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LA Rev Stat § 14:143 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Criminal Law|§143. Preemption of state law; exceptions

RS 143 - Preemption of state law; exceptions 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 § 14:201 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Criminal Law|§201. Collateral securities, unauthorized use or withdrawal prohibited; penalty; proof of intent; of personal advantage

RS 201 - Collateral securities, unauthorized use or withdrawal prohibited; penalty; proof of intent; of personal advantage A. No customer, nor any officer, member, or employee of any person who is a customer of any bank or banking institution, savings bank, or trust company organized under the laws of this state, of the United States, or of any foreign country, or of a private banker or of a person, or association that loans money on collateral security, doing business in this state, who is allowed to withdraw any collateral pledged by him, either personally or in his representative capacity, on a trust receipt or other form of receipt, shall do any of the following: (1) Use, sell, repledge, or otherwise dispose of the collateral so withdrawn, for any other purpose other than that of paying the indebtedness for the security of which the collateral was pledged. (2) Fail or refuse to return the collateral on demand. (3) Fail or refuse in lieu of the return of the collateral to make the pledgee a cash payment equivalent to the full value of the collateral so withdrawn. (4) If the collateral exceeds in value the indebtedness it secures, fail or refuse to make a cash payment to the pledgee equal to the full amount of the indebtedness. (5) If the delivery of the collateral was to be made in the future and the customer has taken possession or control of the collateral, fails or refuses to deliver the collateral on demand. B. Whoever violates this Section shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years. C. Proof of any of the acts set forth in this Section shall be considered prima facie evidence of criminal intent. The state may proceed further and prove criminal intent by any competent evidence in its possession. D. Where the person doing the acts denounced by this Section was an officer, agent, or employee of any person, who was a customer of any lender as provided in Subsection A of this Section loaning money on collateral security, it shall not be necessary, to complete the proof of the crime charged, for the state to prove that the person derived any personal benefit, advantage, or profit from the transaction. The state may always prove the crime charged by any competent evidence it may have in its possession. Amended by Acts 1952, No. 82, §1; Acts 1980, No. 439, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 14:202 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Criminal Law|§202. Contractors; misapplication of payments prohibited; penalty

RS 202 - Contractors; misapplication of payments prohibited; penalty  A. No person, contractor, subcontractor, or agent of a contractor or subcontractor, who has received money on account of a contract for the construction, erection, or repair of a building, structure, or other improvement, including contracts and mortgages for interim financing, shall knowingly fail to apply the money received as necessary to settle claims for material and labor due for the construction or under the contract.  B. When the amount misapplied is one thousand dollars or less, whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than ninety days nor more than six months, or both.  C. When the amount misapplied is greater than one thousand dollars, whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than ninety days nor more than six months, or both, for each one thousand dollars in misapplied funds, provided that the aggregate imprisonment shall not exceed five years.  D. Any person, contractor, subcontractor, or agent of a contractor or subcontractor who knowingly fails to apply construction contract payments as required in Subsection A shall pay to the court, and the court shall transfer to the person whose construction contract payments were misapplied, an amount equal to the sum of the payments not properly applied and any additional legal costs resulting from the misapplication of construction fund payments, including a fee charged by the clerk of court for handling such payments.  Amended by Acts 1960, No. 554, §1; Acts 1984, No. 372, §1; Acts 1986, No. 1040, §1; Acts 1986, No. 625, §1; Acts 1990, No. 690, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 14:203 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Criminal Law|§203. Electrical appliances, sale without original factory serial number prohibited; penalty

RS 203 - Electrical appliances, sale without original factory serial number prohibited; penalty A. No person shall offer to sell or cause to be sold or distributed, either retail or wholesale, new household appliances, such as radios, television sets, refrigerators, washing machines, ironers, dryers, gas or electric ranges, or air conditioners, without the appliance having the original factory serial number indicated thereon provided it is the custom of the manufacturer to place serial numbers on the appliances. B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both. Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 14:204 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Criminal Law|§204. Fire-raising on lands of another by criminal negligence; penalty

