La. Rev. Stat. § 14:126.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 126.3
False statements concerning employment in a nursing or health care facility
Status: in_force

A. The crime of health care facility application fraud is the knowing and intentional offering of a false written or oral statement in any employment application or in an effort to obtain employment as a caretaker in any nursing home, facility for persons with intellectual disabilities, mental health facility, hospital, home health agency, hospice, or other residential facility required to be licensed or operated under the laws of this state or established by the laws of this state. Such false statement must be relevant to the caretaking obligation of such employee, but shall specifically apply to but not be limited to educational and professional background and licensing and credential qualifications.

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

Acts 1995, No. 788, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §6, eff. June 23, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:390.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 390.1
Definition of communist propaganda
Status: in_force

(1) "Communist propaganda" means any oral, visual, graphic, written, pictorial or other communication which is issued, prepared, printed, procured, distributed or disseminated by the Soviet Union, any of its satellite countries, or by the government of any other communist country or any agent of the Soviet Union, its satellite countries or any other communist country, wherever located, or by any communist organization, communist action organization, communist front organization, communist infiltrated organization or communist controlled organization or by any agent of any such organization, which communication or material from any of the above listed sources is

(a) reasonably adopted to, or which the person disseminating the same believes will, or which he intends to, prevail upon, indoctrinate, convert, induce, or in any way influence a recipient or any section of the public with reference to the political or public interests, policies or relations of a government of a foreign country or a foreign political party, or promote in the United States or the state of Louisiana, any attitude or state of mind that tends to undermine the determination of any citizen of the United States or of any of the various states to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States or the constitutions of the respective states, or tends to create or encourage disrespect for duly constituted legal authority, either federal or state, or

(b) which advocates, advises, instigates or promotes any racial, social, political or religious disorder, civil riot, or other conflict involving the use of force or violence in the United States, the state of Louisiana or any other American republic, or the overthrow of any government or political subdivision of the United States, the state of Louisiana or any other American republic by any means involving the use of force or violence.

(2) For the purposes of R.S. 14:390 through 390.8, the fact that an organization has been officially cited or identified by the attorney general of the United States, the subversive activities control board of the United States or any committee of the United States Congress as a communist organization, a communist action organization, a communist front organization or a communist infiltrated organization or has been in any other way officially cited or identified by any of these aforementioned authorities as a communist controlled organization, shall be considered presumptive evidence of the factual status of any such organization.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 245, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:68.4.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 68.4.2
Aggravated staging of a motor vehicle collision
Status: in_force

A. Aggravated staging of a motor vehicle collision is the staging of a motor vehicle collision, as defined in R.S. 14:68.4.1, which causes death or serious bodily injury to another person.

B. Whoever commits the crime of aggravated staging of a motor vehicle collision shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than five years nor more than thirty years, fined not more than fifteen thousand dollars, or both.

Acts 2021, No. 248, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:102.24 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 102.24
Participation in cockfighting
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to attend a cockfight, or to bet on a cockfight, or to pay admission at any location to view or bet on a cockfight.

B. As used in this Section, the following words and phrases have the following meaning ascribed to them:

(1) "Chicken" means any bird which is of the species Gallus gallus , whether domestic or feral.

(2) "Cockfight" means a contest wherein chickens are set against one another with the intention that they engage in combat.

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

Acts 2010, No. 114, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:54.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 54.1
Communicating of false information of planned arson
Status: in_force

A. Communicating of false information of arson or attempted arson is the intentional impartation or conveyance, or causing the impartation or conveyance by the use of the mail, telephone, telegraph, word of mouth, or other means of communication, of any threat or false information knowing the same to be false, including bomb threats or threats involving fake explosive devices, concerning an attempt or alleged attempt being made, or to be made, to commit either aggravated or simple arson.

B. Whoever commits the crime of communicating of false information of arson or attempted arson shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than fifteen years.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 184, §1; Acts 1990, No. 321, §1; Acts 2017, No. 281, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:53 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 53
Arson with intent to defraud
Status: in_force

A. Arson with intent to defraud is the setting fire to, or damaging by any explosive substance, any property, with intent to defraud.

