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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:112.3. Aiding and abetting the fraudulent portrayal of a law enforcement officer or firefighter

RS 14:112.3 - Aiding and abetting the fraudulent portrayal of a law enforcement officer or firefighter
A. Aiding and abetting the fraudulent portrayal of a law enforcement officer or firefighter is the inciting, soliciting, urging, encouraging, exhorting, instigating, or assisting any other person to commit the crime of fraudulent portrayal of a law enforcement officer or firefighter. For purposes of this Section, "law enforcement officer or firefighter" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S. 14:112.2.
B. Whoever commits the crime of aiding and abetting the fraudulent portrayal of a law enforcement officer or firefighter shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Acts 2004, No. 85, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:112.4. Unlawful production, manufacturing, distribution, or possession of unauthorized peace officer badges

RS 14:112.4 - Unlawful production, manufacturing, distribution, or possession of unauthorized peace officer badges
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly or intentionally produce, manufacture, distribute, or possess unauthorized peace officer badges.
B. For purposes of this Section:
(1) "Distribute" means to sell, give, transport, issue, provide, lend, deliver, transfer, transmit, distribute, or disseminate.
(2) "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, attorney general investigators, district attorney investigators, inspector general investigators, and probation and parole officers.
(3) "Produce or manufacture" means to develop, prepare, design, create, or otherwise process.
(4) "Unauthorized peace officer badge" means any device or emblem, regardless of the material of which it is made, worn as an insignia of rank, office, or membership of a peace officer in a law enforcement agency which has not been expressly authorized by the law enforcement agency.
C.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section by possessing an unauthorized peace officer badge shall be fined not more than fifty dollars, imprisoned for not more than ten days, or both.
(2) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section by distributing, manufacturing, or producing an unauthorized peace officer badge upon a first conviction shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both. Upon a second or subsequent conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
D. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to limit the production, manufacturing, distribution, or possession of a peace officer badge with the designation "police", "marshal", "sheriff", "law enforcement", "warden", or any other designation which does not designate a specific law enforcement agency by name or jurisdiction and which is intended for novelty purposes.
E. The definition of a "peace officer" as provided for in Paragraph (B)(2) of this Section, shall be strictly construed solely for the purposes of this Section and shall not be construed as granting the authority to any agency not defined as a "peace officer" pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 40:2402 to make arrests, perform search and seizures, execute criminal warrants, prevent and detect crime, and enforce the laws of this state.
Acts 2011, No. 91, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:113. Treason

RS 14:113 - Treason
A. Treason is the levying of war against the United States or the state of Louisiana, adhering to enemies of the United States or of the state of Louisiana, or giving such enemies aid and comfort.
B. No person shall be convicted of treason except on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on his own confession in open court.
C. Whoever commits the crime of treason shall be punished by death.
Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:114. Misprision of treason

RS 14:114 - Misprision of treason
A. Misprision of treason is the concealment of treason, or the failure to disclose immediately all pertinent facts to proper authorities, by a person who has knowledge of the commission of the crime of treason.
B. Whoever commits misprision of treason shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, and imprisoned at hard labor for not more than ten years.
Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:115. Criminal anarchy

RS 14:115 - Criminal anarchy
A. Criminal anarchy is either of the following:
(1) The advocating or teaching, in any manner, in public or private, of the subversion, opposition, or destruction of the government of the United States or of the state of Louisiana by violence or other unlawful means.
(2) The organizing or becoming a member of any organization or society which is known to the offender to advocate, teach, or practice the subversion, opposition, or destruction of the government of the United States or of the state of Louisiana by violence or other unlawful means.
B. Whoever commits the crime of criminal anarchy shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than ten years.
Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:116. Flag desecration

