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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:313. Wearing of masks, hoods, or other facial disguises in public places prohibited; penalty; exceptions; permit to conduct Mardi Gras festivities; wearing of hoods, masks, or disguises by sex offenders

RS 14:313 - Wearing of masks, hoods, or other facial disguises in public places prohibited; penalty; exceptions; permit to conduct Mardi Gras festivities; wearing of hoods, masks, or disguises by sex offenders
A. No person shall use or wear in any public place of any character whatsoever, or in any open place in view thereof, a hood or mask, or anything in the nature of either, or any facial disguise of any kind or description, calculated to conceal or hide the identity of the person or to prevent his being readily recognized.
B. Whoever violates this Section shall be imprisoned for not less than six months nor more than three years.
C. Except as provided in Subsection E of this Section, this Section shall not apply:
(1) To activities of children on Halloween, to persons participating in any public parade or exhibition of an educational, religious, or historical character given by any school, church, or public governing authority, or to persons in any private residence, club, or lodge room.
(2) To persons participating in masquerade balls or entertainments, to persons participating in carnival parades or exhibitions during the period of Mardi Gras festivities, to persons participating in the parades or exhibitions of minstrel troupes, circuses, or other dramatic or amusement shows, or to promiscuous masking on Mardi Gras which are duly authorized by the governing authorities of the municipality in which they are held or by the sheriff of the parish if held outside of an incorporated municipality.
(3) To persons wearing head covering or veils pursuant to religious beliefs or customs.
(4) To persons driving or riding a motorcycle.
(5) To persons wearing a helmet or mask for medical purposes or reasons.
D. All persons having charge or control of any of the festivities set forth in Paragraph (C)(2) of this Section shall, in order to bring the persons participating therein within the exceptions contained in Paragraph (C)(2), make written application for and shall obtain in advance of the festivities from the mayor of the city, town, or village in which the festivities are to be held, or when the festivities are to be held outside of an incorporated city, town, or village, from the sheriff of the parish, a written permit to conduct the festivities. A general public proclamation by the mayor or sheriff authorizing the festivities shall be equivalent to an application and permit.
E. Every person convicted of or who pleads guilty to a sex offense specified in R.S. 24:932, is prohibited from using or wearing a hood, mask or disguise of any kind with the intent to hide, conceal or disguise his identity on or concerning Halloween, Mardi Gras, Easter, Christmas, or any other recognized holiday for which hoods, masks, or disguises are generally used.
Acts 1999, No. 1043, §1; Acts 2008, No. 400, §1; Acts 2017, No. 295, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:313.1. Distributing candy or gifts on Halloween and other public holidays by "sex offenders" prohibited; penalty

RS 14:313.1 - Distributing candy or gifts on Halloween and other public holidays by "sex offenders" prohibited; penalty
A. It shall be unlawful for any person convicted of or who pleads guilty to a sex offense specified in R.S. 24:932 to distribute candy or other gifts to persons under eighteen years of age on or concerning Halloween, Mardi Gras, Easter, Christmas, or any other recognized holiday for which generally candy is distributed or other gifts given to persons under eighteen years of age.
B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less that six months nor more than three years.
Acts 2008, No. 400, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:314. Mississippi River, making unauthorized cut-offs prohibited; penalty

RS 14:314 - Mississippi River, making unauthorized cut-offs prohibited; penalty
A. No person shall make or cause to be made any cut-off in the Mississippi River without authority of law.
B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned for not less than one week nor more than twelve months.
Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:315. Mississippi River, stopping outlets or bayous prohibited; reopening; penalty

RS 14:315 - Mississippi River, stopping outlets or bayous prohibited; reopening; penalty
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:318. Sale of fireworks containing white or yellow phosphorus prohibited; penalty

RS 14:318 - Sale of fireworks containing white or yellow phosphorus prohibited; penalty
A. No person shall sell, exchange, barter, or in any other manner dispose of any friction firework containing white or yellow phosphorus and explosives, which makes a noise and resembles a piece of candy in size and general appearance.
B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars or imprisoned for not more than sixty days, or both.
Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:319. Sale of toy pistols prohibited; penalty; exceptions