B. Whoever commits the crime of arson with intent to defraud shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, or both.

Amended by Acts 1980, No. 708, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:285 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 285
Unlawful communications; telephones and telecommunications devices; improper language; harassment; penalty
Status: in_force

A. No person shall:

(1) Engage in or institute a telephone call, telephone conversation, or telephone conference, with another person, or use any telecommunications device to send any text message or other message to another person directly, anonymously or otherwise, and therein use obscene, profane, vulgar, lewd, or lascivious language, or make any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature or threaten any illegal or immoral act with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass any person.

(2) Make repeated telephone communications or send repeated text messages or other messages using any telecommunications device directly to a person anonymously or otherwise in a manner reasonably expected to abuse, torment, harass, embarrass, or offend another, whether or not conversation ensues.

(3) Make a telephone call and intentionally fail to hang up or disengage the connection.

(4) Engage in a telephone call, conference, or recorded communication by using obscene language or by making a graphic description of a sexual act, or use any telecommunications device to send any text message or other message containing obscene language or any obscene content, anonymously or otherwise, directly to another person, when the offender knows or reasonably should know that such obscene or graphic language is directed to, or will be heard by, a minor. Lack of knowledge of age shall not constitute a defense.

(5) Knowingly permit any telephone or any other telecommunications device under his control to be used for any purpose prohibited by this Section.

B. Any offense as set forth in this Section shall be deemed to have been committed at either the place where the communication originated or at the place where the communication was received.

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

D. Upon second or subsequent offenses, the offender shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than two years, or both.

E. For the purposes of this Section, "telecommunications device" shall mean any type of instrument, device, or machine that is capable of transmitting or receiving telephonic, electronic, radio, text, or data communications, including but not limited to a cellular telephone, a text-messaging device, a personal digital assistant, a computer, or any other similar wireless device that is designed to engage in a call or communicate text or data.

Acts 1954, No. 435, §§1, 2. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 121, §§1, 2; Acts 1963, No. 54, §1; Acts 1966, No. 304, §1; Acts 1984, No. 477, §1; Acts 1999, No. 338, §1; Acts 2001, No. 944, §4; Acts 2018, No. 426, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:284 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 284
Peeping Tom; penalties
Status: in_force

A. No person shall perform such acts as will make him a "Peeping Tom" on or about the premises of another, or go upon the premises of another for the purpose of becoming a "Peeping Tom".

B. "Peeping Tom" as used in this Section means one who peeps through windows or doors, or other like places, situated on or about the premises of another or uses an unmanned aircraft system for the purpose of spying upon or invading the privacy of persons spied upon without the consent of the persons spied upon. It is not a necessary element of this offense that the "Peeping Tom" be upon the premises of the person being spied upon.

C.(1) Whoever violates this Section, upon a first conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(2) Upon a second conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(3) Upon a third or subsequent conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than one year, or both.

D. For purposes of this Section, "unmanned aircraft system" means an unmanned, powered aircraft that does not carry a human operator, can be autonomous or remotely piloted or operated, and can be expendable or recoverable.

Acts 1950, No. 437, §§1 to 3; Acts 2014, No. 662, §1; Acts 2016, No. 635, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:125.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 125.1
False swearing in paternity cases
Status: in_force

A. False swearing in paternity cases is the intentional making of a written or oral statement, known to be false, under sanction of oath or equivalent statement, where such oath or affirmation is given for use in any judicial proceeding filed by or on behalf of the state of Louisiana to establish paternity.

B. Whoever commits the crime of false swearing in paternity cases shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

Acts 1992, No. 722, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:329.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 329.2
Inciting to riot
Status: in_force

Inciting to riot is the endeavor by any person to incite or procure any other person to create or participate in a riot.

Acts 1969, No. 176, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:111 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 111
Assisting escape
Status: in_force

A. Assisting escape is either of the following:

(1) Permitting, by any public officer, of the escape of any prisoner in his custody, by virtue of his active assistance or intentional failure to act.

(2) The active assistance given by any person to one in legal custody with intent to aid him in escaping therefrom.