RS 14:116 - Flag desecration
Flag desecration is the act of any person who shall intentionally, in any manner, for exhibition or display:
(1) Place or cause to be placed any word, mark, design or advertisement of any nature upon any flag; or
(2) Expose to public view any flag, upon which has been printed or otherwise produced, or to which shall have been attached any such word, mark, design, or advertisement; or
(3) Expose to public view, or have in possession for sale or any other purpose, any article of merchandise, or thing for holding or carrying merchandise, upon or to which shall have been produced or attached any flag, in order to advertise, call attention to or decorate such article; or
(4) Publicly mutilate, defile, or by word or act cast contempt upon any flag.
The word "flag" as used herein shall mean any duly authorized flag, shield, standard, color or ensign of the United States, the State of Louisiana, or the Confederate States of America, or any copy thereof.
Whoever commits the crime of flag desecration shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both.
Amended by Acts 1960, No. 544, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:116.1. Flag burning

RS 14:116.1 - Flag burning
A. Flag burning is the act of any person who intentionally burns or sets fire to the United States flag to cast contempt upon the flag.
B. This Section shall not prohibit the burning of the flag in a respectful retirement ceremony to dispose of a worn or soiled flag.
C. The word "flag" as used in this Section shall mean the flag of the United States.
D. Whoever commits the crime of flag burning shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both.
E. The provisions of this Section shall not take effect unless and until an amendment to the federal constitution regarding flag desecration is proposed by the Congress and approved by the requisite number of states and becomes law.
Acts 2006, No. 506, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:117. Flag desecration; exceptions

RS 14:117 - Flag desecration; exceptions
The flag desecration section shall not apply to any act permitted by the statutes of the United States or of Louisiana, or by the United States army and navy regulations; nor shall it apply to the depicting of a flag upon any document, stationery, ornament, picture, or jewelry, with no design or words thereon and disconnected with any advertisement.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:117.1. Paramilitary organizations; prohibitions

RS 14:117.1 - Paramilitary organizations; prohibitions
A. No paramilitary organization, or any member thereof, shall train in this state.
B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
C.(1) For the purposes of this Section, "paramilitary organization" shall mean a group organized in a military or paramilitary structure, consisting of two or more persons who knowingly possess firearms or other weapons and who train in the use of such firearms or weapons, or knowingly teach or offer to teach the use of such firearms or weapons to others, for the purpose of committing an offense under the laws of this state or any political subdivision thereof.
(2) It shall not include a law enforcement agency, the armed services or reserve forces of the United States, the Louisiana National Guard, or any other organization that may possess firearms and train with such firearms, or teach or offer to teach the use of such firearms to others, for a lawful purpose.
Added by Acts 1983, No. 394, §1.
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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:118.1. Bribery of sports participants

RS 14:118.1 - Bribery of sports participants
A.(1) Bribing of sports participants is the giving or offering to give, directly or indirectly, anything of apparent present or prospective value to any professional or amateur baseball, football, hockey, polo, tennis, or basketball player or boxer or any person or player who participates or expects to participate in any professional or amateur game or sport or any contest of skill, speed, strength, or endurance of man or beast or any jockey, driver, groom, or any person participating or expecting to participate in any horse race, including owners of race tracks and their employees, stewards, trainers, judges, starters, or special policemen, or to any owner, manager, coach, or trainer of any team or participant in any such game, contest, or sport, with the intent to influence him to lose or cause to be lost, or corruptly to affect or influence the result thereof, or to limit his or his team's or his mount or beast's margin of victory in any baseball, football, hockey, or basketball game, boxing, tennis, or polo match or horse race or any professional or amateur sport or game in which such player or participant or jockey or driver is taking part or expects to take part, or has any duty in connection therewith.
(2) The acceptance of or the offer to accept directly or indirectly anything of apparent present or prospective value under such circumstances by any of the above named persons shall also constitute bribery of sports participants.
B. Whoever commits the crime of bribery of sports participants is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars and imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than five years, with or without hard labor, or both.
C. The offender under this Section, who states the facts under oath to the district attorney charged with the prosecution of the offense, and who gives evidence tending to convict any other offender under that Section, may, in the discretion of such district attorney be granted full immunity from prosecution in respect to the offense reported, except for perjury in giving such testimony.
Acts 1952, No. 279, §§1 to 3; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:118.2. Falsifying information on racing license applications

