Title 14, Criminal Law
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La. Rev. Stat. § 14:126 Inconsistent statements; false swearing
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§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 inco…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:126.1 False swearing for purpose of violating public health or safety
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:126.1.1 False communication with the intent to cause an emergency response
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:126.2 False statements concerning denial of constitutional rights
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:126.3 False statements concerning employment in a nursing or health care facility
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§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 employme…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:126.3.1 Unauthorized participation in medical assistance programs
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§126.3.l. Unauthorized participation in medical assistance programs A. A person commits the crime of unauthorized participation in a medical assistance program when the person has been excluded by any state or federal agency under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7, LAC 50:4165, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:126.4 False certification of arrest documents
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§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 mor…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:127 Limitation of defenses
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:128 Completion of affidavit
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§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.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:128.1 Terrorism
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§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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:128.2 Aiding others in terrorism
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:129 Jury tampering
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§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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:129.1 Intimidating, impeding, or injuring witnesses; injuring officers; penalties
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§129.1. Intimidating, impeding, or injuring witnesses; injuring officers; penalties A. No person shall intentionally: (1) Intimidate or impede, by threat of force or force, or attempt to intimidate or impede, by threat of force or force, a witness or a member of his immediate fam…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:129.2 Recording, listening to, or observing proceedings of grand or petit juries while deliberating or voting
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:13 Infancy
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§13. Infancy Those who have not reached the age of ten years are exempt from criminal responsibility. However, nothing in this article shall affect the jurisdiction of juvenile courts as established by the constitution and statutes of this state.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:130 Jury misconduct
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§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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:130.1 Obstruction of justice
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§130.1. Obstruction of justice A. The crime of obstruction of justice is any of the following acts when committed with the knowledge that the act has, reasonably may, or will affect an actual or potential present, past, or future criminal proceeding, civil immigration proceeding,…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:131 Compounding a felony
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§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 conc…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:131.1 Failure to report the commission of certain felonies
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:132 Injuring public records
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§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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:133 Filing or maintaining false public records
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§133. Filing or maintaining false public records A. Filing false public records is the filing or depositing for record in any public office or with any public official, or the maintaining as required by law, regulation, or rule, with knowledge of its falsity, of any of the follow…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:133.1 Obstruction of court orders
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§133.1. Obstruction of court orders Whoever, by threats or force, or wilfully prevents, obstructs, impedes, or interferes with, or wilfully attempts to prevent, obstruct, impede, or interfere with, the due exercise of rights or the performance of duties under any order, judgment,…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:133.1.1 Election fraud or forgery
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§133.1.1. Election fraud or forgery A. No person shall knowingly, willfully, or intentionally: (1) Vote or attempt to vote more than once in an election. (2) Vote or attempt to vote, knowing that the person is not qualified, or influence or attempt to influence another to vote, k…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:133.2 Misrepresentation during booking
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§133.2. Misrepresentation during booking A. Misrepresentation during booking is the misrepresentation of, or refusal by a person being booked to provide his name, age, sex, residence, or social security number to any law enforcement officer or official who is booking him pursuant…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:133.3 Falsification of drug tests
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§133.3. Falsification of drug tests A.(1) No person who submits to court-ordered drug testing, either after arrest for an offense and as a condition of pretrial release or after conviction of, or plea of guilty to, an offense and as a condition of probation, shall intentionally f…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:133.4 Misrepresentation during issuance of a misdemeanor summons or preparation of a juvenile custodial agreement
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§133.4. Misrepresentation during issuance of a misdemeanor summons or preparation of a juvenile custodial agreement A. Misrepresentation during issuance of a misdemeanor summons or preparation of a juvenile custodial agreement is the giving of false information to any law enforce…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:133.5 Filing a false complaint against a law enforcement officer
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§133.5. Filing a false complaint against a law enforcement officer A. Filing a false complaint against a law enforcement officer is knowingly filing, by affidavit under oath, a false statement or false representation with a law enforcement agency regarding the conduct, job perfor…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:133.6 Filing a false lien against a law enforcement officer, court officer, state officer, or
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§133.6. Filing a false lien against a law enforcement officer, court officer, state officer, or state employee A. The crime of filing a false lien or encumbrance against a law enforcement officer, court officer, state officer, or state employee is committed when a person knowingl…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:133.7 Publication of certain criminal record information or juvenile record information
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§133.7. Publication of certain criminal record information or juvenile record information prohibited A.(1) No person or business entity shall: (a) Publish confidential juvenile record information or confidential criminal record information of a child. (b) Publish any criminal his…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:134 Malfeasance in office
