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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:97.1. Solicitation on an interstate highway

RS 14:97.1 - Solicitation on an interstate highway
A. Solicitation on an interstate highway is the intentional act of soliciting, begging, panhandling or otherwise requesting anything of value on any interstate highway, or on any entrance or exit ramp of an interstate highway.
B. Whoever commits the crime of solicitation on an interstate highway shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Acts 1997, No. 1099, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:97.2. Unlawful sale, purchase, possession, or use of traffic signal preemption devices

RS 14:97.2 - Unlawful sale, purchase, possession, or use of traffic signal preemption devices
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, purchase, possess, or use a traffic signal preemption device except under the following circumstances:
(1) The owner or operator of an emergency service vehicle for use in providing emergency services, including but not limited to law enforcement vehicles, fire-fighting vehicles, emergency medical service vehicles, or ambulance vehicles;
(2) The owner or operator of a department of transportation, city, or parish maintenance vehicle for use in performing traffic control signal tests or maintenance;
(3) The owner or operator of a public transit vehicle for use in providing transit service; or
(4) An employee or agent of a traffic control signal preemption device manufacturer or retailer in the course of his employment in providing, selling, manufacturing, or transporting a traffic control signal preemption device to an individual, entity, or agency listed in this Subsection.
B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
C. For purposes of this Section, "traffic control preemption device" means a device that interferes with or alters the operation of a traffic control signal.
Acts 2004, No. 366, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:98.5.1. Assessment for alcohol or drug dependence; rehabilitative programs; second and subsequent convictions

RS 14:98.5.1 - Assessment for alcohol or drug dependence; rehabilitative programs; second and subsequent convictions
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary provided by R.S. 14:98, 98.1, 98.2, 98.3, and 98.4, on a second or subsequent conviction for a violation of R.S. 14:98, the court may order the offender, at the sole expense of the offender, to undergo an assessment that uses a standardized evidence-based instrument performed by a physician to determine whether the offender has a diagnosis for alcohol or drug dependence and would likely benefit from a court-approved medication-assisted treatment indicated and approved for the treatment of alcohol or drug dependence by the United States Food and Drug Administration, as specified in the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association.
B. Upon considering the results of the assessment, the court may refer the offender to a rehabilitative program that offers one or more forms of court-approved medications that are approved for the treatment of alcohol or drug dependence by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
C. This Section shall not apply when an offender shows that he is unable to pay the costs of the assessment and rehabilitative program, either personally or through a third party insurer.
Acts 2020, No. 41, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:98.6. Underage operating while intoxicated

RS 14:98.6 - Underage operating while intoxicated
A. The crime of underage operating a vehicle while intoxicated is the operating of any motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, vessel, or other means of conveyance when the operator's blood alcohol concentration is 0.02 percent or more by weight based on grams of alcohol per one hundred cubic centimeters of blood, if the operator is under the age of twenty-one.
B. Any underage person whose blood alcohol concentration is found to be in violation of R.S. 14:98(A)(1)(b) shall be charged under the provisions of that Subparagraph rather than under this Section.
C.(1) On a first conviction, the offender shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars, and imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than three months. Imposition or execution of sentence shall not be suspended unless the offender is placed on probation with the minimum conditions that he:
(a) Perform thirty-two hours of court-approved community service activities, at least half of which shall consist of participation in a litter abatement or collection program.
(b) Participate in a court-approved substance abuse and driver improvement program.
(2) On a second or subsequent conviction, regardless of whether the second offense occurred before or after the first conviction, the offender shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than six months. Imposition or execution of sentence under this Paragraph shall not be suspended unless the offender is placed on probation with the minimum conditions that he:
(a) Serve forty-eight hours in jail without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence, or in lieu thereof, perform no less than eighty hours of court-approved community service activities, at least half of which shall consist of participation in a litter abatement or collection program.
(b) Participate in a court-approved substance abuse program.
(c) Participate in a court-approved driver improvement program.
(3) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a court from sentencing an offender to serve any portion of the sentence under home incarceration either in lieu of, or in addition to, a term of imprisonment if otherwise allowed under the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Article 894.2 and R.S. 14:98.5(B).
(4) The court may require that the offender not operate a motor vehicle during the period of probation unless any vehicle, while being operated by the offender, is equipped with a functioning ignition interlock device in accordance with R.S. 14:98.5(C).
D. Court programs regarding substance abuse as provided for by Subsection C of this Section shall include a screening procedure to determine the portions of the program that may be applicable and appropriate for individual offenders.
Acts 2014, No. 385, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:98.7. Unlawful refusal to submit to chemical tests; arrests for driving while intoxicated