RS 14:319 - Sale of toy pistols prohibited; penalty; exceptions
A. No person shall sell or offer to sell any toy pistol constructed so as to accommodate blank powder cartridges, blank cartridges, or shells used in firing or discharging toy pistols.
B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned for not more than ten days, or both.
C. Paper cap pistols and other toy pistols not constructed so as to accommodate blank powder cartridges or shells are not included within the provisions of this Section.
Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:320. Telegrams, divulging or obtaining knowledge of contents prohibited; penalty

RS 14:320 - Telegrams, divulging or obtaining knowledge of contents prohibited; penalty
A. No person shall wrongfully obtain, or attempt to obtain, any knowledge of a private telegraphic message by connivance with a clerk, operator, messenger, or other employee of a telegraph company. No clerk, operator, messenger, or other employee shall use, or suffer or permit to be used, or wilfully divulge to anyone but the person to whom it was addressed or his agent, or a duly authorized United States government official or under due process of any court of record, the contents of a telegraphic message or dispatch intrusted to him for transmission or delivery, or the nature thereof.
B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars or imprisoned for not more than four months, or both.
Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:321. Unauthorized signals to persons in charge of locomotives, railroad trains or railroad cars prohibited; penalty

RS 14:321 - Unauthorized signals to persons in charge of locomotives, railroad trains or railroad cars prohibited; penalty
A. No person without authority and in the absence of apparent danger shall, out of the spirit of mischief, or with any purpose other than to prevent or give information of an accident, make or cause to be made any signal to persons in charge of a locomotive, railroad train, or railroad cars, or to any of these persons or in their sight, with intent to cause the stopping of the locomotive, train, or cars.
B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than three months.
Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:322. Wire-tapping prohibited; penalty

RS 14:322 - Wire-tapping prohibited; penalty
A. No person shall tap or attach any devices for the purpose of listening in on wires, cables, or property owned and used by any person, for the transmission of intelligence by magnetic telephone or telegraph, without the consent of the owner.
B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than three months.
C. This Section shall not be construed to prevent officers of the law, while in the actual discharge of their duties, from tapping in on wires or cables for the purpose of obtaining information to detect crime.
Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:323. Tracking devices prohibited; penalty

RS 14:323 - Tracking devices prohibited; penalty
A. No person shall use a tracking device to determine the location or movement of another person without the consent of that person.
B. The following penalties shall be imposed for a violation of this Section:
(1) For the first offense, the fine shall be not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
(2) For the second offense, the fine shall be not less than seven hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or both.
(3) For the third offense and all subsequent offenses, the fine shall be not less than one thousand dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not less than sixty days nor more than one year, or both.
C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the following:
(1) The owner of a motor vehicle, including the owner of a vehicle available for rent, who has consented to the use of the tracking device with respect to such vehicle.
(2) The lessor or lessee of a motor vehicle and the person operating the motor vehicle who have consented to the use of a tracking device with respect to such vehicle.
(3) Any law enforcement agency, including state, federal, and military law enforcement agencies, who is acting pursuant to a court order or lawfully using the tracking device in an ongoing criminal investigation, provided that the law enforcement officer employing the tracking device creates a contemporaneous record describing in detail the circumstances under which the tracking device is being used.
(4)(a) A parent or legal guardian of a minor child whose location or movements are being tracked by the parent or legal guardian.
(b) When the parents of the minor child are living separate and apart or are divorced from one another, this exception shall apply only if both parents consent to the tracking of the minor child's location and movements, unless one parent has been granted sole custody, in which case consent of the noncustodial parent shall not be required.
(5) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections tracking an offender who is under its custody or supervision.
(6) Any provider of a commercial mobile radio service (CMRS), such as a mobile telephone service or vehicle safety or security service, which allows the provider of CMRS to determine the location or movement of a device provided to a customer of such service.
(7) Any commercial motor carrier operation.
(8) Any employer that provides a cellular device to employees for use during the course and scope of employment.
D. For the purposes of this Section, a "tracking device" means any device that reveals its location or movement by the transmission of electronic signals.
Acts 2010, No. 807, §1; Acts 2013, No. 249, §1; Acts 2015, No. 173, §1, eff. June 23, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:324. Abandoning or discarding ice boxes or other air tight containers; penalty