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

Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:142 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 142
Offenses committed prior to effective date of Code
Status: in_force

This Code shall not apply to any crimes committed before July 29, 1942. Crimes committed before that time shall be governed by the law existing at the time the crime was committed.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:403.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 403.4
Burn injuries and wounds; reports; registry; immunity; penalties
Status: in_force

A. The purpose of this Section is to combat arson through the rapid identification and apprehension of suspected arsonists who may suffer burn injuries during the commission of their crimes. It is the further intent of this Section to provide for a central registry for burn injuries and wounds data from which effective fire and arson prevention and fire safety education programs may be developed.

B. Every case of a burn injury or wound in which the victim sustains second or third degree burns to five percent or more of the body or any burns to the upper respiratory tract or laryngeal edema due to the inhalation of super-heated air, and every case of a burn injury or wound that is likely to or may result in death shall be reported to the office of state fire marshal, code enforcement and building safety, hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "office". The office may notify the appropriate local or state investigatory agency or law enforcement agency of the receipt of such report and its contents.

C.(1) A report shall be made within two hours of the initial examination or treatment of the victim. The report shall be made by the physician attending or treating the case, or by the manager, superintendent, director, or other person in charge whenever such case is treated in a hospital, burn center, sanitarium, or other medical facility. The report may be recorded electronically or in any other suitable manner, by the office of state fire marshal.

(2) The oral report shall contain the following information if known:

(a) Victim's name, address, and date of birth.

(b) Address where the burn injury occurred.

(c) Date and time of the burn injury.

(d) Degree of burns and percent of body burned.

(e) Area of body injured.

(f) Injury severity.

(g) Apparent cause of burn injury.

(h) Name and address of reporting facility.

(i) Name of the attending physician.

D.(1) The office shall maintain a central registry of all reported cases of the treatment or examination of persons with burn injuries or wounds. The registry may be used to provide information to those agencies whose duties include the investigation into possible arson activities.

(2) The office of state fire marshal may adopt rules and regulations as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this Section. Specifically such rules shall provide for cooperation with local investigatory and law enforcement agencies and may also authorize law enforcement personnel and the state fire marshal to review those medical records of reported victims that relate to the burn without the consent of the victim.

E. No cause of action shall exist against any person who in good faith makes a report pursuant to this Section, cooperates in an investigation by any agency, or participates in any judicial proceeding resulting from such report.

F. Any person who knowingly files a false report shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

Acts 1988, No. 641, §1; Acts 1991, No. 657, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1187, §2; Acts 2014, No. 139, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:124 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 124
Inconsistent statements; perjury
Status: in_force

A. It shall constitute perjury whenever any person, having taken an oath required by law, or made an equivalent affirmation, swears or affirms any fact or state of facts material to the issue or question in controversy; and thereafter in the same or other proceedings, where such matter is material to the issue or question in controversy, swears or affirms in a manner materially contradictory of or inconsistent with his former sworn or affirmed statement. It shall not be necessary for the prosecution, in such case, to show which of the contradictory or inconsistent statements was false; but it shall be an affirmative defense that at the time he made them, the accused honestly believed both statements to be true.

B. This Section shall be applicable only in cases where at least one of the contradictory or inconsistent statements was made in, or for use in, a judicial proceeding or a proceeding before a board or official wherein such board or official is authorized to take testimony.

Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:129 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 129
Jury tampering
Status: in_force

A. Jury tampering is any verbal or written communication or attempted communication, whether direct or indirect, made to any juror in a civil or criminal cause, including both grand and petit jurors, for the purpose of influencing the juror in respect to his verdict or indictment in any cause pending or about to be brought before him, otherwise than in the regular course of proceedings upon the trial or other determination of such cause. To constitute the offense of jury tampering, the influencing or attempt to influence the juror must be either:

(1) For a corrupt or fraudulent purpose, or

(2) By violence or force, by threats whether direct or indirect.

B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of jury tampering in a civil case 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 jury tampering in a criminal case shall be punished as follows:

(a) If the offense charged in the trial for which the jury has been impaneled is punishable by death or life imprisonment, the offender shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than ninety-nine years.