RS 14:98.7 - Unlawful refusal to submit to chemical tests; arrests for driving while intoxicated
A. No person under arrest for a violation of R.S. 14:98, 98.1, or any other law or ordinance that prohibits operating a vehicle while intoxicated, may refuse to submit to a chemical test when requested to do so by a law enforcement officer if he has refused to submit to such test on two previous and separate occasions of any such violation.
B.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and shall be imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than six months.
(2) Imposition or execution of sentence shall not be suspended unless one of the following occurs:
(a) The offender is placed on probation with the minimum conditions that he serve two days in jail and participate in a court-approved substance abuse program and participate in a court-approved driver improvement program.
(b) The offender is placed on probation with the minimum conditions that he perform thirty-two hours of court-approved community service activities, at least half of which shall consist of participation in a litter abatement or collection program, participate in a court-approved substance abuse program, and participate in a court-approved driver improvement program. An offender who participates in a litter abatement or collection program pursuant to this Subparagraph shall have no cause of action for damages against the entity conducting the program or supervising his participation therein, as provided by R.S. 14:98.5(D).
Acts 2014, No. 385, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2020, No. 40, §1, eff. June 4, 2020.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:98.8. Operating a vehicle while under suspension for certain prior offenses

RS 14:98.8 - Operating a vehicle while under suspension for certain prior offenses
A. It is unlawful to operate a motor vehicle on a public highway where the operator's driving privileges have been suspended under the authority of R.S. 32:414(A)(1), (B)(1) or (2), (D)(1)(a), or R.S. 32:667. It shall not be a violation of the provisions of this Section when a person operates a motor vehicle to obtain emergency medical care for himself or any other person.
B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be imprisoned for not less than fifteen days nor more than six months without benefit of suspension of imposition or execution of sentence, except as provided in Subsection C of this Section.
C. In addition to other penalties imposed pursuant to this Title, when the operator's driving privileges were suspended for manslaughter, vehicular homicide, negligent homicide, first degree vehicular negligent injuring, or a third or subsequent violation of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, the offender shall be imprisoned for not less than ninety days nor more than one year without benefit of suspension of imposition or execution of sentence.
Acts 2014, No. 385, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2022, No. 673, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:99. Reckless operation of a vehicle

RS 14:99 - Reckless operation of a vehicle
A. Reckless operation of a vehicle is the operation of any motor vehicle, aircraft, vessel, or other means of conveyance in a criminally negligent or reckless manner.
B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of reckless operation of a vehicle shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both.
(2) On a second or subsequent conviction the offender shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than six months, or both.
Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:99.1. Hit and run damaging of a potable waterline by operation of a watercraft or vessel

RS 14:99.1 - Hit and run damaging of a potable waterline by operation of a watercraft or vessel
A. Hit and run damaging of a potable waterline by operation of a watercraft or vessel is the intentional failure of the driver of a watercraft or vessel involved in or causing any accident resulting in damage to a potable waterline to stop such vehicle at the scene of the accident to give his identity.
B. For the purpose of this Section:
(1) "Accident resulting in damage to a potable waterline" means an incident or event resulting in damage to a potable waterline or other device used for transporting potable water across marshlands or inland waterways or barrier islands.
(2) "To give his identity" means that the driver of any vehicle involved in any accident shall give his name, address, and the license number of his vessel or watercraft to the enforcement authorities at the scene or shall report the accident to the police if there are no enforcement authorities at the scene.
(3) "Potable waterline" means a potable waterline that is marked as such every two thousand feet with a sign giving notice of the crime created by this Section and the penalties imposed.
(4) "Inland waterway" shall not include the Mississippi River.
C. Whoever commits the crime of hit and run damaging of a potable waterline by operation of a watercraft or vessel shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, or both.
Acts 2006, No. 140, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:100.1. Obstructing public passages

