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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.25. Unlawfully supplying any product for the purpose of falsifying a screening test

RS 14:102.25 - Unlawfully supplying any product for the purpose of falsifying a screening test
A. Unlawfully supplying any product for the purpose of falsifying or altering a drug, urine, or alcohol screening test is committed when a person intentionally:
(1) Sells, trades, furnishes, supplies, gives, distributes, or markets human or synthetic urine in this state or transports human or synthetic urine into this state with the intent of using the urine to falsify or alter results in a urine, drug, or alcohol screening test.
(2) Advertises for sale any product designed to falsify or alter a urine, drug, or alcohol screening test.
(3) Adulterates a urine or other bodily fluid sample with the intent to falsify or alter results in a urine, drug, or alcohol screening test.
(4) Possesses adulterants which are intended to be used to adulterate a urine or other bodily fluid sample for the purpose of falsifying or altering results in a urine, drug, or alcohol screening test.
(5) Sells, trades, furnishes, supplies, gives, distributes, or markets an adulterant with the intent by the seller or marketer that the product be used to adulterate a urine or other bodily fluid sample for the purpose of falsifying or altering results in a urine, drug, or alcohol screening test.
B. The intent to falsify or alter results in a urine, drug, or alcohol screening test shall be presumed if either of the following occur:
(1) A heating element or any other device used to thwart a drug screening test accompanies the sale, trading, furnishing, supplying, giving, distribution, or marketing of urine or adulterants.
(2) Instructions that provide a method for thwarting a drug screening test accompany the sale, giving, distribution, or marketing of urine or adulterants.
C. As used in this Section, "adulterant" means a substance that is not expected to be in human urine or a substance expected to be present in human urine but that is at a concentration so high that it is not consistent with human urine, including, but not limited to:
(1) Bleach.
(2) Chromium.
(3) Creatinine.
(4) Detergent.
(5) Glutaraldehyde.
(6) Hydrochloric acid.
(7) Hydroiodic acid.
(8) Iodine.
(9) Nitrite.
(10) Peroxidase.
(11) Potassium dichromate.
(12) Potassium nitrite.
(13) Pyridinium chlorochromate.
(14) Sodium nitrite.
D. Whoever commits the crime of unlawfully supplying any product for the purpose of falsifying or altering a drug, urine, or alcohol screening test shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Acts 2010, No. 361, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.26. Unlawful restraint of a dog; definitions; penalties

RS 14:102.26 - Unlawful restraint of a dog; definitions; penalties
A. As used in this Section:
(1) "Collar" means any collar constructed of nylon, leather, or similar material, specifically designed to be used for a dog.
(2) "Owner" means a person who owns or has custody or control of a dog.
(3) "Properly fitted" means, with respect to a collar, a collar that measures the circumference of a dog's neck plus at least one inch.
(4) "Restraint" means a chain, rope, tether, leash, cable, or other device that attaches a dog to a stationary object or trolley system.
B. It shall be unlawful to tie, tether, or restrain any animal in a manner that is inhumane, cruel, or detrimental to its welfare.
C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) Accepted veterinary practices.
(2) Activities carried on for scientific or medical research governed by accepted standards.
(3) A dog restrained to a running line, pulley, or trolley system and is not restrained to the running line, pulley, or trolley system by means of a pinch-type, prong-type, choke-type, or improperly fitted collar.
(4) A dog restrained in compliance with the requirements of a camping or recreational area as defined by a federal, state, or local authority or jurisdiction.
(5) A dog restrained while the owner is engaged in, or actively training for, an activity that is conducted pursuant to a valid license issued by this state if the activity for which the license is issued is associated with the use or presence of a dog.
(6) A dog restrained while the owner is engaged in conduct directly related to the business of shepherding or herding cattle or livestock.
(7) A dog restrained while the owner is engaged in conduct directly related to the business of cultivating agricultural products if the restraint is reasonably necessary for the safety of the dog.
(8) A dog being restrained and walked with a hand-held leash regardless of the type of collar being used.
D. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars.
Acts 2010, No. 977, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.27. Unlawful sale of a live dog or cat at certain locations

