Title 14, Criminal Law
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La. Rev. Stat. § 14:84 Pandering
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§84. Pandering A. Pandering is any of the following intentional acts: (1) Enticing, placing, persuading, encouraging, or causing the entrance of any person into the practice of prostitution, either by force, threats, promises, or by any other device or scheme. (2) Maintaining a p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:85 Letting premises for prostitution
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§85. Letting premises for prostitution A. Letting premises for prostitution is the granting of the right of use or the leasing of any premises, knowing that they are to be used for the practice of prostitution, or allowing the continued use of the premises with such knowledge. B.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:85.1 Repealed by Acts 2008, No
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§85.1. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 220, §13, eff. June 14, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:86 Enticing persons into prostitution
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§86. Enticing persons into prostitution A. Enticing persons into prostitution is committed when any person over the age of seventeen entices, places, persuades, encourages, or causes the entrance of any other person under the age of twenty-one into the practice of prostitution, e…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:87 Repealed by Acts 2022, No
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§87. Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 545, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:87.1 Definitions
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§87.1. Definitions Wherever used in this Subpart, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall have the following meanings: (1)(a) "Abortion" or "induced abortion" means the performance of any act wi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:87.1.1 Killing a child during delivery; penalties
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§87.1.1. Killing a child during delivery; penalties A. Killing a child during delivery is the intentional destruction, during parturition of the mother, of the vitality or life of a child in a state of being born and before actual birth, which child would otherwise have been born…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:87.10 Abortion by an unlicensed physician
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§87.10. Abortion by an unlicensed physician A. The crime of abortion by an unlicensed physician is an abortion performed, with or without the consent of the pregnant woman or her legal guardian, that results in the death of an unborn child when the abortion is performed by any in…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:87.11 Aggravated abortion by dismemberment
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§87.11. Aggravated abortion by dismemberment A. Aggravated abortion by dismemberment is the commission of an abortion when the unborn child is intentionally dismembered, whether the act of dismemberment was in the course of or following the death of the unborn child. B. Repealed …
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:87.12 Partial birth abortion
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§87.12. Partial birth abortion A. Any physician who knowingly performs a partial birth abortion and thereby kills a human fetus shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one nor more than ten years, fined not less than ten thousand nor more than one hundred thousand dol…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:87.2 Human experimentation on an infant born alive
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§87.2. Human experimentation on an infant born alive A. Human experimentation is the use of any infant who is born alive, without consent of that live born human being, for any scientific or laboratory research or any other kind of experimentation or study except to protect or pr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:87.3 Prohibited cutting, resection, excision, harvesting, removal, sale, receipt, research,
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§87.3. Prohibited cutting, resection, excision, harvesting, removal, sale, receipt, research, commerce, or transport of fetal organs, tissues, and body parts; whistleblower account A. No person may knowingly and for money, including but not limited to fees for storage or handling…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:87.4 Abortion advertising
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§87.4. Abortion advertising A. Abortion advertising is the placing or carrying of any advertisement of abortion services by the publicizing of the availability of abortion services. B. Whoever commits the crime of abortion advertising shall be imprisoned, with or without hard lab…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:87.5 Intentional failure to sustain life and health of aborted viable infant
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§87.5. Intentional failure to sustain life and health of aborted viable infant A. The intentional failure to sustain the life and health of an aborted viable infant shall be a crime. The intentional failure to sustain the life and health of an aborted viable infant is the intenti…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:87.6 Coerced abortion
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§87.6. Coerced abortion A. Coerced abortion is committed when any person knowingly engages in the use or threatened use of physical force, control, or intimidation with the intent to compel a pregnant woman to undergo an abortion against her will, whether or not the abortion proc…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:87.6.1 Coerced criminal abortion by means of fraud
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§87.6.1. Coerced criminal abortion by means of fraud A. Coerced criminal abortion by means of fraud is committed when a person knowingly and intentionally engages in the use of an abortion-inducing drug on a pregnant woman, without her knowledge or consent, with the intent to cau…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:87.7 Abortion
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§87.7. Abortion A. It shall be unlawful for a physician or other person to perform an abortion, with or without the consent of the pregnant female. B. The terms used in this Section have the same meaning as the definitions provided in R.S. 14:87.1. C. Whoever commits the crime of…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:87.8 Late term abortion
