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TITLE 14 - Criminal Law
TITLE 14 - Criminal Law
RS 14:1 - TITLE 14 CRIMINAL LAW
RS 14:2 - Definitions
RS 14:3 - Interpretation
RS 14:4 - Conduct made criminal under several articles; how prosecuted
RS 14:5 - Lesser and included offenses
RS 14:6 - Civil remedies not affected
RS 14:7 - Crime defined
RS 14:8 - Criminal conduct
RS 14:9 - Criminal consequences
RS 14:10 - Criminal intent
RS 14:11 - Criminal intent; how expressed
RS 14:12 - Criminal negligence
RS 14:13 - Infancy
RS 14:14 - Insanity
RS 14:15 - Intoxication
RS 14:16 - Mistake of fact
RS 14:17 - Mistake of law
RS 14:18 - Justification; general provisions
RS 14:19 - Use of force or violence in defense
RS 14:20 - Justifiable homicide
RS 14:20.1 - Investigation of death due to violence or suspicious circumstances when claim of self-defense is raised
RS 14:21 - Aggressor cannot claim self defense
RS 14:22 - Defense of others
RS 14:23 - Parties classified
RS 14:24 - Principals
RS 14:25 - Accessories after the fact
RS 14:26 - Criminal conspiracy
RS 14:27 - Attempt; penalties; attempt on peace officer; enhanced penalties
RS 14:28 - Inciting a felony
RS 14:28.1 - Solicitation for murder
RS 14:29 - Homicide
RS 14:30 - First degree murder
RS 14:30.1 - Second degree murder
RS 14:31 - Manslaughter
RS 14:32 - Negligent homicide
RS 14:32.1 - Vehicular homicide
RS 14:32.5 - FETICIDE
RS 14:32.6 - First degree feticide
RS 14:32.7 - Second degree feticide
RS 14:32.8 - Third degree feticide
RS 14:32.9 - Criminal abortion
RS 14:32.9.1 - Aggravated criminal abortion by dismemberment
RS 14:32.10 - Partial birth abortion
RS 14:32.11 - Partial birth abortion
RS 14:32.12 - SUICIDE
RS 14:33 - Battery defined
RS 14:34 - Aggravated battery
RS 14:34.1 - Second degree battery
RS 14:34.2 - Battery of a police officer
RS 14:34.3 - Battery of a school teacher
RS 14:34.4 - Battery of a school or recreation athletic contest official
RS 14:34.5 - Battery of a correctional facility employee
RS 14:34.5.1 - Battery of a bus operator
RS 14:34.6 - Disarming of a peace officer
RS 14:34.7 - Aggravated second degree battery
RS 14:34.8 - Battery of emergency room personnel, emergency services personnel, or a healthcare professional
RS 14:34.9 - Battery of a dating partner
RS 14:34.9.1 - Aggravated assault upon a dating partner
RS 14:35 - Simple battery
RS 14:35.1 - Battery of a child welfare or adult protective service worker
RS 14:35.2 - Simple battery of persons with infirmities
RS 14:35.3 - Domestic abuse battery
RS 14:36 - Assault defined
RS 14:37 - Aggravated assault
RS 14:37.1 - Assault by drive-by shooting
RS 14:37.2 - Aggravated assault upon a peace officer
RS 14:37.3 - Unlawful use of a laser on a police officer
RS 14:37.4 - Aggravated assault with a firearm
RS 14:37.5 - Aggravated assault upon a utility service employee with a firearm
RS 14:37.6 - Aggravated assault with a motor vehicle upon a peace officer
RS 14:37.7 - Domestic abuse aggravated assault
RS 14:38 - Simple assault
RS 14:38.1 - Mingling harmful substances
RS 14:38.2 - Assault on a school teacher
RS 14:38.3 - Assault on a child welfare worker
RS 14:39 - Negligent injuring
RS 14:39.1 - Vehicular negligent injuring
RS 14:39.2 - First degree vehicular negligent injuring
RS 14:40 - Intimidation by officers
RS 14:40.1 - Terrorizing
RS 14:40.2 - Stalking
RS 14:40.3 - Cyberstalking
RS 14:40.4 - Burning cross on property of another or public place; intent to intimidate
RS 14:40.5 - Public display of a noose on property of another or public place; intent to intimidate
RS 14:40.6 - Unlawful disruption of the operation of a school; penalties
RS 14:40.7 - Cyberbullying
RS 14:40.8 - Criminal hazing
RS 14:41 - Rape; defined
RS 14:41.1 - Consent; victim in police custody
RS 14:42 - First degree rape
RS 14:42.1 - Second degree rape
RS 14:43 - Third degree rape
RS 14:43.1 - Sexual battery
RS 14:43.1.1 - Misdemeanor sexual battery
RS 14:43.2 - Second degree sexual battery
RS 14:43.3 - Oral sexual battery
RS 14:43.4 - Female genital mutilation
RS 14:43.5 - Intentional exposure to HIV
RS 14:43.6 - Administration of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) to certain sex offenders
RS 14:44 - Aggravated kidnapping
RS 14:44.1 - Second degree kidnapping
RS 14:44.2 - Aggravated kidnapping of a child
RS 14:45 - Simple kidnapping
RS 14:45.1 - Interference with the custody of a child
RS 14:46 - False imprisonment
RS 14:46.1 - False imprisonment; offender armed with dangerous weapon
RS 14:46.2 - Human trafficking
RS 14:46.3 - Trafficking of children for sexual purposes
RS 14:46.4 - Re-homing of a child
RS 14:47 - Defamation
RS 14:48 - Presumption of malice
RS 14:49 - Qualified privilege
RS 14:50 - Absolute privilege
RS 14:50.1 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 220, §13, eff. June 14, 2008.