RS 14:102.27 - Unlawful sale of a live dog or cat at certain locations
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.28. Transporting live feral swine prohibited; penalties

RS 14:102.28 - Transporting live feral swine prohibited; penalties
A. It shall be unlawful to transport live feral swine by any person not in possession of proof of registration as a feral swine authorized transporter with the Louisiana Board of Animal Health within the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
B. For the purposes of this Section, "feral swine" shall mean any hog, pig, or swine species,
Sus scrofa
, including but not limited to Russian and European wild boar and their hybrids that are running at large, free roaming, or wild upon public or private lands in this state, and shall also include any hog, pig, or swine species that has lived any part of its life running at large, free roaming, or wild. The term feral swine shall also include any feral phenotype swine, whether or not running at large, free roaming, or wild.
C. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than nine hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to "Uncle Earl's Hog Dog Trials" as defined in R.S. 49:170.10.
Acts 2018, No. 681, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.29. Unlawful possession, transfer, or manufacture of animal fighting paraphernalia

RS 14:102.29 - Unlawful possession, transfer, or manufacture of animal fighting paraphernalia
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to possess, purchase, sell, transfer, or manufacture animal fighting paraphernalia with the intent to engage in, promote, or facilitate animal fighting in violation of R.S. 14:102.1, 102.5, or 102.23, or any other provision of law.
B. For purposes of this Section, "animal fighting paraphernalia" means equipment, products, implements, or materials of any kind that are used, intended for use, or designed for use in the training, preparation, conditioning, or furtherance of animal fighting, and includes but is not limited to the following:
(1) Breaking sticks.
(2) Cat mills.
(3) Treadmills.
(4) Fighting pits.
(5) Spring poles.
(6) Unprescribed veterinary medicine.
(7) Veterinary treatment supplies.
(8)(a) Spurs, gaffs, knives, leather training spur covers, slashers, heels, or any other sharp implement designed to be attached in place of the natural spur of a cock or game fowl.
(b) This Paragraph shall not be construed to prohibit the possessing, buying, selling, or trading of any spurs, gaffs, knives, leather training spur covers, or any other items normally used in cockfighting that are at least five years old and have historical value.
C. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the training of animals or the use of equipment in the training of animals for any purpose not prohibited by law.
D. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Act 2021, No. 100, §1, eff. June 4, 2021.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:103. Disturbing the peace

RS 14:103 - Disturbing the peace
A. Disturbing the peace is the doing of any of the following in such manner as would foreseeably disturb or alarm the public:
(1) Engaging in a fistic encounter; or
(2) Addressing any offensive, derisive, or annoying words to any other person who is lawfully in any street, or other public place; or call him by any offensive or derisive name, or make any noise or exclamation in his presence and hearing with the intent to deride, offend, or annoy him, or to prevent him from pursuing his lawful business, occupation, or duty; or
(3) Appearing in an intoxicated condition; or
(4) Engaging in any act in a violent and tumultuous manner by any three or more persons; or
(5) Holding of an unlawful assembly; or
(6) Interruption of any lawful assembly of people; or
(7) Intentionally engaging in any act or any utterance, gesture, or display designed to disrupt a funeral, funeral route, or burial of a deceased person during the period beginning one hundred twenty minutes before and ending one hundred twenty minutes after the funeral or burial, within three hundred feet of the funeral or burial.
(8)(a) Intentionally blocking, impeding, inhibiting, or in any other manner obstructing or interfering with a funeral route.
(b) Intentionally blocking, impeding, inhibiting, or in any other manner obstructing or interfering, within five hundred feet, with access into or from any building or parking lot of a building in which a funeral or burial is being conducted, or any burial plot or the parking lot of the cemetery in which a funeral or burial is being conducted, during the period beginning one hundred twenty minutes before and ending one hundred twenty minutes after the funeral or burial.
B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of disturbing the peace shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both.
(2) Whoever commits the crime of disturbing the peace as provided for in Paragraphs (A)(7) and (8) of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
C. For purposes of Paragraphs (A)(7) and (8) of this Section:
(1) "Funeral" includes a funeral, funeral home viewing, wake, or memorial service.
(2) "Funeral route" means the route of ingress or egress from the location of a funeral or burial, including thirty feet from the outer edge of the outside lane of the route.
Amended by Acts 1960, No. 70, §1; Acts 1963, No. 93, §1; Acts 1968, No. 647, §1; Acts 1979, No. 222, §1; Acts 2006, No. 805, §1; Acts 2013, No. 30, §1, eff. May 29, 2013.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:103.1. Emanation of excessive sound or noise; exceptions; penalties