(b) In all other cases the offender shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, to the same extent and in the same manner as for the offense charged in the trial for which the jury has been impaneled.

Amended by Acts 1968, No. 60, §1; Acts 1981, No. 866, §1; Acts 1995, No. 823, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 128, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:326 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 326
Processions, marches, parades, or demonstrations; permits; liability; bond; exemptions; penalty
Status: in_force

A. Any procession, march, parade or public demonstration of any kind or for whatever purpose is prohibited by any group, association or organization on any public sidewalk, street, highway, bridge, alley, road or other public passageway of any municipality or unincorporated town or village unless there first has been obtained a permit therefor, and in all cases the person or persons or the group, association or organization to whom the permit is issued shall be liable for all damage to property or persons which may arise out of or in connection with any such procession, march, parade or public demonstration for which a permit is issued.

B. Application for the permit required herein shall be made to the mayor and governing authority of the municipality or to the governing authority of the parish in which the unincorporated town or village in which the procession, march, parade or public demonstration is located, as the case may be. Permits may be granted by the authority to which application is made, provided, however, that bond in the amount of ten thousand dollars has first been filed with the mayor and municipal governing authority or with parish governing authority, as the case may be, as security for the payment of any damage or injury which may occur as the result of or in connection with such procession, march, parade or public demonstration.

C. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all groups, associations, or organizations regardless of race, creed, disability, as defined in R.S. 51:2232, color, or political beliefs of its members; however, nothing contained herein shall apply to a bona fide legitimate labor organization or professional firefighter or police association or to any lawful activity of a labor union permitted by law, nor shall these provisions apply to any procession or parade directly held or sponsored by the governing authority of any municipality or the governing authority of any parish, nor shall these provisions apply to any procession, march, or parade directly held or sponsored by a bona fide organization specifically for the celebration of Mardi Gras and/or directly related prelenten or carnival festivities, school parades or other functions, parish parades or other functions, state, parish, or municipal fairs or other such related activities. However, the provisions of this Section shall apply only to parishes with a population of more than four hundred fifty thousand.

D. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall, for each offense, be fined not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

Acts 1964, No. 266, §§1 to 4; Acts 1993, No. 672, §1; Acts 1993, No. 820, §2; Acts 1999, No. 1131, §1, eff. July 9, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:92.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 92.1
Encouraging or contributing to child delinquency, dependency, or neglect; penalty; suspension of sentence; definitions
Status: in_force

A.(1) In all cases where any child shall be a delinquent, dependent, or neglected child, as defined in the statutes of this state or by this Section, irrespective of whether any former proceedings have been had to determine the status of such child, the parent or parents, legal guardian, or any person having the custody of such child, or any other person or persons who shall by any act encourage, cause, or contribute to the dependency or delinquency of such child, or who acts in conjunction with such child in the acts which cause such child to be dependent or delinquent, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both fine and imprisonment.

(2) The court in which the case is heard may suspend the sentence for violation of the provisions of this Section, and impose conditions upon the defendant as to his future conduct, and may make such suspension dependent upon the fulfillment by the defendant of such conditions. In the case of the breach of such conditions or any part of them, the court may impose sentence as though there had been no such suspension.

(3) The court may also, as a condition of such suspension, require a bond in such sum as the court may designate, to be approved by the judge requiring it, to secure the performance by such person of the conditions placed by the courts on such suspension. The bond by its terms shall be made payable to the district judge of the parish in which the prosecution is pending, and any money received from a breach of any of the provisions of the bond shall be paid into the parish treasury. The provisions of law regulating forfeiture of appearance bonds shall govern so far as they are applicable.

(4) Exclusive jurisdiction of the offense defined in this Section is hereby conferred on juvenile courts, in accordance with the provisions of law establishing such courts.