RS 204 - Fire-raising on lands of another by criminal negligence; penalty A. Fire-raising on lands of another by criminal negligence is the performance of any of the following acts: (1) The setting fire to any grass, leaves, brush, or debris on lands by the owner, or by the owner's agent or lessee, and allowing the fire to spread or pass to lands of another. (2) The starting of fire with wood or other fuel on lands of another, without malice, for camping or other purposes, with failure to exercise sufficient precautions so as to prevent the fire from spreading to grass, leaves, brush, or other debris on the lands. (3) The setting fire to grass, leaves, brush, or other debris on lands of another by means of casting aside a lighted match or lighted cigar or cigarette stub. (4) The burning over or causing burning over to be done on any land which adjoins woodlands of another within the boundaries of any parish of this state wherein an organized fire protection unit is maintained by the state or federal government, or both, without first giving the protecting agency written notice of intention to burn over the lands, giving a description of the property which will reasonably describe the location where the burning shall begin, and the date on which the lands are to be burned over. For the purpose of this Section, an "organized fire protection unit" is defined to be any area in which an organized system of fire prevention and control is in effect. B. Whoever commits the crime of fire-raising on lands of another by criminal negligence shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both. Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 14:204.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Criminal Law|§204.1. Fire-raising in a correctional facility; penalty

RS 204.1 - Fire-raising in a correctional facility; penalty A. Fire-raising in a correctional facility is any of the following: (1) The starting, causing, or assisting in the creation of any fire, heat, or spark of any nature in a correctional facility by any means or method and without authorization of the warden or his designee. (2) The failure to report to a correctional facility employee, or concealing from a correctional facility employee, the unauthorized starting, causing, or assisting in the creation of any fire, heat, or spark of any nature by another in a correctional facility. B. For purposes of this Section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Correctional facility" means any jail, prison, penitentiary, juvenile institution, temporary holding center, or detention facility. (2) "Correctional facility employee" means any employee of any jail, prison, penitentiary, juvenile institution, temporary holding center, or detention facility. C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of fire-raising in a correctional facility by violating the provisions of Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than three years. (2) Whoever commits the crime of fire-raising in a correctional facility by violating the provisions of Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than one year. (3) If at the time of the commission of the offense, the offender is under the jurisdiction and legal custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, or is being detained in any correctional facility, the sentence imposed under this Section shall run consecutively to any other sentence being served by the offender at the time of the offense. Acts 2010, No. 379, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 14:205 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Criminal Law|§205. Fire-raising on lands of another with malice; penalty

RS 205 - Fire-raising on lands of another with malice; penalty A. Fire-raising on lands of another with malice is the malicious setting fire to any grass, leaves, brush, or debris on lands of another, or the procuring same to be done. B. Whoever commits the crime of fire-raising on lands of another with malice shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 14:206 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Criminal Law|§206. Fire prevention interference; penalty

RS 206 - Fire prevention interference; penalty A. Fire prevention interference is the intentional performance of any of the following acts: (1) Defacing or destroying fire warning notices or posters. (2) Injuring, destroying, removing or in any manner interfering with the use of any tools, equipment, towers, buildings, telephone lines, or life safety systems and equipment as defined in R.S. 40:1646(C), used in the detection, reporting or suppression of fire. (3) Obstructing exits, impeding egress, or exceeding the capacity or posted occupant load of a building or structure. (4) Unauthorized use or proximate display as defined in R.S. 51:650(9), of fireworks in a building or structure. B. Whoever commits the crime of fire prevention interference shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for a period of not more than six months, or both. Acts 2014, No. 74, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 14:206.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Criminal Law|§206.1. Engaging in life safety and property protection contracting without authority prohibited; penalty

RS 206.1 - Engaging in life safety and property protection contracting without authority prohibited; penalty  A. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of life safety and property protection contracting, as defined in R.S. 40:1664.3, unless he holds an active license as required by R.S. 40:1664.4.  B. It shall be sufficient for the indictment, affidavit, or complaint to allege that the accused unlawfully engaged in life safety and property protection contracting without authority from the office of state fire marshal.  C.(1) Any person violating this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for not more than ninety days, fined not more than five hundred dollars per day of the violation, or both.  (2) Notwithstanding any action taken by the office of state fire marshal, any person who does not possess a license as required by R.S. 40:1664.4, and who violates any provision of this Section and causes harm or damage to another in excess of five hundred dollars, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for up to six months, fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or both. NOTE: § X eff. until July 1, 2022. See Acts 2021, No. 114.  (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 15:571.11, any fine assessed and collected pursuant to this Subsection shall be remitted to the Louisiana Life Safety and Property Protection Trust Fund provided for in R.S. 40:1664.9. NOTE: § X as amended by Acts 2021, No. 114, eff. July 1, 2022.  (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 15:571.11, any fine assessed and collected pursuant to this Subsection shall be remitted to the Louisiana Life Safety and Property Protection Trust Dedicated Fund Account provided for in R.S. 40:1664.9.  Acts 2017, No. 170, §1; Acts 2021, No. 114, §18, eff. July 1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 14:207 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Criminal Law|§207. Motor vehicles, alteration or removal of identifying numbers prohibited; sale, etc., of motor vehicle with altered identifying numbers prohibited; penalty; application of Section