RS 14:324 - Abandoning or discarding ice boxes or other air tight containers; penalty
A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to leave outside of any building or dwelling in a place accessible to children, any abandoned, unattended or discarded ice box, refrigerator, or any other container of any kind which has an airtight door or doors, or which may not be released for opening from the inside of said icebox, refrigerator or container. It shall further be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, to leave outside of any building or dwelling in a place accessible to children any abandoned, unattended or discarded icebox, refrigerator, or any other container of any kind which is airtight and has a snap lock or other device thereon without first removing said snap lock or locks, or door or doors, from said icebox, refrigerators or containers.
B. Should any person, firm or corporation violate any of the provisions of this Section they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding $1,000.00, or imprisoned for not in excess of six months, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Acts 1954, No. 75, §§1, 2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:325. Annual registration of conductors of public opinion polls; penalty for failure

RS 14:325 - Annual registration of conductors of public opinion polls; penalty for failure
A.(1) Any persons, associations, partnerships, or corporations who offer themselves to the public as professional poll takers shall register with the secretary of state before commencing such activity and annually thereafter not later than February fifteenth of each year. Only the managing or overseeing party responsible for conducting the poll must register under this Act, and it will not be necessary for individuals hired by the managing or overseeing party to register on an individual basis.
(2) Such registration shall state that the person, association, partnership, or corporation is engaging in the making of public opinion polls or samplings in the state of Louisiana; the name and current mailing address of the person, association, partnership, or corporation under which the polls are conducted; the name and current mailing address of the principal executive officer thereof; and the year for which the registration is filed. It shall be signed by the principal executive officer thereof. The secretary of state is directed to collect a registration fee as provided in R.S. 49:222 for each such registration.
B. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall be punishable, for the first offense, by a fine of one hundred dollars or ten days in jail, or both; for the second offense, by a fine of two hundred dollars or ten days in jail, or both; and for the third offense, by a fine of five hundred dollars or ten days in jail, or both.
C. The secretary of state shall keep the registrations filed with him under this section as a part of the permanent public records of his office and may cause same to be published annually.
Acts 1960, No. 564, §§1, 2. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 602, §1; Acts 2008, No. 913, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:326. Processions, marches, parades, or demonstrations; permits; liability; bond; exemptions; penalty

RS 14:326 - Processions, marches, parades, or demonstrations; permits; liability; bond; exemptions; penalty
A. Any procession, march, parade or public demonstration of any kind or for whatever purpose is prohibited by any group, association or organization on any public sidewalk, street, highway, bridge, alley, road or other public passageway of any municipality or unincorporated town or village unless there first has been obtained a permit therefor, and in all cases the person or persons or the group, association or organization to whom the permit is issued shall be liable for all damage to property or persons which may arise out of or in connection with any such procession, march, parade or public demonstration for which a permit is issued.
B. Application for the permit required herein shall be made to the mayor and governing authority of the municipality or to the governing authority of the parish in which the unincorporated town or village in which the procession, march, parade or public demonstration is located, as the case may be. Permits may be granted by the authority to which application is made, provided, however, that bond in the amount of ten thousand dollars has first been filed with the mayor and municipal governing authority or with parish governing authority, as the case may be, as security for the payment of any damage or injury which may occur as the result of or in connection with such procession, march, parade or public demonstration.
C. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all groups, associations, or organizations regardless of race, creed, disability, as defined in R.S. 51:2232, color, or political beliefs of its members; however, nothing contained herein shall apply to a bona fide legitimate labor organization or professional firefighter or police association or to any lawful activity of a labor union permitted by law, nor shall these provisions apply to any procession or parade directly held or sponsored by the governing authority of any municipality or the governing authority of any parish, nor shall these provisions apply to any procession, march, or parade directly held or sponsored by a bona fide organization specifically for the celebration of Mardi Gras and/or directly related prelenten or carnival festivities, school parades or other functions, parish parades or other functions, state, parish, or municipal fairs or other such related activities. However, the provisions of this Section shall apply only to parishes with a population of more than four hundred fifty thousand.
D. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall, for each offense, be fined not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Acts 1964, No. 266, §§1 to 4; Acts 1993, No. 672, §1; Acts 1993, No. 820, §2; Acts 1999, No. 1131, §1, eff. July 9, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:329. Interfering with a law enforcement investigation