B. By the term "delinquency", as used in this section, is meant any act which tends to debase or injure the morals, health or welfare of a child; drinking beverages of low alcoholic content or beverages of high alcoholic content; the use of narcotics, going into or remaining in any bawdy house, assignation house, disorderly house or road house, hotel, public dance hall, or other gathering place where prostitutes, gamblers or thieves are permitted to enter and ply their trade; or associating with thieves and immoral persons, or enticing a minor to leave home or to leave the custody of its parents, guardians or persons standing in lieu thereof, without first receiving the consent of the parent, guardian, or other person; or begging, singing, selling any article; or playing any musical instrument in any public place for the purpose of receiving alms; or habitually trespassing where it is recognized he has no right to be; or using any vile, obscene, or indecent language; or performing any sexually immoral act; or violating any law of the state ordinance of any village, town, city, or parish of the state.

The term "juvenile", as used in this section, refers to any child under the age of seventeen. Lack of knowledge of the juvenile's age shall not be a defense.

Added by Acts 1954, No. 624, §1. Amended by Acts 1960, No. 505, §1; Acts 1966, No. 480, §1; Acts 1968, No. 647, §1; Acts 1991, No. 667, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:133.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 133.3
Falsification of drug tests
Status: in_force

A.(1) No person who submits to court-ordered drug testing, either after arrest for an offense and as a condition of pretrial release or after conviction of, or plea of guilty to, an offense and as a condition of probation, shall intentionally falsify or alter or attempt to falsify or alter the results of such a drug test by the substitution of urine or other samples or specimens or the use of any device in order to obscure or conceal the presence of a substance the presence of which the test is administered to detect.

(2) No person shall knowingly and intentionally deliver, possess with intent to deliver, or manufacture with intent to deliver a substance or device designed or intended solely to falsify or alter drug test results.

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

Acts 1995, No. 250, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:34.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 34.7
Aggravated second degree battery
Status: in_force

A. Aggravated second degree battery is a battery committed with a dangerous weapon when the offender intentionally inflicts serious bodily injury.

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

(1) "Active member of the United States Armed Forces" shall mean an active member of the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, the United States Space Force, the United States Coast Guard, or the National Guard.

(2) "Disabled veteran" shall mean a veteran member of the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, the United States Space Force, the United States Coast Guard, or the National Guard who is disabled as determined by the United States Department of Veteran Affairs.

C. Whoever commits the crime of aggravated second degree battery shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than fifteen years, or both. At least one year of the sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence if the offender knew or should have known that the victim is an active member of the United States Armed Forces or is a disabled veteran and the aggravated second degree battery was committed because of that status.

Acts 1997, No. 1318, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2012, No. 40, §1; Acts 2019, No. 2, §3; Acts 2025, No. 137, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:87.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 87.3
Prohibited cutting, resection, excision, harvesting, removal, sale, receipt, research, commerce, or transport of fetal organs, tissues, and body parts; whistleblower account
Status: in_force

A. No person may knowingly and for money, including but not limited to fees for storage or handling, any payments for reimbursement, repayments, or compensation, or any other consideration:

(1) Buy, sell, receive, or otherwise transfer or acquire a fetal organ or body part resulting from an induced abortion.

(2) Transport with the intent to sell or otherwise transfer a fetal organ or body part resulting from an induced abortion.

(3) Transport a fetal organ or body part resulting from an induced abortion that has been acquired by any person via any transaction prohibited by this Section.

B. Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 545, §4.

C. After an induced abortion has been completed, no person shall intentionally cut, resection, excise, harvest, or remove any body part, organ, or tissue of the aborted unborn child for any purpose prohibited by this Section, or for sale, commerce, transport, research, or profit.

D.(1) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit any transaction related to the final disposition of the bodily remains of the aborted human being in accordance with state law, or to prohibit any conduct permitted under state law that is undertaken with any of the following purposes:

(a) The purpose of providing knowledge solely to the mother, such as for pathological or diagnostic purposes.

(b) The purpose of providing knowledge solely to law enforcement officers, such as the case of an autopsy following a feticide.

(2) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit the donation of bodily remains from a human embryo or fetus whose death was caused by a natural miscarriage or stillbirth, in accordance with the guidelines and prohibitions provided in applicable state and federal law.

(3) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to affect existing federal or state law regarding the practice of abortion, or to create or recognize a right to abortion.

