La. Rev. Stat. § 14:62.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 62.4
Unauthorized entry of a place of business
Status: in_force

A. Unauthorized entry of a place of business is the intentional entry by a person without authority into any structure or onto any premises, belonging to another, that is completely enclosed by any type of physical barrier that is at least six feet in height, or by a combination of any type of physical barrier that is at least six feet in height and a lake, river, bayou, or other body of water, and that is used in whole or in part as a place of business. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the ability of a person to dock a boat, vessel, or other watercraft on the bank of a navigable waterway for a reasonable period of time under any of the following circumstances:

(1) The watercraft is experiencing a mechanical or operating problem.

(2) Any person aboard the watercraft is experiencing a medical emergency.

(3) Any other condition exists that prevents the watercraft from proceeding on the waterway.

B. Whoever commits the crime of unauthorized entry of a place of business shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than six years, or both.

Acts 1986, No. 635, §1; Acts 1999, No. 803, §1; Acts 2013, No. 51, §1, eff. May 29, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:333 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 333
Misrepresentation of age to obtain alcoholic beverages or gain entry to licensed premises prohibited; penalties
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for any person under the age of twenty-one years to present or offer to any person having a license or permit to sell alcoholic beverages, under Title 26 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, or to his agent or employee any written, printed, or photostatic evidence of age and identity which is false, fraudulent, or not actually his own for the purpose of obtaining or purchasing alcoholic beverages or attempting to enter the licensed premises.

B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be punishable by one or more of the following:

(1) A fine of not more than two hundred dollars.

(2) An appropriate amount of community service not to exceed thirty hours.

(3) Suspension of the violator's driver's license for ninety days.

C. As used in this Section, "licensed premises" means an establishment licensed under Title 26 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 where the sale of alcoholic beverages constitutes its main business.

Acts 1992, No. 947, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:84 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 84
Pandering
Status: in_force

A. Pandering is any of the following intentional acts:

(1) Enticing, placing, persuading, encouraging, or causing the entrance of any person into the practice of prostitution, either by force, threats, promises, or by any other device or scheme.

(2) Maintaining a place where prostitution is habitually practiced.

(3) Detaining any person in any place of prostitution by force, threats, promises, or by any other device or scheme.

(4) Receiving or accepting by a person as a substantial part of support or maintenance anything of value which is known to be from the earnings of any person engaged in prostitution.

(5) Consenting, on the part of any parent or tutor of any person, to the person's entrance or detention in the practice of prostitution.

(6) Transporting any person from one place to another for the purpose of promoting the practice of prostitution.

B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of pandering shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, or both.

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

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

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

Amended by Acts 1978, No. 219, §1; Acts 1980, No. 708, §1; Acts 2012, No. 446, §1; Acts 2013, No. 83, §1; Acts 2014, No. 564, §1; Acts 2017, No. 180, §1, eff. June 12, 2017; Acts 2020, No. 352, §2; Acts 2025, No. 230, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:133.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 133.7
Publication of certain criminal record information or juvenile record information prohibited
Status: in_force

A.(1) No person or business entity shall:

(a) Publish confidential juvenile record information or confidential criminal record information of a child.

(b) Publish any criminal history record or criminal history record information in the person's or business entity's possession with respect to which the person or business entity has received notice that either:

(i) An order of expungement has been entered pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Article 971 et seq.

(ii) An order of nondisclosure has been issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(c) Charge a fee to remove, correct, or modify any criminal history record or criminal history record information that the person or business entity has published.

(d) Continue to publish an incomplete or inaccurate criminal history record or inaccurate criminal history record information.

(2) A person or business entity does not violate this Section if the person or business entity published confidential juvenile record information or confidential criminal record information of a child and:

(a) The child who is the subject of the records gives written consent to the publication on or after the child reaches the age of eighteen years.

(b) The publication of the information is authorized or required by any other provision of law.

B.(1) A person or business entity shall ensure that a criminal history record or criminal history record information that the person or business entity publishes is complete and accurate.

(2) For purposes of this Section, a criminal history record or criminal history record information published by a person or business entity is considered:

(a) "Complete" if the information reflects the notations of arrest and the filing and disposition of criminal charges, as applicable.

(b) "Accurate" if the information reflects the most recent information received by the entity from a law enforcement agency, criminal justice agency, or any other governmental entity within sixty days preceding the date of publication.

(3) The person or business entity shall clearly and conspicuously publish an email address, facsimile transmission number, or mailing address in order to enable a person who is the subject of a criminal history record or criminal history record information published by the person or business entity to dispute the completeness or accuracy of the published information.

(4) If a person or business entity receives a dispute regarding the completeness or accuracy of a criminal history record or criminal history record information from a person who is the subject of the published information, the person or business entity shall, within thirty business days of receiving the notice of the dispute, verify with the appropriate law enforcement agency, criminal justice agency, or any other governmental entity, without cost to the person, the disputed information.

(5) If the person or business entity finds an incomplete or inaccurate criminal history record or inaccurate criminal history record information after conducting an investigation as prescribed by this Section, the person or business entity shall promptly remove the inaccurate information from the website or other publication or shall promptly correct the information, as applicable.

(6) The person or business entity shall provide written notice to the person who disputed the completeness or accuracy of published information of the results of an investigation conducted under this Section not later than the fifth business day after the date on which the investigation is completed.

C.(1) If a person or business entity receives a written notice from any person that the person or business entity is publishing information in violation of this Section, the person or business entity shall immediately remove the information from the website or publication.

(2) If the person or business entity confirms that the information is not confidential juvenile record information or confidential criminal record information of a child and the publication of the information is not otherwise prohibited, the person or business entity may republish the information.

D.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, this Section shall apply to:

(a) A person or business entity that publishes a criminal history record or criminal history record information, including information originally obtained pursuant to a public records request or purchased or otherwise obtained from a law enforcement agency, criminal justice agency, or any other governmental entity.

(b) A person or business entity that publishes confidential juvenile record information or confidential criminal record information of a child in any manner not permitted by Children's Code Article 412 or other provision of law, regardless of the source of the information.

(2) This Chapter shall not apply to:

(a) Any statewide juvenile information sharing system authorized by Children's Code Article 541 or other provision of law.

(b) A publication of general circulation or an internet website related to such a publication that contains news or other information, including a magazine, periodical newsletter, newspaper, pamphlet, or report.

(c) A radio or television station that holds a license issued by the Federal Communications Commission.

(d) A telecommunications provider.

(e) A movie, film, or audiovisual work.

E. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "Confidential criminal record information of a child" means information relative to a person's involvement in the criminal justice system resulting from conduct that occurred or was alleged to occur when the person was younger than eighteen years of age and that is confidential pursuant to Children's Code Article 412 or any other provision of law. This term does not include:

(a) A criminal history record or criminal history record information of a person who is to stand trial as an adult for that conduct, as provided by Children's Code Article 305 or any other provision of law.

(b) Records or information relating to a traffic offense.

(2) "Confidential juvenile record information" means information about a person's involvement in the juvenile justice system that is confidential, sealed, under restricted access, or required to be destroyed under any provision of law, including:

(a) A description or notation of any referral to a juvenile probation department or court with jurisdiction over the juvenile, including any instances of being taken into custody, any informal disposition of a custodial or referral event, or any formal charges and the disposition of those charges.

(b) A photograph or photographs of the person taken pursuant to a custodial event or other involvement in the juvenile justice system.

(c) Personal identifying information of the person contained in any other records of the person's involvement in the juvenile justice system.

(3) "Criminal history record" or "criminal history record information" mean information collected by criminal justice agencies on individuals consisting of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, bills of information, or any formal criminal charges, and any disposition arising therefrom, including sentencing, correctional supervision, and release. These terms do not include intelligence or investigatory purposes, nor does it include any identification information that does not indicate involvement of the individual in the criminal justice system. These terms do not include records of juvenile criminal conduct. These terms include but are not limited to the following:

(a) A description or notation of any arrests, any formal criminal charges, and the dispositions of those criminal charges.

(b) A photograph or photographs of the person taken pursuant to an arrest or other involvement in the criminal justice system.

(c) Personal identifying information of a person displayed in conjunction with any other record of the person's involvement in the criminal justice system.

(4) "Criminal justice agency" means any government agency or subunit thereof, or private agency that, through statutory authorization or a legal formal agreement with a governmental unit or agency, has the power of investigation, arrest, detention, prosecution, adjudication, treatment, supervision, rehabilitation or release of persons suspected, charged, or convicted of a crime, or that collects, stores, processes, transmits, or disseminates criminal history record or crime information.

(5) "Juvenile justice system" means the system of public and private services in Louisiana that includes prevention, early identification, early intervention, child protection, law enforcement, prosecution, defense, adjudication, diversion and informal processing, probation, corrections, aftercare, transitional living, and other services provided to children and families who either are or are likely to be brought into a court with juvenile jurisdiction because of problems such as abuse, neglect or abandonment, mental illness, substance abuse, aspects of a divorce and breakup of families, predelinquency, social irresponsibility or delinquent behavior, or domestic abuse involving children.

(6) "Personal identifying information" means information that alone or in conjunction with other information identifies a person, including a person's name, address, date of birth, photograph, and social security number or other government-issued identification number.

(7) "Publish" means:

(a) In the case of the records of adults, to communicate or make information available to another person on a publicly available internet website or in any other publication that charges a fee for the removal of the information.

(b) In the case of the records of a juvenile, to communicate or make information available to another person by any means, including but not limited to a publicly available internet website that charges a fee for the removal of the information.

F. Whoever violates any provision of this Section:

(1) On a first conviction shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(2) On a second conviction shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

(3) On a third or subsequent conviction shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than six months nor more than one year, or both.

G. In addition to the penalties provided by Subsection F of this Section, a person or business entity that publishes information in violation of any provision of this Section shall be liable to pay restitution to the individual who is the subject of the information in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars for each separate violation and, in the case of a continuing violation, an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars for each subsequent day on which the violation occurs.

H. Venue shall be appropriate in the jurisdiction where the subject of publication resides and where the offense was committed.

Acts 2018, No. 385, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:71.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 71.3
Mortgage fraud
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for a person, in connection with residential mortgage lending activity, to knowingly do any of the following:

(1) Employ a device, scheme, or artifice with intent to defraud.

(2) Make an untrue statement of material fact with intent to defraud.

(3) Receive any portion of the purchase, sale, or loan proceeds, or any other consideration paid or generated in connection with the closing of a residential mortgage loan when the recipient knows that the proceeds or other funds were paid as a result of a violation of this Section.

B.(1) A person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years, or may be fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars, or both.

(2) In addition to the penalties provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a person convicted under the provisions of this Section shall be ordered to make full restitution to the victim and any other person who has suffered a financial loss as a result of the offense. If a person ordered to make restitution pursuant to this Section is found to be indigent and therefore unable to make restitution in full at the time of conviction, the court shall order a periodic payment plan consistent with the person's financial ability.

C. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "Residential mortgage lending activity" means an activity, including electronic activity, engaged in for compensation or with the expectation of compensation in connection with a residential mortgage loan, including but not limited to the solicitation, application, origination, or funding of a residential mortgage loan; the negotiation and placement, or offering to negotiate, place or find a residential mortgage loan for another person; third-party provider services, including but not limited to appraisals, abstracts, escrow services, or title insurance; underwriting, signing, closing and funding the loan.

(2) "Residential mortgage loan" means a loan for personal, family or household use that is secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, or other equivalent consensual security interest on a dwelling (as defined in Section 103(v) of the federal Truth in Lending Act) or residential immovable property upon which is constructed or intended to be constructed a dwelling.

(3) "Person" means a natural or juridical person, including but not limited to a sole proprietorship, corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership, limited liability partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, or any other individual or entity.

Acts 2009, No. 197, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:126.3.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 126.3.1
Unauthorized participation in medical assistance programs
Status: in_force

A. A person commits the crime of unauthorized participation in a medical assistance program when the person has been excluded by any state or federal agency under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7, LAC 50:4165, or LAC 50:4167, and knowingly:

(1) Seeks, obtains, or maintains employment with a provider.

(2) Seeks, obtains, or maintains employment as a provider.

(3) Seeks, obtains, or retains any monies or payments derived in whole or in part from any state or federal medical assistance funds while excluded from participation in any state or federal medical assistance program.

(4) Seeks, obtains, or maintains a contract with a provider.

(5) Shares in the proceeds from a provider or participates in the ownership or management of a provider.

B. The following definitions apply to the terms in this Section:

(1) "Exclusion" means that a state or federal oversight agency has determined that the person or provider can no longer be employed by, contract with, or have an ownership or management interest in any entity that provides services which will be billed directly or indirectly to any medical assistance program.

(2) "Medical assistance program" means any state or federally funded program paid for directly or indirectly with federal or state funds.

(3) "Oversight agency" means the state or federal agency responsible for the administration of the medical assistance program, including but not limited to Louisiana's Department of Health or the United States Department of Health and Human Services, office of the inspector general.

(4) "Participation" means employment for a provider in any capacity, employment as a provider in any capacity, or obtaining any monies derived in whole or part from any medical assistance programs.

(5) "Payment" includes a payment, any portion of which is paid out of any medical assistance program funds, including but not limited to the Louisiana Medicaid Program. "Payment" also includes a payment by a contractor, subcontractor, or agent for the Louisiana Medicaid Program, or any other state or federally funded medical assistance program pursuant to a managed care program, which is operated, funded, or reimbursed by the Louisiana Medicaid Program, or any other state or federally funded medical assistance program.

(6) "Provider" means an actual provider of medical assistance or other service, including any managed care organization providing services pursuant to a managed care program operated, funded, or reimbursed by any state or federally funded medical assistance program, including but not limited to the Louisiana Medicaid Program.

C. Whoever commits the crime of unauthorized participation in medical assistance programs shall be:

(1) Imprisoned for not more than six months or fined not more than one thousand dollars, or both, when the state or federal exclusion is based on an underlying criminal conviction defined by Louisiana law as a misdemeanor, or when the exclusion is based on any reason other than a criminal conviction.

(2) Imprisoned for not more than five years with or without hard labor, or fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than twenty thousand dollars, or both, when the exclusion is based on an underlying criminal conviction defined by Louisiana law as a felony.

Acts 2009, No. 337, §1, eff. July 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 16
Mistake of fact
Status: in_force

Unless there is a provision to the contrary in the definition of a crime, reasonable ignorance of fact or mistake of fact which precludes the presence of any mental element required in that crime is a defense to any prosecution for that crime.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:67.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 67.7
Theft or unauthorized reproduction of a mail receptacle key or lock
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Mail" means any letter, postal card, parcel, envelope, package, bag, or any other sealed article addressed to another, along with its contents.

(2) "Postal service" means the United States Postal Service or its contractors, or any commercial courier that delivers mail.

B. Any of the following acts shall constitute theft or unauthorized reproduction of a mail receptacle key or lock:

(1) Stealing or obtaining by false pretense any key or lock adopted by a postal service for any box or other authorized receptacle for the deposit or delivery of mail.

(2) Knowingly and unlawfully making, forging, or counterfeiting any such key, or possessing any such key or lock adopted by a postal service that delivers mail with the intent to unlawfully or improperly use, sell, or otherwise dispose of the key or lock, or to cause the key or lock to be unlawfully or improperly used, sold, or otherwise disposed.

C.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.

(2) Upon a second or subsequent conviction or violation of the provisions of this Section, the offender shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than one year nor more than ten years and may, in addition, be fined not more than twenty thousand dollars.

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

Acts 2024, No. 67, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:95.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 95.2
Carrying a firearm or dangerous weapon by a student or nonstudent on school property, at school-sponsored functions, or in a firearm-free zone
Status: in_force

A. Carrying a firearm, or dangerous weapon as defined in R.S. 14:2, by a student or nonstudent on school property, at a school sponsored function, or in a firearm-free zone is unlawful and shall be defined as possession of any firearm or dangerous weapon, on one's person, at any time while on a school campus, on school transportation, or at any school sponsored function in a specific designated area including but not limited to athletic competitions, dances, parties, or any extracurricular activities, or within one thousand feet of any school campus.

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

(1) "Campus" means all facilities and property within the boundary of the school property.