RS 14:103.1 - Emanation of excessive sound or noise; exceptions; penalties
A. No person shall operate or permit the operation of any sound amplification system which emanates unreasonably loud or excessive sound or noise which is likely to cause inconvenience or annoyance to persons of ordinary sensibilities, when both the following exist:
(1) The sound amplification system is located in or on any motor vehicle on a public street, highway, or public park.
(2) The sound or noise emanating from the sound amplification system is audible at a distance of greater than twenty-five feet which exceeds eighty-five decibels.
B. The provisions of this Section do not apply to the use of a horn, alarm, or other warning device which has as its purpose the signaling of unsafe or dangerous situations or to summon the assistance of law enforcement when used for such purpose, or when used in conjunction with a permitted event.
C. Whoever violates a provision of this Section shall be fined two hundred dollars for a first offense, and not less than three hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for second and subsequent offenses.
D.(1) Upon conviction for a first offense, the court may order the violator to surrender to the law enforcement agency that arrested the violator or reported the violation the driver's license of the driver involved in the violation for a period not to exceed thirty days. The violator shall be responsible for the retrieval of his driver's license from the law enforcement agency after the expiration of the period of surrender.
(2) Upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense, the court may order the violator to surrender to the law enforcement agency that arrested the violator or reported the violation the driver's license of the driver involved in the violation for a period not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days. The violator shall be responsible for the retrieval of his driver's license from the law enforcement agency after the expiration of the period of surrender.
E. A governing authority of a parish or municipality may enact an ordinance consistent with the provisions of this Section and shall incorporate the standards and elements of the crime, and the penalty provided in the ordinance shall not exceed the penalty provided in this Section.
Acts 1997, No. 811, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 2005, No. 490, §1; Acts 2008, No. 94, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:103.2. Amplified devices in public places; quiet zones; penalties

RS 14:103.2 - Amplified devices in public places; quiet zones; penalties
A. No person shall operate or play any sound-producing device or sound-amplification device in a public street, public park, or other public place in a manner likely to disturb, inconvenience, or annoy a person of ordinary sensibilities, if the sound produced is in excess of fifty-five decibels as measured within ten feet of the entrance to:
(1) Hospitals.
(2) Churches, synagogues, temples, or other houses of religious worship, while the building is occupied and services are being performed, provided that a sign is posted within ten feet of the front door when services are being performed.
B. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this Section shall be imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
Acts 1999, No. 1227, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:104. Keeping a disorderly place

RS 14:104 - Keeping a disorderly place
A. Keeping a disorderly place is the intentional maintaining of a place to be used habitually for any illegal purpose.
B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of keeping a disorderly place shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
(2) Whoever commits the crime of keeping a disorderly place for the purpose of prostitution of persons under the age of eighteen years shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, imprisoned at hard labor for not less than fifteen years nor more than fifty years, or both.
(3) Whoever commits the crime of keeping a disorderly place for the purpose of prostitution of persons under the age of fourteen years shall be fined not more than seventy-five thousand dollars, imprisoned at hard labor for not less than twenty-five years nor more than fifty years, or both.
(4) Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 352, §2.
Amended by Acts 1970, No. 460, §1; Acts 1979, No. 224, §1, eff. July 8, 1979; Acts 2012, No. 446, §1; Acts 2013, No. 83, §1; Acts 2014, No. 564, §1; Acts 2017, No. 180, §1, eff. June 12, 2017; Acts 2020, No. 352, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:105. Letting a disorderly place