E. Any person who violates this Section shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment at hard labor for not less than ten nor more than fifty years, at least ten years of which shall be served without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence, and may, in addition, be required to pay a fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars.

F.(1) The Fetal Organ Whistleblower Account, hereinafter referred to as "the account", is hereby created in the state treasury.

(2) The account shall be composed of any monies derived from appropriations by the legislature and any gift, grant, devise, donation, or bequest of monies or properties of any nature or description.

(3) An award of one thousand dollars shall be paid out of the account to any person who provides evidence that results in the arrest and indictment of any other person for a violation of this Section. Eligibility for an award pursuant to this Subsection shall be determined by the district attorney or the attorney general, as appropriate.

(4) All monies deposited in the account shall be used solely to pay awards to persons as provided by Paragraph (3) of this Subsection and shall be paid by the state treasurer upon written order signed by the district attorney or the attorney general, as appropriate, except that monies deposited in the account may be used to pay reasonable costs of administering the account.

(5) The name and other identifying information of any person who is paid an award pursuant to this Subsection shall remain confidential.

Acts 2016, No. 196, §1; Acts 2017, No. 243, §1, eff. June 14, 2017; Acts 2018, No. 645, §1, eff. June 1, 2018; Acts 2022, No. 545, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:128 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 128
Completion of affidavit
Status: in_force

The making of a deposition, affidavit or certificate is deemed to be complete, within the provisions of this Chapter, from the time when it is delivered by the accused to any other person, with intent that it be uttered or published as true.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:206 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 206
Fire prevention interference; penalty
Status: in_force

A. Fire prevention interference is the intentional performance of any of the following acts:

(1) Defacing or destroying fire warning notices or posters.

(2) Injuring, destroying, removing or in any manner interfering with the use of any tools, equipment, towers, buildings, telephone lines, or life safety systems and equipment as defined in R.S. 40:1646(C), used in the detection, reporting or suppression of fire.

(3) Obstructing exits, impeding egress, or exceeding the capacity or posted occupant load of a building or structure.

(4) Unauthorized use or proximate display as defined in R.S. 51:650(9), of fireworks in a building or structure.

B. Whoever commits the crime of fire prevention interference shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for a period of not more than six months, or both.

Acts 2014, No. 74, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:70.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 70.1
Medicaid fraud
Status: in_force

A. The crime of Medicaid fraud is the act of any person who, with intent to defraud the state or any person or entity through any medical assistance program created under the federal Social Security Act and administered by the Louisiana Department of Health or any other state agency, does any of the following:

(1) Presents for allowance or payment any false or fraudulent claim for furnishing services or merchandise.

(2) Knowingly submits false information for the purpose of obtaining greater compensation than that to which he is legally entitled for furnishing services or merchandise.

(3) Knowingly submits false information for the purpose of obtaining authorization for furnishing services or merchandise.

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

C. In addition to the venue established by Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 611 and 614, venue shall also be appropriate in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, parish of East Baton Rouge.

Acts 1989, No. 300, §1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1997, No. 1018, §1; Acts 2001, No. 403, §1, eff. June 15, 2001; Acts 2015, No. 138, §1, eff. June 19, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:106.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 106.3
Unlawful exhibition of sexually explicit material in a motor vehicle; penalties
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly exhibit sexually explicit material in a motor vehicle on a public street, highway, public place, or any place open to public view knowing that the material is visible to the public from outside the motor vehicle.

B. For the purposes of this Section the term "exhibit sexually explicit material" means to present, exhibit, project, or display a motion picture, film, videotape, compact disc, digital versatile disc, digital video disc, or any other form of visual technology of any of the following:

(1) Ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual, simulated, or animated, whether between human beings, animals, or an animal and a human being.

(2) The graphic depiction of sex, including but not limited to the visual depiction of sexual activity or nudity.

C.(1) Whoever violates a provision of this Section upon a first conviction shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(2) Upon a second conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

(3) Upon a third or subsequent conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. At least ten days of the sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.

Acts 2004, No. 767, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:133 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 133
Filing or maintaining false public records
Status: in_force

A. Filing false public records is the filing or depositing for record in any public office or with any public official, or the maintaining as required by law, regulation, or rule, with knowledge of its falsity, of any of the following:

(1) Any forged document.

