La. Rev. Stat. § 14:63 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 63
Criminal trespass; squatters
Status: in_force

A. No person shall enter any structure, watercraft, or movable owned by another without express, legal, or implied authorization.

B.(1) No person shall enter upon immovable property owned by another without express, legal, or implied authorization.

(2) For purposes of this Subsection, the phrase "enter upon immovable property" as used in this Subsection, in addition to its common meaning, signification, and connotation, shall include the operation of an unmanned aircraft system as defined by R.S. 14:337 in the air space over immovable property owned by another with the intent to conduct surveillance of the property or of any individual lawfully on the property.

(3) The provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall not apply to any person operating an unmanned aircraft system in compliance with federal law or Federal Aviation Administration regulations or authorization.

C.(1) No person shall remain in or upon property, movable or immovable, owned by another without express, legal, or implied authorization.

(2) For purposes of this Subsection:

(a) "Remain in or upon property", in addition to its common meaning, signification, and connotation, includes:

(i) The continued presence of an occupant, as defined by Code of Civil Procedure Article 4704, for longer than five days after being served with written notice to vacate in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure Article 4702 or 4703.

(ii) The continued presence of a squatter who has been directed to vacate by a lawful possessor either verbally, by written notice, or by posting of conspicuous signage advising that the property is privately owned and unlawful trespass is prohibited.

(iii) The continued presence of a person in violation of a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction.

(iv) The operation of an unmanned aircraft system as defined by R.S. 14:337 in the air space over immovable property owned by another with the intent to conduct surveillance of the property or of any individual lawfully on the property. This Item shall not apply to any person operating an unmanned aircraft system in compliance with federal law or Federal Aviation Administration regulations or authorization.

(b) "Squatter" means any person who remains in or upon property to which the person lacks a right of possession, ownership, occupancy, or a lease interest.

D. It shall be an affirmative defense to a prosecution for a violation of Subsection A, B, or C of this Section, that the accused had express, legal, or implied authority to be in the movable or on the immovable property.

E. The following persons may enter or remain upon the structure, watercraft, movable or immovable property, of another:

(1) A duly commissioned law enforcement officer in the performance of his duties.

(2) Any firefighter, whether or not a member of a volunteer or other fire department, and any employee or agent of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry engaged in locating and suppressing a fire.

(3) Emergency medical personnel engaged in the rendering of medical assistance to an individual.

(4) Any federal, state or local government employee, public utility employee or agent engaged in suppressing or dealing with an emergency that presents an imminent danger to human safety or health or to the environment.

(5) Any federal, state or local government employee, public utility employee or agent in the performance of his duties when otherwise authorized by law to enter or remain on immovable or movable property.

(6) Any person authorized by a court of law to enter or remain on immovable property.

(7) Any person exercising the mere right of passage to an enclosed estate, as otherwise provided by law.

F. The following persons may enter or remain upon immovable property of another, unless specifically forbidden to do so by the owner or other person with authority, either orally or in writing:

(1) A professional land surveyor or his authorized personnel, engaged in the "practice of land surveying", as defined in R.S. 37:682.

(2) A person, affiliate, employee, agent or contractor of any business which is regulated by the Louisiana Public Service Commission or by a local franchising authority or the Federal Communication Commission under the Cable Reregulation Act of 1992 or of a municipal or public utility, while acting in the course and scope of his employment or agency relating to the operation, repair, or maintenance of a facility, servitude or any property located on the immovable property which belongs to such a business.

(3) Any person making a delivery, soliciting, selling any product or service, conducting a survey or poll, a real estate licensee or other person who has a legitimate reason for making a delivery, conducting business or communicating with the owner, lessee, custodian or a resident of the immovable property, and who, immediately upon entry, seeks to make the delivery, to conduct business or to conduct the communication.

(4) An employee of the owner, lessee or custodian of the immovable property while performing his duties, functions and responsibilities in the course and scope of his employment.

(5) The owner of domestic livestock or his employees or agents while in the process of retrieving his domestic livestock that have escaped from an area fenced to retain such domestic livestock.

(6) The owner of a domestic animal while in the sole process of merely retrieving his domestic animal from immovable property and not having a firearm or other weapon on his person.

(7) Any candidate for political office or any person working on behalf of a candidate for a political office.

(8) The owner or occupant of a watercraft or vessel traveling in salt water engaged in any lawful purpose for the purpose of retrieval of his property or for obtaining assistance in an emergency situation.

G. The following penalties shall be imposed for a violation of this Section:

(1) For the first offense, the fine shall be not less than one hundred dollars and not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both.

(2) For the second offense, the fine shall be not less than three hundred dollars and not more than seven hundred fifty dollars, or imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or both.

(3) For the third offense and all subsequent offenses, the fine shall be not less than five hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not less than sixty days and not more than six months, or both, and forfeiture to the law enforcement authority of any property seized in connection with the violation.

(4) A person may be convicted of a second offense and any subsequent offenses regardless of whether any prior conviction involved the same structure, watercraft, movable or immovable property and regardless of the time sequence of the occurrence of the offenses.

(5) In addition to the foregoing penalties, and notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a person convicted under this Section who has killed or otherwise misappropriated any wildlife, as defined by R.S. 56:8, in the course of commission of the offense shall forfeit the misappropriated wildlife to the law enforcement authority, and shall be ordered to pay the value of the misappropriated wildlife into the Conservation Fund of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in accordance with R.S. 56:40.1 et seq. The value of the wildlife that was misappropriated shall be determined by the guidelines adopted by the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission pursuant to R.S. 56:40.2.

H. The provisions of any other law notwithstanding, owners, lessees, and custodians of structures, watercraft, movable or immovable property shall not be answerable for damages sustained by any person who enters upon the structure, watercraft, movable or immovable property without express, legal or implied authorization, or who without legal authorization, remains upon the structure, watercraft, movable or immovable property after being forbidden by the owner, or other person with authority to do so; however, the owner, lessee or custodian of the property may be answerable for damages only upon a showing that the damages sustained were the result of the intentional acts or gross negligence of the owner, lessee or custodian.

I. A minor ten years old or younger shall not be arrested, detained or apprehended for the crime of trespass.

J. Although not required by this Section, notice that entrance upon any structure, watercraft, movable, or immovable property owned by another is prohibited may be indicated by either of the following:

(1) A sign or signs posted on or in the property at a place or places where such sign or signs may be reasonably expected to be seen.

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

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

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

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

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 458, §1; Acts 1964, No. 497, §1; Acts 1981, No. 78, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1990, No. 870, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 438, §1; Acts 1993, No. 887, §1; Acts 2003, No. 279, §3; Acts 2003, No. 802, §1; Acts 2012, No. 561, §1; Acts 2016, No. 529, §1, eff. June 17, 2016; Acts 2018, No. 347, §1; Acts 2024, No. 652, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:38 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 38
Simple assault
Status: in_force

A. Simple assault is an assault committed without a dangerous weapon.

B. Whoever commits a simple assault shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both.

Acts 1978, No. 394, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 13
Infancy
Status: in_force

Those who have not reached the age of ten years are exempt from criminal responsibility. However, nothing in this article shall affect the jurisdiction of juvenile courts as established by the constitution and statutes of this state.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:37.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 37.1
Assault by drive-by shooting
Status: in_force

A. Assault by drive-by shooting is an assault committed with a firearm when an offender uses a motor vehicle to facilitate the assault.

B. Whoever commits an assault by drive-by shooting shall be imprisoned for not less than three years nor more than ten years, with or without hard labor, and without benefit of suspension of sentence.

C. As used in this Section and in R.S. 14:30(A)(1) and 30.1(A)(2), the term "drive-by shooting" means the discharge of a firearm from a motor vehicle on a public street, highway, or interstate highway with the intent either to kill, cause harm to, or frighten another person.

Acts 1993, No. 496, §1; Acts 2023, No. 243, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:118.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 118.2
Falsifying information on racing license applications
Status: in_force

A. Falsifying racing license applications is the intentional falsification of any information required on an application for a Louisiana racing license.

B. Whoever commits the crime of falsifying racing license applications shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

C. For the purpose of this Section, the term "racing license" shall mean any license issued by the Louisiana State Racing Commission including, but not limited to those licenses issued to persons applying for jobs as cooks, nurses, stand girls, and other miscellaneous employees along with persons actually involved in racing.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 857, §1. Acts 1985, No. 942, §1, eff. July 23, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:40 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 40
Intimidation by officers
Status: in_force

A. Intimidation by officers is the intentional use, by any police officer or other person charged with the custody of parties accused of a crime or violation of a municipal ordinance, of threats, violence, or any means of inhuman treatment designed to secure a confession or incriminating statement from the person in custody.

B. Whoever commits the crime of intimidation by officers shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

Acts 1978, No. 394, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:75 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 75
Failure to pay child support obligation
Status: in_force

A. This law may be cited as the "Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of Louisiana".

B. It shall be unlawful for any obligor to intentionally fail to pay a support obligation for any child who resides in the state of Louisiana, if such obligation has remained unpaid for a period longer than six months or is greater than two thousand five hundred dollars.

C.(1) For a first offense, the penalty for failure to pay a legal child support obligation shall be a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.

(2) For a second or subsequent offense, the penalty for failure to pay a legal child support obligation shall be a fine of not more than twenty-five hundred dollars or imprisonment with or without hard labor for not more than two years, or both.

(3) Upon a conviction under this statute, the court shall order restitution in an amount equal to the total unpaid support obligation as it exists at the time of sentencing.

(4) In any case in which restitution is made prior to the time of sentencing, except for a second or subsequent offense, the court may suspend all or any portion of the imposition or execution of the sentence otherwise required in this Subsection.

(5) The penalty for failure to pay a legal child support obligation when the amount of the arrearage is more than fifteen thousand dollars and the obligation has been outstanding for at least one year shall be a fine of not more than twenty-five hundred dollars, or imprisonment with or without hard labor for not more than two years, or both.

D. With respect to an offense under this Section, an action may be prosecuted in a judicial district court in this state in which any child who is the subject of the support obligation involved resided during a period during which an obligor failed to meet that support obligation; or the judicial district in which the obligor resided during a period described in Subsection B of this Section; or any other judicial district with jurisdiction otherwise provided for by law.

E. As used in this Section, the following terms mean:

(1) "Obligor" means any person who has been ordered to pay a support obligation in accordance with law.

(2) "Support obligation" means any amount determined by a court order or an order of an administrative process pursuant to the law of the state of Louisiana to be due from a person for the support and maintenance of a child or children.

F. It shall be an affirmative defense to any charge under this Section that the obligor was financially unable to pay the support obligation during and after the period that he failed to pay as ordered by the court.

Acts 2004, No. 801, §1; Acts 2008, No. 336, §1; Acts 2010, No. 689, §2, eff. June 29, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:133.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 133.1
Obstruction of court orders
Status: in_force

Whoever, by threats or force, or wilfully prevents, obstructs, impedes, or interferes with, or wilfully attempts to prevent, obstruct, impede, or interfere with, the due exercise of rights or the performance of duties under any order, judgment, or decree of a court of the state of Louisiana, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

No injunctive or other civil relief against the conduct made criminal by this Section shall be denied on the ground that such conduct is a violation of criminal law, and, when granted, the order, judgment or decree granting such relief as to conduct which does constitute a violation of criminal law shall be construed as a mandate to all law enforcement officers to take such affirmative action as may be necessary to apprehend, arrest and charge any person or persons who engage in such conduct.

Acts 1960, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 6, §§1, 4. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 487, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:77 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 77
Abetting in bigamy
Status: in_force

A. Abetting in bigamy is the marriage of an unmarried person to the husband or wife of another, with knowledge of the fact that the party is married and without a reasonable and honest belief that such party is divorced or his marriage annulled, or that the party's husband or wife is dead.

B. Whoever commits the crime of abetting in bigamy shall be fined not more than one 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. § 14:223.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 223.7
Counterfeiting or possessing counterfeit labels prohibited
Status: in_force

Any person who has in his possession for any illegal purpose or who makes, sells, issues, distributes, circulates, or puts in circulation a counterfeit label affixed or designed to be affixed to a recording within the state of Louisiana shall be guilty of a criminal offense and punished as provided in R.S. 14:223.3.

Acts 1990, No. 122, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:123 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 123
Perjury
Status: in_force

A. Perjury is the intentional making of a false written or oral statement in or for use in a judicial proceeding, any proceeding before a board or official, wherein such board or official is authorized to take testimony, or before any committee or subcommittee of either house or any joint committee or subcommittee of both houses of the legislature. In order to constitute perjury the false statement must be made under sanction of an oath or an equivalent affirmation and must relate to matter material to the issue or question in controversy.

B. It is a necessary element of the offense that the accused knew the statement to be false, but an unqualified statement of that which one does not know or definitely believe to be true is equivalent to a statement of that which he knows to be false.

C. Whoever commits the crime of perjury shall be punished as follows:

(1) When committed on a trial in which a sentence of death or life imprisonment may be imposed, the offender shall be fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars or imprisoned at hard labor for not less than five years, nor more than forty years, or both.

(2) When committed on a trial in which a sentence of imprisonment necessarily at hard labor for any period less than a life sentence may be imposed, the offender shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one year, nor more than twenty years, or both.

(3) When committed in all other cases in which any other sentence may be imposed, the offender shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned at hard labor for not more than five years, or both.

(4) When committed in any civil action, administrative proceeding, legislative hearing or proceeding, or in any other legal proceeding, by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisonment at hard labor for not more than five years, or both.

Acts 1995, No. 820, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1312, §1; Acts 2001, No. 403, §1, eff. June 15, 2001; Acts 2004, No. 399, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:93.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 93.11
Unlawful sales to persons under twenty-one
Status: in_force

A. Unlawful sales to persons under twenty-one is the selling or otherwise delivering for value of any alcoholic beverage to any person under twenty-one years of age unless such person is the lawful owner or lawful employee of an establishment to which the sale is being made and is accepting such delivery pursuant to such ownership or employment. Lack of knowledge of the person's age shall not be a defense.

B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or both.

Acts 1995, No. 639, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 78, §1; Acts 2006, No. 570, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:220.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 220.1
Leased movables; obtaining by false representation; failure to return or surrender; penalties; restitution
Status: in_force

A. No person leasing a movable shall obtain or retain possession of the movable by:

(1) Making a false statement or false representation of a material fact, where such false statement or false representation is made with the intent to obtain or retain possession of the movable; or

(2) Intentionally failing to return or surrender the movable when obligated under the terms of the lease, or after the expiration or cancellation of the lease. The lessee's failure to return or surrender the movable within fifteen calendar days or the number of days for which the movable was leased, whichever is less, after the date written notice requesting return or surrender of the movable was delivered or tendered to the lessee's last known address shall be presumptive evidence that the failure to return or surrender the movable was intentional. In order for the presumption to arise, the written notice must be sent by the lessor or the district attorney by means of registered or certified mail.

B.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section when the value of the leased movable is less than one thousand dollars shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(2) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section when the value of the leased movable is one thousand dollars or more shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than two years, or both.

C. When a defendant is convicted of violating Paragraph (A)(2) and the notice requirements of Paragraph (A)(2) are complied with, a court shall order, in addition to or in lieu of the penalty in Subsection B, upon proof established by a preponderance of the evidence, that defendant pay restitution to the victim for all acknowledged appropriate fees assessed for intentional failure to return or surrender the leased movable after the agreed rental period or lease term or in the amount of lost profit resulting from the defendant's failure to return or surrender the movable as stated under the terms of the lease, or after the expiration or cancellation of the lease. The court may permit the prosecuting attorney to present evidence of the amount of the victim's lost profits either at the trial of the matter or at the sentencing of the defendant.

D. The offender's failure to return or surrender a video cassette film or tape that has been rented from a facility which rents video cassette films or tapes within thirty calendar days after notice to make such return or surrender has been sent by certified mail to the offender's last known address shall be presumptive evidence of his intent to defraud and the lessor may report to any law enforcement agency that the rented video cassette film or tape has been stolen.