(2) "Nonstudent" means any person not registered and enrolled in that school or a suspended student who does not have permission to be on the school campus.

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

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

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

(1) A federal law enforcement officer or a Louisiana-commissioned state or local Post Certified law enforcement officer who is authorized to carry a firearm.

(2) A school official or employee acting during the normal course of his employment or a student acting under the direction of such school official or employee.

(3) Any person having the written permission of the principal or as provided in R.S. 17:3361.1.

(4) The possession of a firearm occurring within one thousand feet of school property and entirely on private property, or entirely within a private residence.

(5) Any constitutionally protected activity which cannot be regulated by the state, such as a firearm contained entirely within a motor vehicle.

(6) Any student carrying a firearm to or from a class, in which he is duly enrolled, that requires the use of the firearm in the class.

(7) A student enrolled or participating in an activity requiring the use of a firearm including but not limited to any ROTC function under the authorization of a university.

(8) A student who possesses a firearm in his dormitory room or while going to or from his vehicle or any other person with permission of the administration.

(9) Any person who has a valid concealed handgun permit issued pursuant to R.S. 40:1379.1, 1379.3, or by a state that has reciprocity with Louisiana, or a person carrying a handgun pursuant to R.S. 14:95(M), and who carries a concealed handgun within one thousand feet of any school campus.

D.(1) Whoever commits the crime of carrying a firearm, or a dangerous weapon as defined in R.S. 14:2, by a student or nonstudent on school property, at a school-sponsored function, or in a firearm-free zone shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than five years.

(2) Whoever commits the crime of carrying a firearm, or a dangerous weapon as defined in R.S. 14:2, on school property or in a firearm-free zone with the firearm or dangerous weapon being used in the commission of a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B) on school property or in a firearm-free zone, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than one year nor more than five years, or both. Any sentence issued pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph and any sentence issued pursuant to a violation of a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B) shall be served consecutively. Upon commitment to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections after conviction for a crime committed on school property, at a school-sponsored function or in a firearm-free zone, the department shall have the offender evaluated through appropriate examinations or tests conducted under the supervision of the department. Such evaluation shall be made within thirty days of the order of commitment.

E. Lack of knowledge that the prohibited act occurred on or within one thousand feet of school property shall not be a defense.

F.(1) School officials shall notify all students and parents of the impact of this legislation and shall post notices of the impact of this Section at each major point of entry to the school. These notices shall be maintained as permanent notices.

(2)(a) If a student is detained by the principal or other school official for violation of this Section or the school principal or other school official confiscates or seizes a firearm or concealed weapon from a student while upon school property, at a school function, or on a school bus, the principal or other school official in charge at the time of the detention or seizure shall immediately report the detention or seizure to the police department or sheriff's department where the school is located and shall deliver any firearm or weapon seized to that agency.

(b) The confiscated weapon shall be disposed of or destroyed as provided by law.

(3) If a student is detained pursuant to Paragraph (2) of this Subsection for carrying a concealed weapon on campus, the principal shall immediately notify the student's parents.

(4) If a person is arrested for carrying a concealed weapon on campus by a university or college police officer, the weapon shall be given to the sheriff, chief of police, or other officer to whom custody of the arrested person is transferred as provided by R.S. 17:1805(B).

G. Any principal or school official in charge who fails to report the detention of a student or the seizure of a firearm or concealed weapon to a law enforcement agency as required by Paragraph (F)(2) of this Section within seventy-two hours of notice of the detention or seizure may be issued a misdemeanor summons for a violation hereof and may be fined not more than five hundred dollars or sentenced to not more than forty hours of community service, or both. Upon successful completion of the community service or payment of the fine, or both, the arrest and conviction shall be set aside as provided for in Code of Criminal Procedure Article 894(B).

Acts 1991, No. 833, §1; Acts 1992, No. 197, §1; Acts 1993, No. 844, §1; Acts 1993, No. 1031, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 25, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 38, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 107, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1236, §1; Acts 2010, No. 925, §1; Acts 2013, No. 400, §1; Acts 2014, No. 324, §1; Acts 2018, No. 629, §1; Acts 2025, No. 420, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:71 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 71
Issuing worthless checks
Status: in_force

A.(1)(a) Issuing worthless checks is the issuing, in exchange for anything of value, whether the exchange is contemporaneous or not, with intent to defraud, of any check, draft, or order for the payment of money upon any bank or other depository, knowing at the time of the issuing that the offender has not sufficient credit with the bank, or other depository for the payment of such check, draft, or order in full upon its presentation.

(b) This Section shall apply to a check, draft, or order tendered for satisfaction, in whole or in part, of payments due on installment contracts, open accounts, or any other obligation for which the creditor has authorized periodic payments or the extension of time in which to pay.

(c) This provision shall apply to a check, draft, or order for the payment of money given for a motor vehicle when such payment is conditioned upon delivery of documents necessary for transfer of a valid title to the purchaser.

(d) For purposes of this Section, an open account shall include accounts where checks are tendered as payment:

(i) In advance of receipt, in whole or in part, for telecommunication facilities or services.

(ii) For deposits, prepayments, or payments for the lease or rent of a rental motor vehicle, pursuant to a lease or rental agreement.

(e) This Section shall apply to a check, draft, or order tendered for satisfaction, in whole or in part, of a state tax obligation. For purposes of this Section, "state tax obligation" means a state tax, interest, penalty, or fee, or any contract, installment agreement, or other obligation arising out of such obligation.

(f) For purposes of this Section, any check, draft, or order tendered for payment of any tax, fee, fine, penalty, or other obligation to the state or any of its political subdivisions shall be considered issuing a check, draft, or order in exchange for anything of value.

(2) The offender's failure to pay a check, draft, or order, issued for value, within ten days after notice of its nonpayment upon presentation has been deposited by certified mail in the United States mail system addressed to the issuer thereof either at the address shown on the instrument or the last known address for such person shown on the records of the bank upon which such instrument is drawn or within ten days after delivery or personal tender of the written notice to said issuer by the payee or his agent, shall be presumptive evidence of his intent to defraud.

B. Issuing worthless checks is also the issuing, in exchange for anything of value, whether the exchange is contemporaneous or not, with intent to defraud, of any check, draft, or order for the payment of money or the issuing of such an instrument for the payment of a state tax obligation, when the offender knows at the time of the issuing that the account designated on the check, draft, or order has been closed, or is nonexistent or fictitious, or is one in which the offender has no interest or on which he has no authority to issue such check, draft, or order.

C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of issuing worthless checks, when the amount of the check or checks is twenty-five thousand dollars or more, shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than twenty years, or may be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, or both.

(2) When the amount of the check or checks is five thousand dollars or more, but less than twenty-five thousand dollars, the offender shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years, or may be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.

(3) When the amount of the check or checks is more than one thousand dollars, but less than five thousand dollars, the offender shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or may be fined not more than three thousand dollars, or both.

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

D. When the offender has issued more than one worthless check within a one hundred eighty-day period, the amount of several or all worthless checks issued during that one hundred eighty-day period may be aggregated to determine the grade of the offense.

E. In addition to any other fine or penalty imposed under this Section, the court shall order as part of the sentence restitution in the amount of the check or checks, plus a fifteen dollar per check service charge payable to the person or entity that initially honored the worthless check or checks, an authorized collection agency, or justice of the peace. In the event the fifteen dollar per check service charge is paid to a person or entity other than one who initially honored the worthless check or checks, the court shall also order as part of the sentence restitution equal to the amount that the bank or other depository charged the person or entity who initially honored the worthless check, plus the actual cost of notifying the offender of nonpayment as required in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section.

F. In any prosecution for a violation of this Section, the prosecution may enter as evidence of a violation of this Section any check, draft, or order for the payment of money upon any bank or other depository which the bank or other depository has refused to honor because the person who issued the check, draft, or order did not have sufficient credit with the bank or other depository for the payment of that check, draft, or order in full upon its presentation.

G. In addition to the provisions of Subsection F of this Section, in any prosecution for a violation of this Section, the prosecution may enter as evidence of a violation of this Section any tangible copy, facsimile, or other reproduction of the check, draft, or order, or any electronic reproduction of the check, draft, or order, or any other form of the record of the check, draft, or order, provided that the tangible copy, facsimile, or other reproduction, or the electronic reproduction, or the other form of the record of the check, draft, or order has been made, recorded, stored, and reproduced in accordance with the requirements of the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions, or in accordance with the requirements of the federal agency which regulates the bank or other depository, and provided that the appropriate officer of the bank or other depository has certified that the tangible copy, facsimile, or other reproduction, or the electronic copy, or the other form of the record of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money has been made, stored, and reproduced in accordance with the requirements of the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions, or in accordance with the requirements of the federal agency which regulates the bank or other depository, and is a true and correct record of the transaction involving the check, draft, or order upon which the prosecution is based.

H. Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.

I. Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 433, §1; Acts 1954, No. 442, §1; Acts 1956, No. 156, §1; Acts 1972, No. 197, §1; Acts 1972, No. 655, §1; Acts 1975, No. 601, §1; Acts 1976, No. 651, §1; Acts 1977, No. 367, §1; Acts 1980, No. 386, §1; Acts 1983, No. 376, §1; Acts 1988, No. 439, §1, eff. July 9, 1988; Acts 1990, No. 1003, §1; Acts 1991, No. 135, §1; Acts 1991, No. 171, §1; Acts 1993, No. 670, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 125, §1; Acts 1999, No. 338, §1; Acts 2001, No. 141, §1, eff. May 25, 2001; Acts 2001, No. 944, §4; Acts 2001, No. 1022, §1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 675, §1; Acts 2006, No. 143, §1; Acts 2010, No. 585, §1; Acts 2017, No. 281, §§1, 3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:37.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 37.2
Aggravated assault upon a peace officer
Status: in_force

A. Aggravated assault upon a peace officer is an assault committed upon a peace officer who is acting in the course and scope of his duties.

B. Whoever commits an aggravated assault upon a peace officer shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than ten years, with or without hard labor, or both.

Acts 1995, No. 881, §1; Acts 1997, No. 936, §1; Acts 2001, No. 309, §1; Acts 2003, No. 239, §1; Acts 2016, No. 225, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:36 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 36
Assault defined
Status: in_force

Assault is an attempt to commit a battery, or the intentional placing of another in reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery.

Acts 1978, No. 394, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:207 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 207
Motor vehicles, alteration or removal of identifying numbers prohibited; sale, etc., of motor vehicle with altered identifying numbers prohibited; penalty; application of Section
Status: in_force

A. No person shall cover, remove, deface, alter, or destroy the manufacturer's number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark on any motor vehicle, motor vehicle part, semi-trailer, or trailer as defined by R.S. 32:1 for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting its identity; nor shall any person buy, sell, receive, dispose of, conceal, or knowingly have in his possession any motor vehicle, motor vehicle part, semi-trailer, or trailer as defined by R.S. 32:1 from or on which the manufacturer's number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark has been covered, removed, defaced, altered, or destroyed for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting its identity.

B.(1) Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than twenty-four months, or both, and, in default of fine, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than twelve months additional.

(2) On conviction of a second offense, the offender shall be fined not more than four thousand dollars, or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than forty-eight months, or both.

(3) On conviction of a third or subsequent offense, the offender shall be fined five thousand dollars and imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than thirty-six months nor more than sixty months.

C. This Section shall apply to all vehicles propelled otherwise than by muscular power, except motor vehicles running upon rails or tracks.

Acts 1989, No. 537, §1; Acts 2008, No. 148, §1; Acts 2010, No. 389, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:106.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 106.2
Sexual acts prohibited in public; penalties
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in vaginal, anal, or oral sexual intercourse in any public place or place open to the public view for the purpose of gaining the attention of the public.

B. Whoever violates a provision of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than one year. At least ten days of the sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.

Acts 2003, No. 895, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:73.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 73.8
Unauthorized use of a wireless router system; child sexual abuse materials; penalty
Status: in_force

A. Unauthorized use of a wireless router system is the accessing or causing to be accessed of any computer, computer system, computer network, or any part thereof via any wireless router system for the purposes of uploading, downloading, or selling of child sexual abuse materials as defined in R.S. 14:81.1.

B. For purposes of this Section, "wireless router system" means a device in a wireless local area network that determines the next network point to which a unit of data is routed between an origin and a destination on the Internet.

C. Whoever commits the crime of unauthorized use of a wireless router system for the purpose of accessing child sexual abuse materials shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than two years or more than ten years, and fined not more than ten thousand dollars. Imprisonment shall be without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

D. Whoever commits the crime of unauthorized use of a wireless routing system for the purpose of accessing child sexual abuse materials when the victim is under the age of thirteen years and the offender is seventeen years of age or older shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor for not less than twenty-five years nor more than ninety-nine years. At least twenty-five years of the sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

Acts 2009, No. 193, §1; Acts 2025, No. 261, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:128.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 128.2
Aiding others in terrorism
Status: in_force

A.(1) Aiding others in terrorism is the raising, soliciting, collecting, or providing material support or resources with intent that such will be used, in whole or in part, to plan, prepare, carry out, or aid in any act of terrorism or hindering the prosecution of terrorism or the concealment of, or escape from, an act of terrorism.

(2) For the purposes of this Section, "hindering prosecution of terrorism" shall include but not be limited to the following:

(a) Harboring or concealing a person who is known or believed by the offender to have committed an act of terrorism.

(b) Warning a person who is known or believed by the offender to have committed an act of terrorism of impending discovery or apprehension.

(c) Suppressing any physical evidence which might aid in the discovery or apprehension of a person who is known or believed by the offender to have committed an act of terrorism.

B. Whoever commits the crime of aiding others in terrorism shall be punished as follows:

(1) If the offense so aided is punishable by life imprisonment, he shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than ten nor more than fifty years without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

(2) In all other cases he shall be fined or imprisoned or both, in the same manner as for the offense aided; such fine or imprisonment shall not be less than one-half of the minimum fine or imprisonment, and shall not exceed one-half of the largest fine, or one-half of the longest term of imprisonment prescribed for the offense so aided, or both.

C. For purposes of this Section, "material support or resources" means currency or other financial securities, financial services, instruments of value, lodging, training, safehouses, false documentation or identification, communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances, explosives, personnel, transportation, and other physical assets, except the provision of medical attention by a licensed health care provider or religious materials.

Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 128, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:101.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 101.1
Purchase or sale of human organs
Status: in_force

A. No person shall intentionally acquire, receive, sell, or otherwise transfer in exchange for anything of value any human organ for use in human transplantation.

B. For purposes of Subsection A:

(1) The term "human organ" means the human kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, bone marrow, cornea, eye, bone, skin, and any other human organ.

(2) The term "anything of value" shall not include the reasonable payments associated with the removal, transportation, implantation, processing, preservation, quality control, and storage of a human organ or the expenses of travel, housing, and lost wages incurred by the donor of a human organ in connection with the donation of the organ.

C. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor not more than five years, or both.

Added by Acts 1986, No. 775, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:89.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 89.1
Aggravated crime against nature
Status: in_force

A. Aggravated crime against nature is either of the following:

(1) An act as defined by R.S. 14:89(A)(1) committed under any one or more of the following circumstances:

(a) When the victim resists the act to the utmost, but such resistance is overcome by force.

(b) When the victim is prevented from resisting the act by threats of great and immediate bodily harm accompanied by apparent power of execution.

(c) When the victim is prevented from resisting the act because the offender is armed with a dangerous weapon.

(d) When as a result of an intellectual or mental disability, or any unsoundness of mind, either temporary or permanent, the victim is incapable of giving consent and the offender knew or should have known of such incapacity.

(e) When the victim is incapable of resisting or of understanding the nature of the act, by reason of stupor or abnormal condition of mind produced by a narcotic or anesthetic agent, administered by or with the privity of the offender; or when he has such incapacity, by reason of a stupor or abnormal condition of mind from any cause, and the offender knew or should have known of such incapacity.

(f) When the victim is under the age of seventeen years and the offender is at least three years older than the victim.

(2)(a) The engaging in any prohibited act enumerated in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph with a person who is under eighteen years of age and who is known to the offender to be related to the offender as any of the following biological, step, or adoptive relatives: child, grandchild of any degree, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece.