RS 207 - Motor vehicles, alteration or removal of identifying numbers prohibited; sale, etc., of motor vehicle with altered identifying numbers prohibited; penalty; application of Section A. No person shall cover, remove, deface, alter, or destroy the manufacturer's number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark on any motor vehicle, motor vehicle part, semi-trailer, or trailer as defined by R.S. 32:1 for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting its identity; nor shall any person buy, sell, receive, dispose of, conceal, or knowingly have in his possession any motor vehicle, motor vehicle part, semi-trailer, or trailer as defined by R.S. 32:1 from or on which the manufacturer's number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark has been covered, removed, defaced, altered, or destroyed for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting its identity. B.(1) Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than twenty-four months, or both, and, in default of fine, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than twelve months additional. (2) On conviction of a second offense, the offender shall be fined not more than four thousand dollars, or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than forty-eight months, or both. (3) On conviction of a third or subsequent offense, the offender shall be fined five thousand dollars and imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than thirty-six months nor more than sixty months. C. This Section shall apply to all vehicles propelled otherwise than by muscular power, except motor vehicles running upon rails or tracks. Acts 1989, No. 537, §1; Acts 2008, No. 148, §1; Acts 2010, No. 389, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 14:208 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Criminal Law|§208. Operas, performance or representation without consent of owner prohibited; penalty

RS 208 - Operas, performance or representation without consent of owner prohibited; penalty A. No person or company shall take part in or cause to be publicly performed or represented for profit any unpublished or undedicated dramatic or musical composition known as an opera without the consent of its owner or proprietor, or knowing an opera is unpublished or undedicated, shall permit, aid, or take part in a public performance or representation without the consent of the owner or proprietor. B. Whoever violates this Section shall, for every performance, be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than thirty days. Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 14:209 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Criminal Law|§209. Seals, breaking prohibited; penalty

RS 209 - Seals, breaking prohibited; penalty A. No person shall, without legal authority, break any seal placed, in accordance with law, on the effects or any place or thing containing the effects or property of any deceased person. B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than two years. Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 14:210 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Criminal Law|§210. Taxicabs, tampering with meter forbidden; penalty

RS 210 - Taxicabs, tampering with meter forbidden; penalty A. No person shall, without the written consent of the owner, tamper with or alter in any manner or form the fare-registering device of any taxicab or automobile for hire. B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than six months nor more than one year, or both. Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 14:211 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Criminal Law|§211. Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.

RS 211 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 14:212 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Criminal Law|§212. Forest products, false statement prohibited; penalty

RS 212 - Forest products, false statement prohibited; penalty A. No person, in the course of a sale, attempted sale, delivery, removal, or other completed or attempted transaction involving forest products, shall willfully or knowingly make a false statement or cause a false statement to be made with regard to ownership or ownership interest of the forest products, with regard to ownership or ownership interest or tract name of the land where the forest products were harvested, or with regard to location of the land and property description of the land where the forest products were harvested. B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Acts 1997, No. 108, §1; Acts 2003, No. 107, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 14:213 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Criminal Law|§213. False packing of cotton bales and other agricultural products; penalty

RS 213 - False packing of cotton bales and other agricultural products; penalty A. The false packing of cotton bales or other agricultural products is the packing of a bale or bales of cotton or other agricultural products in such manner as is calculated to deceive persons with regard to quantity, weight, or quality of the product therein contained, whether the false packing of cotton bales or other agricultural products be accomplished by the wetting of the product packed, or by concealing in the interior of the packed product another substance, or by plating the product by concealing in the interior thereof material inferior in grade or quality to that on the exterior thereof, or by any other means. B. Whoever commits the crime of false packing of cotton bales or other agricultural products shall be punished, for the first offense, by a fine of five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than sixty days nor more than six months, or both. For any offense beyond the first, the offender shall be punished by a fine of one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not less than sixty days nor more than six months, or both. Added by Acts 1954, No. 21, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 14:214 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Criminal Law|§214. Fishing or hunting contest fraud

RS 214 - Fishing or hunting contest fraud  A. The crime of fishing or hunting contest fraud is the act of any person, who, with the intent to defraud, knowingly makes a false representation in an effort to win any prize awarded in any fishing or hunting contest.  B. When the most valuable prize offered in the contest amounts to a value of less than one hundred dollars, the offender shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.  C. When the most valuable prize offered in the contest amounts to a value of one hundred dollars or more, the offender shall be fined not more than three thousand dollars, imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than one year, or both.  Acts 1985, No. 856, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 14:215 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Criminal Law|§215. §§215, 216 Repealed by Acts 1962, No. 310, §III (§3)

RS 215 - §§215, 216 Repealed by Acts 1962, No. 310, §III (§3)