RS 14:50.2 - Perpetration or attempted perpetration of certain crimes of violence against a victim sixty-five years of age or older
RS 14:51 - Aggravated arson
RS 14:51.1 - Injury by arson
RS 14:52 - Simple arson
RS 14:52.1 - Simple arson of a religious building
RS 14:52.2 - Negligent arson
RS 14:53 - Arson with intent to defraud
RS 14:54 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 220, §13, eff. June 14, 2008.
RS 14:54.1 - Communicating of false information of planned arson
RS 14:54.2 - Manufacture and possession of delayed action incendiary devices; penalty
RS 14:54.3 - Manufacture and possession of a bomb
RS 14:54.4 - Forfeitures
RS 14:54.5 - Fake explosive device
RS 14:54.6 - Communicating of false information of planned bombing on school property, at a school-sponsored function, or in a firearm-free zone
RS 14:55 - Aggravated criminal damage to property
RS 14:56 - Simple criminal damage to property
RS 14:56.1 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
RS 14:56.2 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
RS 14:56.3 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
RS 14:56.4 - Criminal damage to property by defacing with graffiti
RS 14:56.5 - Criminal damage to historic buildings or landmarks by defacing with graffiti
RS 14:57 - Damage to property with intent to defraud
RS 14:58 - Contaminating water supplies
RS 14:59 - Criminal mischief
RS 14:60 - Aggravated burglary
RS 14:61 - Unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure
RS 14:61.1 - Criminal damage to a critical infrastructure
RS 14:62 - Simple burglary
RS 14:62.1 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
RS 14:62.2 - Simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling
RS 14:62.3 - Unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling
RS 14:62.4 - Unauthorized entry of a place of business
RS 14:62.5 - Looting
RS 14:62.6 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
RS 14:62.7 - Unauthorized entry of a dwelling during an emergency or disaster
RS 14:62.8 - Home invasion
RS 14:62.9 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
RS 14:63 - Criminal trespass
RS 14:63.1 - Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 802, §2.
RS 14:63.2 - Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 802, §2.
RS 14:63.3 - Entry on or remaining in places or on land after being forbidden
RS 14:63.4 - Aiding and abetting others to enter or remain on premises where forbidden
RS 14:63.5 - Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 802, §2.
RS 14:63.6 - Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 802, §2.
RS 14:63.7 - Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 802, §2.
RS 14:63.8 - Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 802, §2.
RS 14:63.9 - Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 802, §2.
RS 14:63.10 - Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 802, §2.
RS 14:63.11 - Repealed by Acts 1981, No. 78, 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
RS 14:63.12 - Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 802, §2.
RS 14:64 - Armed robbery
RS 14:64.1 - First degree robbery
RS 14:64.2 - Carjacking
RS 14:64.3 - Armed robbery; attempted armed robbery; use of firearm; additional penalty
RS 14:64.4 - Second degree robbery
RS 14:65 - Simple robbery
RS 14:65.1 - Purse snatching
RS 14:66 - Extortion
RS 14:67 - Theft
RS 14:67.1 - Theft of livestock
RS 14:67.2 - Theft of timber
RS 14:67.3 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
RS 14:67.4 - Anti-Skimming Act
RS 14:67.5 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 255, §3.
RS 14:67.6 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
RS 14:67.7 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
RS 14:67.8 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
RS 14:67.9 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
RS 14:67.10 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
RS 14:67.11 - Credit card fraud by persons authorized to provide goods and services
RS 14:67.12 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 255, §3.
RS 14:67.13 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 255, §3.
RS 14:67.14 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 255, §3.
RS 14:67.15 - Theft of a firearm
RS 14:67.16 - Identity theft
RS 14:67.17 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 255, §3.
RS 14:67.18 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
RS 14:67.19 - Theft of anhydrous ammonia
RS 14:67.19.1 - Unauthorized possession of anhydrous ammonia
RS 14:67.20 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
RS 14:67.21 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
RS 14:67.22 - Fraudulent acquisition of a credit card
RS 14:67.23 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 255, §3.
RS 14:67.24 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
RS 14:67.25 - Organized retail theft
RS 14:67.26 - Theft of a motor vehicle
RS 14:67.27 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 255, §3.