RS 14:100.1 - Obstructing public passages
A. No person shall wilfully obstruct the free, convenient, and normal use of any public sidewalk, street, highway, bridge, alley, road, or other passageway, or the entrance, corridor, or passage of any public building, structure, water craft, or ferry, by impeding, hindering, stifling, retarding, or restraining traffic or passage thereon or therein.
B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section 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 fined and imprisoned.
C. This Section shall not be applicable to the erection or construction of any barricades or other forms of obstructions as a safety measure in connection with construction, excavation, maintenance, repair, replacement, or other work in or adjacent to any public sidewalk, street, highway, bridge, alley, road, or other passageway, nor to the placing of barricades or other forms of obstruction by governmental authorities, or any officer or agent thereof, in the proper performance of duties.
Added by Acts 1960, No. 80, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 488, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:100.11. Legislative findings; purpose

RS 14:100.11 - Legislative findings; purpose
A. The legislature finds that the devastating consequences of the barbaric attacks on September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon as well as the pervasive bomb threats and biological terrorism in various parts of the country were committed for the purposes of demoralizing and destabilizing our society and creating a climate of fear. These heinous deeds designed to kill, maim, and strike terror into the hearts of innocent citizens of this country cannot be tolerated, nor can those less violent acts to the infrastructure of our state which are designed to intimidate, confuse, and disrupt everyday commerce and the delivery of goods and services to the populace be permitted.
B. The legislature further finds that it is imperative that state laws be enacted to complement federal efforts to uncover those who seek to use the highways of this state to commit acts of terror and who seek to gain drivers' licenses or identification cards for the purposes of masking their illegal status in this state. Accordingly, the legislature finds that state law must be strengthened with a comprehensive framework for punishing those who give false information in order to obtain drivers' licenses or identification cards from the office of motor vehicles of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, to limit the issuance of such documentation to correspond to the time limits placed by the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service on documentation, and to make operating a motor vehicle in this state when not lawfully present in the United States a crime.
Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 46, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:100.12. Definitions

RS 14:100.12 - Definitions
As used in this Subdivision, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Act of terrorism" means the commission of any of the following acts 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:
(a) Intentional killing of a human being.
(b) Intentional infliction of serious bodily injury upon a human being.
(c) Kidnapping of a human being.
(d) Aggravated arson upon any structure, watercraft, or movable.
(e) Intentional aggravated criminal damage to property.
(2) "Alien student" means any person who is attending an institution of education in the state who is not a citizen of the United States.
(3) "Documentation demonstrating lawful presence in the United States" is a document demonstrating lawful presence in the United States as determined by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections pursuant to R.S. 32:409.1(A)(2)(d)(vi).
(4) "INS" means the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service.
(5) "Nonresident alien" means any person who is not a United States citizen and who is a citizen of any country other than the United States, who is physically present in the United States and who has not acquired INS permanent resident status.
Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 46, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:101. Desecration of graves

RS 14:101 - Desecration of graves
A. Desecration of graves is either of the following:
(1) Unauthorized opening of any place of interment, or building wherein the dead body of a human being is located, with the intent to remove or to mutilate the body or any part thereof, or any article interred or intended to be interred with the body.
(2) Intentional or criminally negligent damaging in any manner of any grave, tomb, or mausoleum erected for the dead.
B. Whoever commits the crime of desecration of graves shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Amended by Acts 1968, No. 647, §1, eff. July 20, 1968; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:101.1. Purchase or sale of human organs

RS 14:101.1 - Purchase or sale of human organs
A. No person shall intentionally acquire, receive, sell, or otherwise transfer in exchange for anything of value any human organ for use in human transplantation.
B. For purposes of Subsection A:
(1) The term "human organ" means the human kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, bone marrow, cornea, eye, bone, skin, and any other human organ.
(2) The term "anything of value" shall not include the reasonable payments associated with the removal, transportation, implantation, processing, preservation, quality control, and storage of a human organ or the expenses of travel, housing, and lost wages incurred by the donor of a human organ in connection with the donation of the organ.
C. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor not more than five years, or both.
Added by Acts 1986, No. 775, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:101.2. Unauthorized use of sperm, ovum, or embryo