RS 14:329 - Interfering with a law enforcement investigation
A. Interfering with a law enforcement investigation is the intentional interference or obstruction of a law enforcement officer conducting investigative work at the scene of a crime or the scene of an accident by refusing to move or leave the immediate scene of the crime or the accident when ordered to do so by the law enforcement officer when the offender has reasonable grounds to believe the officer is acting in the performance of his official duties.
B. For the purposes of this Section, "law enforcement officer" means any commissioned police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, correctional officer, constable, wildlife enforcement agent, state park warden, livestock brand inspector, forestry officer, or probation and parole officer.
C. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Acts 2010, No. 349, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:329.1. Riot

RS 14:329.1 - Riot
A riot is a public disturbance involving an assemblage of three or more persons acting together or in concert which by tumultuous and violent conduct, or the imminent threat of tumultuous and violent conduct, results in injury or damage to persons or property or creates a clear and present danger of injury or damage to persons or property.
Acts 1969, No. 176, §2; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:329.3. Command to disperse; who may give; failure to comply

RS 14:329.3 - Command to disperse; who may give; failure to comply
A. Any law enforcement or peace officer or public official responsible for keeping the peace may issue a command to disperse under the authority of R.S. 14:329.1 through 329.8 if he reasonably believes that riot is occurring or about to occur. The command to disperse shall be given in a manner reasonably calculated to be communicated to the assemblage.
B. Whoever willfully fails to comply with a lawful command to disperse shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 14:329.7.
Acts 1969, No. 176, §4; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:329.4. Wrongful use of public property; permits for use of public property

RS 14:329.4 - Wrongful use of public property; permits for use of public property
A. Wrongful use of public property is:
(1) The intentional entering of or onto any public property without the permission of the lawful custodian thereof, or his designated representative, at any time when the public property is not open to the public and the remaining in or occupying of any public property after having been requested to leave by the lawful custodian thereof, or his designated representative, or any law enforcement or peace officer, and
(2) The depriving of the general public of the intended use of public property without a permit.
B. In accordance with R.S. 14:329.1 through 329.8, permits to occupy or use public property may be obtained from the lawful custodian thereof, or his designated representative, upon written application therefor. All such applications shall describe the public property sought to be occupied or used and state the period of time during which the public property will be occupied or used.
C. The lawful custodian, or his designated representative, may issue the permit if he determines that the use or occupation of the public property will not reasonably interfere with the intended or customary use of the public property by the general public and that the intended use will not destroy or damage the public property.
D. For the purposes of this Section, the term "public property" means any public land, building, facility, structure, or enclosure used for a public purpose or as a place of public gathering, owned or under the control of the state or one of its agencies or political subdivisions.
Acts 1969, No. 176, §5; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:329.5. Prohibition of interference with educational process; certain activities excepted