Acts 1984, No. 812, §1; Acts 1987, No. 771, §1; Acts 1992, No. 981, §1; Acts 1997, No. 790, §1; Acts 2006, No. 130, §1, eff. June 2, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:202.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 202.2
Solar electric and solar thermal system contractors; solar tax credit fraud
Status: in_force

A.(1) It shall be unlawful for any person who has received money from a contract for the sale, installation, maintenance, or repair of a solar electric system or solar thermal system, as defined in R.S. 47:6030(C), to claim a tax credit provided by R.S. 47:6030 or other provision of law against taxes owed to the state of Louisiana if the person:

(a) Has failed to perform or complete the installation of the system or failed to maintain or repair the system under the terms of the contract.

(b) Fails to maintain or repair the system under the terms of the contract subsequent to claiming the tax credit.

(2)(a) The knowing material failure by a contractor to perform or complete the installation of a solar electric system or solar thermal system, as defined in R.S. 47:6030(C), or maintain or repair the system under the terms of the contract shall constitute solar installation fraud.

(b) Whoever commits the crime of solar installation fraud shall be subject to the penalty provisions provided for in R.S. 14:202.1.

B.(1) When the aggregate amount of the tax credit claimed is one thousand dollars or less, whoever violates the provisions of this Section upon conviction may be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months.

(2) When the aggregate amount of the tax credit claimed is greater than one thousand dollars, whoever violates the provisions of this Section upon conviction may be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than six months for each one thousand dollars of the tax credit claimed, provided that the aggregate imprisonment shall not exceed five years.

C. The district attorney shall notify the Department of Revenue in writing of any prosecution under this Section.

D. Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to prevent the state, through the attorney general, from asserting a cause of action to recover damages or penalties, or assess or collect a penalty, resulting from a violation of this Section.

E. The remedies and rights provided under this Section are in addition to and do not preclude any remedy otherwise available under law, including but not limited to the provisions of R.S. 51:1401 et seq.

F. Any person who is found liable under a civil action brought by the attorney general resulting from a violation of this Section shall be liable to the attorney general for all costs, expenses and fees related to investigations and proceedings associated with the violation, including attorney fees. An action to recover costs, expenses, fees, and attorney fees shall be ancillary to, and shall be brought and heard in the same court as, the civil action resulting from a violation of this Section.

G.(1) The attorney general may examine, or cause to be examined, by agents thereof, without notice, the conditions and affairs of any person who has received money from a contract for the sale, installation, maintenance, or repair of a solar electric system or solar thermal system, as defined in R.S. 47:6030(C), and who has claimed a tax credit.

(2) In connection with an examination authorized by this Subsection, the attorney general, or his agents, may examine under oath any person concerning the affairs and business of the person who has received money from a contract for the sale, installation, maintenance, or repair of a solar electric system or solar thermal system, as defined in R.S. 47:6030(C), and who has claimed a tax credit.

H. The provisions of this Section shall be applicable to entities engaging in the business of selling, leasing, installing, servicing, or monitoring solar energy equipment. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to impose civil or criminal liability on homeowners or on any third party whose involvement is limited to providing financing to the homeowner or financing for installation. Entities engaged in the business of arranging agreements for the lease or sale of solar energy systems or acquiring customers for financing entities shall not be exempt from the provisions of this Section.

Acts 2014, No. 682, §1, eff. June 18, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:46.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 46.3
Trafficking of children for sexual purposes
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful:

(1) For any person to knowingly recruit, harbor, transport, provide, sell, receive, isolate, entice, obtain, or maintain the use of a person under the age of eighteen years for the purpose of engaging in commercial sexual activity.

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

(3) For any parent, legal guardian, or person having custody of a person under the age of eighteen years to knowingly permit or consent to such minor entering into any activity prohibited by the provisions of this Section.

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

(5) For any person to knowingly advertise any of the activities prohibited by this Section.

(6) For any person to knowingly sell or offer to sell travel services that include or facilitate any of the activities prohibited by this Section.

(7) For any person to knowingly solicit or purchase a person under the age of eighteen years for the purpose of engaging in commercial sexual activity.

B. For purposes of this Section, "commercial sexual activity" means any lewd or lascivious act upon the person or in the presence of any child when any thing of value has been given, promised, or received by any person.

C.(1) Consent of the minor shall not be a defense to a prosecution pursuant to the provisions of this Section.

(2) Lack of knowledge of the victim's age shall not be a defense to a prosecution pursuant to the provisions of this Section.

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

D.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of Paragraph (A)(1), (2), (4), (5), or (6) of this Section shall be punished by life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence and fined not more than seventy-five thousand dollars.

(2) Whoever violates the provisions of Paragraph (A)(3) or (7) of this Section shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, imprisoned at hard labor for not less than fifteen nor more than fifty years, or both, with at least five years being served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. Whoever violates the provisions of Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section when the victim is under the age of fourteen years shall be fined not more than seventy-five thousand dollars and imprisoned at hard labor for not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty years, with at least ten years being served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.

E. No victim of trafficking as provided by the provisions of this Section shall be prosecuted for unlawful acts committed as a direct result of being trafficked. Any child determined to be a victim pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection shall be eligible for specialized services for sexually exploited children.

F. The provisions of Chapter 1 of Title V of the Children's Code regarding the multidisciplinary team approach applicable to children who have been abused or neglected, to the extent practical, shall apply to the children who are victims of the provisions of this Section.

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

Acts 2009, No. 375, §1; Acts 2010, No. 763, §1; Acts 2011, No. 64, §1; Acts 2012, No. 446, §1; Acts 2014, No. 564, §1; Acts 2017, No. 180, §1, eff. June 12, 2017; Acts 2020, No. 352, §2; Acts 2024, No. 570, §1; Acts 2024, No. 586, §1; Acts 2025, No. 230, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:337.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 337.1
Unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system at a parade
Status: in_force

A. Unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system at a parade is the intentional use of an unmanned aircraft system by an unauthorized person over any parade or parade route for which a permit is issued by a governmental entity.

B. As used in this Section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) "Parade" means any celebration of Mardi Gras or directly related pre-Lenten or carnival related festivities, school parades, parish parades, state parades or municipal parades, or any demonstration for which a permit is issued by a governmental entity.

(2) "Parade route" means any public sidewalk, street, highway, bridge, alley, road, or other public passageway upon which a parade travels.

C. Whoever commits the crime of unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system at a parade shall be fined not less than two thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than one year, or both. In addition to the sentence imposed pursuant to this Subsection, the court shall order the forfeiture of the unmanned aircraft system used in connection with the offense and provide for the destruction, sale, or other disposition of the unmanned aircraft system.

D. Notice of the area known as the "Drone No Fly Zone" shall be posted along the parade route and may be announced through the use of local media outlets or social media platforms.

E. Lack of knowledge that the prohibited act occurred on or within the parade or parade route shall not be a defense.

F. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to unmanned aircraft systems used for motion picture, television, or similar production where the filming is authorized.

Acts 2025, No. 170, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:143 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 143
Preemption of state law; exceptions
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section, no governing authority of a political subdivision shall enact an ordinance defining as an offense conduct that is defined and punishable as a felony under state law.

B. A governing authority of a parish or municipality may enact an ordinance defining as an offense conduct that is defined and punishable as a felony under state law if the ordinance is comparable to one of the crimes defined by state law and listed in Subsection C of this Section. No ordinance shall define as an offense conduct that is defined and punishable as a felony under any other state law. The ordinance shall comply with the provisions of Subsection D of this Section. A conviction under an ordinance which complies with the provisions of this Section may be used as a predicate conviction in prosecutions under state law.

C. The offense defined in the ordinance shall be comparable to one of the following state laws:

(1) R.S. 14:63 (criminal trespass).

(2) R.S. 14:67(B)(3) (theft when the misappropriation or taking amounts to less than a value of three hundred dollars).

(3) R.S. 14:67.2(B)(3) (theft of animals when the misappropriation or taking amounts to less than a value of three hundred dollars).

(4) R.S. 14:67.3 (unauthorized use of "access card" as theft).

(5) R.S. 14:67.4 (theft of domesticated fish from fish farm).

(6) R.S. 14:67.5 (theft of crawfish).

(7) R.S. 14:67.6(C)(1) (first offense of theft of utility service).

(8) R.S. 14:67.10(B)(3) (theft of goods when the misappropriation or taking amounts to less than a value of three hundred dollars).

(9) R.S. 14:67.12 (theft of timber).

(10) R.S. 14:67.13(B)(3) (theft of an alligator when the misappropriation or taking amounts to less than a value of three hundred dollars).

(11) R.S. 14:69(B)(3) (illegal possession of stolen things when the value of the stolen things is less than three hundred dollars).

(12) R.S. 14:82(B)(1) (prostitution).

(13) R.S. 14:93.2.1 (child desertion).

(14) R.S. 14:222.1 (unauthorized interception of cable television services).

(15) R.S. 14:285(C) (improper telephone communications).

(16) R.S. 40:966(E)(1) (possession of marijuana).

(17) R.S. 40:1021, 1022, 1023, 1023.1, 1024, 1025(A), and 1026 (possession of drug paraphernalia).

(18) R.S. 14:35.3 (domestic abuse battery).

D. An ordinance adopted under the provisions of this Section shall incorporate the standards and elements of the comparable crime under state law and the penalty provided in the ordinance shall not exceed the penalty provided in the comparable crime under state law.

E. The provisions of this Section shall not repeal, supersede, or limit the provisions of R.S. 13:1894.1 or R.S. 40:966(D)(4).

Added by Acts 1983, No. 531, §1; Acts 2001, No. 944, §2; Acts 2003, No. 1038, §2; Acts 2006, No. 143, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:229 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 229
Illegal use of counterfeit trademark; penalties
Status: in_force

A. No person shall knowingly sell, possess with the intent to sell, or otherwise transfer for compensation anything of value having a counterfeit trademark.

B. For the purposes of this Section:

(1) "Person" shall include an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or other body of persons, whether incorporated or not.

(2) "Counterfeit trademark" shall mean a false trademark that is identical to or substantially indistinguishable from:

(a) A genuine trademark registered on the principal register in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and used or intended for use on or in connection with goods or services; or

(b) A genuine trademark specifically protected by any state or federal statute.

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

D. In lieu of a fine otherwise authorized by law, any person convicted of engaging in conduct in violation of the provisions of this Section through which said person derived pecuniary value, or by which said person caused personal injury or property damage or other loss, may be sentenced to pay a fine that does not exceed three times the gross value gained or three times the gross loss caused, whichever is greater. The court shall hold a hearing to determine the amount of the fine authorized by this Subsection.

Acts 1984, No. 224, §1; Acts 2011, No. 73, §1.

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La. Rev. Stat. § 14:112.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 112.12
Unlawful entry or reentry into the state of Louisiana by an alien
Status: in_force

A. The crime of unlawful entry or unlawful reentry is committed when an alien enters or reenters into this state and is unlawfully present in this state.

B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of unlawful entry or unlawful reentry into this state by an alien upon a first offense shall be imprisoned for not more than six months, fined not more than one thousand dollars, or both.

(2) Whoever commits the crime of unlawful entry or unlawful reentry into this state by an alien upon a second or subsequent offense shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than one year nor more than two years, fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.

C. It shall be an affirmative defense to a prosecution to the crime of unlawful entry or unlawful reentry into this state by an alien that either:

(1) The defendant is lawfully present in this state because the federal government has granted the defendant lawful presence in the United States or asylum pursuant to 8 U.S.C. 1158.

(2) The defendant's conduct does not constitute a violation of 8 U.S.C. 1325(a), relative to illegal entry into the United States.

D. This Section shall not apply to an alien unlawfully present in the United States if the alien has been a necessary witness to or victim of a crime of domestic violence, rape, sexual exploitation, sexual assault, murder, manslaughter, assault, battery, human trafficking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, involuntary servitude, fraud in foreign labor contracting, blackmail, extortion, or witness tampering.

Acts 2024, No. 670, §1, See Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:118.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 118.1
Bribery of sports participants
Status: in_force

A.(1) Bribing of sports participants is the giving or offering to give, directly or indirectly, anything of apparent present or prospective value to any professional or amateur baseball, football, hockey, polo, tennis, or basketball player or boxer or any person or player who participates or expects to participate in any professional or amateur game or sport or any contest of skill, speed, strength, or endurance of man or beast or any jockey, driver, groom, or any person participating or expecting to participate in any horse race, including owners of race tracks and their employees, stewards, trainers, judges, starters, or special policemen, or to any owner, manager, coach, or trainer of any team or participant in any such game, contest, or sport, with the intent to influence him to lose or cause to be lost, or corruptly to affect or influence the result thereof, or to limit his or his team's or his mount or beast's margin of victory in any baseball, football, hockey, or basketball game, boxing, tennis, or polo match or horse race or any professional or amateur sport or game in which such player or participant or jockey or driver is taking part or expects to take part, or has any duty in connection therewith.

(2) The acceptance of or the offer to accept directly or indirectly anything of apparent present or prospective value under such circumstances by any of the above named persons shall also constitute bribery of sports participants.

B. Whoever commits the crime of bribery of sports participants is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars and imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than five years, with or without hard labor, or both.

C. The offender under this Section, who states the facts under oath to the district attorney charged with the prosecution of the offense, and who gives evidence tending to convict any other offender under that Section, may, in the discretion of such district attorney be granted full immunity from prosecution in respect to the offense reported, except for perjury in giving such testimony.

Acts 1952, No. 279, §§1 to 3; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:41 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 41
Rape; defined
Status: in_force

A. Rape is the act of anal, oral, or vaginal sexual intercourse with a male or female person committed without the person's lawful consent.

B. Emission is not necessary, and any sexual penetration, when the rape involves vaginal or anal intercourse, whether the penetration is accomplished using the genitals of the offender or victim or using any instrumentality and however slight, is sufficient to complete the crime.

C. For purposes of this Subpart, "oral sexual intercourse" means the intentional engaging in any of the following acts with another person:

(1) The touching of the anus or genitals of the victim by the offender using the mouth or tongue of the offender.

(2) The touching of the anus or genitals of the offender by the victim using the mouth or tongue of the victim.

D. For purposes of this Subpart, "anal sexual intercourse" and "vaginal sexual intercourse" mean the intentional engaging in any of the following acts with another person:

(1) The penetration of the victim's anus or vagina by the offender using the genitals of the offender.

(2) The penetration of the offender's anus or vagina by the victim using the genitals of the victim.

(3) The penetration of the victim's anus or vagina by the offender using any instrumentality, except that normal medical treatment or normal sanitary care shall not be construed as sexual intercourse under the provisions of this Section.

(4) The penetration of the offender's anus or vagina by the victim using any instrumentality except that normal medical treatment or normal sanitary care shall not be construed as sexual intercourse under the provisions of this Section.

Acts 1978, No. 239, §1. Acts 1985, No. 587, §1; Acts 1990, No. 722, §§1, 2; Acts 2001, No. 301, §1; Acts 2022, No. 173, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:70 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 70
False accounting
Status: in_force

A. False accounting is the intentional rendering of a financial statement of account which is known by the offender to be false, by anyone who is obliged to render an accounting by the law pertaining to civil matters.

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

Amended by Acts 1968, No. 647, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:82.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 82.1
Prostitution; persons under eighteen; additional offenses
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful:

(1) For any person over the age of seventeen to engage in sexual intercourse with any person under the age of eighteen who is practicing prostitution, and there is an age difference of greater than two years between the two persons.

(2) For any parent or tutor of any person under the age of eighteen knowingly to consent to the person's entrance or detention in the practice of prostitution.

B.(1) Lack of knowledge of the age of the person practicing prostitution shall not be a defense.

(2) It shall not be a defense to prosecution for a violation of this Section that the person practicing prostitution consented to the activity prohibited by this Section.