RS 14:118.2 - Falsifying information on racing license applications
A. Falsifying racing license applications is the intentional falsification of any information required on an application for a Louisiana racing license.
B. Whoever commits the crime of falsifying racing license applications shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
C. For the purpose of this Section, the term "racing license" shall mean any license issued by the Louisiana State Racing Commission including, but not limited to those licenses issued to persons applying for jobs as cooks, nurses, stand girls, and other miscellaneous employees along with persons actually involved in racing.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 857, §1. Acts 1985, No. 942, §1, eff. July 23, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:119.1. Bribery of parents of school children

RS 14:119.1 - Bribery of parents of school children
A.(1) Bribery of parents of school children is the giving or offering to give, directly or indirectly, any money or anything of apparent present or prospective value to any parent, to any tutor or guardian, to any person having legal or actual custody of, or to any person standing in loco parentis to, any child eligible to attend a public school in this state, as an inducement to encourage, influence, prompt, reward, or compensate any such person to permit, prompt, force, or cause any such child to attend any such school in violation of any law of this state.
(2) The acceptance of, or the offer to accept, directly or indirectly, any money, or anything of apparent present or prospective value, by any such person under any such circumstances, shall also constitute bribery of parents of school children.
B. Whoever commits the crime of bribery of parents of school children shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, and imprisoned for not more than one year.
C. In the trial of persons charged with bribery of parents of school children, either the bribe-giver or the bribe-taker may give evidence, or make affidavit against the other, with immunity from prosecution in favor of the first informer, except for perjury in giving such testimony.
D. Any fine imposed and collected from the convicted person or persons under the provisions of this Section shall be paid to the informer or informers who shall give information resulting in the conviction of said person or persons.
Added by Acts 1961, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 3, §1; Acts 2001, No. 403, §1, eff. June 15, 2001; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:120. Corrupt influencing

RS 14:120 - Corrupt influencing
A. Corrupt influencing is the giving or offering to give anything of apparent present or prospective value to, or the accepting or offering to accept anything of apparent present or prospective value by, any person, with the intention that the recipient shall corruptly influence the conduct of any of the persons named in R.S. 14:118 (public bribery) in relation to such person's position, employment, or duty.
B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of corrupt influencing shall be imprisoned for not more than ten years with or without hard labor or shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.
(2) In addition to the penalty provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a person convicted of the provisions of this Section may be ordered to pay restitution to the state if the state suffered a loss as a result of the offense. Restitution shall include the payment of legal interest at the rate provided in R.S. 13:4202.
Amended by Acts 1980, No. 454, §1; Acts 2008, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 21, §1, eff. March 11, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 811, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:121. Informers granted immunity

RS 14:121 - Informers granted immunity
The offender, under the public bribery, bribery of voters or corrupt influencing articles, who states the facts under oath to the district attorney charged with the prosecution of the offense, and who gives evidence tending to convict any other offender under those articles, may, in the discretion of such district attorney, be granted full immunity from prosecution in respect to the offense reported, except for perjury in giving such testimony.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:122. Public intimidation and retaliation