RS 14:329.5 - Prohibition of interference with educational process; certain activities excepted
A. No person shall, on the campus or lands of any university, college, junior college, trade or vocational-technical school, special school, elementary or secondary school in this state, hereinafter referred to as "institutions of learning," or at or in any building or other facility thereof owned, operated or controlled by the state or any of its agencies or political subdivisions, willfully deny to students, school officials, faculty, employees, invitees and guests thereof:
(1) Lawful freedom of movement on the campus or lands; or
(2) Lawful use of the property, facilities or parts of any institution of learning; or
(3) The right of lawful ingress and egress to and from the institution's physical facilities.
B. No person shall, on the campus of any institution of learning or at or in any building or other facility thereof owned, operated or controlled by the state or any agency or political subdivision thereof, willfully impede the staff or faculty of such institution in the lawful performance of their duties, or willfully impede a student of such institution in lawful pursuit of his educational activities, through use of restraint, abduction, coercion, or intimidation, or when force and violence are present or threatened.
C. No person shall willfully refuse or fail to leave the property of, or any building or other facility owned, operated or controlled by the state or any agency or political subdivision thereof, upon being requested to do so by the chief administrative officer thereof, or by his designee charged with maintaining order on the campus or grounds and in its facilities, or a dean of such institution of learning, if such person is committing, threatens to commit, or incites others to commit, any act which would or is likely to disrupt, impair, interfere with or obstruct the lawful missions, processes, procedures or functions of such institutions of learning.
D. Nothing contained in R.S. 14:329.1 through 329.8 shall apply to a bona fide legitimate labor organization or to any of its legal activities such as lawful picketing, lawful assembly or concerted activity in the interest of its members for the purpose of accomplishing or securing more favorable wage standards, hours of employment or working conditions.
Acts 1969, No. 176, §6.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:329.7. Punishment

RS 14:329.7 - Punishment
A. Whoever willfully is the offender or participates in a riot, or is guilty of inciting a riot, or who fails to comply with a lawful command to disperse, or who is guilty of wrongful use of public property, or violates any other provision hereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
B. Where as a result of any willful violation of the provisions of R.S. 14:329.1 through 329.8 there is any serious bodily injury or any property damage in excess of five thousand dollars, such offender shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than five years.
C. Where, as a result of any willful violation of the provisions of R.S. 14:329.1 through 329.8, the death of any person occurs, such offender shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not to exceed twenty-one years.
Acts 1969, No. 176, §8.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:329.8. Applicability of other acts

RS 14:329.8 - Applicability of other acts
The provisions of R.S. 14:329.1 to 329.8 shall be supplemental and in addition to any other applicable laws of this state, including but not limited to the Louisiana Disaster Act of 1974, R.S. 29:701 through 716.
Amended by Acts 1990, No. 152, §1, eff. July 1, 1990.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:330. Motion picture ratings; definitions; prohibition on advertising coming attraction with more restrictive rating

RS 14:330 - Motion picture ratings; definitions; prohibition on advertising coming attraction with more restrictive rating
A. An owner or operator of any motion picture theatre, including a drive-in theatre, shall spell out on the face of all motion picture advertisements the rating of the advertised attraction, each in conspicuous and legible type in contrast by typography, layout, or color with other printed matter appearing on the advertisement.
B. No owner or operator of any motion picture theatre, including a drive-in theatre, shall advertise, or permit to be advertised by film a coming attraction which has a more restrictive rating than the motion picture currently engaged at the aforementioned establishments. For the purposes of this section a restrictive rating is one which excludes certain people from the viewing audience on the basis of age and the subject matter of the motion picture.
C. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Acts 1970, No. 425, §§1, 2; Acts 1970, No. 634, §§1, 2. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 180, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:331. Prohibition of debt adjusting when conducted for profit

RS 14:331 - Prohibition of debt adjusting when conducted for profit
A. Except as otherwise provided herein, no person shall engage in the business of debt adjusting.
B. As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, trust, firm, association or other legal entity.
(2) "Debt adjusting" means the making of a contract, express or implied, with a debtor whereby the debtor agrees to pay a certain amount of money or other thing of value periodically to the person engaged in the debt adjusting business who shall, for a consideration, distribute the same among certain specified creditors in accordance with a plan agreed upon. The term includes debt adjustment, budget counseling, debt management or debt pooling service or the holding of oneself out, by words of similar import, as providing services to debtors in the management of their debts and contracting with the debtor for a fee to (a) effect the adjustment, compromise, or discharge of any account, note, or other indebtedness, of the debtor, or (b) receive from the debtor and disperse to his creditors any money or other thing of value.
C. This section shall not apply to:
(1) Situations involving debt adjusting incurred incidentally in the lawful practice of law in this state;
(2) Banks and fiduciaries, as duly authorized and admitted to transact business in this state and performing credit and financial adjusting service in the regular course of their principal business;
(3) Title insurers and abstract companies, while doing an escrow business;
(4) Judicial officers or others acting under court orders;
(5) Nonprofit or charitable corporations or associations engaged in debt adjusting;
(6) Situations involving debt adjusting incurred incidentally in connection with lawful practice as a certified public accountant;
(7) Bona fide trade or mercantile associations in the course of arranging adjustment of debts with business establishments;
(8) Employers for their employees;
(9) Any person who, at the request of a debtor, arranges for or makes a loan to the debtor, and who, at the authorization of the debtor, acts as an adjuster of the debtor's debts in the disbursement of the proceeds of the loan, without compensation for services rendered in adjusting the debts.
D. Whoever shall engage in the business of debt adjusting shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 451, §§1 to 3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:332. Interference with medical treatment