RS 14:101.2 - Unauthorized use of sperm, ovum, or embryo
A. No person shall knowingly use a sperm, ovum, or embryo, through the use of assisted reproduction technology, for any purpose other than that indicated by the sperm, ovum, or embryo provider's signature on a written consent form.
B. No person shall knowingly implant a sperm, ovum, or embryo, through the use of assisted reproduction technology, into a recipient who is not the sperm, ovum, or embryo provider, without the signed written consent of the sperm, ovum, or embryo provider and recipient.
C. Knowing violation of the provisions of this Section shall be grounds for immediate revocation of the violator's professional license.
D. This Section shall not apply to the use by a surviving spouse of the human ova or sperm of the deceased spouse in order to conceive a child, provided that prior to his death the deceased spouse signed a consent form authorizing such a donation.
Acts 1999, No. 1246, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102. Definitions; cruelty to animals

RS 14:102 - Definitions; cruelty to animals
The following words, phrases, and terms as used in R.S. 14:102.1 through R.S. 14:102.4 shall be defined and construed as follows:
(1) "Cruel" means every act or failure to act whereby unjustifiable physical pain or suffering is caused or permitted.
(2) "Abandons" means to completely forsake and desert an animal previously under the custody or possession of a person without making reasonable arrangements for its proper care, sustenance, and shelter.
(3) "Proper food" means providing each animal with daily food of sufficient quality and quantity to prevent unnecessary or unjustifiable suffering by the animal.
(4) "Proper water" means providing each animal with daily water of sufficient quality and quantity to prevent unnecessary or unjustifiable suffering by the animal.
(5) "Proper shelter" means providing each animal with adequate shelter from the elements as required to prevent unnecessary or unjustifiable suffering by the animal.
(6) "Proper veterinary care" means providing each animal with veterinary care sufficient to prevent unnecessary or unjustifiable physical pain or suffering by the animal.
(7) "Livestock" means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, burros, asses, other livestock of all ages, farm-raised cervidae species, and farm-raised ratite species.
(8) "Public livestock exhibition" means any place, establishment, or facility commonly known as a "livestock market", "livestock auction market", "sales ring", "stockyard", or the like, operated for compensation or profit as a public market for livestock, consisting of pens, or other enclosures, and their appurtenances, in which livestock are received, held, sold, or kept for sale or shipment. "Public livestock exhibition" also means any public exhibition or sale of livestock or a livestock show.
(9) "Tampers" means any of the following:
(a) The injection, use, or administration of any drug or other internal or external administration of any product or material, whether gas, solid, or liquid, to livestock for the purpose of concealing, enhancing, transforming, or changing the true conformation, configuration, condition, natural color, or age of the livestock or making the livestock appear more sound than they actually are.
(b) The use or administration, for cosmetic purposes, of steroids, growth stimulants, or internal artificial filling, including paraffin, silicone injection, or any other substance.
(c) The use or administration of any drug or feed additive affecting the central nervous system of the livestock, unless administered or prescribed by a licensed veterinarian for the treatment of an illness or an injury.
(d) The use or administration of diuretics for cosmetic purposes.
(e) The surgical manipulation or removal of tissue so as to change, transform, or enhance the true conformation, configuration, or natural color of the livestock unless the procedure is considered an accepted livestock management practice.
Amended by Acts 1982, No. 431, §1; Acts 1997, No. 461, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.3. Search warrant; animal cruelty offenses

RS 14:102.3 - Search warrant; animal cruelty offenses
If the complaint is made, by affidavit, to any magistrate authorized to issue search warrants in criminal cases, that the complainant has reason to believe that an animal has been or is being cruelly treated in violation of R.S. 14:102.1, in any building or place, such magistrate, if satisfied that there is reasonable cause for such belief, shall issue a search warrant to any law enforcement officer authorized by law to make arrests for such offenses, authorizing any such officer to make a search of said building or place, and to arrest any person found violating R.S. 14:102.1. Said warrant may also authorize said officer to seize any animal believed to be cruelly treated and to take custody thereof. This section shall not be construed as a limitation on the power of law enforcement officers to seize animals as evidence at the time of the arrest.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 431, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.4. Confined animals; necessary food and water