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§87.8. Late term abortion A. It shall be unlawful for a physician or other person to perform a late term abortion, with or without the consent of the pregnant female. B. Whoever commits the crime of late term abortion shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one year n…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:87.9 Criminal abortion by means of abortion-inducing drugs
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§87.9. Criminal abortion by means of abortion-inducing drugs A. Criminal abortion by means of an abortion-inducing drug is committed when a person knowingly causes an abortion to occur by means of delivering, dispensing, distributing, or providing a pregnant woman with an abortio…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:88 Repealed by Acts 2022, No
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§88. Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 548, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:89 Crime against nature
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§89. Crime against nature A. Crime against nature is either of the following: (1) The unnatural carnal copulation by a human being with another of the same sex or opposite sex, except that anal sexual intercourse between two human beings shall not be deemed as a crime against nat…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:89.1 Aggravated crime against nature
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§89.1. Aggravated crime against nature A. Aggravated crime against nature is either of the following: (1) An act as defined by R.S. 14:89(A)(1) committed under any one or more of the following circumstances: (a) When the victim resists the act to the utmost, but such resistance i…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:89.2 Crime against nature by solicitation
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§89.2. Crime against nature by solicitation A. Crime against nature by solicitation is the solicitation by a human being of another with the intent to engage in any unnatural carnal copulation for compensation. B.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section, on a first con…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:89.3 Sexual abuse of an animal
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§89.3. Sexual abuse of an animal A. Sexual abuse of an animal is the knowing and intentional performance of any of the following: (1) Engaging in sexual contact with an animal. (2) Possessing, selling, transferring, purchasing, or otherwise obtaining an animal with the intent tha…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:89.6 Human-animal hybrids
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§89.6. Human-animal hybrids A. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly: (1) Create or attempt to create a human-animal hybrid. (2) Transfer or attempt to transfer a human embryo into a nonhuman womb. (3) Transfer or attempt to transfer a nonhuman embryo into a human womb…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:9 Criminal consequences
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§9. Criminal consequences Criminal consequences are any set of consequences prescribed in the various articles of this Code or in the other acts of the legislature of this state as necessary to constitute any of the various crimes defined therein.
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:90 Gambling
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§90. Gambling A.(1)(a) Gambling is the intentional conducting, or directly assisting in the conducting, as a business, of any game, contest, lottery, or contrivance whereby a person risks the loss of anything of value in order to realize a profit. (b) Whoever commits the crime of…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:90.1 Seizure and disposition of evidence, property and proceeds; gambling
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§90.1. Seizure and disposition of evidence, property and proceeds; gambling A.(1) Upon conviction of a person for the crime of gambling, gambling by computer, or related offenses, the evidence, property, and paraphernalia seized as instruments of such crime shall, upon order of t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:90.2 Gambling in public
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§90.2. Gambling in public A. Gambling in public is the aiding or abetting or participation in any game, contest, lottery, or contrivance, in any location or place open to the view of the public or the people at large, such as streets, highways, vacant lots, neutral grounds, alley…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:90.3 Gambling by computer
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§90.3. Gambling by computer A. The Legislature of Louisiana, desiring to protect individual rights, while at the same time affording opportunity for the fullest development of the individual and promoting the health, safety, education, and welfare of the people, including the chi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:90.4 Unlawful playing of video draw poker devices by persons under the age of twenty-one; penalty
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§90.4. Unlawful playing of video draw poker devices by persons under the age of twenty-one; penalty A. It is unlawful for any person under twenty-one years of age to play video draw poker devices. B. For purposes of this Section, "video draw poker device" means a device, as defin…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:90.5 Unlawful playing of gaming devices by persons under the age of twenty-one;
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§90.5. Unlawful playing of gaming devices by persons under the age of twenty-one; underage persons, penalty A. It is unlawful for any person under twenty-one years of age to play casino games, gaming devices, or slot machines or to place a wager on a sports event. B. No person un…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:90.6 Gambling or wagering at cockfights
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§90.6. Gambling or wagering at cockfights A. Gambling or wagering at a cockfight is the aiding or abetting or participation in any game, contest, lottery, or contrivance, in any location or place where a cockfight is being conducted and whereby a person risks the loss of anything…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:90.7 Gambling by electronic sweepstakes device
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§90.7. Gambling by electronic sweepstakes device A. The Louisiana Legislature finds that in recent years various companies have developed electronic machines and devices to enable gambling through pretextual sweepstakes relationships with Internet services, telephone cards, and o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:90.8 Unlawful wagering; prohibited player
