be placed to the credit of the general fund of the parish.

Acts 1966, No. 311, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1967.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1502 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1502
Legislative findings and declaration
Status: in_force

A. The purpose of this Section is to protect adults who cannot physically or mentally protect themselves and who are harmed or threatened with harm through action or inaction by themselves or by the individuals responsible for their care or by other parties, by requiring mandatory reporting of suspected cases of abuse or neglect by any person having reasonable cause to believe that such a case exists. It is intended that, as a result of such reports, protective services shall be provided by the adult protection agency. Such services shall be available as needed without regard to income.

B. It is the further intent of the legislature to authorize only the least possible restriction on the exercise of personal and civil rights consistent with the person's need for services and to require that due process be followed in imposing such restrictions.

Acts 2008, No. 181, §2, eff. June 13, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1228.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1228.8
Cooperation; other agencies
Status: in_force

All departments, commissions, boards, agencies, and officers of the state, or any political subdivision thereof, are authorized and directed to cooperate with the policy board in implementing these provisions.

Acts 1999, No. 864, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:543.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 543.1
Written notification by the courts; form to be used
Status: in_force

STATE V. ______________ ______ JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

DOCKET # __________ PARISH OF ___________________

DIVISION ______ STATE OF LOUISIANA

Notification to Sex Offender

In accordance with R.S. 15:543, this court has the duty to provide _______________________ (name of offender) with the information necessary for awareness of sex offender and child predator registration and notification requirements. _______________________ has pled guilty to, been found guilty of, or been adjudicated delinquent of a violation of Title 14, Section ____ Subsection ____ of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. This crime of conviction or adjudication is:

( ) Under R.S. 15:541, defined as an aggravated offense or, with regard to offenders adjudicated as juveniles, an offense listed in R.S. 15:542(A)(3) which, pursuant to R.S. 15:544(B)(2)(a) or (b), requires lifetime registration and notification under Chapter 3-B of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

( ) A second conviction for an offense requiring registration and notification under the provisions of Chapter 3-B of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 which, pursuant to R.S. 15:544(B)(2)(c), requires lifetime registration and notification under Chapter 3-B of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

( ) Under R.S. 15:541, defined as a sexual offense against a victim who is a minor which, pursuant to R.S. 15:544(B)(1), requires 25 years of registration and notification under Chapter 3-B of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

( ) Is defined neither as an aggravated offense nor a sexual offense against a victim who is a minor under R.S. 15:541 which, pursuant to R.S. 15:544(A), requires 15 years of registration and notification under Chapter 3-B of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

The above registration and notification periods shall begin to toll from the date you are released from prison, from the date of being placed on parole, supervised release or probation, or from the date of your conviction, if you are not sentenced to a term of imprisonment or jail. Additionally, you have been convicted of:

( ) An aggravated offense as defined in R.S. 15:541, you must update your registration, in person, every ninety days from the date of initial registration, with the appropriate law enforcement agencies as provided in R.S. 15:542.

( ) A sexual offense involving a victim who is a minor as defined in R.S. 15:541, you must update your registration, in person, every six months from the date of initial registration, with the appropriate law enforcement agencies as provided in R.S. 15:542.

( ) An offense not defined in R.S. 15:541 as an aggravated offense or a sexual offense involving a victim who is a minor, you must update your registration, in person, annually from the date of initial registration, with the appropriate law enforcement agencies as provided in R.S. 15:542.

Based on the foregoing, you are hereby notified of the following:

(1) That you, within three (3) business days of establishing residence in Louisiana or if a current resident, within three (3) business days after conviction or adjudication if not immediately incarcerated or taken into custody, or within three (3) business days after release from confinement, shall obtain and provide the following information to each sheriff or police department in accordance with R.S. 15:542(B) (except in Orleans Parish where registration shall take place with the New Orleans Police Department):

(a) Name and any aliases used by you.

(b) Physical address or addresses of residence.

(c) Name and physical address of place of employment. If you do not have a fixed place of employment, you shall provide information with as much specificity as possible regarding the places where you work, including but not limited to travel routes used by you.

(d) Name and physical address of the school in which you are a student.

(e) Two forms of proof of residence for each residential address provided, including but not limited to a driver's license, bill for utility service, and bill for telephone service. If those forms of proof of residence are not available, you may provide an affidavit of an adult resident living at the same address. The affidavit shall certify that the affiant understands his obligation to provide written notice pursuant to R.S. 15:542.1.4 to the appropriate law enforcement agency with whom you last registered when you no longer reside at the residence provided in the affidavit.

(f) The crime for which you were convicted and the date and place of such conviction, and if known by you, the court in which the conviction was obtained, the docket number of the case, the specific statute under which you were convicted, and the sentence imposed.

(g) A current photograph, fingerprints, palm prints, and a DNA sample.