RS 14:102.4 - Confined animals; necessary food and water
When a living animal is impounded or confined, and continues without necessary food and water for more than twenty-four consecutive hours, any law enforcement officer may, as often as is necessary, enter any place in which the animal is impounded or confined and supply it with necessary food and water so long as it shall remain impounded or confined.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 431, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.5. Dogfighting; training and possession of dogs for fighting

RS 14:102.5 - Dogfighting; training and possession of dogs for fighting
A. No person shall intentionally do any of the following:
(1) For amusement or gain, cause any dog to fight with another dog, or cause any dogs to injure each other.
(2) Permit any act in violation of Paragraph (1) to be done on any premises under his charge or control, or aid or abet any such act.
(3) Promote, stage, advertise, or be employed at a dogfighting exhibition.
(4) Sell a ticket of admission or receive money for the admission of any person to any place used, or about to be used, for any activity described in Paragraph (2).
(5) Own, manage, or operate any facility kept or used for the purpose of dogfighting.
(6) Knowingly attend as a spectator at any organized dogfighting event.
(7)(a) Own, possess, keep, or train a dog for purpose of dogfighting.
(b) The following activities shall be admissible as evidence of a violation of this Paragraph:
(i) Possession of any treadmill wheel, hot walker, cat mill, cat walker, jenni, or other paraphernalia, together with evidence that the paraphernalia is being used or intended for use in the unlawful training of a dog to fight with another dog, along with the possession of any such dog.
(ii) Tying, attaching, or fastening any live animal to a machine or power propelled device, for the purpose of causing the animal to be pursued by a dog, together with the possession of a dog.
(iii) Possession or ownership of a dog exhibiting injuries or alterations consistent with dogfighting, including but not limited to torn or missing ears, scars, lacerations, bite wounds, puncture wounds, bruising or other injuries, together with evidence that the dog has been used or is intended for use in dogfighting.
B. "Dogfighting" means an organized event wherein there is a display of combat between two or more dogs in which the fighting, killing, maiming, or injuring of a dog is the significant feature, or main purpose, of the event.
C. Whoever violates any provision of Subsection A of this Section shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars, or be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than one year nor more than ten years, or both.
D. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit any of the following activities:
(1) The use of dogs for hunting.
(2) The use of dogs for management of livestock by the owner, his employees or agents, or any other person having lawful custody of livestock.
(3) The training of dogs or the possession or use of equipment in the training of dogs for any purpose not prohibited by law.
(4) The possessing or owning of dogs with ears cropped or otherwise surgically altered for cosmetic purposes.
E. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 14, §2.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 432, §1. Acts 1984, No. 661, §1; Acts 1993, No. 1002, §1; Acts 2001, No. 547, §1; Acts 2001, No. 734, §1, eff. June 25, 2001; Acts 2008, No. 14, §§1, 2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.7. Search warrant for dogfighting offenses

RS 14:102.7 - Search warrant for dogfighting offenses
If complaint is made, by affidavit, to any magistrate authorized to issue search warrants in criminal cases, that the complainant has reason to believe that R.S. 14:102.5 has been violated within the past forty-eight hours, is being, or will be violated in any building or place, such magistrate, if satisfied that there is reasonable cause for such belief, shall issue a search warrant authorizing any law enforcement officer competent by law to make arrests for such offenses to make a search of said building or place, and to arrest any person found violating R.S. 14:102.5. This Section shall not be construed as a limitation on the power of law enforcement officers to seize animals or evidence at the time of arrest.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 432, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.9. Interference with animal research; research laboratory or farm

RS 14:102.9 - Interference with animal research; research laboratory or farm
A. Interference with animal research is any of the following:
(1) The unauthorized entry of any research laboratory or research farm with the intent of releasing or causing the release of any animal housed or kept within such research facility.
(2) The intentional or criminally negligent damaging of any research laboratory or research farm.
(3) The intentional or criminally negligent unauthorized release of any animal housed or kept within any research laboratory or research farm.
B. Whoever commits the crime of interference with animal research shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars and may be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than one year.
Acts 1989, No. 784, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ALSO R.S. 14:228.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.10. Bear wrestling; penalty