(b) The following are prohibited acts under this Paragraph:

(i) Sexual intercourse, sexual battery, second degree sexual battery, carnal knowledge of a juvenile, indecent behavior with juveniles, child sexual abuse materials, molestation of a juvenile or a person with a physical or mental disability, crime against nature, cruelty to juveniles, parent enticing a child into prostitution, or any other involvement of a child in sexual activity constituting a crime under the laws of this state.

(ii) Any lewd fondling or touching of the person of either the child or the offender, done or submitted to with the intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desires of either the child, the offender, or both.

(c) Consent shall not be a defense to prosecution for a violation of the provisions of this Paragraph.

B. Whoever commits the crime of aggravated crime against nature as defined by Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than three nor more than fifteen years, such prison sentence to be without benefit of suspension of sentence, probation or parole.

C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of aggravated crime against nature as defined by Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section shall be fined an amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for a term not less than five years nor more than twenty years, or both.

(2) Whoever commits the crime of aggravated crime against nature as defined by Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section with a victim under the age of thirteen years when the offender is seventeen years of age or older shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor for not less than twenty-five years nor more than ninety-nine years. At least twenty-five years of the sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

(3) Upon completion of the term of imprisonment imposed in accordance with Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, the offender shall be monitored by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections through the use of electronic monitoring equipment for the remainder of his natural life.

(4) Unless it is determined by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, pursuant to rules adopted in accordance with the provisions of this Subsection, that a sexual offender is unable to pay all or any portion of such costs, each sexual offender to be electronically monitored shall pay the cost of such monitoring.

(5) The costs attributable to the electronic monitoring of an offender who has been determined unable to pay shall be borne by the department if, and only to, the degree that sufficient funds are made available for such purpose whether by appropriation of state funds or from any other source.

(6) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall develop, adopt, and promulgate rules in the manner provided in the Administrative Procedure Act that provide for the payment of such costs. Such rules shall contain specific guidelines which shall be used to determine the ability of the offender to pay the required costs and shall establish the reasonable costs to be charged. Such rules may provide for a sliding scale of payment so that an offender who is able to pay a portion, but not all, of such costs may be required to pay such portion.

D.(1) In addition to any sentence imposed under Subsection C of this Section, the court shall, after determining the financial resources and future ability of the offender to pay, require the offender, if able, to pay the victim's reasonable costs of counseling that result from the offense.

(2) The amount, method, and time of payment shall be determined by the court either by ordering that documentation of the offender's financial resources and future ability to pay restitution and of the victim's pecuniary loss submitted by the victim be included in the presentence investigation and report, or the court may receive evidence of the offender's ability to pay and the victim's loss at the time of sentencing.

(3) The court may provide for payment to a victim up to but not in excess of the pecuniary loss caused by the offense. The offender may assert any defense that he could raise in a civil action for the loss sought to be compensated by the restitution order.

E. The provisions of Act No. 177 of the 2014 Regular Session and the provisions of the Act that originated as Senate Bill No. 333 of the 2014 Regular Session incorporate the elements of the crimes of incest (R.S. 14:78) and aggravated incest (R.S. 14:78.1), as they existed prior to their repeal by these Acts, into the provisions of the crimes of crime against nature (R.S. 14:89) and aggravated crime against nature (R.S. 14:89.1), respectively. For purposes of the provisions amended by Act No. 177 of the 2014 Regular Session and the Act that originated as Senate Bill No. 333 of the 2014 Regular Session, a conviction for a violation of R.S. 14:89(A)(2) shall be the same as a conviction for the crime of incest (R.S. 14:78) and a conviction for a violation of R.S. 14:89.1(A)(2) shall be the same as a conviction for the crime of aggravated incest (R.S. 14:78.1). Neither Act shall be construed to alleviate any person convicted or adjudicated delinquent of incest (R.S. 14:78) or aggravated incest (R.S. 14:78.1) from any requirement, obligation, or consequence imposed by law resulting from that conviction or adjudication including but not limited to any requirements regarding sex offender registration and notification, parental rights, probation, parole, sentencing, or any other requirement, obligation, or consequence imposed by law resulting from that conviction or adjudication.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 60, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 125, §1; Acts 1984, No. 683, §1; Acts 2014, No. 177, §1; Acts 2014, No. 599, §1, eff. June 12, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 602, §4, eff. June 12, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 811, §6, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2025, No. 261, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:62.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 62.3
Unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling
Status: in_force

A. Unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling is the intentional entry by a person without authorization into any inhabited dwelling or other structure belonging to another and used in whole or in part as a home or place of abode by a person.

B. Whoever commits the crime of unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than six years, or both.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 285, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:100 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 100
Hit-and-run driving
Status: in_force

A. Hit-and-run driving is the intentional failure of the driver of a vehicle involved in or causing any accident, to stop such vehicle at the scene of the accident, to give his identity, and to render reasonable aid.

B. For the purpose of this Section:

(1) "To give his identity", means that the driver of any vehicle involved in any accident shall give his name, address, and the license number of his vehicle, or shall report the accident to the police.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 2, §3.

(3) "Vehicle" includes a watercraft.

(4) "Accident" means an incident or event resulting in damage to property or injury to person.

C.(1)(a) Whoever commits the crime of hit-and-run driving where there is no death or serious bodily injury shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(b) Whoever commits the crime of hit-and-run driving where there is no death or serious bodily injury shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than six months, or both when: (i) there is evidence that the vehicle operator consumed alcohol or used drugs or a controlled dangerous substance prior to the accident; (ii) the consumption of the alcohol, drugs, or a controlled dangerous substance contributed to the accident; and (iii) the driver failed to stop, give his identity, or render aid with the knowledge that his actions could affect an actual or potential present, past, or future criminal investigation or proceeding.

(2) Whoever commits the crime of hit-and-run driving when death or serious bodily injury is a direct result of the accident, when the driver knew or should have known that death or serious bodily injury has occurred, and the driver's vehicle was directly involved in the accident, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than two years nor more than ten years, two of which shall be served without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence, or both.

(3) Whoever commits the crime of hit-and-run driving where all of the following conditions are met shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than five years nor more than twenty years:

(a) Death or serious bodily injury is a direct result of the accident.

(b) The driver knew or must have known that the vehicle he was operating was involved in an accident or that his operation of the vehicle was the direct cause of an accident.

(c) The driver had been previously convicted of any of the following:

(i) A violation of R.S. 14:98, or a law or an ordinance of any state or political subdivision prohibiting operation of any vehicle or means of transportation or conveyance while intoxicated, impaired, or while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or any controlled dangerous substance on two or more occasions within ten years of this offense.

(ii) A violation of R.S. 14:32.1-vehicular homicide.

(iii) A violation of R.S. 14:39.1-vehicular negligent injuring.

(iv) A violation of R.S. 14:39.2-first degree vehicular negligent injuring.

Amended by Acts 1968, No. 647, §1. Acts 1988, No. 671, §1; Acts 1997, No. 561, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1103, §1; Acts 2003, No. 159, §1; Acts 2019, No. 2, §3; Acts 2025, No. 124, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:318 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 318
Sale of fireworks containing white or yellow phosphorus prohibited; penalty
Status: in_force

A. No person shall sell, exchange, barter, or in any other manner dispose of any friction firework containing white or yellow phosphorus and explosives, which makes a noise and resembles a piece of candy in size and general appearance.

B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars or imprisoned for not more than sixty days, or both.

Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:67.16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 67.16
Identity theft
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Caller identification system" means any device that displays or otherwise indicates to the person who is the recipient of a telephone call another person's name, telephone number, the name of a legitimate or fictitious business, or any other name or telephone number from which the telephone call purportedly originated.

(2) "Insert" means to enter by voice communication, by written communication, or by any other means.

(3) "Person" means any individual, partnership, association, joint stock association, trust, corporation, or other business entity whether incorporated or not.

(4) "Personal identifying information" shall include but not be limited to a person's:

(a) Social security number.

(b) Driver's license number.

(c) Checking account number.

(d) Savings account number.

(e) Credit card number.

(f) Debit card number.

(g) Electronic identification number.

(h) Digital signatures.

(i) Birth certificate.

(j) Date of birth.

(k) Mother's maiden name.

(l) Armed forces identification number.

(m) Government issued identification number.

(n) Financial institution account number.

(o) Telephone number, when inserted into any caller identification system.

(5) "Person with a disability" means any person regardless of age who has a mental, physical, or developmental disability that substantially impairs the person's ability to provide adequately for his own care or protection.

B. Identity theft is the intentional use, possession, transfer, or attempted use, with fraudulent intent, by any person of any personal identifying information of another person to obtain, possess, or transfer, whether contemporaneously or not, credit, money, goods, services, or any thing else of value without the authorization or consent of the other person.

C.(1)(a) Whoever commits the crime of identity theft when credit, money, goods, services, or any thing else of value is obtained, possessed, or transferred, which amounts to a value of one thousand dollars or more, shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years, or may be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.

(b) Whoever commits the crime of identity theft when the victim is sixty years of age or older or a person with a disability when the credit, money, goods, services, or any thing else of value is obtained which amounts to a value of one thousand dollars or more, shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than three years and for not more than ten years, or may be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.

(c) Whoever commits the crime of identity theft when the victim is under the age of seventeen when the credit, money, goods, services, or any thing else of value is obtained which amounts to a value of one thousand dollars or more, shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than three years and for not more than ten years, or may be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.

(2)(a) Whoever commits the crime of identity theft when credit, money, goods, services, or any thing else of value is obtained, possessed, or transferred, which amounts to a value of five hundred dollars or more, but less than one thousand dollars, shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or may be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.

(b) Whoever commits the crime of identity theft when the victim is sixty years of age or older or a person with a disability when the credit, money, goods, services, or any thing else of value is obtained which amounts to a value of five hundred dollars or more, but less than one thousand dollars, shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than two years and not more than five years, or may be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.

(c) Whoever commits the crime of identity theft when the victim is under the age of seventeen when the credit, money, goods, services, or any thing else of value is obtained which amounts to a value of five hundred dollars or more, but less than one thousand dollars, shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than two years and not more than five years, or may be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.

(3)(a) Whoever commits the crime of identity theft when credit, money, goods, services, or any thing else of value is obtained, possessed, or transferred, which amounts to a value of three hundred dollars or more, but less than five hundred dollars, shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than three years, or may be fined not more than three thousand dollars, or both.

(b) Whoever commits the crime of identity theft when the victim is sixty years of age or older or a person with a disability when the credit, money, goods, services, or any thing else of value is obtained which amounts to a value of three hundred dollars or more, but less than five hundred dollars, shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than one year and not more than three years, or may be fined not more than three thousand dollars, or both.

(c) Whoever commits the crime of identity theft when the victim is under the age of seventeen when the credit, money, goods, services, or any thing else of value is obtained which amounts to a value of three hundred dollars or more, but less than five hundred dollars, shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than one year and not more than three years, or may be fined not more than three thousand dollars, or both.

(4)(a) Whoever commits the crime of identity theft when credit, money, goods, services, or any thing else of value is obtained, possessed, or transferred, which amounts to a value less than three hundred dollars, shall be imprisoned for not more than six months, or may be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or both.

(b) Whoever commits the crime of identity theft when the victim is sixty years of age or older or a person with a disability when the credit, money, goods, services, or any thing else of value is obtained which amounts to a value less than three hundred dollars, shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor, for not less than six months and not more than one year, or may be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or both.

(c) Whoever commits the crime of identity theft when the victim is under the age of seventeen when the credit, money, goods, services, or any thing else of value is obtained which amounts to a value less than three hundred dollars, shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor, for not less than six months and not more than one year, or may be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or both.

D. Upon a third or subsequent conviction of a violation of the provisions of this Section, the offender shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years, or may be fined not more than twenty thousand dollars, or both.

E. When there has been a theft by a number of distinct acts of the offender, the aggregate of the amount of the theft shall determine the grade of the offense.

F. In addition to the foregoing penalties, a person convicted under this Section shall be ordered to make full restitution to the victim and any other person who has suffered a financial loss as a result of the offense. If a person ordered to make restitution pursuant to this Section is found to be indigent and therefore unable to make restitution in full at the time of conviction, the court shall order a periodic payment plan consistent with the person's financial ability.

G. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any person who obtains another's driver's license or other form of identification for the sole purpose of misrepresenting his age.

H.(1) Any person who has learned or reasonably suspects that his personal identifying information has been unlawfully used by another in violation of any provision of this Section may initiate a law enforcement investigation by contacting the local law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over the area of his residence. Any law enforcement agency which is requested to conduct an investigation under the provisions of this Subsection shall take a police report of the matter from the victim, provide the complainant with a copy of such report, and begin an investigation of the facts. If the crime was committed in a different jurisdiction, the agency preparing the report shall refer the matter, with a copy of the report, to the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the area in which the alleged crime was committed for an investigation of the facts.

(2) Any officer of any law enforcement agency who investigates an alleged violation in compliance with the provisions of this Subsection shall make a written report of the investigation that includes the name of the victim; the name of the suspect, if known; the type of personal identifying information obtained, possessed, transferred, or used in violation of this Section; and the results of the investigation. At the request of the victim who has requested the investigation, the law enforcement agency shall provide to such victim the report created under the provisions of this Paragraph. In providing the report, the agency shall eliminate any information that is included in the report other than the information required by this Paragraph.

I. Nothing in this Section shall preclude or abrogate any remedy otherwise provided by law, including but not limited to remedies available pursuant to R.S. 51:1741.1 et seq.

Acts 1999, No. 1337, §1; Acts 2003, No. 844, §1; Acts 2006, No. 176, §1; Acts 2006, No. 241, §1; Acts 2007, No. 312, §1; Acts 2008, No. 95, §1; Acts 2008, No. 495, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §6, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2018, No. 401, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:45.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 45.1
Interference with the custody of a child
Status: in_force

A. Interference with the custody of a child is the intentional taking, enticing, or decoying away of a minor child by a parent not having a right of custody, with intent to detain or conceal such child from a parent having a right of custody pursuant to a court order or from a person entrusted with the care of the child by a parent having custody pursuant to a court order.

It shall be an affirmative defense that the offender reasonably believed his actions were necessary to protect the welfare of the child.

B. Whoever commits the crime of interference with the custody of a child shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. Costs of returning a child to the jurisdiction of the court shall be assessed against any defendant convicted of a violation of this Section, as court costs as provided by the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 725, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:32.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 32.5
Feticide defined; exceptions
Status: in_force

A. Feticide is the killing of an unborn child by the act, procurement, or culpable omission of a person other than the mother of the unborn child. The offense of feticide shall not include acts which cause the death of an unborn child if those acts were committed during any abortion to which the pregnant woman or her legal guardian has consented or which was performed in an emergency as defined in R.S. 40:1061.23. Nor shall the offense of feticide include acts which are committed pursuant to usual and customary standards of medical practice during diagnostic testing or therapeutic treatment.

B. Criminal feticide is of three grades:

(1) First degree feticide.

(2) Second degree feticide.

(3) Third degree feticide.

Acts 1989, No. 777, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:43.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 43.7
Administration of surgical castration for certain sex offenders; failure to comply with court order
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon conviction of any sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 that is also an aggravated offense as defined in R.S. 15:541, except sexual battery prosecuted under R.S. 14:43.1(C)(2) and second degree sexual battery, occurring on or after August 1, 2024, when the victim is under the age of thirteen at the time of the offense, in addition to any other sentence imposed for the offense, the court may sentence the offender to be surgically castrated, to be administered by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections by a licensed physician. The department shall provide the services necessary to perform the castration.

B.(1) An order of the court sentencing an offender to surgical castration under this Section shall be contingent upon a determination by a court-appointed medical expert that the offender is an appropriate candidate for surgery. Notwithstanding Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, this determination shall be made not later than sixty days from the imposition of sentence.

(2) In all cases involving an offender sentenced to a period of incarceration or confinement in an institution, the procedure shall be performed not later than one week prior to the offender's release from the institution.

(3) If an offender fails to appear as required by court order for purposes of the procedure or refuses to allow the procedure, then the offender shall be charged with a violation of the provisions of this Section. Upon conviction, the offender shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than three years nor more than five years without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.