RS 14:332 - Interference with medical treatment
A. Interference with medical treatment is the intentional and willful interference with a physician, physician's trained assistant, nurse, nurse's aide, paramedic, emergency medical technician, or other medical or hospital personnel in the performance of their duties relating to the care and treatment of patients in any hospital, clinic, other medical facility, or at the scene of a medical emergency.
B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars or more than two hundred and fifty dollars upon conviction of a first offense, and not less than two hundred fifty dollars or more than five hundred dollars or ten days in jail or both upon conviction of any subsequent offense.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 497, §1. Acts 1984, No. 723, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:333. Misrepresentation of age to obtain alcoholic beverages or gain entry to licensed premises prohibited; penalties

RS 14:333 - Misrepresentation of age to obtain alcoholic beverages or gain entry to licensed premises prohibited; penalties
A. It is unlawful for any person under the age of twenty-one years to present or offer to any person having a license or permit to sell alcoholic beverages, under Title 26 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, or to his agent or employee any written, printed, or photostatic evidence of age and identity which is false, fraudulent, or not actually his own for the purpose of obtaining or purchasing alcoholic beverages or attempting to enter the licensed premises.
B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be punishable by one or more of the following:
(1) A fine of not more than two hundred dollars.
(2) An appropriate amount of community service not to exceed thirty hours.
(3) Suspension of the violator's driver's license for ninety days.
C. As used in this Section, "licensed premises" means an establishment licensed under Title 26 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 where the sale of alcoholic beverages constitutes its main business.
Acts 1992, No. 947, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:334. Ignition interlock device offenses

RS 14:334 - Ignition interlock device offenses
A. No person who, as a condition of probation, is prohibited from operating a motor vehicle unless it is equipped with an ignition interlock device as provided in R.S. 15:306 shall:
(1) Operate, lease, or borrow a motor vehicle unless that vehicle is equipped with a functioning ignition interlock device.
(2) Request or solicit any other person to blow into an ignition interlock device or to start a motor vehicle equipped with the device for the purpose of providing the person so restricted with an operable motor vehicle.
B. No person shall blow into an ignition interlock device or start a motor vehicle equipped with the device for the purpose of providing an operable motor vehicle to a person who is prohibited from operating a motor vehicle without an ignition interlock device.
C. No person shall intentionally attempt to tamper with, defeat, or circumvent the operation of an ignition interlock device.
D. Any person convicted of a violation of this Section may be punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or both.
Acts 1992, No. 982, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:335. Checks; requiring certain information to be recorded on; prohibited; penalties

RS 14:335 - Checks; requiring certain information to be recorded on; prohibited; penalties
A. No retail or wholesale merchant shall demand the race of any customer for the purposes of recording such on the customer's personal check which has been tendered for the payment of goods or services or for cashing.
B. No retail or wholesale merchant shall cause the race of any customer to be recorded on a personal check tendered by such customer for the payment of goods or services or for cashing.
C. Any person convicted of a violation of this Section may be assessed civil damages in an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars.
Acts 1993, No. 399, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:336. Unlawful aiming of a laser at an aircraft