(h) Telephone numbers, including fixed location phone and mobile phone numbers assigned to you or associated with your residence address.

(i) A description of every motorized vehicle registered to or operated by you, including license plate number and vehicle identification number, and a copy of your driver's license and identification card. This information should always be provided before the vehicle is operated and, if the vehicle is registered to you, no more than three days after the vehicle is registered, even if it has not yet been operated.

(j) Social security number and date of birth.

(k) A description of your physical characteristics, including but not limited to sex, race, hair color, eye color, height, age, weight, scars, tattoos, or other identifying marks on your body.

(l) Every e-mail address, online screen name, or other online identity used by you to communicate on the Internet.

(m)(i) Temporary lodging information regarding any place where you plan to stay for seven or more days and the length of the stay. This information shall be provided at least three days prior to the date of departure unless an emergency situation has prevented the timely disclosure of the information.

(ii) Temporary lodging information regarding international travel shall be provided regardless of the number of days or nights you plan to stay. This information shall be provided at least twenty-one days prior to the date of departure unless an emergency situation has prevented the timely disclosure of the information. Upon receipt of this information by the bureau from the law enforcement agency, this information shall then be sent by the bureau to the United States Marshals Service's National Sex Offender Targeting Center for transmission to the proper authorities.

(n) Travel and immigration documents, including but not limited to passports and documents establishing immigration status.

(o) A state sex offender identification card from the office of motor vehicles.

(2) You shall register with the sheriff and police chief in each parish and municipality where you maintain your residence(s) and with the sheriff of the parish in which you are employed and attend school in accordance with R.S. 15:542. For initial registration only, you, if you are not immediately taken into physical custody, shall register on the date of conviction or adjudication with the sheriff in the parish of your conviction or adjudication in accordance with R.S. 15:542. If you live, work, or attend school in Orleans Parish, however, you shall register with the New Orleans Police Department and not with the sheriff of that parish.

(3) If you are incarcerated as a result of the crime, you shall provide all information listed in Paragraph (1) of this Section to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, or if a juvenile, to the office of juvenile justice, within ten (10) days prior to release from confinement. You shall still appear in person at the sheriff's office within three (3) business days of release from confinement. You shall register with the sheriff of the parish in which the residence address you initially supplied to the department is located, unless the residence has changed and you have registered with the sheriff of the parish in which the new residence address is located.

(4) During the declaration of an emergency, if you enter an emergency shelter you shall, within the first twenty-four (24) hours of admittance, notify the management of the facility, the chief of police of the municipality, and the sheriff of the parish in which the shelter is located of your sex offender status in accordance with R.S. 15:543.2.

(5) You have a duty to provide notice of change of address or other registration information to the sheriff of the parish of residence within three business days. If the new or additional residence is located in a different parish, then you must register with the sheriff of the parish in which the new or additional residence is located. You shall also send written notice within three business days of re-registering in the new parish to the sheriff of the parish of former registration in accordance with R.S. 15:542.1.2. If the new address is situated within a municipality, you must also register with the police department of that municipality within three business days of establishing the residence.

(6) You shall give notice of the crime for which you were convicted, your name, address, a physical description, and a photograph to the following in accordance with R.S. 15:542.1:

(a) At least one person in every residence or business within a one-mile radius in a rural area and a three-tenths of a mile radius in an urban or suburban area of the address of the residence where you will reside upon release, including all adult residents of your residence.

(b) The superintendent of the school district where you will reside.

(c) The lessor, landlord, or owner of the residence or the property on which you reside.

(d) The superintendent of the park, playground, and recreation districts within the designated area where you will reside only if the victim was under eighteen (18) years of age at the time of the commission of the offense.

*Any person convicted of a violation of R.S. 14:89 shall not have to include a photograph in the notice described in Paragraph (6).

*Juveniles adjudicated for a crime requiring registration DO NOT have to provide this community notice.

(7) In accordance with R.S. 15:542.1, community notification shall be given by mail within twenty-one days of the date of conviction, if you are not taken into custody at the time of conviction, and within twenty-one days of the date of release from confinement if sentenced to a term of imprisonment. This notification shall also occur within twenty-one days of each time you change residence within twenty-one days of establishing residency in the new locale. This notification shall also occur at least every five years, whether or not you change residences. This notification shall occur in each jurisdiction in which you regularly reside.

*Juveniles adjudicated for a crime requiring registration DO NOT have to provide this community notice.

(8) In accordance with R.S. 15:542.1, community notice shall be published on two (2) separate days within this period in the official journal of the governing authority of the parish where you plan to reside, unless ordered to be published in a different journal or newspaper by the sheriff or local ordinance.

*Those convicted of R.S. 14:92(A)(7) are not required to publish notice in the newspaper or official journal as provided in Paragraph (8).