C. As used in this Section, "sexual intercourse" means anal, oral, or vaginal sexual intercourse.

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

(2) Whoever violates the provisions of Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section when the person practicing prostitution is under the age of fourteen 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. Twenty-five years of the sentence imposed shall be without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

(3)(a) Whoever violates the provisions of Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section shall be required to serve at least five years of the sentence imposed in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

(b) Whoever violates the provisions of Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section when the person practicing prostitution is under the age of fourteen shall be required to serve at least ten years of the sentence imposed in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

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

E. It shall not be a defense to prosecution for a violation of this Section that the person practicing prostitution who is believed to be under the age of eighteen is actually a law enforcement officer or peace officer acting within the official scope of his duties.

F. Any person determined to be a victim of this offense shall be eligible for specialized services for sexually exploited children.

Acts 1985, No. 777, §1; Acts 2008, No. 138, §1; Acts 2012, No. 446, §1; Acts 2014, No. 564, §1; Acts 2017, No. 180, §1, eff. June 12, 2017; Acts 2020, No. 352, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 91.4
Contributing to the endangerment of a minor
Status: in_force

A. No person shall knowingly employ a person convicted of a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541, whose offense involved a minor child, to work in any early learning center as defined by R.S. 17:407.33, residential home as defined by R.S. 46:1403, or residence in which child care services are provided by a family child care provider or in-home provider who is registered pursuant to R.S. 17:407.61 et seq.

B. No person shall knowingly permit a person convicted of a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 physical access to any early learning center as defined by R.S. 17:407.33, residential home as defined by R.S. 46:1403, or residence in which child care services are provided by a family child care provider or in-home provider who is registered pursuant to R.S. 17:407.61 et seq.

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

Acts 2009, No. 210, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 2009; Acts 2018, No. 5, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:106 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 106
Obscenity
Status: in_force

A. The crime of obscenity is the intentional:

(1) Exposure of the genitals, pubic hair, anus, vulva, or female breast nipples in any public place or place open to the public view, or in any prison or jail, with the intent of arousing sexual desire or which appeals to prurient interest or is patently offensive.

(2)(a) Participation or engagement in, or management, operation, production, presentation, performance, promotion, exhibition, advertisement, sponsorship, electronic communication, or display of, hard core sexual conduct when the trier of fact determines that the average person applying contemporary community standards would find that the conduct, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest; and the hard core sexual conduct, as specifically defined herein, is presented in a patently offensive way; and the conduct taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

(b) Hard core sexual conduct is the public portrayal, for its own sake, and for ensuing commercial gain of:

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

(ii) Masturbation, excretory functions or lewd exhibition, actual, simulated, or animated, of the genitals, pubic hair, anus, vulva, or female breast nipples; or

(iii) Sadomasochistic abuse, meaning actual, simulated or animated, flagellation, or torture by or upon a person who is nude or clad in undergarments or in a costume that reveals the pubic hair, anus, vulva, genitals, or female breast nipples, or in the condition of being fettered, bound, or otherwise physically restrained, on the part of one so clothed; or

(iv) Actual, simulated, or animated touching, caressing, or fondling of, or other similar physical contact with a pubic area, anus, female breast nipple, covered or exposed, whether alone or between humans, animals, or a human and an animal, of the same or opposite sex, in an act of apparent sexual stimulation or gratification; or

(v) Actual, simulated, or animated stimulation of a human genital organ by any device whether or not the device is designed, manufactured, or marketed for such purpose.

(3)(a) Sale, allocation, consignment, distribution, dissemination, advertisement, exhibition, electronic communication, or display of obscene material, or the preparation, manufacture, publication, electronic communication, or printing of obscene material for sale, allocation, consignment, distribution, advertisement, exhibition, electronic communication, or display.

(b) Obscene material is any tangible work or thing which the trier of fact determines that the average person applying contemporary community standards would find, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest, and which depicts or describes in a patently offensive way, hard core sexual conduct specifically defined in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, and the work or thing taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

(4) Requiring as a condition to a sale, allocation, consignment, or delivery for resale of any paper, magazine, book, periodical, or publication to a purchaser or consignee that such purchaser or consignee also receive or accept any obscene material, as defined in Paragraph (3) of this Subsection, for resale, distribution, display, advertisement, electronic communication, or exhibition purposes; or, denying or threatening to deny a franchise to, or imposing a penalty, on or against, a person by reason of his refusal to accept, or his return of, such obscene material.

(5) Solicitation or enticement of an unmarried person under the age of seventeen years to commit any act prohibited by Paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) of this Subsection.

(6) Advertisement, exhibition, electronic communication, or display of sexually violent material. "Violent material" is any tangible work or thing which the trier of facts determines depicts actual or simulated patently offensive acts of violence, including but not limited to, acts depicting sadistic conduct, whippings, beatings, torture, and mutilation of the human body, as described in Item (2)(b)(iii) of this Subsection.

(7)(a) Transmission or causing the transmission by a person, knowing the content of an advertisement to be sexually explicit as defined in this Paragraph, of an unsolicited advertisement containing sexually explicit materials in an electronic communication to one or more persons within this state without including in the advertisement the term "ADV-ADULT" at the beginning of the subject line of the advertisement. A "subject line" is the area of an electronic communication that contains a summary description of the content of the message.

(b) As used in this Paragraph, "sexually explicit" means the graphic depiction of sex, including but not limited to sexual audio, text, or images; depiction of sexual activity; nudity; or sexually oriented language.

(8)(a) Transmission or causing the transmission by a person, knowing its content to be sexually explicit as defined in this Paragraph, of an unsolicited text message containing sexually explicit materials to a wireless telecommunications device of one or more persons within this state.

(b) As used in this Paragraph:

(i) "Sexually explicit" means the graphic depiction of sex, including but not limited to sexual audio, text, or images, the depiction of sexual activity, nudity, or sexually oriented language and is obscene as defined in Subparagraph (A)(3)(b) of this Section.

(ii) "Wireless telecommunications device" means a cellular telephone, a text-messaging device, a personal digital assistant, a tablet computer, or any other substantially similar wireless device.

B. Lack of knowledge of age or marital status shall not constitute a defense.

C. If any employee of a theatre or bookstore acting in the course or scope of his employment, is arrested for an offense designated in this Section, the employer shall reimburse the employee for all attorney's fees and other costs of defense of such employee. Such fees and expenses may be fixed by the court exercising criminal jurisdiction after contradictory hearing or by ordinary civil process.

D.(1) The provisions of this Section do not apply to recognized and established schools, churches, museums, medical clinics, hospitals, physicians, public libraries, governmental agencies, quasi-governmental sponsored organizations and persons acting in their capacity as employees or agents of such organizations, or a person solely employed to operate a movie projector in a duly licensed theatre.

(2) For the purpose of this Subsection, the following words and terms shall have the respective meanings defined as follows:

(a) "Churches" means any church, affiliated with a national or regional denomination.

(b) "Medical clinics and hospitals" means any clinic or hospital of licensed physicians or psychiatrists used for the reception and care of persons who are sick, wounded, or infirm.

(c) "Physicians" means any licensed physician or psychiatrist.

(d) "Recognized and established schools" means schools having a full time faculty and pupils, gathered together for instruction in a diversified curriculum.

E. This Section does not preempt, nor shall anything in this Section be construed to preempt, the regulation of obscenity by municipalities, parishes, and consolidated city-parish governments; however, in order to promote uniform obscenity legislation throughout the state, the regulation of obscenity by municipalities, parishes, and consolidated city-parish governments shall not exceed the scope of the regulatory prohibitions contained in the provisions of this Section.

F.(1) Except for those motion pictures, printed materials, electronic communication and photographic materials showing actual ultimate sexual acts or simulated or animated ultimate sexual acts when there is an explicit, close-up depiction of human genital organs so as to give the appearance of the consummation of ultimate sexual acts, no person, firm, or corporation shall be arrested, charged, or indicted for any violations of a provision of this Section until such time as the material involved has first been the subject of an adversarial hearing under the provisions of this Section, wherein such person, firm, or corporation is made a defendant and, after such material is declared by the court to be obscene, such person, firm, or corporation continues to engage in the conduct prohibited by this Section. The sole issue at the hearing shall be whether the material is obscene.

(2) The hearing shall be held before the district court having jurisdiction over the proceedings within seventy-two hours after receipt of notice by the person, firm, or corporation. The person, firm, or corporation shall be given notice of the hearing by registered mail or by personal service on the owner, manager, or other person having a financial interest in the material; provided, if there is no such person on the premises, then notice may be given by personal service on any employee of the person, firm, or corporation on such premises. The notice shall state the nature of the violation, the date, place, and time of the hearing, and the right to present and cross-examine witnesses.

(3) The state or any defendant may appeal from a judgment. Such appeal shall not stay the judgment. Any defendant engaging in conduct prohibited by this Section subsequent to notice of the judgment, finding the material to be obscene, shall be subject to criminal prosecution notwithstanding the appeal from the judgment.

(4) No determination by the district court pursuant to this Section shall be of any force and effect outside the judicial district in which made and no such determination shall be res judicata in any proceeding in any other judicial district. In addition, evidence of any hearing held pursuant to this Section shall not be competent or admissible in any criminal action for the violation of any other Section of this Title; provided, however, that in any criminal action, charging the violation of any other Section of this Title, against any person, firm, or corporation that was a defendant in such hearing, involving the same material declared to be obscene under the provisions of this Section, then evidence of such hearing shall be competent and admissible as bearing on the issue of scienter only.

G.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (5) of this Subsection, on a first conviction, whoever commits the crime of obscenity shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than six months nor more than three years, or both.

(2)(a) Except as provided in Paragraph (5) of this Subsection, on a second conviction, the offender shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor for not less than six months nor more than three years, and in addition may be fined not less than two thousand five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars.

(b) The imprisonment provided for in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, may be imposed at court discretion if the court determines that the offender, due to his employment, could not avoid engagement in the offense. This Subparagraph shall not apply to the manager or other person in charge of an establishment selling or exhibiting obscene material.

(3) Except as provided in Paragraph (5) of this Subsection, on a third or subsequent conviction, the offender shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than two years nor more than five years, and in addition may be fined not less than five thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars.

(4) When a violation of Paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of Subsection A of this Section is with or in the presence of an unmarried person under the age of seventeen years, the offender shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than two years nor more than five years, without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

(5) Whoever violates the provisions of Paragraphs (A)(7) or (A)(8) of this Section may be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.

H.(1) When a corporation is charged with violating this Section, the corporation, the president, the vice president, the secretary, and the treasurer may all be named as defendants. Upon conviction for a violation of this Section, a corporation shall be sentenced in accordance with Subsection G of this Section. All corporate officers who are named as defendants shall be subject to the penalty provisions of this Section as set forth in Subsection G of this Section.

(2) If the corporation is domiciled in this state, upon indictment or information filed against the corporation, a notice of arraignment shall be served upon the corporation, or its designated agent for service of process, which then must appear before the district court in which the prosecution is pending to plead to the charge within fifteen days of service. If no appearance is made within fifteen days, an attorney shall be appointed by the court to represent the defendant corporation with respect to the charge or to show cause why the corporation should not be enjoined from continuing in business during the pendency of the criminal proceedings. Appearance for arraignment may be made through private counsel.

(3) If the corporation is domiciled out of state and is registered to do business in Louisiana, notice of arraignment shall be served upon the corporate agent for service of process or the secretary of state, who shall then notify the corporation charged by indictment or information to appear before the district court in which the prosecution is pending for arraignment within sixty days after the notice is mailed by the secretary of state. If no appearance is made within sixty days the court shall appoint an attorney to represent the defendant corporation with respect to the charge or to show cause why the corporation should not be enjoined from continuing in business during the pendency of the criminal proceedings. Appearance for arraignment may be made by private counsel.

(4) If the corporation is domiciled out of state and is not registered to do business in Louisiana, notice of arraignment of the corporation shall be served upon the secretary of state and an employee, officer, or agent for service of process of the corporation found within the parish where the violation of this Section has allegedly occurred. Such notice shall act as a bar to that corporation registering to do business in Louisiana until it appears before the district court in which the prosecution is pending to answer the charge.

I.(1)(a) When an act of obscenity as defined in Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section is reported, the law enforcement agency acting in response to the reported incident shall provide notice of the incident to the principal or headmaster of each school located within two thousand feet of where the incident occurred. This notice shall be provided by the law enforcement agency to the principal or headmaster within twenty-four hours of receiving the report of the incident and by any reasonable means, including but not limited to live or recorded telephone message or electronic mail.

(b) The notice required by the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall include the date, time, and location of the incident, a brief description of the incident, and a brief description of the physical characteristics of the alleged offender which may include but shall not be limited to the alleged offender's sex, race, hair color, eye color, height, age, and weight.

(2)(a) Within twenty-four hours of receiving notice of the incident from law enforcement pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the principal or headmaster shall provide notice of the incident to the parents of all students enrolled at the school by any reasonable means, including but not limited to live or recorded telephone message or electronic mail.

(b) The notice required by the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall include the same information required for the notice provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection to the extent that the information is provided by law enforcement to the principal or headmaster of the school.

(3) When the expiration of the twenty-four-hour period occurs on a weekend or holiday, notice shall be provided no later than the end of the next regular school day.

(4) For purposes of this Subsection, "school" means any public or private elementary or secondary school in this state, including all facilities of the school located within the geographical boundaries of the school property.

(5) The principal, headmaster, school, owner of the school, operator of the school, and the insurer or self-insurance program for the school shall be immune from any liability that arises as a result of compliance or noncompliance with this Subsection, except for any willful violation of the provisions of this Subsection.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 314, §1; Acts 1958, No. 388, §1; Acts 1960, No. 199, §1; Acts 1962, No. 87, §1; Acts 1968, No. 647, §1; Acts 1970, No. 167, §1; Acts 1972, No. 605, §1; Acts 1972, No. 743, §1; Acts 1974, No. 274, §1; Acts 1977, No. 97, §2; Acts 1977, No. 717, §1, eff. July 20, 1977; Acts 1979, No. 252, §1; Acts 1980, No. 464, §1; Acts 1981, No. 159, §1; Acts 1982, No. 680, §1; Acts 1983, No. 384, §1; Acts 1983, No. 385, §1; Acts 2001, No. 177, §1; Acts 2001, No. 403, §1, eff. June 15, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 237, §1; Acts 2012, No. 846, §1; Acts 2014, No. 531, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §6, eff. June 23, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:337 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 337
Unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system
Status: in_force

A.(1) Unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system is any of the following:

(a) The intentional use of an unmanned aircraft system to conduct surveillance of, gather evidence or collect information about, or photographically or electronically record a targeted facility without the prior written consent of the owner of the targeted facility.

(b) The intentional use of an unmanned aircraft system over the grounds of the governor's mansion, state or local jail, prison, or other correctional facility that incarcerates or detains juveniles or adults accused of, convicted of, sentenced for, or adjudicated delinquent for violations of criminal law without the express written consent of the person in charge of that state building, state or local jail, prison, or other correctional facility.

(c) The intentional use of an unmanned aircraft system to conduct surveillance of, gather evidence or collect information about, interfere with the operation of, or photographically or electronically record a federal or state military installation, facility, aircraft, ship, military vehicle, or weapon system located therein without obtaining prior written consent from the military installation or facility commander.

(2) The unmanned aircraft system shall be seized by a law enforcement officer in the course of arrest or issuance of summons or shall be seized by order of court pursuant to other provisions of law.

B. As used in this Section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) "Federal government" means the United States of America and any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof.

(2) "Federal or state military installation or facility" means either a permanent military base or temporary installation where federal or state military personnel conduct operations related to national or state defense or security including but not limited to the staging or storage of military equipment or service members, base operations or mission related activities, logistical support operations, military drills or exercises, or civil support or rescue services.

(3) "Mitigation measures" mean actions, such as jamming, that are taken to cause electronic interference to neutralize, intercept, disable, or disrupt an unmanned aircraft system in order to prevent illegal or harmful activity.