RS 14:122 - Public intimidation and retaliation
A. Public intimidation is the use of violence, force, extortionate threats, or true threats upon any of the following persons, with the intent to influence his conduct in relation to his position, employment, or duty:
(1) Public officer or public employee.
(2) Grand or petit juror.
(3) Witness, or person about to be called as a witness upon a trial or other proceeding before any court, board or officer authorized to hear evidence or to take testimony.
(4) Voter or election official at any general, primary, or special election.
(5) School bus operator.
B. Retaliation against an elected official is the use of violence, force, extortionate threats, or true threats upon a person who is elected to public office, where:
(1) The violence, force, or threat is related to the duties of the elected official.
(2) Is in retaliation or retribution for actions taken by the elected official as part of his official duties.
C. For purposes of this Section:
(1) "Extortionate threats" occur when a person communicates an unlawful threat to harm another person with the intention to obtain anything of value or any acquittance, advantage, or immunity of any description and the person would not otherwise be able to lawfully secure such advantage willingly from the victim.
(2) "True threats" occur when a person communicates a serious expression of an intent to commit an unlawful act of violence upon a person or group of persons with the intent to place such persons in fear of bodily harm or death. The person need not actually intend to carry out the threat.
D. Whoever commits the crime of public intimidation or retaliation against an elected official shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both.
Amended by Acts 1979, No. 479, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1089, §2; Acts 2019, No. 311, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:122.1. Intimidation and interference in the operation of schools

RS 14:122.1 - Intimidation and interference in the operation of schools
A. Intimidation and interference in the operation of public schools is the offering to do or doing of any act, or threatening to do any act, directly or indirectly, to any child enrolled in a public school, to any parent, tutor or guardian, or person having lawful custody of or standing in loco parentis to any such child, the purpose and intent of which is to intimidate, induce, influence, reward, compensate or cause any such person, or any school teacher, school principal, transfer operator, or any other school employee, to do or perform any act in violation of any law of this state.
B. Whoever commits the crime of intimidation and interference in the operation of schools shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, and imprisoned for not more than one year.
C. In the trial of persons charged with public intimidation and interference in the operation of schools, either the person doing or offering to do or the person or persons sought to be influenced, coerced, intimidated, threatened, or forced, may give evidence, or make affidavit against the other, with immunity from prosecution in favor of the first informer, except for perjury in giving such testimony.
D. Any fine imposed and collected from the convicted person or persons under the provisions of this Section shall be paid to the informer or informers who shall give information resulting in the conviction of said person or persons.
Added by Acts 1961, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 5, §1; Acts 2001, No. 403, §1, eff. June 15, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:122.2. Threatening a public official or law enforcement officer; penalties; definitions

RS 14:122.2 - Threatening a public official or law enforcement officer; penalties; definitions
A.(1) Threatening a public official or law enforcement officer is engaging in any verbal or written communication that communicates a true threat to a public official or law enforcement officer.
(2) Whoever commits the crime of threatening a public official or law enforcement officer shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
B. For purposes of this Section:
(1) "Law enforcement officer" means any employee of the state, a municipality, a sheriff, or other public agency, whose permanent duties actually include the making of arrests, the performing of searches and seizures, or the execution of criminal warrants, and who is responsible for the prevention or detection of crime or for the enforcement of the penal, traffic, or highway laws of this state.
(2) "Public official" means any executive, ministerial, administrative, judicial, or legislative officer of the state of Louisiana.
(3) "True threats" occur when a person communicates a serious expression of an intent to commit an unlawful act of violence upon a person or group of persons with the intent to place such persons in fear of bodily harm or death. The person need not actually intend to carry out the threat.
(4) "Verbal or written communication" means any textual, visual, written, or oral communication, including communications made through social media.
Acts 1984, No. 607, §1; Acts 2019, No. 249, §1; Acts 2019, No. 311, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:123. Perjury