C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require the surgical castration when it is not medically appropriate.

D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to an offender who is under the age of seventeen years.

Acts 2024, No. 651, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:71.3.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 71.3.2
Tax lien property fraud
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for any person, in connection with the issuance of a tax sale certificate, tax lien certificate, or tax sale title to the property pursuant to R.S. 47:2132, 2155, or 2161, or in violation of R.S. 47:2158.1 or 2231.1, to knowingly do any of the following:

(1) Employ a device, scheme, or artifice with intent to defraud the tax debtor.

(2) Make an untrue statement of material fact with intent to defraud the tax debtor.

(3) Receive any portion of the monies, funds, credits, assets, securities, or other property of the tax debtor in connection with the purchase of either tax sale property or a delinquent obligation evidenced by a tax lien certificate.

B.(1) A person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years or may be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.

(2) In addition to the penalties provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a person convicted under the provisions of this Section shall forfeit all rights and claims to possession of the delinquent obligation, tax lien certificate, or tax sale title to the property and shall be ordered to make full restitution to the victim and any other person who has suffered a financial loss as a result of the offense. If a person ordered to make restitution pursuant to this Section is found to be indigent and therefore unable to make restitution in full at the time of conviction, the court shall order a periodic payment plan consistent with the person's financial ability.

C. For the purposes of this Section:

(1) "Delinquent obligation" means statutory impositions included in the tax bill that are not paid by the due date, plus interest and costs that may accrue in accordance with law.

(2) "Person" means a natural or juridical person, including but not limited to a sole proprietorship, corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership, limited liability partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, or any other individual or entity.

(3) "Tax debtor", "tax sale certificate", "tax sale property", and "tax sale title" shall have the same meanings as in R.S. 47:2122.

D. It is the intent of the legislature to encourage tax debtors to seek legal counsel in order to protect any ownership rights adversely affected by a violation of this Section.

Acts 2024, No. 738, §§2, 5, See Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:32 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 32
Negligent homicide
Status: in_force

A. Negligent homicide is either of the following:

(1) The killing of a human being by criminal negligence.

(2) The killing of a human being by a dog or other animal when the owner is reckless and criminally negligent in confining or restraining the dog or other animal.

B. The violation of a statute or ordinance shall be considered only as presumptive evidence of such negligence.

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

(2)(a) If the victim killed was under the age of ten years, the offender shall be imprisoned at hard labor, without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence, for not less than two nor more than ten years.

(b) If the court does not order the offender to a term of imprisonment when the following two factors are established, the court shall state, both orally and in writing at the time of sentencing, the reasons for not sentencing the offender to a term of imprisonment:

(i) The fatality was caused by a person engaged in the operation of, or in actual physical control of, any motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or other means of conveyance; and

(ii) The offender's blood alcohol concentration contributed to the fatality.

(3) If the victim was killed by a dog or other animal and the owner of the dog or other animal was criminally negligent, the owner of the dog or other animal shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than ten years or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.

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

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

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

(3) Any guide or service dog trained at a qualified dog guide or service school who is accompanying any blind person, visually impaired person, person who is deaf or hard of hearing, or person with any other physical disability who is using the dog as a guide or for service.

(4) Any attack made by a dog lawfully inside a dwelling, a place of business, or a motor vehicle as defined in R.S. 32:1(40), against a person who is attempting to make an unlawful entry into the dwelling, place of business, or motor vehicle, or who has made an unlawful entry into the dwelling, place of business, or motor vehicle, and the dog is protecting that property.

(5) Any attack made by livestock as defined in this Section.

E. For the purposes of this Section:

(1) "Harboring or keeping" means feeding, sheltering, or having custody over the animal for three or more consecutive days.

(2) "Livestock" means any animal except dogs and cats, bred, kept, maintained, raised, or used for profit, that is used in agriculture, aquaculture, agritourism, competition, recreation, or silvaculture, or for other related purposes or used in the production of crops, animals, or plant or animal products for market. This definition includes but is not limited to cattle, buffalo, bison, oxen, and other bovine; horses, mules, donkeys, and other equine; goats; sheep; swine; chickens, turkeys, and other poultry; domestic rabbits; imported exotic deer and antelope, elk, farm-raised white-tailed deer, farm-raised ratites, and other farm-raised exotic animals; fish, pet turtles, and other animals identified with aquaculture which are located in artificial reservoirs or enclosures that are both on privately owned property and constructed so as to prevent, at all times, the ingress and egress of fish life from public waters; any commercial crawfish from any crawfish pond; and any hybrid, mixture, or mutation of any such animal.

(3) "Owner" means any person, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity owning, harboring, or keeping any animal.

Amended by Acts 1980, No. 708, §1; Acts 1991, No. 864, §1; Acts 2008, No. 10, §1; Acts 2008, No. 451, §2, eff. June 25, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 199, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §6, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2017, No. 146, §2; Acts 2024, No. 261, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:67.19.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 67.19.1
Unauthorized possession of anhydrous ammonia
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to do any of the following:

(1) Use anhydrous ammonia to manufacture or attempt to manufacture any controlled dangerous substance.

(2) Possess any substance containing any detectable amount of anhydrous ammonia with the intent to use that substance to manufacture a controlled dangerous substance.

B. The unauthorized possession of anhydrous ammonia is defined as the possession of any amount of anhydrous ammonia in a container not authorized by and which does not have an inspection sticker from the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission as is required pursuant to R.S. 3:1355(B).

C. The possession of any amount of anhydrous ammonia in a container not authorized by the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission shall be prima facie evidence of intent to use anhydrous ammonia to manufacture a controlled dangerous substance.

D. Whoever commits the crime of unauthorized possession of anhydrous ammonia shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than two years, or may be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or both.

Acts 2005, No. 494, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:138 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 138
Public payroll fraud
Status: in_force

A. Public payroll fraud is committed when:

(1) Any person shall knowingly receive any payment or compensation, or knowingly permit his name to be carried on any employment list or payroll for any payment or compensation from the state, for services not actually rendered by himself, or for services grossly inadequate for the payment or compensation received or to be received according to such employment list or payroll; or

(2) Any public officer or public employee shall carry, cause to be carried, or permit to be carried, directly or indirectly, upon the employment list or payroll of his office, the name of any person as employee, or shall pay any employee, with knowledge that such employee is receiving payment or compensation for services not actually rendered by said employee or for services grossly inadequate for such payment or compensation.

B. This Section shall not apply in the following situations:

(1) When a bona fide public officer or public employee, who is justifiably absent from his job or position for a reasonable time, continues to receive his usual compensation or a part thereof.

(2) When arrangements between firefighters to swap work or perform substitute work with or for each other is done in compliance with the provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. 207(p)(3) and the associated regulations found in the Code of Federal Regulations and in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the appointing authority.

C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of public payroll fraud shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or both.

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

Acts 1997, No. 538, §1; Acts 2010, No. 811, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:67.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 67.5
Adoption deception
Status: in_force

A. Any person who is a birth mother, or who holds herself out to be a birth mother, who is interested in making an adoption plan and who knowingly or intentionally benefits from payment of adoption-related expenses in connection with that adoption plan commits adoption deception if any of the following occur:

(1) The person knows or should have known that she is not pregnant at the time the payments were requested or received.

(2) The person accepts living expenses assistance from a prospective adoptive parent or adoption entity without disclosing that she is receiving living expenses assistance from another prospective adoptive parent or adoption entity at the same time in an effort to adopt the same child.

(3) The person has the specific intent to make false representations to induce the payment of living expenses or other benefits in connection with a purported adoption placement.

B. Any person who commits the crime of adoption deception shall be punished as follows:

(1) If the amount received by the person is one thousand dollars or less, the person shall either be fined up to five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than sixty days, or both.

(2) If the amount received by the person exceeds one thousand dollars, the person shall either be fined up to five thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, or both.

C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to a person who agrees to an adoption plan agreement and subsequently, in good faith, declines to proceed with the prospective adoption in favor of parenting the child.

Acts 2021, No. 464, §1; Acts 2022, No. 736, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:64.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 64.1
First degree robbery
Status: in_force

A. First degree robbery is the taking of anything of value belonging to another from the person of another, or that is in the immediate control of another, by use of force or intimidation, when the offender leads the victim to reasonably believe he is armed with a dangerous weapon.

B. Whoever commits the crime of first degree robbery shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than three years and for not more than forty years, without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of imposition or execution of sentence.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 533, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:64.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 64.2
Carjacking
Status: in_force

A. Carjacking is the intentional taking of a motor vehicle, as defined in R.S. 32:1(40), belonging to another person, in the presence of that person, or in the presence of a passenger, or any other person in lawful possession of the motor vehicle, by the use of force or intimidation.

B.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, whoever commits the crime of carjacking shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than five years nor more than twenty years, without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

(2) Whoever commits the crime of carjacking when serious bodily injury results shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than twenty years nor more than thirty years, without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

Acts 1993, No. 488, §1; Acts 2022, No. 131, §1; Acts 2024, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 18, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:385 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 385
Organizations engaged in social, educational or political activities; Communist affiliations prohibited
Status: in_force

Non-trading corporations, partnerships and associations of persons operating in the state of Louisiana and engaged in social, educational or political activities are prohibited from being affiliated with any foreign or out of state non-trading corporations, partnerships or associations of persons, any of the officers or members of the board of directors of which are members of Communist, Communist-front or subversive organizations, as cited by the House of Congress un-American Activities Committee, or the United States Attorney. Reports or information from the files of the Committee on un-American Activities of the U.S. House of Representatives shall constitute prima facie evidence of such membership in said organizations.

Acts 1958, No. 260, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:90.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 90.7
Gambling by electronic sweepstakes device
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana Legislature finds that in recent years various companies have developed electronic machines and devices to enable gambling through pretextual sweepstakes relationships with Internet services, telephone cards, and other products, and that such electronic sweepstakes systems using electronic gambling machines, computer terminals, and other means of presented simulated gambling, are contrary to the public policy of this state.

B. Gambling by electronic sweepstakes device is the intentional conducting of, or directly assisting in the conducting of, as a business any game, contest, lottery, or contrivance whereby a person risks the loss of anything of value in order to realize a profit, through the operation of an electronic gaming machine or device that does or purports to do either of the following:

(1) Conduct a sweepstakes through the use of a simulated gambling device, including the entry process or the revealing of a prize.

(2) Promote a sweepstakes that is conducted through the use of a simulated gambling device, including the entry process or the revealing of a prize.

C. For the purposes of this Section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) "Electronic gaming machine or device" means a mechanically, electrically, or electronically-operated machine or device that is intended to be used by a sweepstakes entrant and that displays the results of a game entry or game outcome to a participant on a screen or other mechanism at a business location, including a private club, that is owned, leased, or otherwise possessed, in whole or in part, by any person conducting the sweepstakes or by that person's partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, agents, or contractors. The term includes an electronic gaming machine or device which includes any of the following characteristics:

(a) Uses a simulated game terminal as a representation of the prizes associated with the results of the sweepstakes entries.

(b) Uses software that simulates a game that influences or determines the winning or value of the prize.

(c) Selects prizes from a predetermined finite pool of entries.

(d) Uses a mechanism that reveals the content of a predetermined sweepstakes entry.

(e) Predetermines the prize results and restores those results for delivery at the time the sweepstakes entry is revealed.

(f) Uses software to create a game result.

(g) Requires a deposit of any money, coin or token, or the use of any credit card, debit card, prepaid card, or other method of payment to activate the electronic gaming machine or device.

(h) Requires direct payment into the electronic gaming machine or device or remote activation of the electronic gaming machine or device.

(i) Requires purchase of a related product and the related product has legitimate value.

(j) Reveals the prize incrementally even though it may not influence whether a prize is awarded or the value of any prize awarded.

(k) Determines and associates the prize with an entry or entries at the time the sweepstakes is entered.

(2) "Enter" or "entry" means the act or process by which a person becomes eligible to receive any prize offered in a sweepstakes.

(3) "Prize" means any gift, award, gratuity, good, service, credit, or anything else of value which may be transferred to a person whether or not possession of the prize is actually transferred or placed on an account or other record as evidence of the intent to transfer the prize. "Prize" shall not include free or additional play or intangible or virtual prizes that cannot be converted into money or merchandise.

(4) "Simulated gambling device" means a mechanically or electronically operated machine, network, system, or device that is intended to be used by an entrant to a game promotion or sweepstakes and that displays a simulated gambling display on a screen or other mechanism at a business location, including a private club, that is owned, leased, or otherwise possessed, in whole or in part, by any person conducting the game or by that person's partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, agents, or contractors. The term shall include, but is not limited to:

(a) A video poker game or any other kind of video card game.

(b) A video bingo game.

(c) A video craps game.

(d) A video keno game.

(e) A video lotto game.

(f) Eight liner.

(g) Pot-of-gold.

(h) A video game based on or involving the random or chance matching of different pictures, words, numbers, or symbols.

(i) A personal computer of any size or configuration that performs any of the functions of an electronic gaming machine or device as defined in this Section.

(j) A slot machine.

(5) "Sweepstakes" means any game, advertising scheme, plan, or other promotion that, with or without payment of any consideration, a person may enter to win or become eligible to receive any prize.

D. Whoever commits the crime of gambling by electronic sweepstakes device shall be fined not more than twenty thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, or both.

E. The conducting or assisting in the conducting of gaming activities or operations upon a riverboat, at the official gaming establishment, by operating an electronic video draw poker device, by a charitable gaming licensee, or at a pari-mutuel wagering facility, conducting slot machine gaming at an eligible horse racing facility, or the operation of a state lottery which is licensed for operation and regulated under the provisions of Chapters 4 and 11 of Title 4, Chapters 4, 5, 7, and 8 of Title 27, or Subtitle XI of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, shall not be considered gambling by electronic sweepstakes device for the purposes of this Section, provided that the wagering is done on the premises of the licensed establishment.

F. The conducting or assisting in the conducting of pari-mutuel wagering at licensed racing facilities under the provisions of Chapter 4 of Title 4 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall not be considered gambling by electronic sweepstakes device for the purposes of this Section provided that the wagering is done on the premises of the licensed establishment.

G. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit, limit, or otherwise restrict the purchase, sale, exchange, or other transaction related to stocks, bonds, futures, options, commodities, or other similar instruments or transactions occurring on a stock or commodities exchange, brokerage house, or similar entity.

H. Nothing in this Section shall limit or alter in any way the application of the requirements for sweepstakes, contests, prizes, and similar activities under the provisions of Chapter 19-A of Title 51 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

I. The providing of Internet or other online access, transmission, routing, storage, or other communication-related services, or website design, development, storage, maintenance, billing, advertising, hypertext linking, transaction processing, or other site-related services, by telephone companies, Internet service providers, software developers, licensors, or other such parties providing such services to customers in the normal course of business, shall not be considered gambling by electronic sweepstakes device even though the activities of such customers using such services to conduct a prohibited game, contest, lottery, or contrivance may constitute gambling by computer for the purposes of this Section. The provisions of this Subsection shall not exempt from criminal prosecution any software developer, licensor, or other such party if its primary purpose in providing such service is to support the conduct of gambling as a business.

Acts 2014, No. 233, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:92.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 92.2
Improper supervision of a minor by parent or legal custodian
Status: in_force

A. Improper supervision of a minor by a parent or legal custodian, who has care and control of the minor, includes any of the following:

(1) Through criminal negligence, or knowingly or willfully, permitting the minor to associate with a person known by the parent or custodian to be any of the following:

(a) A member of a known criminal street gang as defined in R.S. 15:1404(A).

(b) Convicted of a felony offense.

(c) A user or distributor of drugs in violation of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law.

(d) A person who possesses or has access to an illegal firearm, weapon, or explosive.

(2) Through criminal negligence, or knowingly or willfully, permitting the minor to do any of the following:

(a) Enter premises known by the parent or custodian to be a place where sexually indecent activities or prostitution is practiced.

(b) Violate a local or municipal curfew ordinance.

(c) Habitually be absent or tardy from school pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 17:233 without valid excuse.

(d) Enter the premises known by the parent or legal custodian as a place of illegal drug use or distribution activity.