RS 14:67.28 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
RS 14:67.29 - False personation of a veteran or fraudulent representation of a veteran-owned business
RS 14:67.30 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
RS 14:68 - Unauthorized use of a movable
RS 14:68.1 - Unauthorized removal of shopping cart, basket, or dairy case
RS 14:68.2 - Unauthorized use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits or supplemental nutrition assistance program benefit access devices
RS 14:68.2.1 - Failure to report unauthorized use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits; penalties
RS 14:68.3 - Unauthorized removal of a motor vehicle; penalties
RS 14:68.4 - Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle
RS 14:68.5 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
RS 14:68.6 - Unauthorized ordering of goods or services
RS 14:68.7 - Receipts and universal product code labels; unlawful acts
RS 14:69 - Illegal possession of stolen things
RS 14:69.1 - Illegal possession of stolen firearms
RS 14:70 - False accounting
RS 14:70.1 - Medicaid fraud
RS 14:70.2 - Refund or access device application fraud
RS 14:70.3 - Fraud in selling agricultural equipment
RS 14:70.4 - Access device fraud
RS 14:70.5 - Fraudulent remuneration
RS 14:70.6 - Unlawful distribution, possession, or use of theft alarm deactivation devices
RS 14:70.7 - Unlawful production, manufacturing, distribution, or possession of fraudulent documents for identification purposes
RS 14:70.8 - Illegal transmission of monetary funds
RS 14:70.9 - Government benefits fraud
RS 14:71 - Issuing worthless checks
RS 14:71.1 - Bank fraud
RS 14:71.2 - Failure to pay bridge or bridge-causeway toll
RS 14:71.3 - Mortgage fraud
RS 14:71.4 - Homestead exemption fraud
RS 14:72 - Forgery
RS 14:72.1 - Use of forged academic records
RS 14:72.1.1 - Forgery of a certificate of insurance or insurance identification card; penalties
RS 14:72.2 - Monetary instrument abuse
RS 14:72.3 - Identification of alleged offender
RS 14:72.4 - Disposal of property with fraudulent or malicious intent
RS 14:72.5 - Unlawful production, manufacture, distribution or possession of fraudulent postsecondary education degree
RS 14:72.6 - Forgery of a motor vehicle inspection certificate; penalties
RS 14:73 - Commercial bribery
RS 14:73.1 - Definitions
RS 14:73.2 - Offenses against intellectual property
RS 14:73.3 - Offenses against computer equipment or supplies
RS 14:73.4 - Offenses against computer users
RS 14:73.5 - Computer fraud
RS 14:73.6 - Offenses against electronic mail service provider
RS 14:73.7 - Computer tampering
RS 14:73.8 - Unauthorized use of a wireless router system; pornography involving juveniles; penalty
RS 14:73.9 - Criminal use of Internet, virtual, street-map; enhanced penalties
RS 14:73.10 - Online impersonation
RS 14:74 - Criminal neglect of family
RS 14:74.1 - Right of action
RS 14:75 - Failure to pay child support obligation
RS 14:75.1 - REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 442, 4, EFF. JUNE 9, 1993.
RS 14:75.2 - REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 442, 4, EFF. JUNE 9, 1993.
RS 14:76 - Bigamy
RS 14:77 - Abetting in bigamy
RS 14:78 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 177, §2 and Acts 2014, No. 602, §7, eff. June 12, 2014.
RS 14:78.1 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 177, §2 and Acts 2014, No. 602, §7, eff. June 12, 2014.
RS 14:79 - Violation of protective orders
RS 14:79.1 - Criminal abandonment
RS 14:79.2 - Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 638, 3
RS 14:80 - Felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile
RS 14:80.1 - Misdemeanor carnal knowledge of a juvenile
RS 14:81 - Indecent behavior with juveniles
RS 14:81.1 - Pornography involving juveniles
RS 14:81.1.1 - "Sexting"; prohibited acts; penalties
RS 14:81.2 - Molestation of a juvenile or a person with a physical or mental disability
RS 14:81.3 - Computer-aided solicitation of a minor
RS 14:81.4 - Prohibited sexual conduct between educator and student
RS 14:81.5 - Unlawful possession of videotape of protected persons under R.S. 15:440.1 et seq.
RS 14:82 - Prostitution; definition; penalties; enhancement
RS 14:82.1 - Prostitution; persons under eighteen; additional offenses
RS 14:82.2 - Purchase of commercial sexual activity; penalties
RS 14:83 - Soliciting for prostitutes
RS 14:83.1 - Inciting prostitution
RS 14:83.2 - Promoting prostitution
RS 14:83.3 - Prostitution by massage
RS 14:83.4 - Massage; sexual conduct prohibited
RS 14:84 - Pandering
RS 14:85 - Letting premises for prostitution
RS 14:85.1 - Repealed by Acts. 2008, No. 220, §13, eff. June 14, 2008.