RS 14:123 - Perjury
A. Perjury is the intentional making of a false written or oral statement in or for use in a judicial proceeding, any proceeding before a board or official, wherein such board or official is authorized to take testimony, or before any committee or subcommittee of either house or any joint committee or subcommittee of both houses of the legislature. In order to constitute perjury the false statement must be made under sanction of an oath or an equivalent affirmation and must relate to matter material to the issue or question in controversy.
B. It is a necessary element of the offense that the accused knew the statement to be false, but an unqualified statement of that which one does not know or definitely believe to be true is equivalent to a statement of that which he knows to be false.
C. Whoever commits the crime of perjury shall be punished as follows:
(1) When committed on a trial in which a sentence of death or life imprisonment may be imposed, the offender shall be fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars or imprisoned at hard labor for not less than five years, nor more than forty years, or both.
(2) When committed on a trial in which a sentence of imprisonment necessarily at hard labor for any period less than a life sentence may be imposed, the offender shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one year, nor more than twenty years, or both.
(3) When committed in all other cases in which any other sentence may be imposed, the offender shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned at hard labor for not more than five years, or both.
(4) When committed in any civil action, administrative proceeding, legislative hearing or proceeding, or in any other legal proceeding, by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisonment at hard labor for not more than five years, or both.
Acts 1995, No. 820, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1312, §1; Acts 2001, No. 403, §1, eff. June 15, 2001; Acts 2004, No. 399, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:124. Inconsistent statements; perjury

RS 14:124 - Inconsistent statements; perjury
A. It shall constitute perjury whenever any person, having taken an oath required by law, or made an equivalent affirmation, swears or affirms any fact or state of facts material to the issue or question in controversy; and thereafter in the same or other proceedings, where such matter is material to the issue or question in controversy, swears or affirms in a manner materially contradictory of or inconsistent with his former sworn or affirmed statement. It shall not be necessary for the prosecution, in such case, to show which of the contradictory or inconsistent statements was false; but it shall be an affirmative defense that at the time he made them, the accused honestly believed both statements to be true.
B. This Section shall be applicable only in cases where at least one of the contradictory or inconsistent statements was made in, or for use in, a judicial proceeding or a proceeding before a board or official wherein such board or official is authorized to take testimony.
Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:125. False swearing

RS 14:125 - False swearing
A. False swearing is the intentional making of a written or oral statement, known to be false, under sanction of an oath or an equivalent affirmation, where such oath or affirmation is required by law; provided that this article shall not apply where such false statement is made in, or for use in, a judicial proceeding or any proceeding before a board or official, wherein such board or official is authorized to take testimony.
B. Whoever commits the crime of false swearing shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:125.1. False swearing in paternity cases

RS 14:125.1 - False swearing in paternity cases
A. False swearing in paternity cases is the intentional making of a written or oral statement, known to be false, under sanction of oath or equivalent statement, where such oath or affirmation is given for use in any judicial proceeding filed by or on behalf of the state of Louisiana to establish paternity.
B. Whoever commits the crime of false swearing in paternity cases shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Acts 1992, No. 722, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:125.2. False statements concerning paternity

RS 14:125.2 - False statements concerning paternity
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully and knowingly make a written or oral false statement concerning the following:
(1) Biological paternity in or in support of a certificate, record, or report required by the provisions of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950; or
(2) The surrender of parental rights pursuant to the provisions of Title XI of the Louisiana Children's Code.
B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.
Acts 2001, No. 953, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:126. Inconsistent statements; false swearing

RS 14:126 - Inconsistent statements; false swearing
It shall constitute false swearing whenever any person, having made a statement under sanction of an oath, or an equivalent affirmation, required by law, shall thereafter swear or affirm in a manner materially contradictory of or inconsistent with his former sworn or affirmed statement. It shall not be necessary for the prosecution, in such case, to show which of the contradictory or inconsistent statements was false; but it shall be an affirmative defense that at the time he made them, the accused honestly believed both statements to be true.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:126.1. False swearing for purpose of violating public health or safety

RS 14:126.1 - False swearing for purpose of violating public health or safety
A. No person shall make a false statement, report, or allegation concerning the commission of a crime for the purpose of violating, disrupting, interfering with, or endangering the public health or safety, or to deprive any person or persons of any right, privilege, or immunity secured by the United States Constitution and laws or by the Louisiana Constitution and laws, or cause such false statement or report to be made to any official or agency of the state or any parish, city, or political subdivision thereof, or to any judicial, executive, or legislative body or subdivision thereof within this state, knowing or having reason to believe the same or any material part thereof to be false and with the intent to cause an investigation of or any other action to be taken as a result thereof.
B. Any person or persons convicted of violating the provisions of this Section shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five years, with or without hard labor, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Acts 1960, No. 81, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:126.1.1. False communication with the intent to cause an emergency response