(e) Enter the premises known by the parent or legal custodian as a place of underage drinking or gambling.

(f) Enter the premises known by the parent or legal custodian as a place which stores or has a person present who possesses an illegal firearm, weapon, or explosive.

(3) Any violation by commission or omission of a court-ordered safety plan.

(4) Causing or permitting an unlicensed minor to drive a motor vehicle or power cycle upon any public road or highway in this state, in violation of R.S. 32:416 and 417, when the unlicensed minor is involved in a collision which results in the serious bodily injury or death of another person.

B.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both. A minimum condition of probation shall be that the offender participate in forty hours of court-approved community service activities, or a combination of forty hours of court-approved community service and attendance at a court-approved family counseling program by both a parent or legal custodian and the minor.

(2) Whoever violates the provision of Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine of five hundred dollars, or both. Whoever violates the provisions of Paragraph (A)(3), which results in injury to the child that requires medical attention or death of the child, shall be punished by imprisonment for two years with or without hard labor.

(3) Whoever violates the provisions of Paragraph (A)(4) of this Section shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisonment for up to six months, or both.

(4) Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 290, §3.

C. The provisions of Subparagraph (A)(1)(b) of this Section shall not apply to an immediate family member who lives in the household with the minor or other relative who is supervised by the parent or legal custodian when visiting with the minor.

D.(1) No parent or legal guardian shall be guilty of a violation of this Section if, upon acquiring knowledge that the minor has undertaken acts as described in Paragraphs (A)(1) and (2) of this Section, the parent or legal guardian seeks the assistance of local, parish, or state law enforcement officials, school officials, social services officials, or other appropriate authorities in either leading the child to modify his or her behavior, or in referring the child to appropriate treatment or corrective facilities.

(2) When imposing the sentence for a person convicted of this offense, the court shall consider the totality of the circumstances including the best interest of the minor.

Acts 1995, No. 702, §2; Acts 2001, No. 403, §1, eff. June 15, 2001; Acts 2005, No. 148, §2; Acts 2006, No. 650, §1; Acts 2009, No. 305, §1; Acts 2019, No. 2, §1; Acts 2019, No. 290, §§1, 3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:43.1.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 43.1.1
Misdemeanor sexual battery
Status: in_force

A. Misdemeanor sexual battery is the intentional touching of the breasts or buttocks of the victim by the offender using any instrumentality or any part of the body of the offender, directly or through clothing, or the intentional touching of the breasts or buttocks of the offender by the victim using any instrumentality or any part of the body of the victim, directly or through clothing, when the offender acts without the consent of the victim.

B. Whoever commits the crime of misdemeanor sexual battery shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

C. The offender shall not be eligible to have his conviction set aside and his prosecution dismissed in accordance with Code of Criminal Procedure Article 894.

D. The offender shall not be subject to any provisions of law that are applicable to sex offenders, including but not limited to any provision that requires the registration of the offender and notice to the public.

Acts 2015, No. 256, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:44.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 44.1
Second degree kidnapping
Status: in_force

A. Second degree kidnapping is the doing of any of the acts listed in Subsection B of this Section wherein the victim is any of the following:

(1) Used as a shield or hostage.

(2) Used to facilitate the commission of a felony or the flight after an attempt to commit or the commission of a felony.

(3) Physically injured or sexually abused. For the purposes of this Paragraph, "sexually abused" means that the victim was subjected to any sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541.

(4) Imprisoned or kidnapped for seventy-two or more hours, except as provided in R.S. 14:45(A)(4) or (5).

(5) Imprisoned or kidnapped when the offender is armed with a dangerous weapon or leads the victim to reasonably believe he is armed with a dangerous weapon.

(6) Used to facilitate the commission of a simple escape or an aggravated escape, including a simple escape or aggravated escape from either an adult or juvenile correctional or detention facility, in violation of R.S. 14:110.

B. For purposes of this Section, kidnapping is any of the following:

(1) The forcible seizing and carrying of any person from one place to another.

(2) The enticing or persuading of any person to go from one place to another.

(3) The imprisoning or forcible secreting of any person.

(4) The forcible seizing of any corrections officer or any other official or employee of an adult or juvenile correctional or detention facility for any period of time whatsoever.

C. Whoever commits the crime of second degree kidnapping shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than five nor more than forty years. At least two years of the sentence imposed shall be without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

Acts 1989, No. 276, §1; Acts 2021, No. 484, §1; Acts 2022, No. 173, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:403.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 403.1
Substance abuse in schools; definitions; confidential reports; immunity; penalty
Status: in_force

A. The purpose of this Section is to protect teachers, administrators, school support personnel, and employees of the public school systems of this state from liability for damages as a result of reporting substance abuse on school campuses. It is intended that as a result of such reporting, the children attending schools in this state shall not be exposed to substance abuse while on campus, and law enforcement shall be aided in efforts to eradicate substance abuse by students.

B. For the purposes of this Section, the following terms shall mean:

(1) "Campus" is all facilities and property within the boundary of the school property and all vehicles used for public transportation of students.

(2) "Controlled dangerous substance" is any substance regulated or defined in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substance Law, Part X, Chapter IV of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, except where prescribed by a physician and possessed and consumed by the person for whom prescribed.

(3) "Person" is any employee of a public school system including, but not limited to, teachers, administrators, school bus drivers, janitors, lunch room workers, maintenance employees, and coaches of athletic teams.

(4) "School" is any public elementary or secondary school in the state of Louisiana.

(5) "Student" is any person enrolled at school, including any person so enrolled but on temporary suspension, and any person physically on campus, whether a student or non-student.

(6) "Substance Abuse Prevention Team," hereafter sometimes referred to as "the team," is a panel of not less than six members consisting of at least one administrator, teacher, school counselor, parent representative, and school support person. The team shall be trained by personnel from the Substance Abuse Prevention Education Program of the Louisiana Department of Education.

In the absence of the availability of a team trained by personnel from the Substance Abuse Prevention Education Program, the principal of a school may establish a substantially similar panel which shall be considered a substance abuse prevention team.

C.(1) Any person having reasonable cause to believe that a student possesses a controlled dangerous substance or an alcoholic beverage on a school campus, under circumstances other than those described in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, shall report such fact to the principal of the school or to the chairman of the Substance Abuse Prevention Team on a report form prepared by the Department of Education or on a substantially similar form. If the report is to the principal, the principal immediately shall forward it to the chairman of the team.

The team shall discuss the circumstances of the report with the student reported without disclosing the name of the reporting person and shall also meet with the parents of the student reported. The team shall thereafter report to the principal of the school and make recommendations for treatment, counselling, or other appropriate action.

(2) Any person having factual knowledge that a student has manufactured, distributed, or possessed with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance shall report such fact to the principal of the school who, upon a finding that there is reasonable cause to believe that the student has manufactured, distributed, or possessed with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance, shall report such information to the appropriate law enforcement agency. If the principal determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe the student possessed a controlled dangerous substance but did not manufacture, distribute, or possess with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance, he shall refer the matter to the Substance Abuse Prevention Team chairman.

(3) The report required in Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Subsection shall be written and shall include the name of the person making the report, the name of the student suspected of committing the act so reported, and the specific incident which caused the reporting person to believe the act had occurred. Sufficient detail shall be included to allow the report to be adequately reviewed. When appropriate, the report shall include a behavioral profile of the student since his enrollment in class.

D.(1) The provisions of Subsection C of this Section shall not preclude any person from making a report of conduct to a law enforcement agency when that person has reasonable cause to believe that the manufacture or distribution of a controlled dangerous substance has taken or is taking place and that delay would jeopardize or impair the ability to control the manufacture or distribution of a controlled dangerous substance on a campus.

(2) The provisions of Subsection C of this Section shall not preclude any person from making a report of conduct to a law enforcement agency when that person has reasonable cause to believe that a student on campus is under the influence of alcoholic beverages and that delay would jeopardize or impair the ability to operate the school or result in the student's being a danger to himself or others.

(3) A law enforcement agency receiving a report under the provisions of this Subsection may conduct an investigation of the report. Such investigation may include the administering, upon the school grounds and after consent has been obtained from student's parent or legal tutor, of a breath or urine test for the presence of alcohol or a controlled dangerous substance, if the investigating officer has reasonable cause to believe the student is or recently was on campus while under the influence of alcoholic beverages or a controlled dangerous substance. The methods for the administration and analysis of a breath or urine test under the provisions of this Subsection shall be the same as for chemical testing and analysis authorized under R.S. 32:663. The results of a breath or urine test authorized under this Subsection shall be provided solely to the student, the parent or legal tutor of the student, the principal of the school, and the chairman of the Substance Abuse Prevention Team, and shall not be used as the basis for any disciplinary proceeding against the student. The law enforcement agency may keep a copy of the test results which copy shall not be a public record and shall not be open for public inspection but shall be kept confidential under lock and key and maintained only for internal record keeping purposes to preserve the integrity of said agency's files and shall not be used for any investigative purpose. The test results shall be exempt from the Public Records Act* and shall not be admissible as evidence in any civil or criminal trial, hearing, or other proceeding.

E. All reports filed pursuant to this Section shall be confidential. The identity of the reporting person shall not be disclosed except when the constitution of the State of Louisiana or the United States so requires. All reports shall be exempt from the Public Records Act.

F. Any person who makes a report in good faith, pursuant to Subsections C and D of this Section, shall have immunity from civil liability that otherwise might be incurred. Such immunity shall extend to testimony in any judicial proceeding resulting from such report.

G. The willful failure by a person with permanent status to make a report required by Subsection C of this Section shall constitute willful neglect of duty which may subject the person to dismissal pursuant to R.S. 17:443, R.S. 17:462, R.S. 17:493, R.S. 17:523, or R.S. 17:533, as appropriate. Any person without permanent status may be dismissed for willful neglect of duty under this Section after a hearing in accordance with the procedures set forth in R.S. 17:443.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 861, §1. Acts 1985, No. 828, §1; Acts 2021, No. 275, §2.

*R.S. 44:1 et seq.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 9
Criminal consequences
Status: in_force

Criminal consequences are any set of consequences prescribed in the various articles of this Code or in the other acts of the legislature of this state as necessary to constitute any of the various crimes defined therein.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:133.1.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 133.1.1
Election fraud or forgery
Status: in_force

A. No person shall knowingly, willfully, or intentionally:

(1) Vote or attempt to vote more than once in an election.

(2) Vote or attempt to vote, knowing that the person is not qualified, or influence or attempt to influence another to vote, knowing that voter to be unqualified or the vote to be fraudulent.

(3) Register, vote, or attempt to register or vote in the name of another or in an assumed or fictitious name, or in any manner other than as provided in the Louisiana Election Code.

(4) Forge the name of another or use a fictitious name on an affidavit or document required by the Louisiana Election Code.

(5) Procure or submit voter registration applications that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent.

(6) Forge, alter, add to, deface, take, destroy, or remove from proper custodial care any book, card, record, voter registration application, election return, nomination papers, withdrawals of candidacy, election supplies, election paraphernalia, or any affidavit or other document required or provided for under the provisions of the Louisiana Election Code, unless required to be removed by a court of competent jurisdiction for inspection and photostatic copying for the court record.

(7) Have in his possession an official ballot in violation of any provision of the Louisiana Election Code.

(8) Have in his possession the registration certificate of another with intent to violate any provision of the Louisiana Election Code.

(9) For purposes other than fulfilling the person's duties relative to registration of voters as provided by law, copy or reproduce a voter registration application that has been submitted by an applicant.

B. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars or be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or both, for the first offense. On a second offense or any subsequent offense, the penalty shall be a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or imprisonment at hard labor for not more than five years, or both.

Acts 2024, No. 350, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:67.19 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 67.19
Theft of anhydrous ammonia
Status: in_force

A. Theft of anhydrous ammonia is the misappropriation or taking of anhydrous ammonia which belongs to another, either without the consent of the other to the misappropriation or taking or by means of fraudulent conduct, practices, or representations, with the intent to permanently deprive.

B. For purposes of this Section, "anhydrous ammonia" is the compound formed by the combination of two gaseous elements, nitrogen and hydrogen, in the proportion of one part of nitrogen to three parts of hydrogen by volume and in the ratio of eighty-two percent nitrogen to eighteen percent hydrogen by weight.

C. Whoever commits the crime of theft of anhydrous ammonia shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than two years, or may be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or both.

Acts 2001, No. 286, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:319 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 319
Sale of toy pistols prohibited; penalty; exceptions
Status: in_force

A. No person shall sell or offer to sell any toy pistol constructed so as to accommodate blank powder cartridges, blank cartridges, or shells used in firing or discharging toy pistols.

B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned for not more than ten days, or both.

C. Paper cap pistols and other toy pistols not constructed so as to accommodate blank powder cartridges or shells are not included within the provisions of this Section.

Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:43.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 43.3
Oral sexual battery
Status: in_force

A. Oral sexual battery is the intentional touching of the anus or genitals of the victim by the offender using the mouth or tongue of the offender, or the touching of the anus or genitals of the offender by the victim using the mouth or tongue of the victim, when any of the following occur:

(1) The victim is under the age of fifteen years and is at least three years younger than the offender.

(2) The offender is seventeen years of age or older and any of the following exist:

(a) The act is without the consent of the victim, and the victim is prevented from resisting the act because either of the following conditions exist:

(i) The victim has paraplegia, quadriplegia, or is otherwise physically incapable of preventing the act due to a physical disability.

(ii) The victim is incapable, through unsoundness of mind, of understanding the nature of the act, and the offender knew or should have known of the victim's incapacity.

(b) The act is without the consent of the victim, and the victim is sixty-five years of age or older.

B. Lack of knowledge of the victim's age shall not be a defense.

C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of oral sexual battery shall be punished by imprisonment, with or without hard labor, without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence, for not more than ten years.

(2) Whoever commits the crime of oral sexual battery on a victim under the age of thirteen years when the offender is seventeen years of age or older shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor for not less than twenty-five years nor more than ninety-nine years. At least twenty-five years of the sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

(3) Whoever commits the crime of oral sexual battery by violating the provisions of Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than twenty-five years nor more than ninety-nine years. At least twenty-five years of the sentence imposed shall be served without parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

(4) - (6) Repealed by Acts 2011, No. 67, §2.

D.(1) Upon completion of the term of imprisonment imposed in accordance with Paragraphs (C)(2) and (3) of this Section, the offender shall be monitored by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections through the use of electronic monitoring equipment for the remainder of his natural life.

(2) Unless it is determined by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, pursuant to rules adopted in accordance with the provisions of this Subsection, that a sexual offender is unable to pay all or any portion of such costs, each sexual offender to be electronically monitored shall pay the cost of such monitoring.

(3) The costs attributable to the electronic monitoring of an offender who has been determined unable to pay shall be borne by the department if, and only to the degree that, sufficient funds are made available for such purpose whether by appropriation of state funds or from any other source.

(4) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall develop, adopt, and promulgate rules in the manner provided in the Administrative Procedure Act, that provide for the payment of such costs. Such rules shall contain specific guidelines which shall be used to determine the ability of the offender to pay the required costs and shall establish the reasonable costs to be charged. Such rules may provide for a sliding scale of payment so that an offender who is able to pay a portion, but not all, of such costs may be required to pay such portion.

Acts 1985, No. 287, §1; Acts 1995, No. 946, §2; Acts 2001, No. 301, §1; Acts 2006, No. 103, §1; Acts 2008, No. 33, §1; Acts 2011, No. 67, §§1, 2; Acts 2022, No. 173, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:90.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 90.5
Unlawful playing of gaming devices by persons under the age of twenty-one; underage persons, penalty
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for any person under twenty-one years of age to play casino games, gaming devices, or slot machines or to place a wager on a sports event.