(4) "Nefarious manner" means an illegal, dangerous, or harmful purpose in which an unmanned aircraft system is used. Such purpose may include but is not limited to spying, smuggling contraband as defined in R.S. 14:402, facilitating criminal activity, or posing a direct threat to public safety.

(5) "State government" means the state of Louisiana and any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof.

(6) "Targeted facility" means the following systems:

(a) Petroleum and alumina refineries.

(b) Chemical and rubber manufacturing facilities.

(c) Nuclear power electric generation facilities.

(d) School and school premises as defined by R.S. 14:40.6(B).

(e) Critical infrastructure as defined by R.S. 14:61(B).

(f) Grain elevators and grain storage facilities.

(7) "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. "Unmanned aircraft system" does not include any of the following:

(a) A satellite orbiting the earth.

(b) An unmanned aircraft system used by the federal government or a person who is acting pursuant to contract with the federal government to conduct surveillance of specific activities.

(c) An unmanned aircraft system used by the state government or a person who is acting pursuant to a contract with the state government to conduct surveillance of specific activities.

(d) An unmanned aircraft system used by a local government law enforcement agency or fire department.

(e) An unmanned aircraft system used by a person, affiliate, employee, agent, or contractor of any business which is regulated by the Louisiana Public Service Commission or by a local franchising authority or the Federal Communications Commission under the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 or of a municipal or public utility, while acting in the course and scope of his employment or agency relating to the operation, repair, or maintenance of a facility, servitude, or any property located on the immovable property which belongs to such a business.

C.(1) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a person from using an unmanned aircraft system to conduct surveillance of, gather evidence or collect information about, or photographically or electronically record his own property that is either of the following:

(a) Located on his own immovable property.

(b) Located on immovable property owned by another under a valid lease, servitude, right-of-way, right of use, permit, license, or other right.

(2) Third persons retained by the owner of the property described in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall not be prohibited under this Section from using an unmanned aircraft system to conduct activities described in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

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

(1) Any person operating an unmanned aircraft vehicle or unmanned aircraft system in compliance with federal law or Federal Aviation Administration authorization or regulations or to any person engaged in agricultural commercial operations as defined in R.S. 3:41.

(2) The operation of an unmanned aircraft by institutions of higher education conducting research, extension, and teaching programs in association with university sanctioned initiatives.

E.(1) Whoever commits the crime of unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system as provided in Subparagraph (A)(1)(a) of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(2) On a conviction for a second or subsequent offense as provided in Subparagraph (A)(1)(a) of this Section, the offender shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than four thousand dollars or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than six months nor more than two years, or both. In addition to the sentence imposed pursuant to this Paragraph, the court shall order the forfeiture of the unmanned aircraft system used in connection with the offense and provide for the destruction, sale, or other disposition of the unmanned aircraft system.

(3) Whoever commits the crime of unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system as provided in Subparagraph (A)(1)(b) of this Section shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(4) On a conviction for a second or subsequent offense as provided in Subparagraph (A)(1)(b) of this Section, the offender shall be fined not less than two thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than one year, or both.

(5) Whoever commits the crime of unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system as provided in Subparagraph (A)(1)(c) of this Section shall be fined not less than two thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars and imprisoned at hard labor for not more than five years. In addition to the sentence imposed pursuant to this Paragraph, the court shall order the forfeiture of the unmanned aircraft system used in connection with the offense and provide for the destruction, sale, or other disposition of the unmanned aircraft system.

F. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to unmanned aircraft systems used for motion picture, television, or similar production where the filming is authorized by the property owner.

G.(1) A law enforcement officer or agency may take reasonable and necessary mitigation measures against a threat posed by an unmanned aircraft system operating within this state in a nefarious manner. Such measures may include but not be limited to any of the following:

(a) The use of detection, tracking, and identification methods.

(b) The interception or disabling of an unmanned aircraft system through legal and safe methods, including but not limited to jamming, hacking, or physical capture.

(2) A law enforcement officer or agency shall act pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection only if there is reasonable suspicion that the unmanned aircraft system is involved in criminal activity, poses an imminent threat to public safety, or is otherwise operating in violation of state or federal law.

Acts 2014, No. 661, §1; Acts 2016, No. 529, §1, eff. June 17, 2016; Acts 2016, No. 539, §1; Acts 2021, No. 265, §1, eff. June 14, 2021; Acts 2024, No. 19, §1; Acts 2025, No. 23, §1; Acts 2025, No. 170, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:130.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 130.1
Obstruction of justice
Status: in_force

A. The crime of obstruction of justice is any of the following acts when committed with the knowledge that the act has, reasonably may, or will affect an actual or potential present, past, or future criminal proceeding, civil immigration proceeding, or official act of an agent or employee of a governmental entity:

(1) Tampering with evidence with the specific intent of distorting the results of any criminal investigation or proceeding which may reasonably prove relevant to a criminal investigation or proceeding. Tampering with evidence shall include the intentional alteration, movement, removal, or addition of any object or substance either:

(a) At the location of any incident which the perpetrator knows or has good reason to believe will be the subject of any investigation by state, local, or United States law enforcement officers; or

(b) At the location of storage, transfer, or place of review of any such evidence.

(2) Using or threatening force toward the person or property of another with the specific intent to:

(a) Influence the testimony of any person in any criminal proceeding;

(b) Cause or induce the withholding of testimony or withholding of records, documents, or other objects from any criminal proceeding;

(c) Cause or induce the alteration, destruction, mutilation, or concealment of any object with the specific intent to impair the object's integrity or availability for use in any criminal proceeding;

(d) Evade legal process or the summoning of a person to appear as a witness or to produce a record, document, or other object in any criminal proceeding;

(e) Cause the hindrance, delay, or prevention of the communication to a peace officer, as defined in R.S. 14:30, of information relating to an arrest or potential arrest or relating to the commission or possible commission of a crime or parole or probation violation.

(3) Retaliating against any witness, victim, juror, judge, party, attorney, or informant by knowingly engaging in any conduct which results in bodily injury to or damage to the property of any such person or the communication of threats to do so with the specific intent to retaliate against any person for:

(a) The attendance as a witness, juror, judge, attorney, or a party to any criminal proceeding or for producing evidence or testimony for use or potential use in any criminal proceeding, or

(b) The giving of information, evidence, or any aid relating to the commission or possible commission of a parole or probation violation or any crime under the laws of any state or of the United States.

(4) Inducing or persuading or attempting to induce or persuade any person to do any of the following:

(a) Testify falsely or, without right or privilege to do so, to withhold any testimony.

(b) Without the right or privilege to do so, absent himself from such proceedings despite having received service of a subpoena.

(5) Contacting a family member of the victim in a manner that knowingly and intentionally violates the provisions of R.S. 46:1844(Y).

(6) Knowingly committing any act intended to hinder, delay, prevent, or otherwise interfere with or thwart federal immigration enforcement efforts.

B. Whoever commits the crime of obstruction of justice shall be subject to the following penalties:

(1) When the obstruction of justice involves a criminal proceeding in which a sentence of death or life imprisonment may be imposed, except as provided in Paragraph (5) of this Subsection, the offender shall be fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than forty years at hard labor, or both.

(2) When the obstruction of justice involves a criminal proceeding in which a sentence of imprisonment necessarily at hard labor for any period less than a life sentence may be imposed, the offender may be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than twenty years at hard labor, or both.

(3) When the obstruction of justice involves any other criminal proceeding, except as provided in Paragraph (4) or (5) of this Subsection, the offender shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than five years, with or without hard labor, or both.

(4) When the obstruction of justice is committed as described in Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section and involves any misdemeanor criminal proceeding that does not involve an intentional misdemeanor directly affecting the person, the offender shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(5) When the obstruction of justice is committed as described in Paragraph (A)(5) of this Section and involves a criminal proceeding in which the sentence imposed is a sentence of death, the offender shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than three years, with or without hard labor, or both.

(6) When the obstruction of justice involves a civil immigration proceeding, the offender shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than one year, or both.

(7) When the obstruction of justice involves an official act of an agent or employee of a governmental entity, the offender shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

C. For the purposes of this Section, "family member" shall have the same meaning and definition as in R.S. 46:2132.

Acts 1984, No. 561, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 2016, No. 215, §1; Acts 2021, No. 212, §1; Acts 2024, No. 157, §1; Acts 2025, No. 399, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:38.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 38.4
Harassment of a school or recreation athletic contest official
Status: in_force

A.(1) No person shall engage in the harassment of a school athletic or recreation athletic contest official that occurs under either of the following circumstances:

(a) While the school athletic or recreation athletic contest official is actively engaged in the conducting, supervising, refereeing, or officiating of a school-sanctioned interscholastic athletic contest or a sanctioned recreation athletic contest.

(b) In the immediate vicinity of a school-sanctioned interscholastic athletic contest or a sanctioned recreation athletic contest and is based on the official's performance in the conducting, supervising, refereeing, or officiating of a school-sanctioned interscholastic athletic contest or a sanctioned recreation athletic contest.

(2) For purposes of this Subsection, "harassment" shall include verbal or non-verbal behavior by the offender that would cause a reasonable person to be placed in fear of receiving bodily harm.

B. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "Recreation athletic contest official" means any referee, umpire, coach, instructor, administrator, staff person, or recreation employee of any public or quasi public recreation program.

(2) "School athletic contest official" means any referee, umpire, coach, instructor, administrator, staff person, or school or school board employee of any public or private elementary and secondary school.

C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of harassment of a school or recreation athletic contest official shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned without hard labor for not more than ninety days, or both.

(2)(a) In addition to any other penalty imposed, the court shall order the offender to perform forty hours of court-approved community service work.

(b) In addition to any other penalty imposed, the court shall order the offender to participate in a court-approved counseling program which may include anger management, abusive behavior intervention groups, or any other type of counseling deemed appropriate by the court. Any costs associated with the counseling program shall be borne by the offender.

(c) Participation in the community service and counseling program required by the provisions of Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph shall not be suspended.

(d) Failure to successfully complete the community service work and counseling program, as determined by the supervisor of the program to which he is assigned, may result in revocation of probation.

Acts 2019, No. 355, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:73.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 73.13
Unlawful deepfakes
Status: in_force

A. Any person who, with knowledge that the material is a deepfake depicting a minor, knowingly creates or possesses material that depicts a minor engaging in sexual conduct shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor for not less than five nor more than twenty years, or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or both. At least five years of the sentence of imprisonment imposed shall be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

B.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, any person who, with knowledge that the material is a deepfake that depicts another person, without consent of the person depicted, engaging in sexual conduct, knowingly advertises, distributes, exhibits, exchanges with, promotes, or sells any sexual material shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor for not less than ten nor more than thirty years, a fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars, or both.

(2) Any person who, with knowledge that the material is a deepfake depicting a minor, knowingly advertises, distributes, exhibits, exchanges with, promotes, or sells any sexual material that depicts a minor engaging in sexual conduct shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor for not less than ten nor more than thirty years, a fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars, or both. At least ten years of the sentence of imprisonment imposed shall be served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.

C. For the purposes of this Section:

(1) "Deepfake" means any audio or visual media in an electronic format, including any motion picture film or video recording, that is created, altered, or digitally manipulated in a manner that would falsely appear to a reasonable observer to be an authentic record of the actual speech or conduct of the individual or replace an individual's likeness with another individual and depicted in the recording. "Deepfake" does not include any material that constitutes a work of political, public interest, or newsworthy value, including commentary, criticism, satire, or parody, or that includes content, context, or a clear disclosure visible throughout the duration of the recording that would cause a reasonable person to understand that the audio or visual media is not a record of a real event.

(2) "Distribute" means to publish or make available to another person but does not include any alteration of a recording, including altering the length of the recording, so long as such alteration does not knowingly remove any content, context, or clear disclosure visible throughout the duration of the recording that would cause a reasonable person to believe that the audio or visual media is not a record of a real event.

(3) "Minor" means a person under the age of eighteen years.

(4) "Sexual conduct" means any of the following, whether actual or simulated: sexual intercourse, oral copulation, anal intercourse, anal oral copulation, masturbation, bestiality, sexual sadism, sexual masochism, penetration of the vagina or rectum by any object in a lewd or lascivious manner, exhibition of the genitals or pubic or rectal area for the purpose of sexual stimulation of the viewer, or excretory functions performed in a lewd or lascivious manner, whether or not any of the conduct is performed alone or between members of the same or opposite sex or between humans and animals. An act is simulated when it gives the appearance of being actual sexual conduct.

Acts 2023, No. 457, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:68.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 68.4
Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle
Status: in_force

A. Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle is the intentional taking or use of a motor vehicle which belongs to another, either without the other's consent, or by means of fraudulent conduct, practices, or representations, but without any intention to deprive the other of the motor vehicle permanently.

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

C. 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 fined not more than one thousand dollars, or both.

Acts 1995, No. 904, §1; Acts 2017, No. 281, §1; Acts 2022, No. 746, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:102.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 102.4
Confined animals; necessary food and water
Status: in_force

When a living animal is impounded or confined, and continues without necessary food and water for more than twenty-four consecutive hours, any law enforcement officer may, as often as is necessary, enter any place in which the animal is impounded or confined and supply it with necessary food and water so long as it shall remain impounded or confined.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 431, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:110.1.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 110.1.1
Out-of-state bail jumping
Status: in_force

A. Out-of-state bail jumping is the intentional failure to appear, by leaving the state to avoid appearing in court, at the date, time, and place as ordered by the court before which the defendant's case is pending. If the state proves notice has been given to the defendant as set forth in Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 322 and 344, a rebuttable presumption of notice shall apply, and the burden of proof shifts to the defendant to show that he did not receive notice.

B. Whoever commits the crime of out-of-state bail jumping, when the bail is to assure the presence of the defendant for those cases defined as misdemeanors and felonies in this Title and in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law shall be fined two thousand dollars and imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one year nor more than three years.

Acts 2010, No. 215, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:93.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 93.12
Purchase and public possession of alcoholic beverages; exceptions; penalties
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for any person under twenty-one years of age to purchase or have public possession of any alcoholic beverage.

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

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

(3) In addition to the penalties provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the driver's license of any person violating the provisions of this Section may be suspended upon conviction, plea of guilty, or nolo contendere for a period of one hundred eighty days. Upon conviction, plea of guilty, or nolo contendere, the court shall surrender the driver's license to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections for suspension in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Upon first conviction, the court may issue an order which authorizes the department to issue a restricted driver's license upon a demonstration to the court that a hardship would result from being unable to drive to school or work. Such restrictions shall be determined by the court.

Acts 1995, No. 639, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 78, §1; Acts 2005, No. 165, §1; Acts 2016, No. 354, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:64.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 64.4
Second degree robbery
Status: in_force

A. Second degree robbery is either of the following:

(1) The taking of anything of value belonging to another from the person of another or that is in the immediate control of another when the offender intentionally inflicts serious bodily injury.

(2) The taking of, or the recruiting of another person who takes, anything of value from a retail establishment that is in the immediate control of a retail employee or employer when a person acts in concert with three or more individuals for the purpose of either overwhelming the response of an employer, an employee, or law enforcement to carry out the offense, avoid detection or apprehension, or create a reasonable belief that a reasonable person would not intercede because of fear.

B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of second degree robbery shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than three years and for not more than forty years.

(2) Upon a second or subsequent conviction within ten years of a previous conviction, the offender shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than five years and not more than forty years.

(3) Any person who commits second degree robbery with a firearm shall be imprisoned at hard labor for an additional period of five years without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. The additional penalty imposed pursuant to this Paragraph shall be served consecutively to the sentence imposed under this Subsection.

Acts 2001, No. 347, §1; Acts 2004, No. 651, §1; Acts 2019, No. 2, §3; Acts 2024, No. 119, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.21 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 91.21
Sale of poisonous reptiles to minors; penalty
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell any type of poisonous reptile to a minor.

B. Any person violating the provision of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both, for each such offense.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 491, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:43.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 43.1
Sexual battery
Status: in_force

A. Sexual battery is the intentional 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, or 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, when any of the following occur:

(1) The offender acts without the consent of the victim.