RS 14:126.1.1 - False communication with the intent to cause an emergency response
A. No person shall, with the intent to cause an emergency response by any law enforcement agency or other first responder in the absence of circumstances requiring such response, knowingly communicate or transmit false or misleading information indicating that conduct has taken place, is taking place, or will take place that may reasonably be believed to constitute a violation of the criminal law of any state or the United States, or that may reasonably be believed to endanger public health or safety.
B. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this Section:
(1) If no emergency response results, shall be imprisoned for not more than six months, or fined not more than five hundred dollars, or both.
(2) Except as provided in Paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Subsection, if an emergency response results, shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or both.
(3) If an emergency response results and serious bodily injury occurs, shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than eight years, or fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars, or both.
(4) If an emergency response results and the death of a person occurs, shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than ten years nor more than forty years.
C.(1) In addition to the penalties provided by Subsection B of this Section, the court shall order the defendant to reimburse the appropriate party or parties for any expenses incurred for an emergency response resulting from the commission of the offense.
(2) A person ordered to make reimbursement under this Subsection shall be jointly and severally liable for such expenses with any other person who is ordered to make reimbursement under this Subsection for the same expenses.
(3) An order of reimbursement under this Subsection shall, for the purposes of enforcement, be treated as a civil judgment.
D. For purposes of this Section:
(1) "Emergency response" means any action taken by a law enforcement agency or other first responder to immediately respond to any conduct or event that is reasonably believed to violate the criminal law of any state or the United States, or that threatens or may reasonably be believed to threaten public health or safety.
(2) "Law enforcement agency" includes any federal, state, or local law enforcement agency.
Acts 2018, No. 348, §1, eff. May 20, 2018.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:126.2. False statements concerning denial of constitutional rights

RS 14:126.2 - False statements concerning denial of constitutional rights
A. No person shall wilfully and knowingly, whether orally or in writing, make or cause to be made to any agency, board, commission, member, officer, official, appointee, employee or representative thereof, of the executive, legislative, or judicial department of the United States or any subdivision thereof, which may be now in existence, or who may be now appointed, or hereafter created or appointed, including but not limited to any commissioner, referee, or voting referee now appointed or who may be hereafter appointed by any court of the United States or any judge thereof, and further including but not limited to any member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and any agent or representative, investigator, or member of the Commission of Civil Rights of the United States, or the Advisory Committee or Board of the Commission of Civil Rights of the United States appointed in and for the state of Louisiana, any false or fictitious or fraudulent statement or statements, or to use any false writing or document asserting or claiming that such person or persons, or any other person or persons have been or are about to be denied or deprived of any right, privilege, or immunity granted or secured to them, or to any of them, by the United States Constitution and laws, or by the Louisiana Constitution and laws, by any officer, agency, employee, representative, board or commission or any member thereof of the state of Louisiana, or of any parish or municipality of the state of Louisiana, or of any other political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, or by the state of Louisiana.
B. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this Section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five years with or without hard labor, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Acts 1960, No. 68, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:126.3. False statements concerning employment in a nursing or health care facility

RS 14:126.3 - False statements concerning employment in a nursing or health care facility
A. The crime of health care facility application fraud is the knowing and intentional offering of a false written or oral statement in any employment application or in an effort to obtain employment as a caretaker in any nursing home, facility for persons with intellectual disabilities, mental health facility, hospital, home health agency, hospice, or other residential facility required to be licensed or operated under the laws of this state or established by the laws of this state. Such false statement must be relevant to the caretaking obligation of such employee, but shall specifically apply to but not be limited to educational and professional background and licensing and credential qualifications.
B. Any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Acts 1995, No. 788, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §6, eff. June 23, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:126.4. False certification of arrest documents