RS 14:86 - Enticing persons into prostitution
RS 14:87 - Abortion
RS 14:87.1 - Killing a child during delivery
RS 14:87.2 - Human experimentation
RS 14:87.3 - Prohibited sale, receipt, or transport of fetal organs and body parts
RS 14:87.4 - Abortion advertising
RS 14:87.5 - Intentional failure to sustain life and health of aborted viable infant
RS 14:87.6 - Coerced abortion
RS 14:88 - Distribution of abortifacients
RS 14:89 - Crime against nature
RS 14:89.1 - Aggravated crime against nature
RS 14:89.2 - Crime against nature by solicitation
RS 14:89.3 - Sexual abuse of an animal
RS 14:89.6 - Human-animal hybrids
RS 14:90 - Gambling
RS 14:90.1 - Seizure and disposition of evidence, property and proceeds; gambling
RS 14:90.2 - Gambling in public
RS 14:90.3 - Gambling by computer
RS 14:90.4 - Unlawful playing of video draw poker devices by persons under the age of twenty-one; penalty
RS 14:90.5 - Unlawful playing of gaming devices by persons under the age of twenty-one; underage persons, penalty
RS 14:90.6 - Gambling or wagering at cockfights
RS 14:90.7 - Gambling by electronic sweepstakes device
RS 14:91 - OFFENSES AFFECTING THE HEALTH AND
RS 14:91.1 - Unlawful presence of a sexually violent predator
RS 14:91.2 - Unlawful presence of a sex offender
RS 14:91.3 - Unlawful participation in a child-related business
RS 14:91.4 - Contributing to the endangerment of a minor
RS 14:91.5 - Unlawful use of a social networking website
RS 14:91.6 - Unlawful distribution of sample tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products to persons under age eighteen; penalty
RS 14:91.7 - Unauthorized possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages on public school property
RS 14:91.8 - Unlawful sale, purchase, or possession of tobacco, alternative nicotine product, or vapor product; signs required; penalties
RS 14:91.9 - Unlawful presence or contact of a sex offender relative to a former victim
RS 14:91.11 - Sale, exhibition, or distribution of material harmful to minors
RS 14:91.12 - Sale, distribution or making available to minors publications encouraging, advocating, or facilitating the illegal use of controlled dangerous substances
RS 14:91.13 - Illegal use of controlled dangerous substances in the presence of persons under seventeen years of age
RS 14:91.14 - Unlawful distribution of material harmful to minors through the Internet
RS 14:91.15 - Unlawful operation of an unlicensed child day care center
RS 14:91.21 - Sale of poisonous reptiles to minors; penalty
RS 14:91.22 - Repealed by Acts 1974, No. 276, 1
RS 14:92 - Contributing to the delinquency of juveniles
RS 14:92.1 - Encouraging or contributing to child delinquency, dependency, or neglect; penalty; suspension of sentence; definitions
RS 14:92.2 - Improper supervision of a minor by parent or legal custodian; penalty
RS 14:92.3 - Retaliation by a minor against a parent, legal custodian, witness, or complainant
RS 14:93 - Cruelty to juveniles
RS 14:93.1 - Model glue; use of; abuse of toxic vapors; unlawful sales to minors; penalties
RS 14:93.2 - Tattooing and body piercing of minors; prohibition
RS 14:93.2.1 - Child desertion
RS 14:93.2.2 - Unlawful placement of gold fillings, caps, and crowns; minors
RS 14:93.2.3 - Second degree cruelty to juveniles
RS 14:93.3 - Cruelty to persons with infirmities
RS 14:93.4 - Exploitation of persons with infirmities
RS 14:93.5 - Sexual battery of persons with infirmities
RS 14:93.10 - Definitions
RS 14:93.11 - Unlawful sales to persons under twenty-one
RS 14:93.12 - Purchase and public possession of alcoholic beverages; exceptions; penalties
RS 14:93.13 - Unlawful purchase of alcoholic beverages by persons on behalf of persons under twenty-one
RS 14:93.14 - Responsibilities of retail dealers not relieved
RS 14:93.15 - Alcoholic beverage vaporizer; prohibitions
RS 14:93.20 - Repealed by Acts 1998, No. 71, 2, eff. June 25, 1998.