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§90.8. Unlawful wagering; prohibited player A.(1) It is unlawful for a prohibited player to wager on a sports event, personally or through another individual or proxy. (2) It is unlawful for a person or entity to facilitate or place a sports wager on behalf of a prohibited player…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91 Unlawful sales of weapons to minors
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§91. Unlawful sales of weapons to minors A. Unlawful sales of weapons to minors is the selling or otherwise delivering for value of any firearm or other instrumentality customarily used as a dangerous weapon to any person under the age of eighteen. Lack of knowledge of the minor'…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.1 Unlawful presence of a sexually violent predator
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§91.1. Unlawful presence of a sexually violent predator A. Unlawful presence of a sexually violent predator is any of the following: (1) The physical presence of a sexually violent predator on the school property of any public or private, elementary or secondary school, or in any…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.10 Unlawful sale or distribution of mitragynine speciosa to persons under age
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§91.10. Unlawful sale or distribution of mitragynine speciosa to persons under age twenty-one; penalty. A. No person shall sell or distribute or cause to be sold or distributed a product containing mitragynine speciosa to any person under the age of twenty-one. B. For purposes of…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.11 Sale, exhibition, or distribution of material harmful to minors
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§91.11. Sale, exhibition, or distribution of material harmful to minors A.(1) The unlawful sale, exhibition, rental, leasing, or distribution of material harmful to minors is the intentional sale, allocation, distribution, advertisement, dissemination, exhibition, or display of m…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.12 Sale, distribution or making available to minors publications encouraging, advocating, or facilitating the illegal use of controlled dangerous substances
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§91.12. Sale, distribution or making available to minors publications encouraging, advocating, or facilitating the illegal use of controlled dangerous substances A. No person shall sell, distribute or make available to a person under eighteen years of age any publication which ha…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.13 Illegal use of controlled dangerous substances in the presence of persons under seventeen years of age
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§91.13. Illegal use of controlled dangerous substances in the presence of persons under seventeen years of age A. It shall be unlawful for any person over the age of seventeen, while in the presence of any person under the age of seventeen and when there is an age difference of g…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.14 Unlawful distribution of material harmful to minors through the Internet
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§91.14. Unlawful distribution of material harmful to minors through the Internet A.(1) Any person or entity in Louisiana that publishes material harmful to minors on the Internet shall, prior to permitting access to the material, require any person attempting to access the materi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.15 Unlawful operation of an unlicensed child day care center
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§91.15. Unlawful operation of an unlicensed child day care center A. It shall be unlawful for any person or other entity to do either of the following: (1) Continue to operate a child day care center after notification by the Department of Education that the person or other entit…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.2 Unlawful presence of a sex offender
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§91.2. Unlawful presence of a sex offender A. The following acts when committed by a person convicted of a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 when the victim is under the age of thirteen years shall constitute the crime of unlawful residence or presence of a sex offender: (1) …
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.21 Sale of poisonous reptiles to minors; penalty
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§91.21. Sale of poisonous reptiles to minors; penalty A. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell any type of poisonous reptile to a minor. B. Any person violating the provision of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not m…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.22 Repealed by Acts 1974, No
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§91.22. Repealed by Acts 1974, No. 276, §1
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.3 Unlawful participation in a child-related business
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§91.3. Unlawful participation in a child-related business A. No person who has been convicted of, or who has pled guilty or nolo contendere to, an offense listed in R.S. 15:587.1(C) or whose name is recorded on the Department of Children and Family Services' state central registr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.4 Contributing to the endangerment of a minor
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§91.4. Contributing to the endangerment of a minor A. No person shall knowingly employ a person convicted of a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541, whose offense involved a minor child, to work in any early learning center as defined by R.S. 17:407.33, residential home as defin…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.5 Unlawful use of a social networking website
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§91.5. Unlawful use of a social networking website A. The following shall constitute unlawful use of a social networking website: (1) The intentional use of a social networking website by a person who is required to register as a sex offender and who was convicted of R.S. 14:81 (…
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91.6 Unlawful distribution of sample tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or
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§91.6. Unlawful distribution of sample tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products to persons under age twenty-one; penalty A. No person shall distribute or cause to be distributed to persons under twenty-one years of age a promotional sample of any tobacco…