RS 14:336 - Unlawful aiming of a laser at an aircraft
A. "Unlawful aiming of a laser at an aircraft" is the intentional projection of a laser on or at an aircraft or at the flight path of an aircraft in the aircraft jurisdiction of the state of Louisiana.
B. For purposes of this Section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) "Laser" means any device that projects a beam or point of light by means of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation or any device that emits light which simulates the appearance of a laser.
(2) "Police officer" shall include commissioned police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, deputy marshals, correctional officers, constables, wildlife enforcement agents, and probation and parole officers.
C. The provisions of this Section shall not prohibit aiming of a laser at an aircraft by any of the following:
(1) An authorized individual in the conduct of research and development or flight test operations conducted by an aircraft manufacturer, the Federal Aviation Administration, or any other person authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct research and development or flight test operations.
(2) Members or employees of the United States Department of Defense, United States Department of Homeland Security, or police officers acting in the course and scope of their official duties for the purpose of research, development, operations, testing, or training.
(3) A person using a laser emergency signaling device to send an emergency distress signal.
D.(1) Whoever commits the crime of unlawful aiming of a laser at an aircraft shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than one year nor more than five years and shall be fined two thousand dollars.
(2) On a conviction for a second or subsequent offense, the offender shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than two years nor more than ten years and shall be fined four thousand dollars.
Acts 2014, No. 661, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:338. Interfering with emergency communication

RS 14:338 - Interfering with emergency communication
A. The crime of interfering with emergency communication is committed when a person disconnects, damages, disables, removes, or uses physical force or intimidation to block access to any telephone or telecommunications device with the specific intent to interfere or prevent an individual from doing any of the following:
(1) Using a 911 emergency telephone number.
(2) Obtaining medical assistance.
(3) Making a report to any law enforcement officer.
B. Whoever commits the crime of interfering with emergency communication as defined by this Section shall be either fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
C. For the purposes of this Section:
(1) "Law enforcement officer" shall include commissioned police officers, state police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, deputy marshals, correctional officers, constables, wildlife enforcement agents, and probation and parole officers.
(2) "Telecommunications device" shall mean any type of instrument, device, or machine that is capable of transmitting or receiving telephonic, electronic, radio, text, or data communications, including but not limited to a cellular telephone, a text-messaging device, a personal digital assistant, a computer, or any other similar wireless device that is designed to engage in a call or communicate text or data.
Acts 2019, No. 12, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:351. Bail, sale, etc. of real estate securing, prohibited; penalty

RS 14:351 - Bail, sale, etc. of real estate securing, prohibited; penalty
A. No person shall, with intent to defraud, sell, transfer, donate, give, mortgage, hypothecate, or in any way encumber to the prejudice of the state any real estate offered as security to the state on any bail or appearance bond for the release of any person charged with crime.
B. Whoever violates this Section shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than six months nor more than twelve months.
Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:353. Documents simulating official court papers for collection purposes, sale or purchase prohibited; use prohibited; penalty

RS 14:353 - Documents simulating official court papers for collection purposes, sale or purchase prohibited; use prohibited; penalty
(A) No person shall, either as principal or agent, in any manner sell or offer to sell, cause to be sold or offer to be sold, or solicit for or offer to purchase, any paper or document, except a paper or document intended for use by a court or a judicial or administrative tribunal or unit, which simulates or purports to be an official paper or document, such as is issued by or from any court or judicial tribunal within the United States and intended or calculated to secure or collect any sum of money or other thing of value.
(B) No person, either as principal or agent, other than a court or a judicial or administrative tribunal or unit shall make use of any paper or document which simulates or purports to be an official paper or document, such as is issued by or from any court or judicial tribunal within the United States and intended or calculated to secure or collect any sums of money or other thing of value.
(C) Whoever violates any provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than sixty days, or both.
Amended by Acts 1968, No. 595, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:354. Fiduciaries, failure to file accounts in court; penalty

RS 14:354 - Fiduciaries, failure to file accounts in court; penalty
A. No administrator, tutor, executor, or other person holding fiduciary trusts shall neglect, fail, or refuse, after having been ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, to file in the court where such trust is exercised, once between the first day of January and the thirty-first day of December of each calendar year, a full and complete account and statement of the trust.
B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and, in default of fine, imprisoned for not more than six months.
Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:355. Property exempt from execution; penalty for deprivation of rights