RS 14:102.10 - Bear wrestling; penalty
A. Any person who intentionally commits any of the following shall be guilty of bear wrestling:
(1) Promotes, engages in, or is employed by anyone who conducts a bear wrestling match.
(2) Receives money for the admission of another person to a place kept for bear wrestling matches.
(3) Sells, purchases, possesses, or trains a bear for a bear wrestling match.
B. For the purposes of this Section, a "bear wrestling match" means a match or contest between one or more persons and a bear for the purpose of fighting or engaging in a physical altercation.
C. Whoever commits the crime of bear wrestling shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Acts 1992, No. 740, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.11. Illegal contact sports; penalty

RS 14:102.11 - Illegal contact sports; penalty
A. Any person who intentionally commits any of the following shall be guilty of illegal contact sports:
(1) Promotes, engages or participates in, judges, or referees a tough-man competition or is employed by anyone who conducts a tough-man competition.
(2) Receives money for the admission of another person to a place which holds or has held tough-man competitions.
B. For the purposes of this Section, a "tough-man contest or competition" means any boxing match, wrestling event, or contest or competition, or combination thereof, between two or more persons, whether professional or amateur, who use their hands, with or without gloves, or their feet, or both, in any manner unauthorized by the State Boxing and Wrestling Commission, and compete for money, financial prize, or any item of pecuniary or nonpecuniary value or compete at an event where a fee is charged whereby either participant may obtain pecuniary gain. "Tough-man contest or competition" shall not include, nor shall the provisions of this Section apply to any contest, competition, or exhibition of any of the recognized martial arts including karate, judo, kung fu, tae kwan do, jujitsu, kickboxing, or any substantially similar tradition.
C. Whoever commits the crime of illegal contact sports 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 1995, No. 1275, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.12. Definitions

RS 14:102.12 - Definitions
As used in this Section and R.S. 14:102.13 through 102.18, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) "Animal control agency" means the parish or local animal control agency. If the municipality or parish does not have an animal control agency, it means whatever entity performs animal control functions.
(2) "Impounded" means taken into the custody of the animal control agency or provider of animal control services to the municipality or parish where the dangerous or vicious dog is found.
(3) "Secure enclosure" means a fence or structure suitable to prevent the entry of young children, and which is suitable to confine a dangerous dog in conjunction with other measures which may be taken by the owner of the dog. The enclosure shall be designed in order to prevent the animal from escaping.
(4) Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 2, §3.
Acts 2001, No. 823, §1; Acts 2003, No. 563, §1; Acts 2019, No. 2, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.14. Unlawful ownership of dangerous dog

RS 14:102.14 - Unlawful ownership of dangerous dog
A. For the purposes of this Section "dangerous dog" means:
(1) Any dog which when unprovoked, on two separate occasions within the prior thirty-six-month period, engages in any behavior that requires a defensive action by any person to prevent bodily injury when the person and the dog are off the property of the owner of the dog; or
(2) Any dog which, when unprovoked, bites a person causing an injury; or
(3) Any dog which, when unprovoked, on two separate occasions within the prior thirty-six-month period, has killed, seriously bitten, inflicted injury, or otherwise caused injury to a domestic animal off the property of the owner of the dog.
B. It is unlawful for any person to own a dangerous dog without properly restraining or confining the dog.
C. A dangerous dog, while on the owner's property, shall, at all times, be kept indoors, or in a secure enclosure. A dangerous dog may be off the owner's property only if it is restrained by a leash which prevents its escape or access to other persons.
D. The owner of a dog determined by the court to be dangerous shall post signs around the secure enclosure no more than thirty feet apart and at each normal point of ingress and egress. The signs shall bear the words "Beware of Dog", or "Dangerous Dog" in letters at least three and one-half inches high and shall be so placed as to be readily visible to any person approaching the secure enclosure.
E. If the dog in question dies, or is sold, transferred, or permanently removed from the municipality or parish where the owner resides, the owner of a dangerous dog shall notify the animal control agency of the changed condition and new location of the dog in writing within two days.
F. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars.
G. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to:
(1) Any dog which is owned, or the service of which is employed, by any state or local law enforcement agency for the principal purpose of aiding in the detection of criminal activity, enforcement of laws, or apprehension of offenders.
(2) Any dog trained in accordance with the standards of a national or regional search and rescue association to respond to instructions from its handler in the search and rescue of lost or missing individuals and which dog, together with its handler, is prepared to render search and rescue services at the request of law enforcement.
Acts 2001, No. 823, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.15. Unlawful ownership of a vicious dog