RS 14:105 - Letting a disorderly place
A. Letting a disorderly place is the granting of the right to use any premises knowing that they are to be used as a disorderly place, or allowing the continued use of the premises with such knowledge.
B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of letting a disorderly place shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
(2) Whoever commits the crime of letting a disorderly place for the purpose of prostitution of persons under the age of eighteen years shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, imprisoned at hard labor for not less than fifteen years nor more than fifty years, or both.
(3) Whoever commits the crime of letting a disorderly place for the purpose of prostitution of persons under the age of fourteen years shall be fined not more than seventy-five thousand dollars, imprisoned at hard labor for not less than twenty-five years nor more than fifty years, or both.
(4) Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 352, §2.
Amended by Acts 1970, No. 459, §1; Acts 2012, No. 446, §1; Acts 2013, No. 83, §1; Acts 2014, No. 564, §1; Acts 2017, No. 180, §1, eff. June 12, 2017; Acts 2020, No. 352, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:106.1. Promotion or wholesale promotion of obscene devices

RS 14:106.1 - Promotion or wholesale promotion of obscene devices
A. For the purposes of this Section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) "Obscene device" means a device, including an artificial penis or artificial vagina, which is designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs.
(2) "Promote" means to manufacture, issue, sell, give, provide, lend, mail, deliver, transfer, transmit, distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, or exhibit, including the offer or agreement to do any of these things, for the purpose of sale or resale.
B. No person shall knowingly and intentionally promote an obscene device.
C.(1) On a first conviction, whoever commits the crime of promoting an obscene device 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) 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.
Acts 1985, No. 928, §1; Acts 2001, No. 403, §1, eff. June 15, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:106.2. Sexual acts prohibited in public; penalties

RS 14:106.2 - Sexual acts prohibited in public; penalties
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in vaginal, anal, or oral sexual intercourse in any public place or place open to the public view for the purpose of gaining the attention of the public.
B. Whoever violates a provision of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than one year. At least ten days of the sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.
Acts 2003, No. 895, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:106.3. Unlawful exhibition of sexually explicit material in a motor vehicle; penalties

RS 14:106.3 - Unlawful exhibition of sexually explicit material in a motor vehicle; penalties
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly exhibit sexually explicit material in a motor vehicle on a public street, highway, public place, or any place open to public view knowing that the material is visible to the public from outside the motor vehicle.
B. For the purposes of this Section the term "exhibit sexually explicit material" means to present, exhibit, project, or display a motion picture, film, videotape, compact disc, digital versatile disc, digital video disc, or any other form of visual technology of any of the following:
(1) Ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual, simulated, or animated, whether between human beings, animals, or an animal and a human being.
(2) The graphic depiction of sex, including but not limited to the visual depiction of sexual activity or nudity.
C.(1) Whoever violates a provision of this Section upon a first conviction shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
(2) Upon a second conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
(3) Upon a third or subsequent conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. At least ten days of the sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.
Acts 2004, No. 767, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:107.4. Unlawful posting of criminal activity for notoriety and publicity

RS 14:107.4 - Unlawful posting of criminal activity for notoriety and publicity
A. It shall be unlawful for a person who is either a principal or accessory to a crime to obtain an image of the commission of the crime using any camera, videotape, photo-optical, photo-electric, or any other image recording device and to transfer that image obtained during the commission of the crime by the use of a computer online service, Internet service, or any other means of electronic communication, including but not limited to a local bulletin board service, Internet chat room, electronic mail, or online messaging service for the purpose of gaining notoriety, publicity, or the attention of the public.
B.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
(2) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section and the criminal activity results in the serious bodily injury or death of the victim shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than eight years, or both.
C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) The obtaining, use, or transference of such images by a telephone company, cable television company, or any of its affiliates, an Internet provider, or commercial online service provider, or to the carrying, broadcasting, or performing of related activities in providing telephone, cable television, Internet, or commercial online services or in the production, exhibition, or presentation of an audiovisual work in any medium, including but not limited to a motion picture or television program.
(2) The obtaining, use, or transference of images by a law enforcement officer pursuant to investigation of criminal activity.
(3) The obtaining, use, or transference of images by any bona fide member of the news media broadcasting a news report through television, cable television, or other telecommunication.
(4) The obtaining, use, or transference of images for use in a feature-length film, short subject film, video, television series, television program, public service announcement, or commercial.
D. After the institution of prosecution, access to any material seized as evidence of this offense shall be in accordance with Code of Criminal Procedure Article 718.1.
E. Any evidence resulting from the commission of unlawful filming or recording criminal activity shall be contraband. The court, upon motion of the district attorney and after a contradictory hearing, may order the destruction of the contraband after it is determined that it is no longer needed as evidence. The contraband shall be presumed to be necessary as evidence if an appeal of the conviction is pending, if the convicted person is pursuing post-conviction remedies, or if the time for pursuing an appeal or post-conviction remedies has not expired.
Acts 2008, No. 660, §1; Acts 2020, No. 353, §2; Acts 2021, No. 462, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:107.5. Solicitation of funds or transportation for certain unlawful purposes