(2) The victim has not yet attained fifteen years of age and is at least three years younger than the offender.

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

(a) The act is without 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 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. However, normal medical treatment or normal sanitary care shall not be construed as an offense under the provisions of this Section.

C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of 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 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 sexual battery by violating the provisions of Paragraph (A)(3) 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 benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

(4) Upon completion of the term of imprisonment imposed in accordance with Paragraphs (2) and (3) 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.

(5) 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.

(6) 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.

(7) 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 1978, No. 239, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 624, §1, eff. July 20, 1981; Acts 1984, No. 924, §1; Acts 1991, No. 654, §1; Acts 1995, No. 946, §2; Acts 2003, No. 232, §1; Acts 2006, No. 103, §1; Acts 2008, No. 33, §1; Acts 2011, No. 67, §1; Acts 2015, No. 256, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:30 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 30
First degree murder
Status: in_force

A. First degree murder is the killing of a human being:

(1) When the offender has specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm and is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of aggravated kidnapping, second degree kidnapping, aggravated escape, aggravated arson, aggravated or first degree rape, forcible or second degree rape, aggravated burglary, armed robbery, assault by drive-by shooting, first degree robbery, second degree robbery, simple robbery, terrorism, cruelty to juveniles, second degree cruelty to juveniles, or cruelty to the elderly and persons with infirmities.

(2) When the offender has a specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm upon a fireman, peace officer, or civilian employee of the Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory or any other forensic laboratory engaged in the performance of his lawful duties, or when the specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm is directly related to the victim's status as a fireman, peace officer, or civilian employee.

(3) When the offender has a specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm upon more than one person.

(4) When the offender has specific intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm and has offered, has been offered, has given, or has received anything of value for the killing.

(5) When the offender has the specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm upon a victim who is under the age of twelve or sixty-five years of age or older.

(6) When the offender has the specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm while engaged in the distribution, exchange, sale, or purchase, or any attempt thereof, of a controlled dangerous substance listed in Schedules I, II, III, IV, or V of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law.

(7) When the offender has specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm and is engaged in the activities prohibited by R.S. 14:107.1(C)(1).

(8) When the offender has specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm and there has been issued by a judge or magistrate any lawful order prohibiting contact between the offender and the victim in response to threats of physical violence or harm which was served on the offender and is in effect at the time of the homicide.

(9) When the offender has specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm upon a victim who was a witness to a crime or was a member of the immediate family of a witness to a crime committed on a prior occasion and:

(a) The killing was committed for the purpose of preventing or influencing the victim's testimony in any criminal action or proceeding whether or not such action or proceeding had been commenced; or

(b) The killing was committed for the purpose of exacting retribution for the victim's prior testimony.

(10) When the offender has a specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm upon a taxicab driver who is in the course and scope of his employment. For purposes of this Paragraph, "taxicab" means a motor vehicle for hire, carrying six passengers or less, including the driver thereof, that is subject to call from a garage, office, taxi stand, or otherwise.

(11) When the offender has a specific intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm and the offender has previously acted with a specific intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm that resulted in the killing of one or more persons.

(12) When the offender has a specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm upon a correctional facility employee who is in the course and scope of his employment.

B.(1) For the purposes of Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section, the term "peace officer" means any peace officer, as defined in R.S. 40:2402, and includes any constable, marshal, deputy marshal, sheriff, deputy sheriff, local or state policeman, commissioned wildlife enforcement agent, federal law enforcement officer, jail or prison guard, parole officer, probation officer, judge, attorney general, assistant attorney general, attorney general's investigator, district attorney, assistant district attorney, or district attorney's investigator, coroner, deputy coroner, or coroner investigator.

(2) For the purposes of Paragraph (A)(9) of this Section, the term "member of the immediate family" means a husband, wife, father, mother, daughter, son, brother, sister, stepparent, grandparent, stepchild, or grandchild.

(3) For the purposes of Paragraph (A)(9) of this Section, the term "witness" means any person who has testified or is expected to testify for the prosecution, or who, by reason of having relevant information, is subject to call or likely to be called as a witness for the prosecution, whether or not any action or proceeding has yet commenced.

(4) For purposes of Paragraph (A)(12) of this Section, the term "correctional facility employee" means any employee of any jail, prison, or correctional facility who is not a peace officer as defined by the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

C.(1) If the district attorney seeks a capital verdict, the offender shall be punished by death or life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence, in accordance with the determination of the jury. The provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Article 782 relative to cases in which punishment may be capital shall apply.

(2) If the district attorney does not seek a capital verdict, the offender shall be punished by life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. The provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Article 782 relative to cases in which punishment is necessarily confinement at hard labor shall apply.

Amended by Acts 1973, No. 109, §1; Acts 1975, No. 327, §1; Acts 1976, No. 657, §1; Acts 1979, No. 74, §1, eff. June 29, 1979; Acts 1985, No. 515, §1; Acts 1987, No. 654, §1; Acts 1987, No. 862, §1; Acts 1988, No. 779, §2, eff. July 18, 1988; Acts 1989, No. 373, §1; Acts 1989, No. 637, §2; Acts 1990, No. 526, §1; Acts 1992, No. 296, §1; Acts 1993, No. 244, §1; Acts 1993, No. 496, §1; Acts 1999, No. 579, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1359, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1056, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 128, §2; Acts 2003, No. 1223, §1; Acts 2004, No. 145, §1; Acts 2004, No. 649, §1; Acts 2006, No. 53, §1; Acts 2007, No. 125, §1; Acts 2009, No. 79, §1, eff. June 18, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 679, §1; Acts 2014, No. 157, §1; Acts 2014, No. 390, §2; Acts 2015, No. 184, §1; Acts 2025, No. 343, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:39.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 39.1
Vehicular negligent injuring
Status: in_force

A. Vehicular negligent injuring is the inflicting of any injury upon the person of a human being when caused proximately or caused directly by an offender engaged in the operation of, or in actual physical control of, any motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or other means of conveyance whenever any of the following conditions exists:

(1) The offender is impaired by alcoholic beverages.

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

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

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

(4), (5) Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 662, §3.

B. The violation of a statute or ordinance shall be considered only as presumptive evidence of negligence as set forth in Subsection A.

C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of vehicular negligent injuring shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(2) Whoever commits the crime of vehicular negligent injuring and who had a blood alcohol concentration, at the time of the commission of the offense, of at least 0.15 percent but less than 0.20 percent by weight based on grams of alcohol per one hundred cubic centimeters of blood shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned for not less than seven days nor more than six months. At least seven days of the sentence imposed by this Paragraph shall be served without the benefit of probation or suspension of sentence.

(3) Whoever commits the crime of vehicular negligent injuring and who had a blood alcohol concentration, at the time of the commission of the offense, of at least 0.20 percent by weight based on grams of alcohol per one hundred cubic centimeters of blood shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than six months. At least thirty days of the sentence imposed by this Paragraph shall be served without the benefit of probation or suspension of sentence.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 633, §1; Acts 1985, No. 747, §1; Acts 1988, No. 279, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1020, §1, eff. July 11, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 781, §1, eff. Sept. 30, 2003; Acts 2001, No. 1163, §5; Acts 2003, No. 758, §1, eff. Sept. 30, 2003; Acts 2024, No. 523, §1; Acts 2024, No. 662, §§1, 3.

NOTE: Section 6 of Acts 2001, No. 781, provides that the provisions of the Act shall become null and of no effect if and when Section 351 of P.L. 106-346 regarding the withholding of federal highway funds for failure to enact a 0.08 percent blood alcohol level is repealed or invalidated for any reason.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:95 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 95
Illegal carrying of weapons
Status: in_force

A. Illegal carrying of weapons is any of the following:

(1)(a) The intentional concealment of any firearm, or other instrumentality customarily used or intended for probable use as a dangerous weapon, on one's person.

(b) The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to a person with a valid concealed handgun permit issued pursuant to R.S. 40:1379.1.1, 1379.3, or 1379.3.2 nor shall it prohibit a person with a valid concealed handgun permit issued pursuant to R.S. 40:1379.1.1, 1379.3, or 1379.3.2 from carrying a concealed firearm or other instrumentality customarily used or intended for probable use as a dangerous weapon on his person unless otherwise prohibited by this Section.

(2) The ownership, possession, custody, or use of any firearm, or other instrumentality customarily used as a dangerous weapon, at any time by an enemy alien.

(3) The ownership, possession, custody, or use of any tools, or dynamite, or nitroglycerine, or explosives, or other instrumentality customarily used by thieves or burglars at any time by any person with the intent to commit a crime.

(4)(a) The intentional possession or use by any person of a dangerous weapon on a school campus during regular school hours or on a school bus. "School" means any elementary, secondary, or high school, or vocational-technical school in this state and "campus" means all facilities and property within the boundary of the school property. "School" shall not mean a vocational-technical school that is privately owned. "School bus" means any motor bus being used to transport children to and from school or in connection with school activities.

(b) The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to:

(i) A peace officer as defined by R.S. 14:30(B) in the performance of his official duties.

(ii) 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.

(iii) Any person having the written permission of the principal or school board and engaged in competition or in marksmanship or safety instruction.

(5)(a) The intentional possession or use of a dangerous weapon by any person in any of the following locations:

(i) A law enforcement office, station, or building.

(ii) A detention facility, prison, or jail.

(iii) A courthouse or courtroom, provided that a judge may carry such a weapon in his own courtroom.

(iv) The state capitol building.

(b) The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to a peace officer as defined by R.S. 40:2402 in the performance of his official duties.

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

(2) Whoever commits the crime of illegal carrying of weapons with any firearm used in the commission of a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B), 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 two 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.

C. On a second conviction, the offender shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years.

D. On third and subsequent convictions, the offender shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than ten years without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

E. If the offender uses, possesses, or has under his immediate control any firearm, or other instrumentality customarily used or intended for probable use as a dangerous weapon, while committing or attempting to commit a crime of violence or while unlawfully in the possession of a controlled dangerous substance except the possession of fourteen grams or less of marijuana, or during the unlawful sale or distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, the offender shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars and imprisoned at hard labor for not less than five nor more than ten years without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. Upon a second or subsequent conviction, the offender shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than twenty years nor more than thirty years without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.

F.(1) For purposes of determining whether a defendant has a prior conviction for a violation of this Section, a conviction pursuant to this Section or a conviction pursuant to an ordinance of a local governmental subdivision of this state which contains the elements provided for in Subsection A of this Section shall constitute a prior conviction.

(2) The enhanced penalty upon second, third, and subsequent convictions shall not be applicable in cases where more than five years have elapsed since the expiration of the maximum sentence, or sentences, of the previous conviction or convictions, and the time of the commission of the last offense for which he has been convicted; the sentence to be imposed in such event shall be the same as may be imposed upon a first conviction.

(3) Any ordinance that prohibits the unlawful carrying of firearms enacted by a municipality, town, or similar political subdivision or governing authority of this state shall be subject to the provisions of R.S. 40:1796.

G.(1) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to sheriffs and their deputies, state and city police, constables and town marshals, or persons vested with police power when in the actual discharge of official duties. These provisions shall not apply to sheriffs and their deputies and state and city police who are not actually discharging their official duties, provided that such persons are full time, active, and certified by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training and have on their persons valid identification as duly commissioned law enforcement officers.

(2) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any law enforcement officer who is retired from full-time active law enforcement service with at least twelve years service upon retirement, nor shall it apply to any enforcement officer of the office of state parks in the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism who is retired from active duty as an enforcement officer, provided that:

(a) The retired officer has on his person valid identification as a retired law enforcement officer, which identification shall be provided by the entity that employed the officer prior to his public retirement. This exception shall not apply to an officer who is medically retired based upon any mental impairment.

(b) The retired officer was properly certified by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training at the time of retirement, in accordance with R.S. 40:1379.3(D)(1)(f).

(3)(a) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to active or retired reserve or auxiliary law enforcement officers qualified annually by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training and who have on their person valid identification as active or retired reserve law or auxiliary municipal police officers. The active or retired reserve or auxiliary municipal police officer shall be qualified annually in the use of firearms by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training and have proof of such certification.

(b) For the purposes of this Paragraph, a reserve or auxiliary municipal police officer shall be defined as a volunteer, nonregular, sworn member of a law enforcement agency who serves with or without compensation and has regular police powers while functioning as such agency's representative, and who participates on a regular basis in agency activities including but not limited to those pertaining to crime prevention or control, and the preservation of the peace and enforcement of the law.

(4) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any retired elected head of a law enforcement department, provided that he was qualified in the use of firearms by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training at the time of retirement.

H.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (A)(4) of this Section and in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, the provisions of this Section shall not prohibit active justices or judges of the supreme court, courts of appeal, district courts, parish courts, juvenile courts, family courts, city courts, federal courts domiciled in the state of Louisiana, and traffic courts; members of either house of the legislature; officers of either house of the legislature; the legislative auditor; designated investigative auditors; constables; coroners; designated coroner investigators; district attorneys and designated assistant district attorneys; United States attorneys and assistant United States attorneys and investigators; the governor; the lieutenant governor; the secretary of state; the treasurer; the commissioner of agriculture; the commissioner of insurance; the attorney general; designated assistant attorneys general; city prosecutors; designated assistant city prosecutors; a United States representative from Louisiana and his designated, employed congressional staffer; a United States senator from Louisiana and his designated, employed congressional staffer; justices of the peace; parish presidents; and mayor-presidents from possessing and concealing a handgun on their person when such persons are qualified annually in the use of firearms by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

(2) Nothing in this Subsection shall permit the carrying of a weapon in the state capitol building with the exception of the following state officials if they are annually qualified in the use of firearms by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training:

(a) The attorney general and members of his Louisiana Bureau of Investigation security detail.

(b) Members of the legislature.

I. The provisions of this Section shall not prohibit the carrying of a concealed handgun by a person who is a college or university police officer under the provisions of R.S. 17:1805 and who is carrying a concealed handgun in accordance with the provisions of that statute.

J. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 341, §2.

K.(1) The provisions of this Section shall not prohibit a retired or former justice or judge of the supreme court, courts of appeal, district courts, parish courts, juvenile courts, family courts, city courts, or federal courts; former governor; former lieutenant governor; former secretary of state; former treasurer; former commissioner of agriculture; former commissioner of insurance; retired or former attorney general; retired or former assistant attorneys general; retired or former district attorneys; retired or former assistant district attorneys; retired or former United States attorneys, retired or former assistant United States attorneys, or retired or former federal investigators; retired or former justices of the peace; retired or former members of the United States Congress; and former members of either house of the legislature from possessing and concealing a handgun on their person, provided that such retired person or former member of the legislature is qualified annually, at their expense, in the use of firearms by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training and has on their person valid identification showing proof of their status as a former member of the legislature or as a retired or former justice, judge, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, commissioner of agriculture, commissioner of insurance, attorney general, assistant attorney general, district attorney, assistant district attorney, United States attorney, or assistant United States attorney or federal investigator, or retired justice of the peace. For a former member of the legislature, the valid identification showing proof of status as a former legislator required by the provisions of this Paragraph shall be a legislative badge issued by the Louisiana Legislature that shall include the former member's name, the number of the district that the former member was elected to represent, the years that the former member served in the legislature, and words that indicate the person's status as a former member of the legislature.

(2) The retired or former justice, judge, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, commissioner of agriculture, commissioner of insurance, attorney general, assistant attorney general, district attorney, assistant district attorney, justice of the peace, or former member of the United States Congress or either house of the legislature shall be qualified annually in the use of firearms by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training and have proof of qualification.

(3) This Subsection shall not apply to a retired or former justice, judge, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, commissioner of agriculture, commissioner of insurance, attorney general, assistant attorney general, district attorney, assistant district attorney, United States attorney, assistant United States attorney or federal investigator, retired justice of the peace, or to a former member of the legislature or the United States Congress who is medically retired based upon any mental impairment, or who has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to or been found guilty of a felony offense.