RS 14:102.15 - Unlawful ownership of a vicious dog
A. For the purposes of this Section "vicious dog" means any dog which, when unprovoked, in an aggressive manner, inflicts serious bodily injury on or kills a human being and was previously determined to be a dangerous dog.
B. It is unlawful for any person to own a vicious dog.
C. 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.
D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to:
(1) Any dog which is owned, or the service of which is employed, by any state or local law enforcement agency for the principal purpose of aiding in the detection of criminal activity, enforcement of laws, or apprehension of offenders.
(2) Any dog trained in accordance with the standards of a national or regional search and rescue association to respond to instructions from its handler in the search and rescue of lost or missing individuals and which dog, together with its handler, is prepared to render search and rescue services at the request of law enforcement.
Acts 2001, No. 823, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.16. Seizure and destruction or disposition of dangerous or vicious dogs

RS 14:102.16 - Seizure and destruction or disposition of dangerous or vicious dogs
A.(1) Any law enforcement officer making an arrest under R.S. 14:102.14 or R.S. 14:102.15 may lawfully take possession of all dogs on the premises where the arrest is made or in the immediate possession or control of the person being arrested.
(2) The legislature finds and declares that dangerous or vicious dogs are a threat to the health and safety of the public. Dogs seized in accordance with this Section are declared to be contraband, and the officer may cause them to be impounded pending the hearing held pursuant to R.S. 14:102.13.
B. A dog determined to be a vicious dog by the court shall be humanely euthanized by the animal control agency, a licensed veterinarian, or a qualified technician.
C. A dog determined by the court to be a dangerous dog may be humanely euthanized if it is determined that the dog poses an immediate threat to public health and safety.
D. The owner of the dog shall be liable to the municipality or parish where the dog is impounded for the costs and expenses of keeping the dog if the dog is later adjudicated dangerous or vicious.
Acts 2001, No. 823, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.17. Registration of dangerous dogs; fees

RS 14:102.17 - Registration of dangerous dogs; fees
A. All dangerous dogs shall be properly licensed and vaccinated. The licensing authority shall include the dangerous designation in the registration records of the dog, either after the owner of the dog has agreed to the designation or the court has determined the designation applies to the dog.
B. The municipality or parish may charge a dangerous dog fee in addition to the regular licensing fee to provide for the increased costs of maintaining the records of the dog.
Acts 2001, No. 823, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.18. Seizure and disposition of dogs which cause death or inflict bodily injury

RS 14:102.18 - Seizure and disposition of dogs which cause death or inflict bodily injury
A. Any law enforcement officer or animal control officer may seize any dog which when unprovoked, in an aggressive manner, causes the death of or inflicts bodily injury on a human being. Any dog seized pursuant to the provisions of this Section may be impounded pending the outcome of the hearing held in accordance with this Section.
B. The district attorney, the sheriff, an animal control officer, or other designated representative, in the name of and on behalf of the parish, and without the payment of any costs, shall be authorized to file a petition in the district court having jurisdiction requesting a hearing for the purpose of determining whether or not a dog which, when unprovoked, in an aggressive manner, causes the death of or inflicts bodily injury on a human being, shall be euthanized.
C. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the procedure provided in R.S. 14:102.13.
D. A dog determined by the court to have, when unprovoked, in an aggressive manner, caused the death of or inflicted bodily injury on a human being may be humanely euthanized by the animal control agency, a licensed veterinarian, or a qualified technician.
E. The owner of the dog shall be liable to the municipality or parish where the dog is impounded for the costs and expenses of keeping the dog if the dog is later adjudicated to have, when unprovoked, in an aggressive manner, caused the death or inflicted bodily injury on a human being.
Acts 2003, No. 563, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.19. Hog and canine fighting prohibited; penalties