RS 14:107.5 - Solicitation of funds or transportation for certain unlawful purposes
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit funds or transportation with the intention to solicit the person to engage in indiscriminate sexual intercourse for compensation.
B. For purposes of this Section, "sexual intercourse" means anal, oral, or vaginal sexual intercourse.
C. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Acts 2014, No. 673, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:108. Resisting an officer

RS 14:108 - Resisting an officer
A. Resisting an officer is the intentional interference with, opposition or resistance to, or obstruction of an individual acting in his official capacity and authorized by law to make a lawful arrest, lawful detention, or seizure of property or to serve any lawful process or court order when the offender knows or has reason to know that the person arresting, detaining, seizing property, or serving process is acting in his official capacity.
B.(1) The phrase "obstruction of" as used herein shall, in addition to its common meaning, signification, and connotation mean the following:
(a) Flight by one sought to be arrested before the arresting officer can restrain him and after notice is given that he is under arrest.
(b) Any violence toward or any resistance or opposition to the arresting officer after the arrested party is actually placed under arrest and before he is incarcerated in jail.
(c) Refusal by the arrested or detained party to give his name and make his identity known to the arresting or detaining officer or providing false information regarding the identity of such party to the officer.
(d) Congregation with others on a public street and refusal to move on when ordered by the officer.
(e) Knowing interference with a police cordon resulting from the intentional crossing or traversing of a police cordon by an unauthorized person or an unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The cordoned area includes the airspace above the cordoned area.
(i) For purposes of this Subparagraph, "police cordon" means any impediment or structure erected or established by an officer for crowd or traffic control, or to prevent or obstruct the passage of a person at the scene of a crime or investigation.
(ii) "Impediment or structure" includes but is not limited to crime scene tape, rope, cable, wire or metal barricades, or the posting of uniformed officers or other personnel otherwise identifiable as law enforcement officers.
(iii) "Unmanned aircraft system" shall have the same meaning as provided by R.S. 14:337(B).
(iv) If the flight of a UAS into the cordoned area endangers the public or an officer's safety, law enforcement personnel or fire department personnel are authorized to disable the UAS.
(2) The word "officer" as used herein means any peace officer, as defined in R.S. 40:2402, and includes deputy sheriffs, municipal police officers, probation and parole officers, city marshals and deputies, and wildlife enforcement agents.
C. Whoever commits the crime of resisting an officer shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 127, §4; Acts 1960, No. 76, §1; Acts 1963, No. 98, §1; Acts 1968, No. 647, §1; Acts 1984, No. 584, §1; Acts 1989, No. 206, §1; Acts 1991, No. 677, §1; Acts 1992, No. 302, §1; Acts 1993, No. 860, §1; Acts 1997, No. 565, §1; Acts 2001, No. 247, §1; Acts 2006, No. 132, §1; Acts 2016, No. 268, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:108.1. Flight from an officer; aggravated flight from an officer