(4) For the purposes of this Subsection:

(a) "Retired assistant United States attorney" or "retired federal investigator" means an assistant United States attorney or investigator receiving retirement benefits from the Federal Employees Retirement System.

(b) "Retired district attorney" or "retired assistant district attorney" means a district attorney or an assistant district attorney receiving retirement benefits from the District Attorneys' Retirement System.

(c) "Retired United States attorney" means a presidentially appointed United States attorney who separated from service in good standing.

L. The provisions of Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section shall not apply to any person who is not prohibited from possessing a firearm pursuant to R.S. 14:95.1 or any other state or federal law and who is carrying a concealed firearm on or about his person while in the act of evacuating during a mandatory evacuation order issued during a state of emergency or disaster declared pursuant to the Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Assistance and Disaster Act. For purposes of this Subsection, "in the act of evacuating" means the immediate and urgent movement of a person away from the evacuation area within forty-eight hours after a mandatory evacuation is ordered. The forty-eight-hour period may be extended by an order issued by the governor.

M. The provisions of Subparagraph (A)(1)(a) of this Section shall not apply to any person who is eighteen years of age or older and is not prohibited from possessing a firearm under R.S. 14:95.1, 18 U.S.C. 922(g), or any other state or federal law.

N. Any person lawfully carrying a handgun pursuant to Subsection M of this Section shall be subject to the restrictions contained in R.S. 40:1379.3(I), (L), (M), (N), and (O).

Amended by Acts 1956, No. 345, §1; Acts 1958, No. 21, §1; Acts 1958, No. 379, §§1, 3; Acts 1968, No. 647, §1; Acts 1975, No. 492, §1; Acts 1986, No. 38, §1; Acts 1992, No. 1017, §1; Acts 1993, No. 636, §1; Acts 1993, No. 844, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 143, §1; Acts 1995, No. 636, §1; Acts 1995, No. 930, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1195, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1199, §1; Acts 1997, No. 508, §1; Acts 1997, No. 611, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1064, §1; Acts 1999, No. 738, §1; Acts 1999, No. 924, §1; Acts 1999, No. 953, §1; Acts 2003, No. 608, §1; Acts 2003, No. 766, §1; Acts 2006, No. 515, §1; Acts 2006, No. 589, §1; Acts 2008, No. 172, §1; Acts 2011, No. 159, §1; Acts 2012, No. 302, §1; Acts 2012, No. 383, §1; Acts 2014, No. 390, §2; Acts 2014, No. 776, §1, eff. June 19, 2014; Acts 2015, No. 176, §1; Acts 2015, No. 288, §1; Acts 2016, No. 541, §1; Acts 2016, No. 543, §1; Acts 2018, No. 341, §§1, 2; Acts 2018, No. 709, §1; Acts 2020, No. 322, §1; Acts 2021, No. 465, §1; Acts 2022, No. 126, §1, eff. May 26, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 433, §1; Acts 2022, No. 587, §§1, 2; Acts 2022, No. 602, §1; Acts 2022, No. 680, §1; Acts 2023, No. 257, §1; Acts 2024, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. July 4, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 6, §§2, 3, eff. July 4, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 38, §1; Acts 2024, No. 189, §1; Acts 2024, No. 451, §1; Acts 2024, No. 535, §1, eff. July 4, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 420, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:89 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 89
Crime against nature
Status: in_force

A. Crime against nature is either of the following:

(1) The unnatural carnal copulation by a human being with another of the same sex or opposite sex, except that anal sexual intercourse between two human beings shall not be deemed as a crime against nature when done under any of the circumstances described in R.S. 14:41, 42, 42.1, or 43. Emission is not necessary; and, when committed by a human being with another, the use of the genital organ of one of the offenders of whatever sex is sufficient to constitute the crime.

(2) The marriage to, or sexual intercourse with, any ascendant or descendant, brother or sister, uncle or niece, aunt or nephew, with knowledge of their relationship. The relationship must be by consanguinity, but it is immaterial whether the parties to the act are related to one another by the whole or half blood. The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply where one person, not a resident of this state at the time of the celebration of his marriage, contracted a marriage lawful at the place of celebration and thereafter removed to this state.

B.(1) Whoever commits the offense of crime against nature as defined by Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both.

(2) Whoever commits the offense of crime against nature as defined by Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section with a person 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.

(3) Whoever commits the offense of crime against nature as defined by Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section with a person 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.

(4) Whoever commits the offense of crime against nature as defined by Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section, where the crime is between an ascendant and descendant, or between brother and sister, shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than fifteen years.

(5) Whoever commits the offense of crime against nature as defined by Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section, where the crime is between uncle and niece, or aunt and nephew, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both.

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

(2) It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution for a violation of Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section that, during the time of the alleged commission of the offense, the defendant is determined to be a victim of human trafficking pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 14:46.2(F). Any person determined to be a victim pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph shall be notified of any treatment or specialized services for sexually exploited persons to the extent that such services are available.

D. The provisions of Act No. 177 of the 2014 Regular Session and the provisions of Act No. 602 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 Act No. 602 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.

E. Nothing in Act No. 485 of the 2018 Regular Session of the Legislature shall be construed to alleviate any person convicted or adjudicated delinquent of crime against nature (R.S. 14:89) 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.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 612, §1; Acts 1982, No. 703, §1; Acts 2010, No. 882, §1; Acts 2012, No. 446, §1; Acts 2013, No. 83, §1; Acts 2014, No. 177, §1; Acts 2014, No. 564, §1; Acts 2014, No. 599, §1, eff. June 12, 2014, Acts 2014, No. 602, §4, eff. June 12, 2014; Acts 2018, No. 485, §1, eff. May 25, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:223.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 223.3
Penalties
Status: in_force

Any person, any member of a partnership, or any officer or employee of a corporation found guilty of violating any provision of R.S. 14:223 through 223.8 shall be punished as follows:

(1) For the first offense of a violation of R.S. 14:223, 223.5, or 223.6 involving fewer than one hundred phonorecords; a violation of R.S. 14:223.7 involving fewer than one hundred counterfeit labels affixed or designed to be affixed to phonorecords; a violation of R.S. 14:223.6 involving fewer than one hundred articles upon which motion pictures or other audiovisual works are recorded; or a violation of R.S. 14:223.7 involving fewer than one hundred counterfeit labels affixed or designed to be affixed to articles upon which motion pictures or other audiovisual works are or are to be recorded, the offender shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both.

(2) For the first offense of a violation of R.S. 14:223.8, the offender shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two years with or without hard labor, or both.

(3) For any offense of a violation of R.S. 14:223, 223.5, or 223.6 involving one hundred or more phonorecords; a violation of R.S. 14:223.7 involving one hundred or more counterfeit labels affixed or designed to be affixed to phonorecords; a violation of R.S. 14:223.6 involving one hundred or more articles upon which motion pictures or other audiovisual works are recorded; or a violation of R.S. 14:223.7 involving one hundred or more counterfeit labels affixed or designed to be affixed to articles upon which motion pictures or other audiovisual works are or are to be recorded, the offender shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than five years with or without hard labor, or both.

(4) For the second and subsequent violations of R.S. 14:223 through 223.8, the offender shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than two years nor more than five years with or without hard labor, or both.

(5) Whenever any person is convicted of any violation of R.S. 14:223 through 223.8, the court in its judgment of conviction may, in addition to any other penalty, order the forfeiture and destruction or other disposition of all unlawful recordings, counterfeit labels, and all implements, devices, and equipment used or intended to be used in the manufacture of the unlawful recordings or counterfeit labels. The court may enter an order preserving such recordings, labels, implements, devices, or equipment as evidence for use in other cases or pending the final determination of an appeal.

Acts 1972, No. 350, §4; Acts 1990, No. 122, §1; Acts 2005, No. 13, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:390.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 390.2
Acts prohibited
Status: in_force

It shall be a felony for any person to knowingly, willfully and intentionally deliver, distribute, disseminate or store communist propaganda in the state of Louisiana except under the specific exemptions hereinafter provided.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 245, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:67.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 67.6
Mail theft
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) "Mail depository" means a mail box, letter box, or mail receptacle of a postal service, an office of a postal service, or a vehicle of a postal service.

(3) "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 mail theft:

(1) Removing mail from a mail depository or taking mail from a mail carrier with a postal service with an intent to steal.

(2) Obtaining custody of mail by fraud or deception with an intent to steal.

(3) Selling, receiving, possessing, transferring, buying, or concealing mail obtained by acts described in Paragraph (1) or (2) of this Subsection while knowing or having reason to know that the mail was obtained illegally.

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.

E. An offense committed under this Section may be prosecuted in any of the following parishes:

(1) The parish where the offense occurred.

(2) The parish of residence or place of business of the direct or indirect victim.

Acts 2024, No. 67, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:228.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 228.1
Unauthorized release of certain animals, birds, or aquatic species
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally and without permission, release any animal, bird, or aquatic species which has been lawfully confined for agriculture, science, research, commerce, public propagation, protective custody, or education.

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

Acts 1990, No. 205, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:30.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 30.1
Second degree murder
Status: in_force

A. Second degree murder is the killing of a human being:

(1) When the offender has a specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm; or

(2) When the offender is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of aggravated or first degree rape, forcible or second degree rape, aggravated arson, aggravated burglary, aggravated kidnapping, second degree kidnapping, aggravated escape, resisting a police officer with force or violence, assault by drive-by shooting, armed robbery, first degree robbery, second degree robbery, simple robbery, cruelty to juveniles, second degree cruelty to juveniles, cruelty to the elderly and persons with infirmities, or terrorism, even though he has no intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm.

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

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

B. Whoever commits the crime of second degree murder shall be punished by life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

Added by Acts 1973, No. 111, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 380, §1; Acts 1976, No. 657, §2; Acts 1977, No. 121, §1; Acts 1978, No. 796, §1; Acts 1979, No. 74, §1, eff. June 29, 1979; Acts 1987, No. 465, §1; Acts 1987, No. 653, §1; Acts 1993, No. 496, §1; Acts 1997, No. 563, §1; Acts 1997, No. 899, §1; Acts 2006, No. 53, §1; Acts 2008, No. 451, §2, eff. June 25, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 155, §1; Acts 2015, No. 184, §1; Acts 2025, No. 169, §1, eff. June 8, 2025; Acts 2025, No. 343, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:95.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 95.9
Wearing or possessing body armor, by a student or nonstudent on school property, at school-sponsored functions, or in firearm-free zones; exceptions
Status: in_force

A. Wearing or possessing body armor, 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 wearing or possessing of body armor, 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) "Body armor" shall mean bullet-resistant metal or other material intended to provide protection from weapons or bodily injury.

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

(3) "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.

(4) "School" means any elementary, secondary, high school, vocational-technical school, college, or university in this state.

(5) "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, state, or local law enforcement officer in the performance of his official duties.

(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) A person who has notified the school principal or chancellor in writing at least twenty-four hours prior to wearing body armor.

(4) The wearing or possessing of body armor occurring within one thousand feet of school property and entirely on private property, or entirely within a private residence, or in accordance with a concealed handgun permit issued pursuant to R.S. 40:1379.1.

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

(6) Any student wearing or possessing body armor to or from a class, in which he is duly enrolled, that requires the use of the body armor in the class.

(7) A student enrolled or participating in an activity requiring the use of body armor.

(8) A student wearing, carrying, or possessing a backpack on school property or a school bus that has bullet-resistant metal or other material intended to provide protection from weapons or bodily injury.

D. Whoever commits the crime of wearing or possessing body armor by a student or nonstudent on school property, at a school-sponsored function, or in a firearm-free zone shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned, without hard labor, for not less than six months nor more than one year, or both.

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) 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 body armor 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 body armor seized to that agency.

(3) If a student is detained pursuant to Paragraph (2) of this Subsection for wearing or possessing body armor on campus, the principal shall immediately notify the student's parents.

G. Any principal or school official in charge who fails to report the detention of a student or the seizure of body armor 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 of this Section 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 2008, No. 747, §1; Acts 2018, No. 523, §1, eff. May 23, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:98.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 98.1
Operating while impaired; first offense; penalties
Status: in_force

A.(1) Except as modified by the provisions of Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Subsection, on a conviction of a first offense violation of R.S. 14:98, the offender shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and shall be imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than six months. 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 complete all of the following:

(a) Serve forty-eight hours in jail, which shall not be suspended, or in lieu thereof, perform no less than 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 program, which may include an assessment by a licensed clinician to determine if the offender has a diagnosis of substance abuse disorder. Nothing herein shall prohibit the court from modifying the portions of the program as may be applicable and appropriate to an individual offender as shown by the assessment.

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

(d) Except as provided by Subparagraph (3)(c) of this Subsection, the court shall order that the offender not operate a motor vehicle during the period of probation, for no less than six months, unless any vehicle, while being operated by the offender, is equipped with a functioning ignition interlock device in compliance with the requirements of R.S. 14:98.5(C) and R.S. 32:378.2.

(2)(a) If the offender had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15 percent or more but less than 0.20 percent by weight based on grams of alcohol per one hundred cubic centimeters of blood, at least forty-eight hours of the sentence imposed pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall be served without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence, and is to be served in addition to any sentence of imprisonment imposed pursuant to Subparagraph (1)(a) of this Subsection, provided that the total period of imprisonment upon conviction of the offense, including imprisonment for default in payment of a fine or costs, shall not exceed six months.

(b) In addition to any penalties imposed under this Section and except as provided in R.S. 32:414(A)(1)(d) or 667(H)(1)(b), upon conviction of a first offense, if the offender had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15 percent or more by weight based on grams of alcohol per one hundred cubic centimeters of blood, the driver's license of the offender shall be suspended for two years.

(3)(a) If the offender had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.20 percent or more by weight based on grams of alcohol per one hundred cubic centimeters of blood, the offender shall be fined not less than seven hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars and at least forty-eight hours of the sentence imposed pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall be served without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence, and is to be served in addition to any sentence of imprisonment imposed pursuant to Subparagraph (1)(a) of this Subsection, provided that the total period of imprisonment upon conviction of the offense, including imprisonment for default in payment of a fine or costs, shall not exceed six months.

(b) In addition to any penalties imposed under this Section and except as provided in R.S. 32:414(A)(1)(d) or 667(H)(1)(b), upon conviction of a first offense, if the offender had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15 percent or more by weight based on grams of alcohol per one hundred cubic centimeters of blood, the driver's license of the offender shall be suspended for two years.

(c) The court shall 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 compliance with the requirements of R.S. 14:98.5(C) and R.S. 32:378.2. The ignition interlock device shall remain installed and operative on his vehicle during the period of suspension of his driver's license following the date of conviction.

(4)(a) In addition to the penalties imposed pursuant to this Section, upon conviction of a first offense, the offender shall also be fined an additional twenty-five dollars.

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

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

B. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a court from sentencing an offender to serve any portion of the sentence under home incarceration pursuant to R.S. 14:98.5, 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).

C. An offender may apply for a restricted driver's license to be in effect during the entire period of suspension upon proof to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections that his motor vehicle has been equipped with a functioning ignition interlock device in compliance with the requirements of R.S. 32:378.2.

Acts 1997, No. 1296, §2, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2014, No. 385, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2023, No. 409, §1; Acts 2024, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 9, §1, eff. July 1, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 662, §1; Acts 2025, No. 194, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:52.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 52.2
Negligent arson
Status: in_force

A. Negligent arson is the damaging of any building, as defined by R.S. 33:4771, of another by the setting of fire or causing an explosion, without consent of the owner or custodian of the building, when the offender's criminal negligence causes the fire or the explosion.

B. If the offender knows or should have known that he has no possessory right to the building or other interest therein, or has not previously established a right of entry into or onto the building, it may be inferred that the setting of the fire or the causing of the explosion was without consent of the owner or custodian of the building.

C. Whoever commits the crime of negligent arson where it is not foreseeable that human life might be endangered shall be subject to the following:

(1) On a first conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. In addition, the offender shall be ordered to pay restitution for damages sustained.