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§134. Malfeasance in office A. Malfeasance in office is committed when any public officer or public employee does any of the following: (1) Intentionally refuses or fails to perform any duty lawfully required of him, as such officer or employee. (2) Intentionally performs any suc…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:134.1 Malfeasance in office; sexual conduct prohibited with persons in the custody and
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§134.1. Malfeasance in office; sexual conduct prohibited with persons in the custody and supervision of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections A. It shall be unlawful and constitute malfeasance in office for any of the following persons to engage in sexual intercourse or…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:134.2 Malfeasance in office; tampering with evidence
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§134.2. Malfeasance in office; tampering with evidence A. It shall be unlawful and constitute malfeasance in office for a peace officer to tamper with evidence. (1) For purposes of this Section, a "peace officer" shall be defined as a commissioned state, parish, or municipal poli…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:134.3 Abuse of office
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§134.3. Abuse of office A. No public officer or public employee shall knowingly and intentionally use the authority of his office or position, directly or indirectly, to compel or coerce any person to provide the public officer, public employee or any other person with anything o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:135 Public salary deduction
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§135. Public salary deduction A. Public salary deduction is committed when any public officer or public employee retains or diverts for his own use or the use of any other person or political organization, any part of the salary or fees allowed by law to any other public officer …
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:136 Public salary extortion
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§136. Public salary extortion A. Public salary extortion is committed when any person shall: (1) Solicit or receive, or attempt to solicit or receive, either directly or indirectly, the payment of any money or other thing of value from any public officer or public employee to him…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:137 Repealed by Acts 1979, No
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§137. Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 700, §8
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:138 Public payroll fraud
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§138. Public payroll fraud A. Public payroll fraud is committed when: (1) Any person shall knowingly receive any payment or compensation, or knowingly permit his name to be carried on any employment list or payroll for any payment or compensation from the state, for services not …
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:139 Political payroll padding
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§139. Political payroll padding A. Political payroll padding is committed when any public officer or public employee shall, at any time during the six months preceding any election for governor: (1) Increase the number of public employees in his office, department, board, agency,…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:139.1 Political payroll padding by sheriff; sale of assets of sheriff's office prohibited
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§139.1. Political payroll padding by sheriff; sale of assets of sheriff's office prohibited A. During the six months preceding a gubernatorial election and during the time interval between the gubernatorial election and the first day of July following election, it shall be unlawf…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:139.2 Transfer of capital assets of clerk of court's office prohibited
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§139.2. Transfer of capital assets of clerk of court's office prohibited A. It shall be unlawful for any clerk of court, during a period beginning on the second Saturday in April of a year in which a regular gubernatorial election is scheduled and ending on the first day of July …
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:14 Insanity
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§14. Insanity If the circumstances indicate that because of a mental disease or mental defect the offender was incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong with reference to the conduct in question, the offender shall be exempt from criminal responsibility.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:140 Public contract fraud
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§140. Public contract fraud A. Public contract fraud is committed: (1) When any public officer or public employee shall use his power or position as such officer or employee to secure any expenditure of public funds to himself, or to any partnership of which he is a member, or to…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:141 Prohibited splitting of profits, fees or commissions; exceptions
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§141. Prohibited splitting of profits, fees or commissions; exceptions A. For the purposes of this Section, "splitting of profits, fees or commissions" means the giving, offering to give, receiving or offering to receive, directly or indirectly, anything of apparent present or pr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:142 Offenses committed prior to effective date of Code
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§142. Offenses committed prior to effective date of Code This Code shall not apply to any crimes committed before July 29, 1942. Crimes committed before that time shall be governed by the law existing at the time the crime was committed.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:143 Preemption of state law; exceptions
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§143. Preemption of state law; exceptions A. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section, no governing authority of a political subdivision shall enact an ordinance defining as an offense conduct that is defined and punishable as a felony under state law. B. A gover…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:15 Intoxication
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§15. Intoxication The fact of an intoxicated or drugged condition of the offender at the time of the commission of the crime is immaterial, except as follows: (1) Where the production of the intoxicated or drugged condition has been involuntary, and the circumstances indicate thi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:16 Mistake of fact
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§16. Mistake of fact Unless there is a provision to the contrary in the definition of a crime, reasonable ignorance of fact or mistake of fact which precludes the presence of any mental element required in that crime is a defense to any prosecution for that crime.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:17 Mistake of law
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§17. Mistake of law Ignorance of the provision of this Code or of any criminal statute is not a defense to any criminal prosecution. However, mistake of law which results in the lack of an intention that consequences which are criminal shall follow, is a defense to a criminal pro…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:18 Justification; general provisions
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§18. Justification; general provisions The fact that an offender's conduct is justifiable, although otherwise criminal, shall constitute a defense to prosecution for any crime based on that conduct. This defense of justification can be claimed under the following circumstances: (…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:19 Use of force or violence in defense
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§19. Use of force or violence in defense A.(1) The use of force or violence upon the person of another is justifiable under either of the following circumstances: (a) When committed for the purpose of preventing a forcible offense against the person or a forcible offense or tresp…