RS 14:108.1 - Flight from an officer; aggravated flight from an officer
A. No driver of a motor vehicle or operator of a watercraft shall intentionally refuse to bring a vehicle or watercraft to a stop knowing that he has been given a visual and audible signal to stop by a police officer when the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the driver has committed an offense. The signal shall be given by an emergency light and a siren on a vehicle marked as a police vehicle or marked police watercraft.
B. Whoever commits the crime of flight from an officer shall be fined not less than one hundred fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
C. Aggravated flight from an officer is the intentional refusal of a driver to bring a vehicle to a stop or of an operator to bring a watercraft to a stop, under circumstances wherein human life is endangered, knowing that he has been given a visual and audible signal to stop by a police officer when the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the driver or operator has committed an offense. The signal shall be given by an emergency light and a siren on a vehicle marked as a police vehicle or marked police watercraft.
D. Circumstances wherein human life is endangered shall be any situation where the operator of the fleeing vehicle or watercraft commits at least two of the following acts:
(1) Leaves the roadway or forces another vehicle to leave the roadway.
(2) Collides with another vehicle or watercraft.
(3) Exceeds the posted speed limit by at least twenty-five miles per hour.
(4) Travels against the flow of traffic or in the case of watercraft, operates the watercraft in a careless manner in violation of R.S. 34:851.4 or in a reckless manner in violation of R.S. 14:99.
(5) Fails to obey a stop sign or a yield sign.
(6) Fails to obey a traffic control signal device.
E.(1) Whoever commits aggravated flight from an officer shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than five years and may be fined not more than two thousand dollars.
(2)(a) Whoever commits the crime of aggravated flight from an officer that results in serious bodily injury shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than ten years and may be fined not more than two thousand dollars.
(b) Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 2, §3.
F. In addition to any other fine or penalty imposed pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the court may, in its discretion, order restitution as a part of the sentence. If a person ordered to make restitution pursuant to this Section is found to be indigent and therefore unable to make restitution in full at the time of conviction, the court shall order a periodic payment plan consistent with the person's financial ability.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 307, §1; Acts 1997, No. 865, §1; Acts 2008, No. 3, §1; Acts 2009, No. 6, §1; Acts 2010, No. 512, §1; Acts 2011, No. 264, §1; Acts 2014, No. 50, §1; Acts 2019, No. 2, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:108.2. Resisting a police officer with force or violence

RS 14:108.2 - Resisting a police officer with force or violence
A. Resisting a police officer with force or violence is any of the following when the offender has reasonable grounds to believe the victim is a police officer who is arresting, detaining, seizing property, serving process, or is otherwise acting in the performance of his official duty:
(1) Using threatening force or violence by one sought to be arrested or detained before the arresting officer can restrain him and after notice is given that he is under arrest or detention.
(2) Using threatening force or violence toward or any resistance or opposition using force or violence to the arresting officer after the arrested party is actually placed under arrest and before he is incarcerated in jail.
(3) Injuring or attempting to injure a police officer engaged in the performance of his duties as a police officer.
(4) Using or threatening force or violence toward a police officer performing any official duty.
B. For purposes of this Section, "police officer" shall include any commissioned police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, correctional officer, juvenile detention facility officer, constable, wildlife enforcement agent, state park warden, or probation and parole officer.
C. Whoever commits the crime of resisting an officer with force or violence 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 three years, or both.
Acts 2008, No. 491, §1; Acts 2022, No. 468, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:110.1. Jumping bail

RS 14:110.1 - Jumping bail
A. Jumping bail is the intentional failure to appear 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. The fact that no loss shall result to any surety or bondsman is immaterial.
B. Whoever commits the crime of jumping bail when the bail is to assure the presence of the defendant for those cases defined as misdemeanors in this Title and in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law shall be imprisoned for not more than six months, or fined not more than five hundred dollars, or both.
C. Whoever commits the crime of jumping bail when the bail is to assure the presence of the defendant for those cases defined as felonies in this Title and in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than two years.
Added by Acts 1950, No. 385, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 523, §1; Acts 1993, No. 501, §1; Acts 2008, No. 54, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:110.1.1. Out-of-state bail jumping