B. No person under the age of twenty-one, except an emergency responder acting in his official capacity, shall enter, or be permitted to enter, the designated gaming area of a riverboat, the designated gaming area of the official gaming establishment, or the designated gaming area of a pari-mutuel wagering facility which offers live horse racing licensed for operation and regulated under the applicable provisions of Chapters 4, 5, and 7 of Title 27 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

C.(1) For purposes of this Section, "casino games, gaming devices, or slot machines" means a game or device, as defined in R.S. 27:44, 205, or 353 operated on a riverboat, at the official gaming establishment, or at a pari-mutuel wagering facility which offers live horse racing which is licensed for operation and regulated under the provisions of Chapters 4, 5, and 7 of Title 27 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

(2) For purposes of this Section, "place a wager on a sports event" shall apply to the following:

(a) Wagers attempted to be or actually placed in person, via a self-service sports wagering mechanism, or through a website or mobile application as those terms are defined in R.S. 27:602 and the operation of which is regulated under the provisions of Chapter 10 of Title 27 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

(b) Wagers attempted to be or actually placed via a self-service sports wagering mechanism, or via a mobile application as defined in R.S. 47:9002 and operations are regulated under the provisions of Chapter 10 of Subtitle XI of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

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

Acts 2004, No. 828, §1; Acts 2014, No. 738, §1; Acts 2016, No. 488, §1; Acts 2021, No. 80, §2, eff. July 1, 2021; Acts 2021, No. 440, §3, eff. July 1, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:73.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 73.10
Online impersonation
Status: in_force

A.(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, with the intent to harm, intimidate, threaten, or defraud, to intentionally impersonate another actual person, without the consent of that person, in order to engage in any of the following:

(a) Open an electronic mail account, any other type of account, or a profile on a social networking website or other Internet website.

(b) Post or send one or more messages on or through a social networking website or other Internet website.

(2) It shall be unlawful for any person, with the intent to harm, intimidate, threaten, or defraud, to send an electronic mail, instant message, text message, or other form of electronic communication that references a name, domain address, phone number, or other item of identifying information belonging to another actual person without the consent of that person and with the intent to cause the recipient of the communication to believe that the other person authorized or transmitted the communication.

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

(1) "Access software provider" means a provider of software, including client or server software, or enabling tools that do one or more of the following:

(a) Filter, screen, allow, or disallow content.

(b) Select, choose, analyze, or digest content.

(c) Transmit, receive, display, forward, cache, search, organize, reorganize, or translate content.

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

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

(4) "Social networking website" means an Internet website that has any of the following capabilities:

(a) Allows users to register and create web pages or profiles about themselves that are available to the general public or to any other users.

(b) Offers a mechanism for direct or real-time communication among users, such as a forum, chat room, electronic mail, or instant messaging.

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

C.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than six months, or both.

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

D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any of the following or to any person who is employed by any of the following when the actions of the employee are within the course and scope of his employment:

(1) A social networking website.

(2) An interactive computer service provider.

(3) A telecommunications service provider.

(4) A cable operator.

(5) An Internet service provider.

(6) Any law enforcement officer or agency.

Acts 2012, No. 375, §1; Acts 2019, No. 104, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:329.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 329.6
Proclamation of state of emergency; conditions therefor; effect thereof
Status: in_force

A. During times of great public crisis, disaster, rioting, catastrophe, or similar public emergency within the territorial limits of any municipality or parish, or in the event of reasonable apprehension of immediate danger thereof, and upon a finding that the public safety is imperiled thereby, the chief executive officer of any political subdivision or the district judge, district attorney, or the sheriff of any parish of this state, or the public safety director of a municipality, may request the governor to proclaim a state of emergency within any part or all of the territorial limits of such local government. Following such proclamation by the governor, and during the continuance of such state of emergency, the chief law enforcement officer of the political subdivision affected by the proclamation may, in order to protect life and property and to bring the emergency situation under control, promulgate orders affecting any part or all of the territorial limits of the municipality or parish:

(1) Establishing a curfew and prohibiting and/or controlling pedestrian and vehicular traffic, except essential emergency vehicles and personnel;

(2) Designating specific zones within which the occupancy and use of buildings and the ingress and egress of vehicles and persons shall be prohibited or regulated;

NOTE: See HCR 5 of the 2021 R.S. regarding the suspension of certain criminal penalties and restrictions related to religious assemblies through the 60th day after final adjournment of the 2022 R.S.

(3) Regulating and closing of places of amusement and assembly;

(4) Prohibiting the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages;

(5) Prohibiting and controlling the presence of persons on public streets and places;

(6) Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 325, §3.

(7) Regulating and controlling the possession, storage, display, sale, transport and use of explosives and flammable materials and liquids, including but not limited to the closing of all wholesale and retail establishments which sell or distribute gasoline and other flammable products;

(8) Regulating and controlling the possession, storage, display, sale, transport and use of sound apparatus, including but not limited to public address systems, bull horns and megaphones.

(9) Prohibiting the sale or offer for sale of goods or services within the designated emergency area for value exceeding the prices ordinarily charged for comparable goods and services in the same market area at, or immediately before, the time of the state of emergency, unless the price of the seller is attributable to fluctuation in the applicable commodity markets, applicable regional or national market trends, or to reasonable expenses and a charge for any attendant business risk in addition to the cost of the goods and services which necessarily are incurred in procuring or selling the goods and services during the state of emergency.

B. Such orders shall be effective from the time and in the manner prescribed in such orders and shall be published as soon as practicable in a newspaper of general circulation in the area affected by such order and transmitted to the radio and television media for publication and broadcast. Such orders shall cease to be in effect five days after their promulgation or upon declaration by the governor that the state of emergency no longer exists, whichever occurs sooner; however, the chief law enforcement officer, with the consent of the governor, may extend the effect of such orders for successive periods of not more than five days each by republication of such orders in the manner hereinabove provided.

C. All orders promulgated pursuant to this Section shall be executed in triplicate and shall be filed with the clerk of court of the parish affected and with the secretary of state of this state.

D. During any period during which a state of emergency exists the proclaiming officer may appoint additional peace officers or firemen for temporary service, who need not be in the classified lists of such departments. Such additional persons shall be employed only for the time during which the emergency exists.

E. During the period of the existence of the state of emergency the chief law enforcement officer of the political subdivision may call upon the sheriff, mayor, or other chief executive officer of any other parish or municipality to furnish such law enforcement or fire protection personnel, or both, together with appropriate equipment and apparatus, as may be necessary to preserve the public peace and protect persons and property in the requesting area. Such aid shall be furnished to the chief law enforcement officer requesting it insofar as possible without withdrawing from the political subdivision furnishing such aid the minimum police and fire protection appearing necessary under the circumstances. In such cases when a state of emergency has been declared by the governor pursuant to R.S. 29:724 et seq., all first responders who are members of a state or local office of homeland security and emergency preparedness, including but not limited to medical personnel, emergency medical technicians, persons called to active duty service in the uniformed services of the United States, Louisiana National Guard, Louisiana Guard, Civil Air Patrol, law enforcement and fire protection personnel acting outside the territory of their regular employment shall be considered as performing services within the territory of their regular employment for purposes of compensation, pension, and other rights or benefits to which they may be entitled as incidents of their regular employment. Law enforcement officers acting pursuant to this Section outside the territory of their regular employment have the same authority to enforce the law as when acting within the territory of their own employment.

F. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, except in an imminent life threatening situation nothing herein shall restrict any uniformed employee of a licensed private security company, acting within the scope of employment, from entering and remaining in an area where an emergency has been declared. The provisions of this Subsection shall apply if the licensed private security company submits a list of employees and their assignment to be allowed into the area, to the Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners, which shall forward the list to the chief law enforcement office of the parish and, if different, the agency in charge of the scene.

G. As used in this Section:

(1) "Disaster" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S. 29:723.

(2) "Emergency" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S. 29:723.

H.(1) The right of each citizen to keep and bear arms is fundamental and shall not be infringed. Nothing in this Section shall authorize the seizure or confiscation of any firearm or ammunition from any individual who is lawfully carrying or possessing the firearm or ammunition except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

(2) A peace officer who is acting in the lawful discharge of the officer's official duties may disarm an individual if the officer reasonably believes it is immediately necessary for the protection of the officer or another individual. The peace officer shall return the firearm to the individual before discharging that individual unless the officer arrests that individual for engaging in criminal activity, or seizes the firearm as evidence pursuant to an investigation for the commission of a crime.

(3) Firearms and ammunition manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, suppliers, and retailers and shooting ranges are essential businesses and operations for purposes of safety and security and shall not be prohibited or restricted from operating or conducting business during a declared emergency or disaster.

Acts 1969, No. 176, §7; Acts 1990, No. 152, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1999, No. 267, §1; Acts 2003, No. 40, §1, eff. May 23, 2003; Acts 2004, No. 316, §1, eff. June 18, 2004; Acts 2006, No. 275, §1, eff. June 8, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 668, §1; Acts 2009, No. 494, §1; Acts 2020, No. 325, §§1, 3; H.C.R. No.5, 2021 R.S.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:403.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 403.6
Reporting of neglect or abuse of animals
Status: in_force

A. Any state or local law enforcement officer, or any employee of government or of a government contractor who in his professional capacity routinely investigates alleged abuse or neglect or sexual abuse of a child, or abuse or neglect of an adult under the provisions of R.S. 15:1507, who becomes aware of evidence of neglect or abuse of an animal shall report such incident to the law enforcement authority of the governing authority in which the incident has occurred or the local animal welfare authority. The name and identifying information regarding the reporter of animal maltreatment shall be confidential.

B. No person required to report under the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall knowingly and willfully obstruct the procedures for receiving and investigating a report of abuse or neglect or shall disclose, without authorization, confidential information which was reported.

C. No person shall make a report required by this Section knowing that any information therein is false.

Acts 2001, No. 1136, §1; Acts 2010, No. 861, §6; Acts 2012, No. 811, §4, eff. July 1, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:134.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 134.1
Malfeasance in office; sexual conduct prohibited with persons in the custody and supervision of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful and constitute malfeasance in office for any of the following persons to engage in sexual intercourse or any other sexual conduct with a person who is under their supervision and who is confined in a prison, jail, work release facility, or correctional institution, or who is under the supervision of the division of probation and parole, or who is detained or arrested:

(1) A law enforcement officer.

(2) An officer, employee, contract worker, or volunteer of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or any prison, jail, work release facility, or correctional institution.

B. Whoever violates a provision of this Section shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned at hard labor for not more than ten years, or both.

C. For purposes of this Section, "law enforcement officer" shall include commissioned police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, deputy marshals, correctional officers, constables, wildlife enforcement agents, state park wardens, and probation and parole officers.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 509, §1; Acts 2008, No. 481, §1; Acts 2010, No. 915, §1; Acts 2022, No. 560, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:117 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 117
Flag desecration; exceptions
Status: in_force

The flag desecration section shall not apply to any act permitted by the statutes of the United States or of Louisiana, or by the United States army and navy regulations; nor shall it apply to the depicting of a flag upon any document, stationery, ornament, picture, or jewelry, with no design or words thereon and disconnected with any advertisement.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:65.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 65.1
Purse snatching
Status: in_force

A. Purse snatching is the theft of anything of value contained within a purse or wallet at the time of the theft, from the person of another or which is in the immediate control of another, by use of force, intimidation, or by snatching, but not armed with a dangerous weapon.

B. Whoever commits the crime of purse snatching shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than two years and for not more than twenty years.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 645, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:601 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 601
Louisiana Felony Class System Task Force
Status: in_force

A. The legislature hereby finds that it is in the best interest of the public to have, to the greatest extent possible, a clear, regular, and simple sentencing system, whereby nearly every felony offense falls into a class, with sentencing to be imposed by designated class, to ensure consistency across crimes of similar severity and greater transparency for victims, defendants, and criminal justice practitioners. Such a system will henceforth be referred to as a felony class system.

B. Accordingly, the Legislature of Louisiana hereby authorizes and directs the creation of the Louisiana Felony Class System Task Force to study, evaluate, and develop a recommendation for a felony class system to the legislature before the 2018 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.

C.(1) The membership of the task force shall be as follows:

(a) Three attorneys designated by the president of Louisiana District Attorneys Association.

(b) Two attorneys designated by the state public defender.

(c) One attorney designated by the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.

(d) One attorney designated by the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

(e) Two attorneys designated by the Louisiana District Judges Association.

(f) One attorney designated by the office of the governor.

(g) The chair of the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice or his designee.

(h) The chair of the Senate Committee on Judiciary C or his designee.

(i) Each attorney member of the task force shall be an attorney licensed to practice and who practices in this state.

(2)(a) The names of the persons who are to serve on the task force shall be submitted to the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court on or before September 1, 2017.

(b) The chief justice shall call the first meeting of the task force, which meeting shall be held on or before September 15, 2017.

(c) At the first meeting of the task force, its members shall elect from their membership a chairman and vice chairman and such other officers as the task force may deem advisable. The chief justice, or the chief justice's designee, shall preside over the task force until a chairman is elected.

(d) The task force shall meet a minimum of six times between September 15, 2017, and February 1, 2018, and may hold public hearings as part of its evaluation process. Meetings of the task force shall be held in the state capital.

D. The task force shall prepare and submit a final report of its findings and recommendations, including but not limited to any specific and complete draft legislation, to the governor, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the president of the Senate, the chairman of the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary C, and the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, no later than February 1, 2018. The report shall be made available to the public and the task force shall be abolished upon submission of the report.

E.(1) The task force may apply for, contract for, receive, and expend for purposes of this Chapter any appropriation or grant from the state, its political subdivisions, the federal government, or any other public or private source.

(2) The books and records of the task force shall be subject to audit by the legislative auditor pursuant to R.S. 24:513.

F. This Chapter shall become null and of no effect on February 2, 2018.

Acts 2017, No. 281, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 14
Insanity
Status: in_force

If the circumstances indicate that because of a mental disease or mental defect the offender was incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong with reference to the conduct in question, the offender shall be exempt from criminal responsibility.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:28.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 28.1
Solicitation for murder
Status: in_force

A. Solicitation for murder is the intentional solicitation by one person of another to commit or cause to be committed a first or second degree murder.

B. Whoever commits the crime of solicitation for murder shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than five years nor more than twenty years.

Acts 1985, No. 576, §1, eff. July 13, 1985; Acts 2001, No. 851, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:34.5.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 34.5.1
Battery of a bus operator
Status: in_force

A. Battery of a bus operator is a battery committed without the consent of the victim when the offender has reasonable grounds to believe the victim is a bus operator.

B. For the purposes of this Section, a "bus operator" means any person employed by a public transit system who operates a bus, as defined in R.S. 32:1, or who operates an electronically operated cable car while that person is on duty in the course and scope of his or her employment, regardless of whether the bus is in motion at the time of the offense. "Bus operator" shall not include any person who operates a school bus.

C. Whoever commits the crime of battery on a bus operator while the operator is operating a bus shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned for not less than seventy-two hours nor more than one year, with or without hard labor, without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.

Acts 2003, No. 1244, §1; Acts 2024, No. 367, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:329 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 329
Interfering with a law enforcement investigation
Status: in_force

A. Interfering with a law enforcement investigation is the intentional interference or obstruction of a law enforcement officer conducting investigative work at the scene of a crime or the scene of an accident by refusing to move or leave the immediate scene of the crime or the accident when ordered to do so by the law enforcement officer when the offender has reasonable grounds to believe the officer is acting in the performance of his official duties.

B. For the purposes of this Section, "law enforcement officer" means any commissioned police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, correctional officer, constable, wildlife enforcement agent, state park warden, livestock brand inspector, forestry officer, or probation and parole officer.

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

Acts 2010, No. 349, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:231 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 231
Counterfeit and nonfunctional air bags prohibited; air bag fraud
Status: in_force

A. No person shall knowingly install or reinstall in any motor vehicle a counterfeit or nonfunctional air bag or any other object intended to fulfill the function of an air bag that does not meet the definition of "air bag" set forth in Subsection D of this Section.

B. No person shall knowingly manufacture, import, sell, or offer for sale a counterfeit or nonfunctional air bag or any other object intended to fulfill the function of an air bag that does not meet the definition of "air bag" set forth in Subsection D of this Section.

C. No person shall knowingly sell, install, or reinstall a device in a motor vehicle that causes the diagnostic system of the vehicle to indicate inaccurately that the vehicle is equipped with a functional air bag.

D. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "Air bag" means an inflatable occupant restraint system, including all component parts, such as the cover, sensors, controllers, inflators, and wiring, designed to activate in a motor vehicle in the event of a crash to mitigate injury or ejection and that meets the federal motor vehicle safety standards set forth in 49 CFR 571.208 for the make, model, and model year of the motor vehicle.

(2) "Counterfeit air bag" means an air bag displaying a mark identically or substantially similar to the genuine mark of a motor vehicle manufacturer, without the authorization of the motor vehicle manufacturer.

(3) "Nonfunctional air bag" means any of the following:

(a) A replacement air bag that has been previously deployed or damaged.

(b) A replacement air bag that has an electrical fault that is detected by the air bag diagnostic system after the air bag is installed.

(c) A counterfeit air bag, air bag cover, or some other object that is installed in a motor vehicle in order to mislead or deceive an owner or operator of the motor vehicle into believing that a functional air bag has been installed.

(4) Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 2, §3.

E. Whoever violates the provisions of Subsection A or C of this Section shall:

(1) Upon first conviction, be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both, except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

(2) Upon a second and subsequent conviction, or if the violation results in the serious bodily injury or death of any person, be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than one year, or both.

F. Whoever violates the provisions of Subsection B of this Section shall:

(1) Upon conviction, be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than one year, or both, except as provided in Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Subsection.

(2) Upon conviction, if the cumulative sales price of the air bags or objects involved in the violation is at least five thousand dollars but less than one hundred thousand dollars, or if the number of air bags or objects involved in the violation is at least one hundred but less than one thousand, be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than six months nor more than two years, or both.

(3) Upon conviction, if the cumulative sales price of the air bags or objects involved in the violation is one hundred thousand dollars or more, or if the number of air bags or objects involved in the violation is one thousand or more, be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than one year nor more than five years, or both.

G. Each manufacture, importation, installation, reinstallation, sale, or offer for sale in violation of this Section shall constitute a separate and distinct violation.

Acts 2003, No. 654, §1; Acts 2014, No. 105, §1, eff. May 16, 2014; Acts 2019, No. 2, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:373 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 373
Citation of subversive activities and communist control law
Status: in_force

R.S. 14:358 through 373 may be cited as the Subversive Activities and Communist Control Law.

Amended by Acts 1965, No. 45, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:73.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 73.7
Computer tampering
Status: in_force

A. Computer tampering is the intentional commission of any of the actions enumerated in this Subsection when that action is taken knowingly and without the authorization of the owner of a computer:

(1) Accessing or causing to be accessed a computer or any part of a computer or any program or data contained within a computer.

(2) Copying or otherwise obtaining any program or data contained within a computer.

(3) Damaging or destroying a computer, or altering, deleting, or removing any program or data contained within a computer, or eliminating or reducing the ability of the owner of the computer to access or utilize the computer or any program or data contained within the computer.

(4) Introducing or attempting to introduce any electronic information of any kind and in any form into one or more computers, either directly or indirectly, and either simultaneously or sequentially, with the intention of damaging or destroying a computer, or altering, deleting, or removing any program or data contained within a computer, or eliminating or reducing the ability of the owner of the computer to access or utilize the computer or any program or data contained within the computer.

B. For purposes of this Section:

(1) Actions which are taken without authorization include actions which intentionally exceed the limits of authorization.

(2) If an owner of a computer has established a confidential or proprietary code which is required in order to access a computer, and that code has not been issued to a person, and that person uses that code to access that computer or to cause that computer to be accessed, that action creates a rebuttable presumption that the action was taken without authorization or intentionally exceeded the limits of authorization.

(3) The vital services or operations of the state, or of any parish, municipality, or other local governing authority, or of any utility company are the services or operations which are necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, and include but are not limited to: law enforcement; fire protection; emergency services; health care; transportation; communications; drainage; sewerage; and utilities, including water, electricity, and natural gas and other forms of energy.

C. Whoever commits the crime of computer tampering as defined in Paragraphs (A)(1) and (2) of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

D. Whoever commits the crime of computer tampering as defined in Paragraphs (A)(3) and (4) of this Section shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both.

E. Whoever violates the crime of computer tampering as defined in Paragraphs (A)(3) and (4) of this Section with the intention of disrupting the vital services or operations of the state, or of any parish, municipality, or other local governing authority, or of any utility company, or with the intention of causing death or great bodily harm to one or more persons, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned at hard labor for not more than fifteen years, or both.

Acts 2001, No. 829, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:103.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 103.1
Emanation of excessive sound or noise; exceptions; penalties
Status: in_force

A. No person shall operate or permit the operation of any sound amplification system which emanates unreasonably loud or excessive sound or noise which is likely to cause inconvenience or annoyance to persons of ordinary sensibilities, when both the following exist:

(1) The sound amplification system is located in or on any motor vehicle on a public street, highway, or public park.

(2) The sound or noise emanating from the sound amplification system is audible at a distance of greater than twenty-five feet which exceeds eighty-five decibels.

B. The provisions of this Section do not apply to the use of a horn, alarm, or other warning device which has as its purpose the signaling of unsafe or dangerous situations or to summon the assistance of law enforcement when used for such purpose, or when used in conjunction with a permitted event.

C. Whoever violates a provision of this Section shall be fined two hundred dollars for a first offense, and not less than three hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for second and subsequent offenses.

D.(1) Upon conviction for a first offense, the court may order the violator to surrender to the law enforcement agency that arrested the violator or reported the violation the driver's license of the driver involved in the violation for a period not to exceed thirty days. The violator shall be responsible for the retrieval of his driver's license from the law enforcement agency after the expiration of the period of surrender.

(2) Upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense, the court may order the violator to surrender to the law enforcement agency that arrested the violator or reported the violation the driver's license of the driver involved in the violation for a period not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days. The violator shall be responsible for the retrieval of his driver's license from the law enforcement agency after the expiration of the period of surrender.

E. A governing authority of a parish or municipality may enact an ordinance consistent with the provisions of this Section and shall incorporate the standards and elements of the crime, and the penalty provided in the ordinance shall not exceed the penalty provided in this Section.

Acts 1997, No. 811, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 2005, No. 490, §1; Acts 2008, No. 94, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:133.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 133.5
Filing a false complaint against a law enforcement officer
Status: in_force

A. Filing a false complaint against a law enforcement officer is knowingly filing, by affidavit under oath, a false statement or false representation with a law enforcement agency regarding the conduct, job performance, or behavior of a law enforcement officer for the purpose of initiating an administrative action against that law enforcement officer.

B. For the purposes of this Section, "law enforcement officer" shall include commissioned police officers, state troopers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, deputy marshals, correctional officers, constables, wildlife enforcement agents, and probation and parole officers.

C. Whoever commits the crime of filing false statements against law enforcement officers shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

Acts 2006, No. 287, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:101.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 101.2
Unauthorized use of sperm, ovum, or embryo
Status: in_force

A. No person shall knowingly use a sperm, ovum, or embryo, through the use of assisted reproduction technology, for any purpose other than that indicated by the sperm, ovum, or embryo provider's signature on a written consent form.

B. No person shall knowingly implant a sperm, ovum, or embryo, through the use of assisted reproduction technology, into a recipient who is not the sperm, ovum, or embryo provider, without the signed written consent of the sperm, ovum, or embryo provider and recipient.

C. Knowing violation of the provisions of this Section shall be grounds for immediate revocation of the violator's professional license.

D. This Section shall not apply to any of the following:

(1) The use by a surviving spouse of the human ova or sperm of the deceased spouse in order to conceive a child.

(2) The use by a spouse of the human ova or sperm of the other spouse in order to conceive a child.

Acts 1999, No. 1246, §1; Acts 2024, No. 256, §1, eff. May 24, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 91.15
Unlawful operation of an unlicensed child day care center
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person or other entity to do either of the following:

(1) Continue to operate a child day care center after notification by the Department of Education that the person or other entity operating the facility should seek a license as provided for in Part X-B of Chapter 1 of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 17:407.31 through 407.53.

(2) Continue to operate a child day care center after the Department of Education has revoked a license to operate a child day care center that was previously issued to the person or other entity as provided for in Part X-B of Chapter 1 of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 17:407.31 through 407.53.

B. For the purposes of this Section, "child day care center" means any place or facility operated by any institution, political subdivision, society, agency, corporation, person or persons, or any other group for the purpose of providing care, supervision, and guidance of seven or more children, not including those related to the caregiver, unaccompanied by parent or legal custodian, on a regular basis for at least twelve and one-half hours in a continuous seven-day week. If a child day care center provides transportation or arranges for transportation to and from the center, either directly or by contract with third parties, all hours during which a child is being transported shall be included in calculating the hours of operation.

C. Whoever commits the crime of unlawful operation of an unlicensed child day care center shall be subject to the following penalties:

(1) For a first offense violation of this Section, the violator shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(2) For a second offense violation of this Section, the violator shall be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. Furthermore, the violator shall be ineligible to apply for a license to operate a child day care facility or operate a child day care facility for up to twenty-four months.

(3) For a third or subsequent offense violation of this Section, the violator shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than twelve months, or both. Furthermore, the violator shall be ineligible to apply for a license to operate a child day care facility or operate a child day care facility for up to forty-eight months.

D. In accordance with R.S. 17:407.31 et seq., the Department of Education shall be responsible for the investigation of any unlicensed day care center to determine if the center is required by law to have a license issued by the department and to determine if the center is operating without a valid license issued by the department. After conducting any necessary investigation, the department shall make a determination with respect to licensing status, and collect any evidence necessary with respect to violations of the licensing laws. All evidence and findings by the department shall be submitted to a law enforcement agency for any arrest for a violation of the provisions of this Section.

Acts 2016, No. 411, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:67.25 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 67.25
Organized retail theft
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Retail establishment" means any business, whether a sole proprietorship, corporation, partnership, or otherwise, that holds or stores articles, products, commodities, items, or components for sale to the public or to other retail establishments.

(2) "Retail property" means any article, product, commodity, item, or component intended to be sold to the public or to other retail establishments.

(3) "Retail property fence" means any person who knowingly and intentionally procures, receives, or conceals stolen retail property.

(4) "Stolen retail property" means either:

(a) Retail property or merchandise credit, including but not limited to a gift card, that has been the subject of a theft or the product of a theft from a retail establishment.

(b) Retail property or merchandise credit, including but not limited to a gift card, that the offender procuring, receiving, or concealing that property knows or reasonably believes to be the subject of a theft or the product of a theft.

(5) "Value" means the price of the retail property as stated, posted, or advertised by the affected retail establishment, including applicable sales taxes.

B. Organized retail theft is the intentional procuring, receiving, or concealing of stolen retail property with the intent to sell, deliver, or distribute that property.

C. It shall be presumptive evidence that the owner or operator of any retail establishment has violated Subsection B of this Section when:

(1) On more than one occasion within any one-hundred-eighty-day period the offender has intentionally possessed, procured, received, or concealed stolen retail property; and

(2) The stolen retail property was possessed, procured, received, or concealed from or on behalf of any person who:

(a) Did not have a proper business license; or

(b) Did not pay sales or use taxes to the state or the appropriate local government subdivision in the jurisdiction where the possessing, procuring, receiving, or concealing took place for the transfer of the items to the owner or operator of the retail establishment; or

(c) Accepted a cash payment for the stolen retail property and did not provide the owner or operator of the possessing, procuring, receiving, or concealing retail establishment an invoice for the sale.

D.(1) Whoever commits the crime of organized retail theft when the aggregate amount of the misappropriation, taking, purchasing, possessing, procuring, receiving, or concealing in any one-hundred-eighty-day period amounts to a value of twenty-five thousand dollars or more shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than twenty years, or may be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, or both.

(2) Whoever commits the crime of organized retail theft when the aggregate amount of the misappropriation, taking, purchasing, possessing, procuring, receiving, or concealing in any one-hundred-eighty-day period amounts to a value of five thousand dollars or more, but less than a value of twenty-five thousand dollars shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than ten years, or may be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.

(3) Whoever commits the crime of organized retail theft when the aggregate amount of the misappropriation, taking, purchasing, possessing, procuring, receiving, or concealing in any one-hundred-eighty-day period amounts to a value of one thousand dollars or more but less than a value of five thousand dollars shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or may be fined not more than three thousand dollars, or both.

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

E. Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.

Acts 2007, No. 395, §1; Acts 2016, No. 328, §1, eff. June 2, 2016; Acts 2017, No. 281, §§1, 3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:122.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 122.1
Intimidation and interference in the operation of schools
Status: in_force

A. Intimidation and interference in the operation of public schools is the offering to do or doing of any act, or threatening to do any act, directly or indirectly, to any child enrolled in a public school, to any parent, tutor or guardian, or person having lawful custody of or standing in loco parentis to any such child, the purpose and intent of which is to intimidate, induce, influence, reward, compensate or cause any such person, or any school teacher, school principal, transfer operator, or any other school employee, to do or perform any act in violation of any law of this state.

B. Whoever commits the crime of intimidation and interference in the operation of schools shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, and imprisoned for not more than one year.

C. In the trial of persons charged with public intimidation and interference in the operation of schools, either the person doing or offering to do or the person or persons sought to be influenced, coerced, intimidated, threatened, or forced, may give evidence, or make affidavit against the other, with immunity from prosecution in favor of the first informer, except for perjury in giving such testimony.

D. Any fine imposed and collected from the convicted person or persons under the provisions of this Section shall be paid to the informer or informers who shall give information resulting in the conviction of said person or persons.

Added by Acts 1961, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 5, §1; Acts 2001, No. 403, §1, eff. June 15, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:72.1.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 72.1.1
Forgery of a certificate of insurance or insurance identification card; penalties
Status: in_force

A. Forgery of a certificate of insurance or insurance identification card is either of the following:

(1) The knowing or intentional production, manufacture, or distribution of any fraudulent document intended as a certificate of insurance or as proof of insurance.

(2) The knowing or intentional possession of any fraudulent document intended as a certificate of insurance or as proof of insurance.

B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of forgery of a certificate of insurance or insurance card by violating the provisions of Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, or both.

(2) Whoever commits the crime of forgery of a certificate of insurance or insurance card by violating the provisions of Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

Acts 2008, No. 628, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 91.7
Unauthorized possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages on public school property
Status: in_force

A. No person shall intentionally possess or consume alcoholic beverages upon public school property unless authorized by the principal or person in charge of the public school property at the time.

B. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "School" means any public elementary or secondary school.

(2) "School property" means all property used for school purposes, including but not limited to school playgrounds, buildings, and parking lots.

C. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned not less than fifteen days nor more than six months.

Acts 1991, No. 866, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 93, §1; Acts 2001, No. 403, §1, eff. June 15, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:71.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 71.2
Failure to pay bridge or bridge-causeway toll
Status: in_force

A. Failure to pay bridge or bridge-causeway toll is the intentional driving or towing of a motor vehicle through a toll collection facility without payment of a required toll, where appropriate signs have been erected to notify that it is subject to payment of the tolls beyond such sign.

B. Failure by the registered owner of any vehicle to contest a notice of liability or pay the toll and administrative fees provided by R.S. 47:820.5.1, upon notice from the public entity which owns and administers the bridge-causeway, and to pay the demand for payment served by the public entity which owns and administers the bridge-causeway within thirty days after the demand for payment has been deposited, by certified mail, in the United States mail system addressed to the registered owner of the vehicle as shown by the records of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles, shall be presumptive evidence of the vehicle owner's intent to defraud.

C. Failure by the registered owner of any vehicle to appeal a violation notice or pay the tolls and administrative fees provided by R.S. 47:820.5.2 upon notice from the public entity which owns and administers the bridge and to pay the tolls, administrative fees, and late charges after the notice given under R.S. 47:820.5.2(G)(1)(c) shall be presumptive evidence of the vehicle owner's intent to defraud.

D. Whoever commits the crime of failing to pay bridge or bridge-causeway tolls shall be imprisoned for not more than six months or may be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each violation, or both.

E. In addition to any fine or penalty imposed under this Section, the court shall order payment of the toll and administrative cost provided by R.S. 47:820.5.1 et seq.