RS 14:94 - ILLEGAL CARRYING AND DISCHARGE OF WEAPONS
RS 14:95 - Illegal carrying of weapons
RS 14:95.1 - Possession of firearm or carrying concealed weapon by a person convicted of certain felonies
RS 14:95.1.1 - Illegally supplying a felon with a firearm
RS 14:95.1.2 - Illegally supplying a felon with ammunition
RS 14:95.1.3 - Fraudulent firearm and ammunition purchase
RS 14:95.1.4 - Illegal transfer of a firearm to a prohibited possessor
RS 14:95.2 - Carrying a firearm or dangerous weapon by a student or nonstudent on school property, at school-sponsored functions, or in a firearm-free zone
RS 14:95.2.1 - Illegal carrying of a firearm at a parade with any firearm used in the commission of a crime of violence
RS 14:95.2.2 - Reckless discharge of a firearm at a parade or demonstration
RS 14:95.3 - Unlawful use of body armor
RS 14:95.4 - Repealed
RS 14:95.5 - Possession of firearm on premises of alcoholic beverage outlet
RS 14:95.6 - Firearm-free zone; notice; signs; crime; penalties
RS 14:95.7 - Possession of or dealing in firearms with obliterated numbers or marks
RS 14:95.8 - Illegal possession of a handgun by a juvenile
RS 14:95.9 - Wearing or possessing body armor, by a student or nonstudent on school property, at school-sponsored functions, or in firearm-free zones; exceptions
RS 14:95.10 - Possession of a firearm or carrying of a concealed weapon by a person convicted of domestic abuse battery
RS 14:96 - Aggravated obstruction of a highway of commerce
RS 14:97 - Simple obstruction of a highway of commerce
RS 14:97.1 - Solicitation on an interstate highway
RS 14:97.2 - Unlawful sale, purchase, possession, or use of traffic signal preemption devices
RS 14:98 - Operating a vehicle while intoxicated
RS 14:98.1 - Operating while intoxicated; first offense; penalties
RS 14:98.2 - Operating while intoxicated; second offense; penalties
RS 14:98.3 - Operating while intoxicated; third offense; penalties
RS 14:98.4 - Operating while intoxicated, fourth offense; penalties
RS 14:98.5 - Special provisions and definitions
RS 14:98.6 - Underage operating while intoxicated
RS 14:98.7 - Unlawful refusal to submit to chemical tests; arrests for driving while intoxicated
RS 14:98.8 - Operating a vehicle while under suspension for certain prior offenses
RS 14:99 - Reckless operation of a vehicle
RS 14:99.1 - Hit and run damaging of a potable waterline by operation of a watercraft or vessel
RS 14:99.2 - Reckless operation of an off-road vehicle
RS 14:100 - Hit-and-run driving
RS 14:100.1 - Obstructing public passages
RS 14:100.11 - Legislative findings; purpose
RS 14:100.12 - Definitions
RS 14:100.13 - Operating a vehicle without lawful presence in the United States
RS 14:100.14 - Giving false information regarding lawful presence in the United States in order to obtain a driver's license
RS 14:101 - Desecration of graves
RS 14:101.1 - Purchase or sale of human organs
RS 14:101.2 - Unauthorized use of sperm, ovum, or embryo
RS 14:102 - Definitions; cruelty to animals
RS 14:102.1 - Cruelty to animals; simple and aggravated
RS 14:102.2 - Seizure and disposition of animals cruelly treated
RS 14:102.3 - Search warrant; animal cruelty offenses
RS 14:102.4 - Confined animals; necessary food and water
RS 14:102.5 - Dogfighting; training and possession of dogs for fighting
RS 14:102.6 - Seizure and destruction or disposition of dogs and equipment used in dogfighting
RS 14:102.7 - Search warrant for dogfighting offenses
RS 14:102.8 - Injuring or killing of a police animal
RS 14:102.9 - Interference with animal research; research laboratory or farm
RS 14:102.10 - Bear wrestling; penalty
RS 14:102.11 - Illegal contact sports; penalty
RS 14:102.12 - Definitions
RS 14:102.13 - Hearing to determine if dog is dangerous or vicious
RS 14:102.14 - Unlawful ownership of dangerous dog
RS 14:102.15 - Unlawful ownership of a vicious dog
RS 14:102.16 - Seizure and destruction or disposition of dangerous or vicious dogs
RS 14:102.17 - Registration of dangerous dogs; fees
RS 14:102.18 - Seizure and disposition of dogs which cause death or inflict bodily injury
RS 14:102.19 - Hog and canine fighting prohibited; penalties
RS 14:102.20 - Sport killing of zoo or circus animals prohibited
RS 14:102.21 - Unauthorized use of the identity of a deceased soldier
RS 14:102.22 - Harboring or concealing an animal which has bitten or inflicted serious bodily injury on a human
RS 14:102.23 - Cockfighting
RS 14:102.24 - Participation in cockfighting
RS 14:102.25 - Unlawfully supplying any product for the purpose of falsifying a screening test
RS 14:102.26 - Unlawful restraint of a dog; definitions; penalties
RS 14:102.27 - Unlawful sale of a live dog or cat at certain locations
RS 14:102.28 - Transporting live feral swine prohibited; penalties
RS 14:103 - Disturbing the peace
RS 14:103.1 - Emanation of excessive sound or noise; exceptions; penalties
RS 14:103.2 - Amplified devices in public places; quiet zones; penalties
RS 14:104 - Keeping a disorderly place
RS 14:105 - Letting a disorderly place
RS 14:106 - Obscenity
RS 14:106.1 - Promotion or wholesale promotion of obscene devices
RS 14:106.2 - Sexual acts prohibited in public; penalties
RS 14:106.3 - Unlawful exhibition of sexually explicit material in a motor vehicle; penalties
RS 14:107 - Vagrancy
RS 14:107.1 - Ritualistic acts
RS 14:107.2 - Hate crimes
RS 14:107.3 - Criminal blighting of property
RS 14:107.4 - Unlawful posting of criminal activity for notoriety and publicity
RS 14:107.5 - Solicitation of funds or transportation for certain unlawful purposes
RS 14:108 - Resisting an officer
RS 14:108.1 - Flight from an officer; aggravated flight from an officer