*Juveniles who are adjudicated for a crime requiring registration DO NOT have to provide this community notice.

(9) In accordance with R.S. 15:542.1(B), an offender who provides recreational instruction to persons under the age of seventeen (17) shall post a notice in the building or facility where such instruction is being given. This notice shall contain your name and photograph, the date and jurisdiction of conviction, and the crime for which you were convicted.

(10) In accordance with R.S. 15:542(C)(2), you must, within ten (10) days prior to release from a correctional facility, provide a photograph and all other required registration information to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, or if a juvenile, to the office of juvenile justice for purposes of the State Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry. Providing false information during this process constitutes failure to register exposing you to prosecution and the penalties detailed at the end of this document. The address provided to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections through this process shall be presumed to be your residence address. In accordance with R.S. 15:542(C)(2), you must register with the sheriff of the parish in which this address is located within three business days of your release from confinement, whether or not you actually establish a residence there, unless you establish a residence elsewhere AND register with that jurisdiction within three business days of your release from confinement. Failure to do so is a violation of the registration statutes and will subject you to prosecution under R.S. 15:542.1.4.

(11) In accordance with R.S. 15:542.1.2, if you change your place of residence or establish a new or additional residence, you shall appear in person at the office of the sheriff of your parish of residence where you are currently registered within three (3) business days of the change to register the new address. If the new address is located in a different parish, then you shall also appear in person at the office of the sheriff of your new parish of residence within the same time period. If your parish of residence is in Orleans Parish, then the registration shall take place at the New Orleans Police Department and not with the Orleans Parish Sheriff.

(12) In accordance with R.S. 15:542.1.2, if you are absent from your current address of registration for more than thirty (30) consecutive days or an aggregate of thirty (30) days or more in a calendar year, and are physically present at another address during that same period of time, you shall register in person the new address as one of your addresses of residence. If the new address is in a parish different from your current address, you shall also register in person with the sheriff of the new parish within three (3) business days of the tolling of the time periods listed. This requirement notwithstanding, you shall still notify the sheriff of one of your parishes of residence in person if you are to take up temporary lodging for seven (7) or more days. It is only after the thirty-day limit is exceeded that the new registration shall occur.

(13) You shall also appear in person at the office of the sheriff of any of your parishes of residence when there is a change in your name, place of employment, or enrollment. This appearance shall occur within three (3) business days of the change. If your address of residence is in Orleans Parish, this registration update shall take place at the New Orleans Police Department and not with the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office.

(14) You shall be prohibited from certain types of employment in accordance with R.S. 15:553 for the duration of the registration period. A copy of this statute is provided to you with this notification.

(15) In accordance with R.S. 15:542(C), you shall update your registration annually on the anniversary of the initial registration by appearing in person at the office of each law enforcement agency with which you are required to register and shall pay an annual registration fee of sixty dollars ($60.00).

(16) Failure to comply with any of these registration and notification requirements is a felony for which you shall be punished by a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and imprisonment at hard labor for not less than two years nor more than ten years without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. Upon a second or subsequent conviction, you shall be punished by a fine of up to three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) and imprisonment at hard labor for not less than five years, nor more than twenty years without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

(17) For those offenders who have been convicted of a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 involving a victim who was under the age of thirteen (13) at the time of the offense, R.S. 14:91.2 is applicable which prohibits such offenders from residing or being present in certain locations. A copy of this statute is provided to you with this notification.

(18) For those offenders who have been convicted of R.S. 14:81 (indecent behavior with juveniles), R.S. 14:81.1 (pornography involving juveniles) which occurred prior to August 1, 2025, R.S. 14:81.1 (child sexual abuse materials) which occurred on or after August 1, 2025, R.S. 14:81.3 (computer-aided solicitation of a minor), or R.S. 14:283 (video voyeurism) or have been convicted of a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 in which the victim of the sex offense was a minor, R.S. 14:91.5, which prohibits such offenders from using certain social networking websites, is applicable. A copy of this statute is provided to you with this notification.

THUS DONE AND SIGNED this ____ day of _____________, 20___ in open court, in_____________, Louisiana.

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Judge, ____ Judicial District Court

I hereby certify that the above requirements have been explained to me, that I have received a copy of the above notice of sex offender registration and notification requirements, and a copy of the statutes providing for such requirements. I also understand that I will be subject to any changes made by the legislature to the registration laws from this day forward.

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(Name of Sex Offender)

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Defense Counsel Signature

Acts 2006, No. 175, §1; Acts 2007, No. 460, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 816, §1; Acts 2009, No. 205, §2; Acts 2010, No. 973, §1, eff. July 6, 2010; Acts 2012, No. 50, §1; Acts 2012, No. 205, §2; Acts 2013, No. 408, §1; Acts 2016, No. 562, §1; Acts 2025, No. 261, §2.