(2) On a second and subsequent conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars and imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years. In addition, the offender shall be ordered to pay restitution for damages sustained.

D. Whoever commits the crime of negligent arson where it is foreseeable that human life might be endangered shall be fined not more than three thousand dollars and imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than three years. In addition, the offender shall be ordered to pay restitution for damages sustained.

E. Whoever commits the crime of negligent arson resulting in death or serious bodily injury to a human being shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars and imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years. In addition, the offender shall be ordered to pay restitution for damages sustained.

F. Any person convicted of a violation of this Section shall register with the state fire marshal in accordance with R.S. 15:562.3.

G. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to commonly accepted practices of prescribed burning of agricultural and forestry land including prescribed burning done in accordance with R.S. 3:17.

Acts 2018, No. 576, §1, eff. May 31, 2018; Acts 2019, No. 2, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:34 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 34
Aggravated battery
Status: in_force

A. Aggravated battery is a battery committed with a dangerous weapon.

B. Whoever commits an aggravated battery shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than ten 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 battery was committed because of that status.

C. 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.

Acts 1978, No. 394, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 708, §1; Acts 2012, No. 40, §1; Acts 2025, No. 137, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:46.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 46.4
Re-homing of a child
Status: in_force

A. Re-homing of a child is any one of the following:

(1) A transaction, or any action taken to facilitate such transaction, through electronic means or otherwise by a parent or any individual or entity with custody of a child who intends to avoid or divest himself of permanent parental responsibility by placing the child in the physical custody of a nonrelative, without court approval, unless Subsection B of this Section applies. Actions include but are not limited to transferring, recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, soliciting, or obtaining a child for such transaction.

(2) The selling, transferring, or arranging for the sale or transfer of a minor child to another person or entity for money or any thing of value or to receive such minor child for such payments or thing of value.

(3) Assisting, aiding, abetting, or conspiring in the commission of any act described in Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Subsection by any person or entity, regardless of whether money or any thing of value has been promised to or received by the person.

B. Re-homing does not include:

(1) Placement of a child with a relative, stepparent, licensed adoption agency, licensed attorney, or the Department of Children and Family Services.

(2) Placement of a child by a licensed attorney, licensed adoption agency, or the Department of Children and Family Services.

(3) Temporary placement of a child by parents or custodians for designated short-term periods with a specified intent and time period for return of the child, due to a vacation or a school-sponsored function or activity, or the incarceration, military service, medical treatment, or incapacity of a parent.

(4) Placement of a child in another state in accordance with the requirements of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.

(5) Relinquishment of a child pursuant to the provisions of the Safe Haven Law, Children's Code Article 1149 et seq.

C. Whoever commits the crime of re-homing of a child shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than five years.

D. It shall not be a defense to prosecution for a violation of this Section that the person being re-homed is actually a law enforcement officer or peace officer acting within the official scope of his duties.

E. The provisions of Chapter 1 of Title V of the Louisiana Children's Code regarding the multidisciplinary team approach applicable to children who have been abused or neglected, to the extent practical, shall apply to the children who are victims of the provisions of this Section.

Acts 2014, No. 721, §2; Acts 2016, No. 80, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:102.21 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 102.21
Unauthorized use of the identity of a deceased soldier
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to use for the purpose of advertising for the sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise, or for the solicitation of patronage by any business the name, portrait, or picture of any deceased soldier, without having obtained prior consent to such use by the soldier, or by the closest living relative, by blood or marriage, of the deceased.

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

C. For purposes of this Section, "soldier" means any active duty member or former member of the armed forces of the United States including any member who was killed in the line of duty.

Acts 2006, No. 239, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:125.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 125.2
False statements concerning paternity
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully and knowingly make a written or oral false statement concerning the following:

(1) Biological paternity in or in support of a certificate, record, or report required by the provisions of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950; or

(2) The surrender of parental rights pursuant to the provisions of Title XI of the Louisiana Children's Code.

B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.

Acts 2001, No. 953, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:139.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 139.1
Political payroll padding by sheriff; sale of assets of sheriff's office prohibited
Status: in_force

A. During the six months preceding a gubernatorial election and during the time interval between the gubernatorial election and the first day of July following election, it shall be unlawful for any sheriff to do any of the following:

(1) Increase the number of deputies or employees in his office by more than five percent over the average number of such employees for each of the first six months of the twelve months preceding the election.

(2) Increase the payroll or other operating expenses of his office more than fifteen percent over its average amount of such expenditures for each of the months of the first six months of the twelve months preceding the election.

(3) Transfer title and ownership of the capital assets of his office of a value in excess of ten percent of the total value of assets as reflected in the current inventory filed in the office of the sheriff under the provisions of R.S. 24:513, as of the date of the primary election.

B. In determining whether any surplus or deficit exists in the office of any sheriff at the expiration of a term of office, the current market value of the capital assets of the office as set forth in the inventory filed in accordance with R.S. 24:513 shall be included in the total assets of the sheriff's office.

C.(1) The provisions of this Section shall not apply when the increases or decreases are necessitated by flood, invasion by common enemy, or other public emergency. In addition, the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any increase based upon the utilization of additional revenue from a tax district election or to an increase necessitated by the completion of a new or expansion of an existing prison facility or an emergency communications call or dispatch center.

(2)(a) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to an incumbent sheriff, against whom no person has qualified to run, for any transfers or increases that occur after the date the qualifying period closes for the gubernatorial election through the first day of July following the election.

(b) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to an incumbent sheriff, who is reelected to office, for any transfers or increases that occur after the date the official election results are declared by the election official through the first day of July following the election.

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

Added by Acts 1981, No. 505, §1; Acts 1999, No. 108, §1; Acts 2018, No. 212, §1; Acts 2020, No. 8, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:43.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 43.6
Administration of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) to certain sex offenders
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon a first conviction of R.S. 14:42 (aggravated or first degree rape), R.S. 14:42.1 (forcible or second degree rape), R.S. 14:43.1(C)(2) (sexual battery when the victim is under the age of thirteen), R.S. 14:43.2 (second degree sexual battery), R.S. 14:81.2(D)(1) (molestation of a juvenile when the victim is under the age of thirteen), and R.S. 14:89.1 (aggravated crime against nature), the court may sentence the offender to be treated with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), according to a schedule of administration monitored by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

B.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon a second or subsequent conviction of R.S. 14:42 (aggravated or first degree rape) , R.S. 14:42.1 (forcible or second degree rape), R.S. 14:43.1(C)(2) (sexual battery when the victim is under the age of thirteen), R.S. 14:43.2 (second degree sexual battery), R.S. 14:81.2(D)(1) (molestation of a juvenile when the victim is under the age of thirteen), and R.S. 14:89.1 (aggravated crime against nature), the court shall sentence the offender to be treated with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) according to a schedule of administration monitored by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

(2) If the court sentences a defendant to be treated with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), this treatment may not be imposed in lieu of, or reduce, any other penalty prescribed by law. However, in lieu of treatment with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), the court may order the defendant to undergo physical castration provided the defendant file a written motion with the court stating that he intelligently and knowingly, gives his voluntary consent to physical castration as an alternative to the treatment.

C.(1) An order of the court sentencing a defendant to medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) treatment under this Section shall be contingent upon a determination by a court appointed medical expert that the defendant is an appropriate candidate for treatment. Except as provided in Subparagraph (2)(b) of this Subsection, this determination shall be made not later than sixty days from the imposition of sentence. An order of the court sentencing a defendant to medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) treatment shall specify the duration of treatment for a specific term of years, or in the discretion of the court, up to the life of the defendant.

(2)(a) In all cases involving defendants sentenced to a period of incarceration or confinement in an institution, the administration of treatment with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) shall commence not later than one week prior to the defendant's release from prison or such institution.

(b) When the provisions of this Paragraph apply, if the defendant is sentenced to incarceration or confinement for a period of time that is ten years or more, the commencement of the administration of treatment with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) shall be contingent upon a medical evaluation to determine whether the defendant is an appropriate candidate for treatment. This evaluation shall be conducted not sooner than thirty days prior to the commencement of the administration of the treatment.

(3) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall provide the services necessary to administer medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) treatment. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require the continued administration of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) treatment when it is not medically appropriate.

(4) If a defendant whom the court has sentenced to be treated with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) fails to appear as required by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections for purposes of administering the medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) or who refuses to allow the administration of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), then the defendant 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.

(5) If a defendant whom the court has sentenced to be treated with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) or ordered to undergo physical castration takes any drug or other substance to reverse the effects of the treatment, he shall be held in contempt of court.

Acts 2008, No. 441, §1, eff. June 25, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 67, §1; Acts 2014, No. 602, §4, eff. June 12, 2014; Acts 2015, No. 184, §1; Acts 2019, No. 296, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:112.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 112.11
Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of this Subpart:

(1) "Alien" shall have the same meaning as "alien" as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1101.

(2) "Lawfully present in this state" or "lawful presence in this state" refers to a person within the borders of this state who is:

(a) A natural person who is a United States citizen, regardless of whether the United States citizenship was acquired by birth or granted because the person has met the requirements for asylum established by the United States Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act, in particular 8 U.S.C. 1158.

(b) Legally present in this state by virtue of authorization by the United States Department of Homeland Security on the basis of any one of the following:

(i) The person is a permanent legal resident.

(ii) The person holds an unexpired student visa.

(iii) The person holds an unexpired work permit.

(c) Legally present or entitled to be present in the United States pursuant to an unexpired visitor or tourist visa, or pursuant to any other provision of federal law.

(3) "Unlawful entry" refers to an alien who is found entering or has entered into this state by automobile, watercraft, airplane, or any other method of entry or means of conveyance, whether or not entry is made directly from a foreign nation or indirectly from another state, without lawful presence in this state.

(4) "Unlawful reentry" refers to an alien who has entered, attempted to enter, or at any time is found in this state after the alien has been found to have been subject to any of the following:

(a) Denied admission, excluded, deported, or otherwise removed from the United States.

(b) Departed from the United States while an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding.

(5) "Unlawfully present in this state" or "unlawful presence in this state" refers to an alien who is not lawfully present in this state because the alien does not meet the definition in this Section of "lawfully present in this state" or "lawful presence in this state".

Acts 2024, No. 670, §1, See Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:35 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 35
Simple battery
Status: in_force

A. Simple battery is a battery committed without the consent of the victim.

B. Whoever commits a simple battery shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

Acts 1978, No. 394, §1; Acts 2006, No. 81, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:102.27 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 102.27
Unlawful sale of a live dog or cat at certain locations
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to offer for sale or sell any dog or cat on any highway, right-of-way, flea market, public park, public playground, public swimming pool, any other public recreational area, or adjacent property to such locations regardless of whether or not access to those locations is authorized, or on any commercial or retail parking lot unless permission is granted by the owner of the parking lot.

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

(1) Bona fide humane societies, animal welfare groups, animal control agencies, or nonprofit organizations sponsoring animal adoption events.

(2) The offering of dogs or cats for sale at a private residence.

(3) The offering of dogs or cats for sale by a paid entrant to a competitive cat show or dog show, provided that the sale occurs on the premises and within the confines of the show.

(4) Any retail pet store or licensed breeder.

(5) Any raffle or drawing for a dog or cat which is a fundraising event for a waterfowl, wetland, or natural resources conservation organization.

C.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars for a first offense.

(2) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section for a second or subsequent offense shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars per violation.

D. For the purposes of this Section:

(1) "Highway" means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way or place of whatever nature publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for the purpose of vehicular travel, including bridges, causeways, tunnels, and ferries; synonymous with the word "street".

(2) "Right-of-way" means the privilege of the immediate use of the highway.

Acts 2012, No. 700, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:281 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 281
Disorderly place, maintaining of prohibited; penalty
Status: in_force

No person shall maintain a place of public entertainment or a public resort or any place, room, or part of a building open to the public in such a manner as to disturb the public peace and quiet of the neighborhood, or in which lewd dancing is permitted, or in which lewd pictures are accessible to view.

Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or both.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:102.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 102.1
Cruelty to animals; simple and aggravated
Status: in_force

A.(1) Simple cruelty to animals is when a person intentionally or with criminal negligence does any of the following:

(a) Overdrives, overloads, drives when overloaded, or overworks a living animal.

(b) Torments, cruelly beats, or unjustifiably injures any living animal.

(c) Having charge, custody, or possession of any animal, either as owner or otherwise, unjustifiably fails to provide it with proper food, proper drink, proper shelter, or proper veterinary care.

(d) Abandons any animal. A person shall not be considered to have abandoned an animal if he delivers an animal which he found running at large in the care of an animal control center, shelter, or rescue location.

(e) Impounds or confines or causes the impoundment or confinement of a living animal in a pound or other place and fails to supply it with proper food, proper water, or proper shelter during such confinement.

(f) Carries, or causes to be carried, a living animal in or upon a vehicle or otherwise, in a cruel or inhumane manner.

(g) Unjustifiably administers any poisonous or noxious drug or substance to any domestic animal or unjustifiably exposes any such drug or substance, with intent that the same shall be taken or swallowed by any domestic animal.

(h) Causes or procures to be done by any person any act enumerated in this Paragraph.

(i), (j) Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 200, §2.

(2)(a) Whoever commits the crime of simple cruelty to animals shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. The court may also order the offender to pay for any expenses incurred for the housing of the animal and for medical treatment of the animal, pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Article 883.2. In addition, the court may issue an order prohibiting the offender from owning or keeping animals for a period of not more than one year.

(b) Whoever commits a second or subsequent offense of simple cruelty to animals shall be fined not less than five thousand dollars nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than one year nor more than ten years, or both. In addition, the court may issue an order prohibiting the offender from owning or keeping animals for a period of not more than five years.

(c) In addition to any other penalty imposed, a person who commits the crime of simple cruelty to animals shall be ordered to perform five eight-hour days of court-approved community service. The community service requirement shall not be suspended.

(d) In addition to any other penalty imposed, the court may order a psychological evaluation or anger management treatment for a first conviction of the crime of simple cruelty to animals. For a second or subsequent offense of the crime of simple cruelty to animals, the court shall order a psychological evaluation or anger management treatment. Any costs associated with any evaluation or treatment ordered by the court shall be borne by the offender.

(3) For purposes of this Subsection, if more than one animal is subject to an act of cruel treatment by an offender, each act shall constitute a separate offense.

B.(1) Aggravated cruelty to animals is when a person intentionally or with criminal negligence does any of the following:

(a) Tortures, maims, or mutilates any living animal.

(b) Tampers with livestock at a public livestock exhibition or at a private sale.

(c) Causes or procures to be done by another person any act designated in this Paragraph.

(d) Mistreats any living animal by any act or omission which causes or permits unnecessary or unjustifiable physical pain, suffering, or death to the animal.

(e) Having charge, custody, or possession of any animal as either an owner or otherwise, unjustifiably fails to provide it with proper food, proper water, proper shelter, or proper veterinary care, which results in the animal's death.

(2) In addition to any other penalty imposed for a violation of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the offender shall be ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation and subsequently recommended psychological treatment and may be banned by court order from owning or keeping animals for a period of not more than ten years. Any costs associated with any evaluation or treatment ordered by the court shall be borne by the offender.

(3) Whoever commits the crime of aggravated cruelty to animals shall be fined not less than five thousand dollars nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than one year nor more than ten years, or both.

(4) For purposes of this Subsection, where more than one animal is tortured, maimed, mutilated, or maliciously killed or where more than one head of livestock is tampered with, each act comprises a separate offense.

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

(1) The lawful hunting or trapping of wildlife as provided by law.

(2) Herding of domestic animals.

(3) Accepted veterinary practices.

(4) Activities carried on for scientific or medical research governed by accepted standards.

(5) Traditional rural Mardi Gras parades, processions, or runs involving chickens.

(6) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the standard transportation and agricultural processing of agriculture products as defined in R.S. 3:3602.

D. Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 425, §2, eff. August 15, 2008.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 431, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 6, §1; Acts 1987, No. 336, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1165, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1246, §1, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 461, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1212, §1; Acts 2006, No. 228, §1; Acts 2007, No. 425, §§1 and 2, eff. Aug. 15, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 106, §1; Acts 2009, No. 179, §1; Acts 2022, No. 629, §1; Acts 2024, No. 551, §1; Acts 2025, No. 200, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:357 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 357
Candies, selling without payment of license tax; penalty
Status: in_force

A. No manufacturer of candies or sweets or transient vendor selling candies or sweets shall consign to or leave any candies or manufactured sweets on consignment with any person, firm, or corporation, other than schools, churches, religious societies, and civil organizations, who has not paid the privilege or license tax required by law in order to obtain a license to sell and dispose of the articles.

B. Whoever violates this Section, for the first offense, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, and for the second offense, not more than five hundred dollars.

Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:87.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 87.1
Definitions
Status: in_force

Wherever used in this Subpart, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall have the following meanings:

(1)(a) "Abortion" or "induced abortion" means the performance of any act with the intent to terminate a clinically diagnosable pregnancy with knowledge that the termination by those means will, with reasonable likelihood, cause the death of the unborn child, whether or not the child survives, by one or more of the following means:

(i) Administering, prescribing, or providing any abortion-inducing drug, potion, medicine, or any other substance, device, or means to a pregnant female.

(ii) Using an instrument or external force on a pregnant female.

(b) Abortion shall not mean any one or more of the following acts, if performed by a physician:

(i) A medical procedure performed with the intention to save the life or preserve the health of an unborn child.

(ii) The removal of a dead unborn child or the inducement or delivery of the uterine contents in case of a positive diagnosis, certified in writing in the woman's medical record along with the results of an obstetric ultrasound test, that the pregnancy has ended or is in the unavoidable and untreatable process of ending due to spontaneous miscarriage, also known in medical terminology as spontaneous abortion, missed abortion, inevitable abortion, incomplete abortion, or septic abortion.

(iii) The removal of an ectopic pregnancy.

(iv) The use of methotrexate to treat an ectopic pregnancy.

(v) The performance of a medical procedure necessary in good faith medical judgment or reasonable medical judgment to prevent the death or substantial risk of death to the pregnant woman due to a physical condition, or to prevent the serious, permanent impairment of a life-sustaining organ of a pregnant woman. However, the physician shall make reasonable medical efforts under the circumstances to preserve both the life of the mother and the life of her unborn child in a manner consistent with reasonable medical practice.

(vi) The removal of an unborn child who is deemed to be medically futile. The diagnosis shall be a medical judgment certified by two qualified physicians and recorded in the woman's medical record. The medical procedure shall be performed in a licensed ambulatory surgical center or hospital. Upon the completion of the procedure, the physician shall submit an individual abortion report consistent with R.S. 40:1061.21 that includes appropriate evidence of the certified diagnosis.

(2)(a) "Abortion-inducing drug" means any drug or chemical, or any combination of drugs or chemicals, or any other substance when used with the intent to cause an abortion, including but not limited to RU-486, the Mifeprex regimen, misoprostol (Cytotec), or methotrexate.

(b) Abortion-inducing drug shall not mean a contraceptive, an emergency contraceptive, or the use of methotrexate to treat an ectopic pregnancy.

(3) "Bona fide medical reason" means a medical condition which is recognized by any medical licensing board as a standard of care, except that "bona fide medical reason" shall not include abortion, as defined in this Section.

(4) "Clinically diagnosable pregnancy" means a pregnancy that is capable of being verified by one of the following conventional medical testing methods, whether or not any testing was in fact performed by any person:

(a) A blood or urine test, whether used at home or in a medical setting, that tests for the human pregnancy hormone known as human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) that medically indicates that implantation has occurred.

(b) An ultrasound examination.

(5) "Conception" or "fertilization" means the fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum.

(6) "Contraceptive" means any device, measure, drug, chemical, or product, including single-ingredient levonorgestrel, that has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the purpose of preventing pregnancy and is intended to be administered prior to the time when a clinically diagnosable pregnancy can be determined, provided that the contraceptive is sold, prescribed, or administered in accordance with manufacturer's instructions.

(7) "Dismembered" or "dismemberment" means the use of a clamp, forceps, curette, suction cannula, or any other surgical tool or instrument with the intent to disarticulate the head or limbs from the body of the unborn child during an abortion, including but not limited to the common abortion methods known as suction curettage and dilation and evacuation.

(8) "Emergency contraceptive" means a drug, chemical, or product, including but not limited to single-ingredient levonorgestrel or ulipristal, that has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration designed or intended to be taken after sexual intercourse but prior to the time when a clinically diagnosable pregnancy can be determined, provided that the emergency contraceptive is sold, prescribed, or administered in accordance with manufacturer's instructions or is prescribed in accordance with the standard of care that is generally accepted by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

(9) "Fertilization" means the fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum.

(10) "Fetal body part" means a cell, tissue, organ, or other part of an unborn child who is aborted by an induced abortion.

(11) "Fetal heartbeat" means cardiac activity or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart within the gestational sac.

(12) "Genetic abnormality" means any defect, disease, or disorder that is inherited genetically. The term includes, without limitation, any physical disfigurement, scoliosis, dwarfism, Down syndrome, albinism, amelia, and any other type of physical, mental, or intellectual disability, abnormality, or disease.

(13) "Gestational age" means the age of the unborn child as measured by the time elapsed since the first day of the last menstrual period as determined by a physician and confirmed through the use of an ultrasound test of a quality generally used in existing medical practice.

(14) "Good faith medical judgment" or "reasonable medical judgment" means a physician's use of reasonable care and diligence, along with his best judgment, in the application of his skill. The standard of care required of every healthcare provider, in rendering professional services or health care to a patient, shall be to exercise that degree of skill ordinarily employed, under similar circumstances, by the members of his profession in good standing in the same community or locality.

(15) "Infant" means the offspring of human parents from the moment of live birth, regardless of the duration of gestation in the womb prior to live birth.

(16) "Late term abortion" means the performance of an abortion when the gestational age of the unborn child is fifteen weeks or more.

(17) "Live birth", "born alive", or "live born human being" means a member of the species homo sapiens that is expelled or extracted from its mother, at any stage of development, who after that expulsion or extraction breathes or shows signs of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached, and regardless of whether the expulsion or extraction occurs as a result of natural or induced labor, cesarean section, or induced abortion.

(18) "Medical emergency" means the existence of any physical condition, not including any emotional, psychological, or mental condition, within the reasonable medical judgment of a reasonably prudent physician, with knowledge of the case and treatment possibilities with respect to the medical conditions involved, would determine necessitates the immediate abortion of the pregnancy to avert the pregnant woman's death or to avert substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function arising from continued pregnancy.

(19)(a) "Medically futile" means that, in reasonable medical judgment as certified by two physicians, the unborn child has a profound and irremediable congenital or chromosomal anomaly that is incompatible with sustaining life after birth.

(b) The Louisiana Department of Health shall promulgate, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, administrative rules establishing an exclusive list of anomalies, diseases, disorders, and other conditions which shall be deemed "medically futile" for purposes of this Subpart. The rules may also encompass diagnostic methods and standards by which a medically futile condition may be diagnosed, including but not limited to tests that are appropriate to the developmental stage and the condition of the unborn child.

(20) "Miscarriage" or "stillbirth" means the spontaneous or accidental death of an unborn child, whether the death occurred in the womb or in the process of birth. Death of the unborn child is indicated by the lack of signs of breathing or any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles.

(21) "Partial birth abortion" means an abortion in which:

(a) The person performing the abortion deliberately and intentionally vaginally delivers a living fetus until, in the case of a head-first presentation, the entire fetal head is outside the body of the mother, or, in the case of breech presentation, any part of the fetal trunk past the navel is outside the body of the mother, for the purpose of performing an overt act that the person knows will kill the partially delivered living fetus.

(b) The person performing the abortion performs the overt act, other than completion of delivery, that kills the partially delivered living fetus.

(22) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in the state of Louisiana.

(23) "Pregnant" means that female reproductive condition of having a developing embryo or fetus in the uterus which commences at fertilization and implantation.

(24) "Receive a fetal organ" means acquiring any fetal organ or fetal body part, or the rights to any fetal organ or fetal body part, through an act of donation or sale via any transaction prohibited by this Subpart.

(25) "Serious bodily injury"shall have the same meaning as defined in R.S. 14:2. For the purposes of this Section, "serious bodily injury" that includes the loss of an organ shall include a hysterectomy.

(26) "Serious health risk to the unborn child's mother" means that in reasonable medical judgment the mother has a condition that so complicates her medical condition that it necessitates the abortion of her pregnancy to avert her death or to avert serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function, not including psychological or emotional conditions.

(27) "Unborn child", "unborn human being", or "fetus" shall have the same meaning as "unborn child" as defined in R.S. 14:2.

(28) "Viable" or "viability" means that stage of fetal development when, in the judgment of the physician based upon the particular facts of the case before the physician, and in light of the most advanced medical technology and information available to the physician, there is a reasonable likelihood of sustained survival of the unborn child outside the body of his mother, with or without artificial support.

(29) "Woman" or "mother" means a female human being, whether or not she has reached the age of majority.

Added by Acts 1973, No. 74, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7; Acts 2022, No. 545, §2; Acts 2024, No. 246, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:127 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 127
Limitation of defenses
Status: in_force

It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury or false swearing:

(1) That the oath, or affirmation, was administered or taken in an irregular manner; or

(2) That the accused was not competent to give the testimony, deposition, affidavit or certificate of which falsehood is alleged; or

(3) That the accused did not know the materiality of the false statement made by him, or that it did not in fact affect the proceeding in or for which it was made.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:315 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 315
Mississippi River, stopping outlets or bayous prohibited; reopening; penalty
Status: in_force

A. No person shall stop any outlet or natural bayou of the Mississippi River. If any outlet or natural bayou is closed, the opening of it may be ordered by the state engineer at any time.

B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars and shall be liable for all expenses necessary for the reopening of the bayou or outlet.

C. This Section shall not apply to bayous already closed, or that may be hereafter opened by crevasses.

Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:403.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 403.3
Reports of missing children; procedures; false reports or communications; penalties
Status: in_force

A.(1) Any state or local law enforcement agency receiving a report of a missing child or the recovery of a missing child and having reasonable grounds to believe the report is accurate shall do all of the following immediately after receiving the report:

(a) Enter the name of the child into the National Crime Information Center's database.

(b) Notify each of the following of the facts and contents of the report:

(i) The Department of Children and Family Services to the extent that the reporting is required pursuant to Chapter 5 of Title VI of the Children's Code.

(ii) The office of state police, if it did not originally receive the report.

(iii) The office of the sheriff for the parish in which the report was received, if it did not originally receive the report.

(iv) Any other local, state, or federal law enforcement agency that the law enforcement agency receiving the report deems necessary and appropriate depending upon the facts of each case.

(2) The law enforcement agency may also notify any other appropriate local, state, or federal agency of the fact and contents of the report.

B. No person shall knowingly file a false missing child report with a law enforcement agency.

C. No person shall intentionally communicate false information concerning a missing child, or the recovery of a missing child, to a law enforcement agency when such information is communicated with the specific intent to delay or otherwise hinder an investigation to locate the child.

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

E. Whoever violates the provisions of Subsection C of this Section shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than five years.

Acts 1985, No. 393, §1; Acts 2005, No. 503, §1; Acts 2012, No. 446, §1; Acts 2012, No. 454, §1; Acts 2012, No. 477, §1, eff. June 3, 2012; Acts 2020, No. 96, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:95.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 95.1
Possession of firearm or carrying concealed weapon by a person convicted of certain felonies
Status: in_force

A.(1) It is unlawful for any person who has been convicted of, or has been found not guilty by reason of insanity for, a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B) which is a felony or simple burglary, burglary of an inhabited dwelling, unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, felony illegal use of weapons or dangerous instrumentalities, manufacture or possession of a delayed action incendiary device, manufacture or possession of a bomb, or possession of a firearm while in the possession of or during the sale or distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, or any violation of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law which is a felony, or any crime which is defined as a sex offense in R.S. 15:541, or any crime defined as an attempt to commit one of the above-enumerated offenses under the laws of this state, or who has been convicted under the laws of any other state or of the United States or of any foreign government or country of a crime which, if committed in this state, would be one of the above-enumerated crimes, to possess a firearm or carry a concealed weapon.

(2)(a) This Section shall also apply to any person who committed a felony-grade delinquent act described in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection while in possession of a firearm, if adjudicated when that person was fifteen or sixteen years of age, and the person is under the age of twenty-two years at the time of the violation of this Section.

(b) The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to any person who has been accepted into military service as a member of any of the branches of the armed forces of the United States as defined by 10 U.S.C. 101(a)(4), the reserve components of the armed forces of the United States as defined by 10 U.S.C. 10101, or the Louisiana National Guard.

B.(1) Whoever is found guilty of violating the provisions of this Section shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than five nor more than twenty years without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence and be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars.

(2) Whoever is found guilty of attempting to violate the provisions of this Section shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one year nor more than seven and one-half years and fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars.

(3) If the offender is found guilty of violating the provisions of this Section while on probation or parole, the sentence imposed pursuant to this Subsection shall be served consecutively with the remaining balance of any sentence to be served for a prior conviction for any offense in accordance with Code of Criminal Procedure Article 901.

C. The provisions of this Section prohibiting the possession of firearms and carrying concealed weapons by persons who have been convicted of, or who have been found not guilty by reason of insanity for, certain felonies shall not apply to any person who has not been convicted of, or who has not been found not guilty by reason of insanity for, any felony for a period of ten years from the date of completion of sentence, probation, parole, suspension of sentence, or discharge from a mental institution by a court of competent jurisdiction.

D. If a violation of this Section is committed during the commission of a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B), or the defendant has a prior conviction of a crime of violence, then the violation of this Section shall be designated as a crime of violence.

E. For the purposes of this Section, "firearm" means any pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, submachine gun, black powder weapon, or assault rifle which is designed to fire or is capable of firing fixed cartridge ammunition or from which a shot or projectile is discharged by an explosive.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 492, §2. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 279, §1; Acts 1985, No. 947, §1; Acts 1990, No. 328, §1; Acts 1992, No. 403, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 28, §1; Acts 1995, No. 987, §1; Acts 2003, No. 674, §1; Acts 2009, No. 154, §1; Acts 2009, No. 160, §1; Acts 2010, No. 815, §1; Acts 2010, No. 942, §1; Acts 2017, No. 281, §1; Acts 2018, No. 532, §3; Acts 2022, No. 465, §1, eff. June 15, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 702, §1, eff. June 18, 2022; Acts 2024, No. 56, §1; Acts 2024, No. 63, §1; Acts 2024, No. 413, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:100.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 14 / Section 100.11
Legislative findings; purpose
Status: in_force

A. The legislature finds that the devastating consequences of the barbaric attacks on September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon as well as the pervasive bomb threats and biological terrorism in various parts of the country were committed for the purposes of demoralizing and destabilizing our society and creating a climate of fear. These heinous deeds designed to kill, maim, and strike terror into the hearts of innocent citizens of this country cannot be tolerated, nor can those less violent acts to the infrastructure of our state which are designed to intimidate, confuse, and disrupt everyday commerce and the delivery of goods and services to the populace be permitted.

B. The legislature further finds that it is imperative that state laws be enacted to complement federal efforts to uncover those who seek to use the highways of this state to commit acts of terror and who seek to gain drivers' licenses or identification cards for the purposes of masking their illegal status in this state. Accordingly, the legislature finds that state law must be strengthened with a comprehensive framework for punishing those who give false information in order to obtain drivers' licenses or identification cards from the office of motor vehicles of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, to limit the issuance of such documentation to correspond to the time limits placed by the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service on documentation, and to make operating a motor vehicle in this state when not lawfully present in the United States a crime.

Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 46, §1.