RS 14:110.1.1 - Out-of-state bail jumping
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:110.1.2. Providing false, nonexistent, or incomplete declaration of residence for bail

RS 14:110.1.2 - Providing false, nonexistent, or incomplete declaration of residence for bail
A. Providing false, nonexistent, or incomplete declaration of residence for bail is committed when any person knowingly gives or places on any bail bond or declaration of residence false, nonexistent, or incomplete information for purposes of service or notice as required by Code of Criminal Procedure Article 329.
B. Whoever commits the crime of providing false, nonexistent, or incomplete declaration of residence for bail when the bail is to assure the presence of the defendant for those cases defined as misdemeanors in this Title and in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law shall be imprisoned for not more than six months, or fined not more than five hundred dollars, or both.
C. Whoever commits the crime of providing false, nonexistent, or incomplete declaration of residence for bail when the bail is to assure the presence of the defendant for those cases defined as felonies in this Title and in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than two years.
Acts 2016, No. 547, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:110.2. Tampering with electronic monitoring equipment

RS 14:110.2 - Tampering with electronic monitoring equipment
A. Tampering with electronic monitoring equipment is the intentional alteration, destruction, removal, or disabling of electronic monitoring equipment being utilized in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 46:2143.
B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of tampering with electronic monitoring equipment shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and shall be imprisoned for not more than six months.
(2) If the offender violates the provisions of this Section while he is involved in the commission of a felony, he shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than one year.
(3) If the offender violates the provisions of this Section after being released pursuant to a bail undertaking for a felony crime of violence enumerated or defined in R.S. 14:2(B), he shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than a year.
(4) At least seventy-two hours of the sentence shall be served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.
Acts 2003, No. 1024, §1; Acts 2023, No. 374, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:110.3. Tampering with surveillance, accounting, inventory, or monitoring systems; definitions; penalties

RS 14:110.3 - Tampering with surveillance, accounting, inventory, or monitoring systems; definitions; penalties
A. No person shall intentionally defeat, degrade, tamper, damage, alter, destroy, remove, disable, obstruct, or impair in any way the operation of any surveillance, accounting, inventory, or monitoring system of any nature or purpose, including but not limited to any of the following:
(1) Removing, damaging, altering, destroying, disabling, impairing, obstructing, obscuring, covering, or infusing with any object, substance, or material any component of any surveillance, accounting, inventory, or monitoring system.
(2) Disconnecting, interfering with, damaging, tampering with, or temporarily or permanently delaying or interrupting the internal or external signal or electronic wire or wireless analog or digital transmissions of any surveillance, accounting, inventory, or monitoring system.
(3) Interrupting any source of power for or degrading the performance in any manner of the whole or any part or component or operating software or hardware of any surveillance, accounting, inventory, or monitoring system.
B. For the purposes of this Section, "surveillance, accounting, inventory, or monitoring system" means any electronic, analog, digital, radio, or other system which generates, detects, senses, or records any or all of the following: video, audio, radio waves of any frequency, light in the visible light spectrum, ultraviolet light, infrared radiation, laser light or impulses, microwaves, magnetism, ionization, heat, smoke, water, motion, or fire.
C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of tampering with surveillance, accounting, inventory, or monitoring systems shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than one year, or both.
(2) If the surveillance, accounting, inventory, or monitoring system is located on the premises of any jail, prison, correctional facility, juvenile detention center, the offender shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than two years, or both. Such sentence shall be consecutive to any other sentence imposed for violation of the provisions of any state criminal law.
Acts 2010, No. 351, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:111. Assisting escape

RS 14:111 - Assisting escape
A. Assisting escape is either of the following:
(1) Permitting, by any public officer, of the escape of any prisoner in his custody, by virtue of his active assistance or intentional failure to act.
(2) The active assistance given by any person to one in legal custody with intent to aid him in escaping therefrom.
B. Whoever commits the crime of assisting escape shall be fined not more than three thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both.
Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:112. False personation