(2) Any wrongfully altered document.

(3) Any document containing a false statement or false representation of a material fact.

B. The good faith inclusion of any item of cost on a Medical Assistance Program cost report which is later determined by audit to be nonreimbursable under state and federal regulations shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of this Section.

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

(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 1982, No. 676, §1; Acts 1992, No. 539, §1; Acts 1995, No. 787, §1; Acts 2010, No. 811, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:68.2.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 68.2.1
Failure to report unauthorized use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits; penalties
Status: in_force

A. Employees of the Louisiana Department of Health, owners, employees and operators of retailers that accept SNAP benefit access device transactions, and adult household members of SNAP recipients shall report each instance of known fraud or abuse of SNAP benefits, or any known unauthorized use of SNAP benefits or a SNAP benefit access device as defined in R.S. 14:68.2, to the Louisiana Department of Health via the Public Assistance Fraud Hot-Line as provided for by R.S. 46:114.1.

B. Whoever violates the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than five thousand dollars.

Acts 2012, No. 677, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2025, No. 478, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:93.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 93.10
Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of R.S. 14:93.10 through 93.14, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) "Alcoholic beverage" means beer, distilled spirits, and wine containing one-half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume. Beer includes but is not limited to ale, lager, porter, stout, sake, and other similar fermented beverages brewed or produced from malt wholly or in part or from any substitute therefor. Distilled spirits include alcohol, ethanol, or spirits or wine in any form, including all dilutions and mixtures thereof from whatever process produced.

(2) "Public possession" means the possession of any alcoholic beverage for any reason, including consumption, on any street, highway, or waterway or in any public place or any place open to the public, including a club which is de facto open to the public. "Public possession" does not include the following:

(a) The possession or consumption of any alcoholic beverage:

(i) For an established religious purpose.

(ii) When a person under twenty-one years of age is accompanied by a parent, spouse, or legal guardian twenty-one years of age or older.

(iii) For medical purposes when purchased as an over the counter medication, or when prescribed or administered by a licensed physician, pharmacist, dentist, nurse, hospital, or medical institution.

(iv) In a private residence, which shall include a residential dwelling and up to twenty contiguous acres, on which the dwelling is located, owned by the same person who owns the dwelling.

(b) The sale, handling, transport, or service in dispensing of any alcoholic beverage pursuant to lawful ownership of an establishment or to lawful employment of a person under twenty-one years of age by a duly licensed manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer of beverage alcohol.

(3) "Purchase" means acquisition by the payment of money or other consideration. Purchase does not include such acquisition for medical purposes either when purchased as over the counter medication or when prescribed or administered by a licensed physician, pharmacist, dentist, nurse, hospital, or medical institution.

Acts 1995, No. 639, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 78, §1; Acts 2011, No. 264, §1; Acts 2015, No. 212, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:38.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 38.1
Mingling harmful substances
Status: in_force

A. Mingling harmful substances is the intentional mingling of any harmful substance or matter with any food, drink, or medicine with intent that the same shall be taken by any human being to his injury.

B. Whoever commits the crime of mingling harmful substances shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years or fined not more than one thousand dollars, or both.

Acts 1978, No. 394, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:38.1.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 38.1.1
Adulterating a food product
Status: in_force

A. Adulterating a food product is the intentional contamination of a food product by adding to the product, or mingling with the product, any feces, urine, blood, saliva, semen, any form of human or animal waste, or other bodily substance with the intent that the product be provided to or consumed by another person who has no knowledge of nor consents to the contamination.

B. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "Food product" is any food, drink, condiment, or medication, including all substances and preparations used for or entering into the composition of the product.

(2) "Medication" means any prescription or nonprescription drug.

C. Whoever commits the crime of adulterating a food product shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, or both.

Acts 2020, No. 171, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:126.1.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 126.1.1
False communication with the intent to cause an emergency response
Status: in_force

A. No person shall, with the intent to cause an emergency response by any law enforcement agency or other first responder in the absence of circumstances requiring such response, knowingly communicate or transmit false or misleading information indicating that conduct has taken place, is taking place, or will take place that may reasonably be believed to constitute a violation of the criminal law of any state or the United States, or that may reasonably be believed to endanger public health or safety.

B. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this Section:

(1) If no emergency response results, shall be imprisoned for not more than six months, or fined not more than five hundred dollars, or both.

(2) Except as provided in Paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Subsection, if an emergency response results, shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or both.

(3) If an emergency response results and serious bodily injury occurs, shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than eight years, or fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars, or both.

(4) If an emergency response results and the death of a person occurs, shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than ten years nor more than forty years.

C.(1) In addition to the penalties provided by Subsection B of this Section, the court shall order the defendant to reimburse the appropriate party or parties for any expenses incurred for an emergency response resulting from the commission of the offense.

(2) A person ordered to make reimbursement under this Subsection shall be jointly and severally liable for such expenses with any other person who is ordered to make reimbursement under this Subsection for the same expenses.

(3) An order of reimbursement under this Subsection shall, for the purposes of enforcement, be treated as a civil judgment.

D. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "Emergency response" means any action taken by a law enforcement agency or other first responder to immediately respond to any conduct or event that is reasonably believed to violate the criminal law of any state or the United States, or that threatens or may reasonably be believed to threaten public health or safety.

(2) "Law enforcement agency" includes any federal, state, or local law enforcement agency.

Acts 2018, No. 348, §1, eff. May 20, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:37.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 37.7
Domestic abuse aggravated assault
Status: in_force

A. Domestic abuse aggravated assault is an assault with a dangerous weapon committed by one household member or family member upon another household member or family member.

B. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "Family member" means spouses, former spouses, parents, children, stepparents, stepchildren, foster parents, foster children, other ascendants, and other descendants. "Family member" also means the other parent or foster parent of any child or foster child of the offender.

(2) "Household member" means any person presently or formerly living in the same residence with the offender and who is involved or has been involved in a sexual or intimate relationship with the offender, or any child presently or formerly living in the same residence with the offender, or any child of the offender regardless of where the child resides.

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

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

Acts 2012, No. 535, §1, eff. June 5, 2012; Acts 2015, No. 440, §1; Acts 2017, No. 79, §1; Acts 2020, No. 101, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:95.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 95.8
Illegal possession of a handgun by a juvenile
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for any person who has not attained the age of eighteen years knowingly to possess any handgun on his person. Any person possessing any handgun in violation of this Section commits the offense of illegal possession of a handgun by a juvenile.

B.(1) On a first conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars and imprisoned for not less than ninety days and not more than six months.

(2) On a second conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than two years.

(3) On a third or subsequent conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned at hard labor for not more than five years.

(4) A juvenile adjudicated delinquent under this Section, having been previously found guilty or adjudicated delinquent for any crime of violence as defined by R.S. 14:2(B), or attempt or conspiracy to commit any such offense, shall upon a first or subsequent conviction be fined not less than five hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than six months and not more than five years. At least ninety days shall be served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.

C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any person under the age of eighteen years who is:

(1) Attending a hunter's safety course or a firearms safety course.

(2) Engaging in practice in the use of a firearm or target shooting at an established range.

(3) Hunting or trapping pursuant to a valid license issued to him pursuant to the laws of this state.

(4) Traveling to or from any activity described in Paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this Subsection while in possession of an unloaded gun.

(5) On real property with the permission of his parent or legal guardian and with the permission of the owner or lessee of the property.

(6) At such person's residence and who, with the permission of such person's parent or legal guardian, possesses a handgun.

(7) Possessing a handgun with the written permission of such person's parent or legal guardian; provided that such person carries on his person a copy of such written permission.

D. For the purposes of this Section "handgun" means a firearm as defined in R.S. 14:37.2, provided however, that the barrel length shall not exceed twelve inches.

Acts 1999, No. 1218, §1; Acts 2019, No. 104, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 7
Crime defined
Status: in_force

A crime is that conduct which is defined as criminal in this Code, or in other acts of the legislature, or in the constitution of this state.