RS 14:102.19 - Hog and canine fighting prohibited; penalties
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to organize or conduct any commercial or private event, wherein there is a display of combat or fighting among one or more domestic or feral canines and feral or domestic hogs and in which it is intended or reasonably foreseeable that the canines or hogs would be injured, maimed, mutilated, or killed.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally do any of the following for the purpose of organizing, conducting, or financially or materially supporting any event as provided in Subsection A of this Section:
(1) Finance, commercially advertise, sell admission tickets, or employ persons.
(2) Own, manage, or operate any facility or property.
(3) Supply, breed, train, or keep canines or hogs.
(4) Knowingly purchase tickets of admission.
C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any competitive event in which canines, which are trained for hunting or herding activities, are released in an open area or an enclosed area to locate and corner hogs, and in which competitive points are deducted if a hog is caught and held, unless by such actions it is reasonably foreseeable that the canines or hogs would be injured, maimed, mutilated, or killed.
D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the lawful hunting of hogs with canines or the use of canines for the management, farming, or herding of hogs which are livestock or the private training of canines for the purposes enumerated in this Subsection provided that such training is conducted in the field and is not in violation of the provisions of Subsection A of this Section.
E. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to "Uncle Earl's Hog Dog Trials", as defined in R.S. 49:170.10.
F. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
G. For the purposes of this Section:
(1) "Hog" shall include a pig, swine, or boar.
(2) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, trust, firm, association or other legal entity.
Acts 2004, No. 111, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.20. Sport killing of zoo or circus animals prohibited

RS 14:102.20 - Sport killing of zoo or circus animals prohibited
A. No person shall kill for sport an animal that is presently or was formerly a part of a zoo or circus.
B. No zoo or circus shall provide, sell, or donate any animal for use in any business or activity wherein the animal may be intentionally killed for sport.
C. No person shall knowingly transfer or conspire to transfer any animal from a zoo or circus to any business, person, or activity wherein the animal may be intentionally killed for sport.
D. No business or person wherein an animal may be intentionally killed for sport shall purchase, accept as a donation, or receive any animal that was formerly a part of a zoo or circus.
E. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Acts 2004, No. 891, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.21. Unauthorized use of the identity of a deceased soldier

RS 14:102.21 - Unauthorized use of the identity of a deceased soldier
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to use for the purpose of advertising for the sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise, or for the solicitation of patronage by any business the name, portrait, or picture of any deceased soldier, without having obtained prior consent to such use by the soldier, or by the closest living relative, by blood or marriage, of the deceased.
B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
C. For purposes of this Section, "soldier" means any active duty member or former member of the armed forces of the United States including any member who was killed in the line of duty.
Acts 2006, No. 239, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.22. Harboring or concealing an animal which has bitten or inflicted serious bodily injury on a human

RS 14:102.22 - Harboring or concealing an animal which has bitten or inflicted serious bodily injury on a human
A. Harboring or concealing an animal which has bitten or inflicted serious bodily injury on a human is committed when a person knows or has reason to know that an animal has bitten or inflicted serious bodily injury on a human and the person intentionally harbors or conceals the animal from any law enforcement or animal control agency investigator or agent.
B. For the purposes of this Section:
(1) "Animal control agency" means the parish or local animal control agency. If the municipality or parish does not have an animal control agency, it means the entity designated to perform animal control functions.
(2) Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 2, §3.
C. Whoever commits the crime of harboring or concealing an animal which has bitten or inflicted serious bodily injury on a human shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or both.
D.(1) Any health care provider, as provided in R.S. 40:1231.1, who examines or treats any person who has been bitten by an animal or upon whom an animal has inflicted serious bodily injury shall report such bite or injury to the law enforcement or animal control agency for the location where the bite or injury occurred. Such report shall be made immediately, if possible, and in any event shall be made within twenty-four hours.
(2) The report shall include as much of the following information as is available:
(a) The patient's name, date of birth, sex, and current home and work addresses.
(b) The nature of the bite or injury that is the subject of the report.
(c) Any information about the location of the biting animal and the name and address of any known owner.
(d) The name and address of the health care provider.
Acts 2006, No. 788, §1; Acts 2019, No. 2, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:102.24. Participation in cockfighting

RS 14:102.24 - Participation in cockfighting
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to attend a cockfight, or to bet on a cockfight, or to pay admission at any location to view or bet on a cockfight.
B. As used in this Section, the following words and phrases have the following meaning ascribed to them:
(1) "Chicken" means any bird which is of the species
Gallus gallus
, whether domestic or feral.
(2) "Cockfight" means a contest wherein chickens are set against one another with the intention that they engage in combat.
C. 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.
Acts 2010, No. 114, §1.