RS 14:108.2 - Resisting a police officer with force or violence
RS 14:109 - Repealed by Acts 1972, No. 740, 3
RS 14:110 - Simple escape; aggravated escape
RS 14:110.1 - Jumping bail
RS 14:110.1.1 - Out-of-state bail jumping
RS 14:110.1.2 - Providing false, nonexistent, or incomplete declaration of residence for bail
RS 14:110.2 - Tampering with electronic monitoring equipment
RS 14:110.3 - Tampering with surveillance, accounting, inventory, or monitoring systems; definitions; penalties
RS 14:111 - Assisting escape
RS 14:112 - False personation
RS 14:112.1 - False personation of a peace officer or firefighter
RS 14:112.2 - 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
RS 14:112.4 - Unlawful production, manufacturing, distribution, or possession of unauthorized peace officer badges
RS 14:113 - Treason
RS 14:114 - Misprision of treason
RS 14:115 - Criminal anarchy
RS 14:116 - Flag desecration
RS 14:116.1 - Flag burning
RS 14:117 - Flag desecration; exceptions
RS 14:117.1 - Paramilitary organizations; prohibitions
RS 14:118 - Public bribery
RS 14:118.1 - Bribery of sports participants
RS 14:118.2 - Falsifying information on racing license applications
RS 14:119 - Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 797, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
RS 14:119.1 - Bribery of parents of school children
RS 14:120 - Corrupt influencing
RS 14:121 - Informers granted immunity
RS 14:122 - Public intimidation and retaliation
RS 14:122.1 - Intimidation and interference in the operation of schools
RS 14:122.2 - Threatening a public official; penalties; definitions
RS 14:123 - Perjury
RS 14:124 - Inconsistent statements; perjury
RS 14:125 - False swearing
RS 14:125.1 - False swearing in paternity cases
RS 14:125.2 - False statements concerning paternity
RS 14:126 - Inconsistent statements; false swearing
RS 14:126.1 - False swearing for purpose of violating public health or safety
RS 14:126.1.1 - False communication with the intent to cause an emergency response
RS 14:126.2 - False statements concerning denial of constitutional rights
RS 14:126.3 - False statements concerning employment in a nursing or health care facility
RS 14:126.3.1 - Unauthorized participation in medical assistance programs
RS 14:126.4 - False certification of arrest documents
RS 14:127 - Limitation of defenses
RS 14:128 - Completion of affidavit
RS 14:128.1 - Terrorism
RS 14:128.2 - Aiding others in terrorism
RS 14:129 - Jury tampering
RS 14:129.1 - Intimidating, impeding or injuring witnesses; injuring officers; penalties
RS 14:129.2 - Recording, listening to, or observing proceedings of grand or petit juries while deliberating or voting
RS 14:130 - Jury misconduct
RS 14:130.1 - Obstruction of justice
RS 14:131 - Compounding a felony
RS 14:131.1 - Failure to report the commission of certain felonies
RS 14:132 - Injuring public records
RS 14:133 - Filing or maintaining false public records
RS 14:133.1 - Obstruction of court orders
RS 14:133.2 - Misrepresentation during booking
RS 14:133.3 - Falsification of drug tests
RS 14:133.4 - Misrepresentation during issuance of a misdemeanor summons or preparation of a juvenile custodial agreement
RS 14:133.5 - Filing a false complaint against a law enforcement officer
RS 14:133.6 - Filing a false lien against a law enforcement or court officer
RS 14:133.7 - Publication of certain criminal record information or juvenile record information prohibited
RS 14:134 - Malfeasance in office
RS 14:134.1 - Malfeasance in office; sexual conduct prohibited with persons in the custody and supervision of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
RS 14:134.2 - Malfeasance in office; tampering with evidence
RS 14:134.3 - Abuse of office
RS 14:135 - Public salary deduction
RS 14:136 - Public salary extortion
RS 14:137 - Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 700, 8
RS 14:138 - Public payroll fraud
RS 14:139 - Political payroll padding
RS 14:139.1 - Political payroll padding by sheriff; sale of assets of sheriff's office prohibited
RS 14:139.2 - Transfer of capital assets of clerk of court's office prohibited
RS 14:140 - Public contract fraud
RS 14:141 - Prohibited splitting of profits, fees or commissions; exceptions
RS 14:142 - Offenses committed prior to effective date of Code
RS 14:143 - Preemption of state law; exceptions
RS 14:201 - Collateral securities, unauthorized use or withdrawal prohibited; penalty; proof of intent; of personal advantage
RS 14:202 - Contractors; misapplication of payments prohibited; penalty
RS 14:202.1 - Residential contractor fraud; penalties
RS 14:202.2 - Solar electric and solar thermal system contractors; solar tax credit fraud
RS 14:203 - Electrical appliances, sale without original factory serial number prohibited; penalty
RS 14:204 - Fire-raising on lands of another by criminal negligence; penalty
RS 14:204.1 - Fire-raising in a correctional facility; penalty
RS 14:205 - Fire-raising on lands of another with malice; penalty
RS 14:206 - Fire prevention interference; penalty
RS 14:206.1 - Engaging in life safety and property protection contracting without authority prohibited; penalty
RS 14:207 - Motor vehicles, alteration or removal of identifying numbers prohibited; sale, etc., of motor vehicle with altered identifying numbers prohibited; penalty; application of Section
RS 14:208 - Operas, performance or representation without consent of owner prohibited; penalty
RS 14:209 - Seals, breaking prohibited; penalty
RS 14:210 - Taxicabs, tampering with meter forbidden; penalty
RS 14:211 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 281, §3.