RS 14:126.4 - False certification of arrest documents
No person shall intentionally certify a false report required under the provisions of R.S. 32:666(B). Any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Acts 2008, No. 240, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:127. Limitation of defenses

RS 14:127 - Limitation of defenses
It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury or false swearing:
(1) That the oath, or affirmation, was administered or taken in an irregular manner; or
(2) That the accused was not competent to give the testimony, deposition, affidavit or certificate of which falsehood is alleged; or
(3) That the accused did not know the materiality of the false statement made by him, or that it did not in fact affect the proceeding in or for which it was made.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:128. Completion of affidavit

RS 14:128 - Completion of affidavit
The making of a deposition, affidavit or certificate is deemed to be complete, within the provisions of this Chapter, from the time when it is delivered by the accused to any other person, with intent that it be uttered or published as true.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:128.1. Terrorism

RS 14:128.1 - Terrorism
A. Terrorism is the commission of any of the acts enumerated in this Subsection, when the offender has the intent to intimidate or coerce the civilian population, influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion:
(1) Intentional killing of a human being.
(2) Intentional infliction of serious bodily injury upon a human being.
(3) Kidnapping of a human being.
(4) Aggravated arson upon any structure, watercraft, or movable.
(5) Intentional aggravated criminal damage to property.
B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of terrorism as provided in Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section shall be punished by life imprisonment at hard labor, without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.
(2) Whoever commits the crime of terrorism as provided in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than thirty years.
(3) Whoever commits the crime of terrorism as provided in Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than ten years.
(4) Whoever commits the crime of terrorism as provided in Paragraph (A)(4) of this Section shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than six years nor more than forty years. At least four years of the sentence of imprisonment shall be imposed without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.
(5) Whoever commits the crime of terrorism as provided in Paragraph (A)(5) of this Section shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one year nor more than thirty years.
C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent lawful assembly and peaceful and orderly petition for the redress of grievances, including but not limited to any labor dispute between any employer and its employees.
Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 128, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:128.2. Aiding others in terrorism

RS 14:128.2 - Aiding others in terrorism
A.(1) Aiding others in terrorism is the raising, soliciting, collecting, or providing material support or resources with intent that such will be used, in whole or in part, to plan, prepare, carry out, or aid in any act of terrorism or hindering the prosecution of terrorism or the concealment of, or escape from, an act of terrorism.
(2) For the purposes of this Section, "hindering prosecution of terrorism" shall include but not be limited to the following:
(a) Harboring or concealing a person who is known or believed by the offender to have committed an act of terrorism.
(b) Warning a person who is known or believed by the offender to have committed an act of terrorism of impending discovery or apprehension.
(c) Suppressing any physical evidence which might aid in the discovery or apprehension of a person who is known or believed by the offender to have committed an act of terrorism.
B. Whoever commits the crime of aiding others in terrorism shall be punished as follows:
(1) If the offense so aided is punishable by life imprisonment, he shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than ten nor more than fifty years without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
(2) In all other cases he shall be fined or imprisoned or both, in the same manner as for the offense aided; such fine or imprisonment shall not be less than one-half of the minimum fine or imprisonment, and shall not exceed one-half of the largest fine, or one-half of the longest term of imprisonment prescribed for the offense so aided, or both.
C. For purposes of this Section, "material support or resources" means currency or other financial securities, financial services, instruments of value, lodging, training, safehouses, false documentation or identification, communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances, explosives, personnel, transportation, and other physical assets, except the provision of medical attention by a licensed health care provider or religious materials.
Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 128, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:129. Jury tampering