Acts 1995, No. 720, §1; Acts 2003, No. 727, §1, eff. June 27, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:22 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 22
Defense of others
Status: in_force

It is justifiable to use force or violence or to kill in the defense of another person when it is reasonably apparent that the person attacked could have justifiably used such means himself, and when it is reasonably believed that such intervention is necessary to protect the other person.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:335 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 335
Checks; requiring certain information to be recorded on; prohibited; penalties
Status: in_force

A. No retail or wholesale merchant shall demand the race of any customer for the purposes of recording such on the customer's personal check which has been tendered for the payment of goods or services or for cashing.

B. No retail or wholesale merchant shall cause the race of any customer to be recorded on a personal check tendered by such customer for the payment of goods or services or for cashing.

C. Any person convicted of a violation of this Section may be assessed civil damages in an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars.

Acts 1993, No. 399, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:120 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 120
Corrupt influencing
Status: in_force

A. Corrupt influencing is the giving or offering to give anything of apparent present or prospective value to, or the accepting or offering to accept anything of apparent present or prospective value by, any person, with the intention that the recipient shall corruptly influence the conduct of any of the persons named in R.S. 14:118 (public bribery) in relation to such person's position, employment, or duty.

B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of corrupt influencing shall be imprisoned for not more than ten years with or without hard labor or shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.

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

Amended by Acts 1980, No. 454, §1; Acts 2008, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 21, §1, eff. March 11, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 811, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:98.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 98.6
Underage operating while impaired
Status: in_force

A. The crime of underage operating a vehicle while impaired is the operating of any motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, vessel, or other means of conveyance when the operator's blood alcohol concentration is 0.02 percent or more by weight based on grams of alcohol per one hundred cubic centimeters of blood, if the operator is under the age of twenty-one.

B. Any underage person whose blood alcohol concentration is found to be in violation of R.S. 14:98(A)(1)(b) shall be charged under the provisions of that Subparagraph rather than under this Section.

C.(1) On a first conviction, the offender shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars, and imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than three months. Imposition or execution of sentence shall not be suspended unless the offender is placed on probation with the minimum conditions that he:

(a) Perform thirty-two hours of court-approved community service activities, at least half of which shall consist of participation in a litter abatement or collection program.

(b) Participate in a court-approved substance abuse and driver improvement program.

(2) On a second or subsequent conviction, regardless of whether the second offense occurred before or after the first conviction, the offender shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than six months. Imposition or execution of sentence under this Paragraph shall not be suspended unless the offender is placed on probation with the minimum conditions that he:

(a) Serve forty-eight hours in jail without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence, or in lieu thereof, perform no less than eighty hours of court-approved community service activities, at least half of which shall consist of participation in a litter abatement or collection program.

(b) Participate in a court-approved substance abuse program.

(c) Participate in a court-approved driver improvement program.

(3) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a court from sentencing an offender to serve any portion of the sentence under home incarceration either in lieu of, or in addition to, a term of imprisonment if otherwise allowed under the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Article 894.2 and R.S. 14:98.5(B).

(4) The court may require that the offender not operate a motor vehicle during the period of probation unless any vehicle, while being operated by the offender, is equipped with a functioning ignition interlock device in accordance with R.S. 14:98.5(C).

D. Court programs regarding substance abuse as provided for by Subsection C of this Section shall include a screening procedure to determine the portions of the program that may be applicable and appropriate for individual offenders.

Acts 2014, No. 385, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2024, No. 662, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:390.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 390.3
Legitimate procurement of contraband
Status: in_force

Bona fide students of foreign languages, foreign affairs, or foreign political systems, other interested individuals, and also bona fide officially accredited educational institutions may obtain communist propaganda and have the same legally delivered to them within the state of Louisiana upon specifically requesting the delivery of the same for the purpose of personal or institutional use in the due course of the educational process. All such communist propaganda legally entering this state under this exemption shall be clearly and legibly labeled on both the front and back cover thereof, or on the front if not covered, with the words "Communist Propaganda" printed or stamped conspicuously in red ink, and failure to so label said material shall constitute a violation of R.S. 14:390 through 390.8 on the part of the sender or distributor thereof, the violation to be considered to take place at the point of actual delivery to the ultimate user who requested the material.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 245, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:222.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 222.1
Unauthorized interception, interference with, or retransmission of services offered over a cable television system
Status: in_force

A. No person shall knowingly:

(1) Intercept, receive, retransmit, connect, attach, modify, alter, remove, or tamper with any equipment, device, or television or radio component for the purpose of intercepting, receiving, or retransmitting without the authorization of a cable television system any and all services provided by or through the facilities of that system; or

(2) Manufacture, sell, offer for sale, transfer, rent, or distribute any device, equipment, plans, schematics, instructions, kit, technology, software, electronic serial number, address, media access control address, Internet protocol address, account number, telephone number, credit number, code, personal identification number, dynamic host configuration protocol, counterfeit or clone device or component, tumbler microchip, cable television decoding device, or smart card, which is primarily designed, manufactured, sold, possessed, used, or offered for the purpose of violating this Section.

(3) Disrupt or interfere with the provision of services offered over a cable television system.

B. For the purposes of this Section the phrase "all services provided by or through the facilities of a cable television system" means for a charge or compensation to facilitate the programming, origination, transmission, projection, emission, or reception of signs, signals, data, audio, visual, writings, images, sounds, or intelligence of any nature including programming services, Internet access, and bandwidth.

C. For purposes of Subsections D and E of this Section, "second or subsequent offense" shall mean a violation of this Section, R.S. 14:67, 67.3, 222, 222.2, or 223 through 223.8 or any other law of this state prohibiting any of the actions set forth in Subsection A of this Section.

D. Whoever violates the provisions of Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section shall:

(1) On first offense, be fined not more than one thousand dollars; and

(2) On second or subsequent offense, be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than sixty days, or both.

E. Whoever violates the provisions of Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section shall:

(1)(a) On a first offense, when the offender is convicted of manufacturing, selling, transferring, renting, or selling five or less components enumerated in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Subsection, be fined not more than five thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months.

(b) On a first offense, when the offender is convicted of manufacturing, selling, transferring, renting, or selling six or more components enumerated in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section, or for any violation of Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section, be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.

(2) For the second and subsequent violations of Paragraph (A)(2) or Paragraph (A)(3) of this Subsection, the offender shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.

F. Any such equipment, or a kit for making such equipment herein, may be seized by court order under a search warrant or incident to lawful arrest; and upon the conviction of any person for a violation of this Section or R.S. 14:67, 67.3, 222, 222.2 or 223 through 223.8 inclusive, such equipment or kit shall either be destroyed as contraband by the parish in which such person was convicted or turned over to the cable television system in whose territory such equipment or kit was seized.

G. It shall not be a violation of this Section to manufacture, distribute, or sell any device used for legal purposes merely because the same device is capable of being used to commit a violation of this Section, if the manufacturer, distributor, or seller does not act with the intent that such device will be used for conduct violating this Section.

H. This Section shall not be construed to impose any criminal liability upon any state or local law enforcement agency, any state or local governmental agency, municipality, or any communications service provider, cable television company or multipoint distribution system, unless such entity knowingly and intentionally violates the provisions of this Section.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 471, §1; Acts 2004, No. 270, §1, eff. July 1, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:125 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 125
False swearing
Status: in_force

A. False swearing is the intentional making of a written or oral statement, known to be false, under sanction of an oath or an equivalent affirmation, where such oath or affirmation is required by law; provided that this article shall not apply where such false statement is made in, or for use in, a judicial proceeding or any proceeding before a board or official, wherein such board or official is authorized to take testimony.

B. Whoever commits the crime of false swearing shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:81.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 81.4
Prohibited sexual conduct between educator and student
Status: in_force

A. Prohibited sexual conduct between an educator and a student is committed when any of the following occur:

(1) An educator has sexual intercourse with a person who is seventeen years of age or older, but less than twenty-one years of age, where there is an age difference of greater than four years between the two persons, when the victim is not the spouse of the offender and is a student at the school where the educator is assigned, employed, or working at the time of the offense.

(2) An educator commits any lewd or lascivious act upon a student or in the virtual or physical presence of a student who is seventeen years of age or older, but less than twenty-one years of age, where there is an age difference of greater than four years between the two persons, with the intention of gratifying the sexual desires of either person, when the victim is a student at the school in which the educator is assigned, employed, or working at the time of the offense.

(3) An educator intentionally engages in the touching of the anus or genitals of a student seventeen years of age or older, but less than twenty-one years of age, where there is an age difference of greater than four years between the two persons, using any instrumentality or any part of the body of the educator, or the touching of the anus or genitals of the educator by a person seventeen years of age or older, but less than twenty-one years of age, where there is an age difference of greater than four years between the two persons, when the victim is a student at the school in which the educator is assigned, employed, or working at the time of the offense using any instrumentality or any part of the body of the student.

B. As used in this Section:

(1) "Educator" means any administrator, coach, instructor, paraprofessional, student aide, teacher, or teacher aide at any public or private school, assigned, employed, or working at the school or school system where the victim is enrolled as a student on a full-time, part-time, or temporary basis.

(2) "School" means a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school or learning institution which shall not include universities and colleges.

(3) "Sexual intercourse" means anal, oral, or vaginal sexual intercourse. Emission is not necessary, and penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the crime.

(4) "Student" includes students enrolled in a school who are seventeen years of age or older, but less than twenty-one years of age.

(5) "Virtual" means carried out, accessed, or stored by means of a computer or the exchange of digital media over any network.

C. The consent of a student, whether or not that student is seventeen years of age or older, shall not be a defense to any violation of this Section.

D. Lack of knowledge of the student's age shall not be a defense.

E.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(2) For a second or subsequent offense, an offender may be fined not more than five thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than one year nor more than five years.

F. Notwithstanding any claim of privileged communication, any educator having cause to believe that prohibited sexual conduct between an educator and student shall immediately report such conduct to a local or state law enforcement agency.

G. No cause of action shall exist against any person who in good faith makes a report, cooperates in any investigation arising as a result of such report, or participates in judicial proceedings arising out of such report, and such persons shall have immunity from civil or criminal liability that otherwise might be incurred or imposed. This immunity shall not be extended to any person who makes a report known to be false or with reckless disregard for the truth of the report.

H. In any action to establish damages against a defendant who has made a false report of prohibited sexual conduct between an educator and student, the plaintiff shall bear the burden of proving that the defendant who filed the false report knew the report was false or that the report was filed with reckless disregard for the truth of the report. A plaintiff who fails to meet the burden of proof set forth in this Subsection shall pay all court costs and attorney fees of the defendant.

Acts 2007, No. 363, §1; Acts 2009, No. 210, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 2009; Acts 2021, No. 186, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:93.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 93.5
Sexual battery of persons with infirmities
Status: in_force

A. Sexual battery of persons with infirmities is the intentional engaging in any of the sexual acts listed in Subsection B of this Section with another person when:

(1) The offender compels the victim, who is physically incapable of preventing the act because of advanced age or physical infirmity, to submit by placing the victim in fear of receiving bodily harm.

(2) The victim is incapable of resisting or of understanding the nature of the act by reason of stupor or abnormal condition of the mind produced by an intoxicating, narcotic, or anesthetic agent administered by or with the privity of the offender.

(3) The victim has such incapacity, by reason of a stupor or abnormal condition of mind from any cause, and the offender knew or should have known of the victim's incapacity.

(4) The victim is incapable, through unsoundness of mind, whether temporary or permanent, of understanding the nature of the act, and the offender knew or should have known of the victim's incapacity.

B. For purposes of this Section, "sexual acts" mean either of the following:

(1) The touching of the anus or genitals of the victim by the offender using any instrumentality or any part of the body of the offender, directly or through clothing.

(2) The touching of the anus or genitals of the offender by the victim using any instrumentality or any part of the body of the victim, directly or through clothing.

C. Normal medical treatment and normal sanitary care shall not be construed as an offense under the provisions of this Section.

D.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, whoever commits the crime of sexual battery of persons with infirmities shall be punished by imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for not more than twenty years.

(2) If the victim is a resident of a nursing home, facility for persons with intellectual disabilities, mental health facility, hospital, or other residential facility and the offender is an employee of such home or facility, the offender shall be punished by imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for not more than twenty-five years.

Acts 1992, No. 617, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §6, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2018, No. 549, §1; Acts 2022, No. 173, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:68.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 68.2
Unauthorized use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits or supplemental nutrition assistance program benefit access devices
Status: in_force

A. As used in this Section and in R.S. 14:68.2.1, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) "SNAP benefits" means any supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits issued pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Food Stamp Act, 7 USC §2011 et seq.

(2) "SNAP benefit access device" means any card, plate, code account access number, or other means of access that can be used, alone or in conjunction with another access device, to obtain payment, allotments, benefits, money, goods, or other things of value or that can be used to initiate a transfer of funds pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Food Stamp Act.

B. The unauthorized use of SNAP benefits or a SNAP benefit access device is:

(1) To knowingly use, transfer, acquire, alter, or possess SNAP benefits or a SNAP benefit access device contrary to the provisions of the Federal Food Stamp Act or the federal or state regulations issued pursuant thereto.

(2) To knowingly counterfeit, alter, transfer, acquire, or possess a counterfeited or altered SNAP benefit access device.

(3) To present or cause to be presented a SNAP benefit access device for payment or redemption, knowing it to have been counterfeited, altered, received, transferred, or used in any manner contrary to the provisions of the Federal Food Stamp Act or the federal or state regulations issued pursuant thereto.

(4) To knowingly appropriate SNAP benefits or a SNAP benefit access device with which a person has been entrusted or of which a person has gained possession by virtue of his position as a public employee.

C. Whoever commits the crime of unauthorized use of SNAP benefits or a SNAP benefit access device shall be fined not less than five thousand dollars nor more than one million dollars or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than six months nor more than ten years, or both.

D. In addition to the foregoing penalties, a person convicted under this Section shall be ordered to make restitution in the total amount found to be the value of the SNAP benefits that form the basis for the conviction. If a person ordered to make restitution pursuant to this Section is found to be indigent and therefore unable to make restitution in full at the time of conviction, the court shall order a periodic payment plan consistent with the person's financial ability.

Acts 1991, No. 187, §1, eff. July 2, 1991; Acts 2006, No. 143, §1; Acts 2010, No. 585, §1; Acts 2012, No. 677, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:50.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 50.2
Perpetration or attempted perpetration of certain crimes of violence against a victim sixty-five years of age or older
Status: in_force

The court in its discretion may sentence, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who is convicted of a crime of violence or of an attempt to commit any of the crimes as defined in R.S. 14:2(B) with the exception of first degree murder (R.S. 14:30), second degree murder (R.S. 14:30.1), aggravated assault (R.S. 14:37), aggravated or first degree rape (R.S. 14:42), and aggravated kidnapping (R.S. 14:44) to an additional three years' imprisonment when the victim of such crime is sixty-five years of age or older at the time the crime is committed.

Acts 2001, No. 648, §1; Acts 2015, No. 184, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:102.22 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 102.22
Harboring or concealing an animal which has bitten or inflicted serious bodily injury on a human
Status: in_force

A. Harboring or concealing an animal which has bitten or inflicted serious bodily injury on a human is committed when a person knows or has reason to know that an animal has bitten or inflicted serious bodily injury on a human and the person intentionally harbors or conceals the animal from any law enforcement or animal control agency investigator or agent.

B. For the purposes of this Section:

(1) "Animal control agency" means the parish or local animal control agency. If the municipality or parish does not have an animal control agency, it means the entity designated to perform animal control functions.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 2, §3.

C. Whoever commits the crime of harboring or concealing an animal which has bitten or inflicted serious bodily injury on a human shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or both.

D.(1) Any health care provider, as provided in R.S. 40:1231.1, who examines or treats any person who has been bitten by an animal or upon whom an animal has inflicted serious bodily injury shall report such bite or injury to the law enforcement or animal control agency for the location where the bite or injury occurred. Such report shall be made immediately, if possible, and in any event shall be made within twenty-four hours.

(2) The report shall include as much of the following information as is available:

(a) The patient's name, date of birth, sex, and current home and work addresses.

(b) The nature of the bite or injury that is the subject of the report.

(c) Any information about the location of the biting animal and the name and address of any known owner.

(d) The name and address of the health care provider.

Acts 2006, No. 788, §1; Acts 2019, No. 2, §3.