RS 14:212 - Forest products, false statement prohibited; penalty
RS 14:213 - False packing of cotton bales and other agricultural products; penalty
RS 14:214 - Fishing or hunting contest fraud
RS 14:215 - Repealed by Acts 1962, No. 310, III (3)
RS 14:217 - Purchase or sale of seafoods prohibited under certain conditions; penalties
RS 14:218 - Seafood sales and purchases; commercial license required of seller; penalties
RS 14:219 - Removal of building or structure from immovable property subject to a conventional mortgage or vendor's privilege
RS 14:220 - Rented or leased motor vehicles; obtaining by false representation, etc.; failure to return; defenses; penalties
RS 14:220.1 - Leased movables; obtaining by false representation; failure to return or surrender; penalties; restitution
RS 14:221 - Avoiding payment for telecommunications services, cable television services, or multipoint distribution system service
RS 14:222 - Possession, manufacture, sale or transfer of devices for avoidance of payment for telecommunications services or related offenses; seizure of devices
RS 14:222.1 - Unauthorized interception, interference with, or retransmission of services offered over a cable television system
RS 14:222.2 - Cellular telephone counterfeiting
RS 14:222.3 - Unlawful use of a cellular tracking device; penalty
RS 14:223 - Sound reproductions without consent prohibited
RS 14:223.1 - Terms defined
RS 14:223.2 - Exceptions
RS 14:223.3 - Penalties
RS 14:223.4 - Civil remedies preserved
RS 14:223.5 - Recording of performances without consent prohibited
RS 14:223.6 - Rental or sale of improperly labeled articles prohibited
RS 14:223.7 - Counterfeiting or possessing counterfeit labels prohibited
RS 14:223.8 - Possessing of tools and equipment used for manufacturing unauthorized sound recordings prohibited
RS 14:223.9 - Unlawful operation of a recording device
RS 14:224 - Transportation of water from St. Tammany Parish prohibited; penalties
RS 14:225 - Institutional vandalism
RS 14:226 - Protection of owners of crayfish farms; penalties
RS 14:227 - Identification number, personal property, alteration or removal prohibited
RS 14:228 - Interference with animal research facilities or animal management facilities
RS 14:228.1 - Unauthorized release of certain animals, birds, or aquatic species
RS 14:229 - Illegal use of counterfeit trademark; penalties
RS 14:230 - Money laundering; transactions involving proceeds of criminal activity
RS 14:231 - Counterfeit and nonfunctional air bags prohibited; air bag fraud
RS 14:281 - Disorderly place, maintaining of prohibited; penalty
RS 14:282 - Operation of places of prostitution prohibited; penalty
RS 14:283 - Video voyeurism; penalties
RS 14:283.1 - Voyeurism; penalties
RS 14:283.2 - Nonconsensual disclosure of a private image
RS 14:283.3 - Abuse of persons with infirmities through electronic means
RS 14:284 - Peeping Tom; penalty
RS 14:285 - Telephone communications; improper language; harassment; penalty
RS 14:286 - Sale of minor children; penalties
RS 14:311 - Discharging fire-works or explosives within one thousand feet of hospital prohibited; penalty
RS 14:312 - Jumping from state bridge for publicity prohibited; penalty
RS 14:313 - Masks or hoods, wearing in public places prohibited; penalty; exceptions; permit to conduct Mardi Gras festivities, how obtained; wearing of hoods, masks, or disguises or giving of candy or other gifts by sex offenders
RS 14:313.1 - Distributing candy or gifts on Halloween and other public holidays by "sex offenders" prohibited; penalty
RS 14:314 - Mississippi River, making unauthorized cut-offs prohibited; penalty
RS 14:315 - Mississippi River, stopping outlets or bayous prohibited; reopening; penalty
RS 14:316 - Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 577, §2.
RS 14:317 - Repealed by Acts 1972, No. 255, 1
RS 14:318 - Sale of fireworks containing white or yellow phosphorus prohibited; penalty
RS 14:319 - Sale of toy pistols prohibited; penalty; exceptions
RS 14:320 - Telegrams, divulging or obtaining knowledge of contents prohibited; penalty
RS 14:321 - Unauthorized signals to persons in charge of locomotives, etc., prohibited; penalty
RS 14:322 - Wire-tapping prohibited; penalty
RS 14:322.1 - Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 795, 3, eff. July 22, 1991.
RS 14:322.2 - Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 795, 3, eff. July 22, 1991.