RS 14:355 - Property exempt from execution; penalty for deprivation of rights
A. No person shall make any seizures prohibited under R.S. 13:3881 or shall, by any artifice or subterfuge, induce or procure another to sign away, by contract or otherwise, any of the rights he may have under R.S. 13:3881.
B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:356. Sheriffs, etc., solicitation of legal business prohibited; penalty

RS 14:356 - Sheriffs, etc., solicitation of legal business prohibited; penalty
A. No sheriff, clerk of court, constable, or their deputies, or any police officer or detective, whether commissioned without pay or otherwise, shall procure or solicit any legal business for any attorney at law under the expectation or promise, whether express or implied, of being paid in any manner.
B. Whoever violates this Section shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than two years.
C. Proof of solicitation or procurement of any legal business for any attorney at law shall be considered prima facie evidence that the solicitation or procurement has been done for pecuniary reward.
Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:356.1. Unlawful referrals by wrecker drivers and others; penalty

RS 14:356.1 - Unlawful referrals by wrecker drivers and others; penalty
A. It shall be unlawful for any wrecker driver, owner, or any other person engaged in providing wrecker services to refer to an attorney at law any person involved in an accident in connection with which he has provided wrecker services, when the wrecker driver, owner, or other person receives any compensation for such referral.
B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than five years, with or without hard labor, or both.
Added by Acts 1977, No. 758, §2. Acts 1993, No. 420, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:356.2. Unlawful appearance bond procurement

RS 14:356.2 - Unlawful appearance bond procurement
A. No police officer, employee of any police department, sheriff, deputy sheriff, employee of any sheriff's office, employee of a district attorney's or clerk of court's office, or any law enforcement personnel or employee or agent of any law enforcement agency shall negotiate for, procure, solicit, sell, or in any way participate in the negotiation for, procuration, solicitation, or sale of a bond taken to secure the appearance of any person before any court with criminal jurisdiction in the state of Louisiana for any fee, commission, or the receipt of anything of value.
B. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall upon conviction be fined not more than five thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 703, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:356.3. Unlawful referrals by ambulance drivers and others; penalty

RS 14:356.3 - Unlawful referrals by ambulance drivers and others; penalty
A. It shall be unlawful for any ambulance driver, owner, or any other person engaged in providing ambulance services to refer to an attorney at law any person involved in an accident in connection with which he has provided ambulance services, when the ambulance driver, owner, or other person receives any compensation for such referral.
B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than five years, with or without hard labor, or both.
Acts 1993, No. 421, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:357. Candies, selling without payment of license tax; penalty

RS 14:357 - Candies, selling without payment of license tax; penalty
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:360. Due process determination of facts

RS 14:360 - Due process determination of facts
In determining that any organization or individual is in fact a communist action organization, a communist front organization, a communist infiltrated organization, a subversive organization, a communist or a subversive person, the following procedure shall be the legal method of such determination:
Upon any district attorney or the attorney general being reasonably informed that an organization or person is or should be subject to the regulation of R.S. 14:358 through 373, the district attorney having proper jurisdiction, or the attorney general, shall institute in the appropriate district court a civil proceeding in the name of the state of Louisiana against such organization or individual, setting forth the relevant and pertinent facts pertaining to said organization or individual under the definitions provided in R.S. 14:358 through 373, and praying for a judgment of the court determining, from the facts presented concerning said organization or individual, whether or not said organization or individual is in fact a communist action organization, a communist front organization, a communist infiltrated organization, a subversive organization, a communist or a subversive person, as the case may be. All such suits shall be procedurally handled as an adversary proceeding the same as any other civil action. The judgment of the court in such actions shall be based upon a preponderance of the evidence, as in all other civil cases. No determination of fact as provided in this Section concerning any organization or individual shall be made by any other way than by judgment of a district court of this state, which judgment shall, when so justified by the facts presented, be rendered as prayed for by the district attorney or attorney general, as the case may be, identifying the defendant in the terms defined in R.S. 14:359. The provisions of Articles 1871 through 1883, of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, concerning declaratory judgments, shall apply to all civil actions provided for in this Section.
Amended by Acts 1965, No. 45, §1.