RS 14:129 - Jury tampering
A. Jury tampering is any verbal or written communication or attempted communication, whether direct or indirect, made to any juror in a civil or criminal cause, including both grand and petit jurors, for the purpose of influencing the juror in respect to his verdict or indictment in any cause pending or about to be brought before him, otherwise than in the regular course of proceedings upon the trial or other determination of such cause. To constitute the offense of jury tampering, the influencing or attempt to influence the juror must be either:
(1) For a corrupt or fraudulent purpose, or
(2) By violence or force, by threats whether direct or indirect.
B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of jury tampering in a civil case shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both.
(2) Whoever commits the crime of jury tampering in a criminal case shall be punished as follows:
(a) If the offense charged in the trial for which the jury has been impaneled is punishable by death or life imprisonment, the offender shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than ninety-nine years.
(b) In all other cases the offender shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, to the same extent and in the same manner as for the offense charged in the trial for which the jury has been impaneled.
Amended by Acts 1968, No. 60, §1; Acts 1981, No. 866, §1; Acts 1995, No. 823, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 128, §5.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:129.2. Recording, listening to, or observing proceedings of grand or petit juries while deliberating or voting

RS 14:129.2 - Recording, listening to, or observing proceedings of grand or petit juries while deliberating or voting
A. It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly and intentionally, by any means or device whatsoever, to do either of the following:
(1) To record or attempt to record the proceedings of any grand or petit jury in any court of the state of Louisiana while such jury is deliberating or voting.
(2) To listen to or observe, or attempt to listen to or observe, the proceedings of any grand or petit jury of which he is not a member in any court of the state of Louisiana while such jury is deliberating or voting.
B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 866, §2; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:130. Jury misconduct

RS 14:130 - Jury misconduct
A. Jury misconduct is committed when:
(1) Any petit or grand juror shall make any promise or agreement to give a verdict or finding for or against any party.
(2) Any petit juror shall intentionally permit any person to influence him, or attempt to influence him, in respect to his verdict in any cause pending, or about to be brought before him, otherwise than in the regular course of proceedings upon the trial of such cause.
(3) Any petit juror shall either use or consume any beverage of low or high alcoholic content during the time he is in actual service as juror.
(4) Any petit juror accepts or offers to accept anything of apparent present or prospective value, before he is discharged from his services as a juror, even if the thing of value is not to be received, delivered, or come to fruition until after discharge from jury service, for his interpretation, impression, analysis or narrative, verbal or written, regarding any element of the criminal trial or jury deliberations.
B. Whoever commits the crime of jury misconduct, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Amended by Acts 1958, No. 80, §1; Acts 1991, No. 967, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:131. Compounding a felony

RS 14:131 - Compounding a felony
A. Compounding a felony is the accepting of anything of apparent present or prospective value which belongs to another, or of any promise thereof, by a person having knowledge of the commission of a felony, upon an agreement, express or implied, to conceal such offense, or not to prosecute the same, or not to reveal or give evidence thereof.
B. Whoever commits the offense of compounding a felony 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 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:131.1. Failure to report the commission of certain felonies

RS 14:131.1 - Failure to report the commission of certain felonies
A. It shall be unlawful for any person having knowledge of the commission of any homicide, rape, or sexual abuse of a child to fail to report or disclose such information to a law enforcement agency or district attorney, except when the person having such knowledge is bound by any privilege of confidentiality recognized by law.
B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than one year, or both.
Acts 2012, No. 638, §1, eff. June 7, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:132. Injuring public records

RS 14:132 - Injuring public records
A. First degree injuring public records is the intentional removal, mutilation, destruction, alteration, falsification, or concealment of any record, document, or other thing, filed or deposited, by authority of law, in any public office or with any public officer.
B. Second degree injuring public records is the intentional removal, mutilation, destruction, alteration, falsification, or concealment of any record, document, or other thing, defined as a public record pursuant to R.S. 44:1 et seq. and required to be preserved in any public office or by any person or public officer pursuant to R.S. 44:36.
C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of first degree injuring public records shall be imprisoned for not more than five years with or without hard labor or shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or both.
(2) Whoever commits the crime of second degree injuring public records shall be imprisoned for not more than one year with or without hard labor or shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or both.
Amended by Acts 1980, No. 454, §1; Acts 1999, No. 671, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.