RS 14:323 - Tracking devices prohibited; penalty
RS 14:324 - Abandoning or discarding ice boxes or other air tight containers; penalty
RS 14:325 - Annual registration of conductors of public opinion polls; penalty for failure
RS 14:326 - Processions, marches, parades, or demonstrations; permits; liability; bond; exemptions; penalty
RS 14:327 - Obstructing a fireman
RS 14:328 - Obstruction or interference with members of staff, faculty, or students of educational institutions; trespass, damage to property; felony; penalties
RS 14:329 - Interfering with a law enforcement investigation
RS 14:329.1 - Riot
RS 14:329.2 - Inciting to riot
RS 14:329.3 - Command to disperse; who may give; failure to comply
RS 14:329.4 - Wrongful use of public property; permits for use of public property
RS 14:329.5 - Prohibition of interference with educational process; certain activities excepted
RS 14:329.6 - Proclamation of state of emergency; conditions therefor; effect thereof
RS 14:329.7 - Punishment
RS 14:329.8 - Applicability of other acts
RS 14:330 - Motion picture ratings; definitions; prohibition on advertising coming attraction with more restrictive rating
RS 14:331 - Prohibition of debt adjusting when conducted for profit
RS 14:332 - Interference with medical treatment
RS 14:333 - Misrepresentation of age to obtain alcoholic beverages or gain entry to licensed premises prohibited; penalties
RS 14:334 - Ignition interlock device offenses
RS 14:335 - Checks; requiring certain information to be recorded on; prohibited; penalties
RS 14:336 - Unlawful aiming of a laser at an aircraft
RS 14:337 - Unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system
RS 14:351 - Bail, sale, etc. of real estate securing, prohibited; penalty
RS 14:352 - Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 797, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
RS 14:353 - Documents simulating official court papers for collection purposes, sale or purchase prohibited; use prohibited; penalty
RS 14:354 - Fiduciaries, failure to file accounts in court; penalty
RS 14:355 - Property exempt from execution; penalty for deprivation of rights
RS 14:356 - Sheriffs, etc., solicitation of legal business prohibited; penalty
RS 14:356.1 - Unlawful referrals by wrecker drivers and others; penalty
RS 14:356.2 - Unlawful appearance bond procurement
RS 14:356.3 - Unlawful referrals by ambulance drivers and others; penalty
RS 14:357 - Candies, selling without payment of license tax; penalty
RS 14:358 - Subversive activities and communist control law; legislative finding of fact and declaration of necessity
RS 14:359 - Definitions
RS 14:360 - Due process determination of facts
RS 14:361 - Venue
RS 14:362 - Registration of organizations
RS 14:363 - Registration of individuals
RS 14:364 - Registration statements to be public records
RS 14:365 - Election ballots
RS 14:366 - Public office and public support, disqualification
RS 14:367 - Labeling of propaganda
RS 14:368 - Acts prohibited
RS 14:369 - Penalties
RS 14:370 - Additional penalties
RS 14:371 - Screening of prospective public officials and employees
RS 14:372 - Candidates for public office; filing of nonsubversive affidavits
RS 14:373 - Citation of subversive activities and communist control law
RS 14:374 - Failure to report bail bonds
RS 14:375 - Illegal consideration for criminal bail bonds
RS 14:376 - Repealed by Acts 1965, No. 45, 3
RS 14:378 - To 380 Repealed by Acts 1962, No. 270, 1
RS 14:381 - To 384 Blank
RS 14:385 - Organizations engaged in social, educational or political activities; Communist affiliations prohibited
RS 14:386 - Affidavits
RS 14:387 - Failure to file affidavit; penalty
RS 14:388 - False statements in affidavit as perjury
RS 14:389 - Blank
RS 14:390 - Declaration of public policy
RS 14:390.1 - Definition of communist propaganda
RS 14:390.2 - Acts prohibited
RS 14:390.3 - Legitimate procurement of contraband
RS 14:390.4 - Venue
RS 14:390.5 - Warehousing and storage
RS 14:390.6 - Destruction of contraband
RS 14:390.7 - Penalties
RS 14:390.8 - Short title
RS 14:401 - Demonstrations in or near building housing a court or occupied as residence by judge, juror, witness or court officer
RS 14:402 - Contraband defined; certain activities regarding contraband in penal institutions prohibited; penalty; disposition of seized contraband
RS 14:402.1 - Taking of contraband to state-owned hospitals unlawful; penalty
RS 14:403 - Abuse of children; reports; waiver of privilege
RS 14:403.1 - Substance abuse in schools; definitions; confidential reports; immunity; penalty
RS 14:403.2 - Abuse and neglect of adults
RS 14:403.3 - Reports of missing children; procedures; false reports or communications; penalties
RS 14:403.4 - Burn injuries and wounds; reports; registry; immunity; penalties
RS 14:403.5 - Gunshot wounds; mandatory reporting
RS 14:403.6 - Reporting of neglect or abuse of animals
RS 14:403.7 - Failure to report a missing child
RS 14:403.8 - Failure to report the death of a child
RS 14:403.9 - Alcohol consumption; emergency assistance and cooperation; immunity
RS 14:403.10 - Drug-related overdoses; medical assistance; immunity from prosecution
RS 14:403.11 - Administration of opiate antagonists; immunity
RS 14:404 - Self-mutilation by a prisoner
RS 14:405 - Unlawful establishment of accounts on Internet-based social networking websites by inmates
RS 14:501 - Killing or injuring a person while hunting; penalty for failure to render aid
RS 14:502 - Failure to seek assistance
RS 14:511 - Loansharking; penalty
RS 14:512 - Aggravated loansharking; penalty
RS 14:513 - Possession of loanshark records; penalty
RS 14:601 - Louisiana Felony Class System Task Force
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