RS 14:112 - False personation
A. False personation is the performance of any of the following acts with the intent to injure or defraud, or to obtain or secure any special privilege or advantage:
(1) Impersonating any public officer, or private individual having special authority by law to perform an act affecting the rights or interests of another, or the assuming, without authority, of any uniform or badge by which such officer or person is lawfully distinguished; or
(2) Performing any act purporting to be official in such assumed character.
B. Whoever commits the crime of false personation shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both.
Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:112.1. False personation of a peace officer or firefighter

RS 14:112.1 - False personation of a peace officer or firefighter
A. False personation of a peace officer or firefighter is the performance of any one or more of the following acts with the intent to injure or defraud or to obtain or secure any special privilege or advantage:
(1) Impersonating any peace officer or firefighter or assuming, without authority, any uniform or badge by which a peace officer or firefighter is lawfully distinguished.
(2) Performing any act purporting to be official in such assumed character.
(3) Making, altering, possession, or use of a false document or document containing false statements which purports to be a training program certificate or in-service training certificate or other documentation issued by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training, pursuant to R.S. 40:2405, which certifies the peace officer has successfully completed the requirements necessary to exercise his authority as a peace officer.
(4) Equipping any motor vehicle with lights or sirens which simulate a law enforcement vehicle.
B. As used in this Section:
(1) "Badge" shall mean a device or emblem, regardless of the material of which it is made, worn as an insignia of rank, office, or membership in a law enforcement organization, including but not limited to those that bear the seal of the state of Louisiana.
(2) "Firefighter" means any certified first responder as defined in R.S. 40:1231, certified emergency medical technician as defined in R.S. 40:1231, or any firefighter regularly employed by a fire department of any municipality, parish, or fire protection district of the state of Louisiana, or any volunteer fireman of the state of Louisiana.
(3) "Peace officer" shall include commissioned police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, deputy marshals, correctional officers, constables, wildlife enforcement agents, park wardens, livestock brand inspectors, forestry officers, military police, fire marshal investigators, probation and parole officers, attorney general investigators, and district attorney investigators.
C. Whoever commits the crime of false personation of a peace officer or firefighter shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than two years, or both.
Acts 1993, No. 673, §1; Acts 2009, No. 157, §1; Acts 2012, No. 165, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:112.2. Fraudulent portrayal of a law enforcement officer or firefighter

RS 14:112.2 - Fraudulent portrayal of a law enforcement officer or firefighter
A. Fraudulent portrayal of a law enforcement officer or firefighter is the impersonation of any law enforcement officer or firefighter for the purpose of obtaining access to a public building, facility, or service. The fraudulent portrayal includes but is not limited to any of the following:
(1) Portraying or impersonating a law enforcement officer or firefighter by any means.
(2) Possessing, without authority, any uniform or badge by which a law enforcement officer or firefighter is identified.
(3) Performing any act purporting to be official while portraying a law enforcement officer or firefighter.
(4) Making, altering, possessing, or using a false document or document containing false statements which purports to be a training program certificate or in-service training certificate or other documentation issued by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training, pursuant to R.S. 40:2405, which certifies the peace officer has successfully completed the requirements necessary to exercise his authority as a peace officer.
(5) Making, altering, possessing, or using any false documents or credentials which purport to identify the person as a law enforcement officer or firefighter.
B. For the purposes of this Section, "law enforcement officer or firefighter" shall include police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, deputy marshals, correctional officers, constables, wildlife enforcement agents, state park wardens, firemen, and probation and parole officers.
C. "Access to a public building, facility, or service" includes but is not limited to the following:
(1) Free and unhampered passage on and over toll bridges and ferries in this state.
(2) Free passage on and over the Crescent City Connection Bridge at New Orleans.
(3) Free passage on any tollway as defined in R.S. 48:2021(17).
(4) Free parking at any parking facility owned by the state or any of its political subdivisions.
(5) Free admission or reduced price admission to any entertainment, cultural, or sporting event.
D. Nothing herein shall be construed to expand the provisions of law which provide for the free and unhampered passage by law enforcement personnel over toll bridges and ferries.
E. Whoever commits the crime of fraudulent portrayal of a law enforcement officer or firefighter shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than two years, or both.
Acts 2004, No. 85, §1.