15:541 (25)Sexual offense against a victim who is a minor Defined
Aggravated offense' means a conviction for the perpetration or attempted perpetration of, or conspiracy to commit a sex offense.
'Sex offense' means deferred adjudication, adjudication withheld, or conviction for the perpetration or attempted perpetration of or conspiracy to commit human trafficking when prosecuted under the provisions of the law
Effective: 05/25/2018 - Present
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15:542Registration of sex offenders and child predators - Defined
The following persons shall be required to register and provide notification as a sex offender or child predator in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter:
Effective: 08/01/2016 - Present
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15:590Obtaining and filing fingerprint and identification data
The bureau shall obtain and file the name, fingerprints, description, photographs, and any other pertinent identifying data as the deputy secretary deems necessary, of any person who meets any of the following
Effective: 08/01/2017 - Present
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15:603DNA Sample required for Other Specified Offenses
'Other specified offense' means a commission of the following:
(a) A violation of R.S. 14:34.2 through 34.5.
(b) A violation of R.S. 14:35 through 37.
(c) A violation of R.S. 14:37.3.
(d) A violation of R.S. 14:38.
(e) A violation of R.S. 14:38.2.
(f) A violation of R.S. 14:40.2.
(g) A violation of R.S. 14:43.1.1.
(h) A violation of R.S. 14:67.16.
(i) A violation of R.S. 14:80.1.
(j) A violation of R.S. 14:81.4.
(k) A violation of R.S. 14:82.
(l) A violation of R.S. 14:83 through 83.1.
(m) A violation of R.S. 14:83.3 through 83.4.
(n) A violation of R.S. 14:85.
Effective: 08/01/2018 - Present
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15:609.ADrawing or taking of DNA samples at Arrest
A person or juvenile arrested for an offense a named offense or adjudicated delinquent for the commission of a felony-grade delinquent act; who is arrested for a felony or other specified offense, including an attempt, conspiracy, criminal solicitation, or accessory after the fact, shall have DNA sample drawn or taken at the same time fingerprinted
Effective: 08/15/2010 - Present
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15:609.BDNA collection at conviction or entering into a plea agreement
A person or a juvenile offense covered by this Chapter or a felony-grade delinquent act; who is convicted or enters into a plea agreement resulting in a conviction for a felony or other specified offense, including an attempt, conspiracy, criminal solicitation, or accessory shall have a DNA sample drawn or taken.
Effective: 08/15/2010 - Present
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16:16 ADistrict Attorney; Additional court costs to defray expenses, except in parish of Orleans
Except in the parish of Orleans, in all criminal cases over which the district attorney's office has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after he pleads guilty or who forfeits his bond a nonrefundable sum of ten dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed.
Effective: 08/15/2003 - Present
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16:16.1District Attorney; Costs for prosecution expenses, expect for the parish of Orleans
Except in the parish of Orleans, in all criminal cases, over which the district attorney's office has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or nolo contendere or against whom a judgment of bond forfeiture has been rendered, a nonrefundable sum of ten dollars in each case, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed. The sums collected under this Section shall be remitted monthly by the clerk's office to the office of the district attorney of the judicial district to be used in defraying expenses of his office.
Effective: 08/15/2003 - Present
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16:16.2District Attorney; Costs for prosecution expenses, Twenty-Second Judicial District
In all criminal cases over which the district attorney of the Twenty-Second Judicial District has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or nolo contendere or against whom a judgment of bond forfeiture has been rendered, a nonrefundable sum of five dollars in each case, which shall be in addition to all other funds, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed.
Effective: 06/06/2000 - Present
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16:16.3 ADistrict Attorney; Additional court costs to defray expenses; Orleans Parish
District Attorney in Orleans Parish; in all criminal cases over which the district attorney's office in Orleans Parish has jurisdiction, there shall may be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after he pleads guilty or who forfeits his bond a nonrefundable sum of twenty dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed.
Effective: 07/02/2022 - Present
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16:67.16 F.Identity theft - shall be ordered to make full restitution to victim
In addition to the foregoing penalties, a person convicted under this Section shall be ordered to make full restitution to the victim and any other person who has suffered a financial loss as a result of the offense. If a person ordered to make restitution pursuant to this Section is found to be indigent and therefore unable to make restitution in full at the time of conviction, the court shall order a periodic payment plan consistent with the person's financial ability.
Effective: 08/15/2008 - Present
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1-8General penalty; continuing violations.
General Penalty for the city of Lake Charles when no specific penalty provided in city code
Effective: 01/05/1983 - Present
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309Statutory Rape -Chitimacha Comprehensive Codes of Justice
A person eighteen (18) years of age or older who engages in a sexual act, with consent, with another person who is fourteen (14) years of age or older but less then sixteen (16) years of age, when the victim is not the spouse of the offender and when the difference between the age of the victim and the age of the offender is two (2) years or greater, commits statutory rape.
Effective: 02/01/2017 - Present
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313Indecent Behavior with a Juvenile - Chitimacha
A person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older and commits, with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desires of either the offender or the victim, a lewd or lascivious act upon the person or in the presence of a child under the age of seventeen (17), where there is an age difference of greater than two (2) years between the offender and the victim
Effective: 02/01/2017 - Present
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32:51Vehicle license required
No person shall operate, or permit to be operated, any motor vehicle upon the highways of this state unless it is registered with the commissioner, the license tax is paid thereon, and it is operated in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and other laws of this state
Effective: 08/01/1962 - Present
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32:52Driver must be licensed
No person shall drive or operate any vehicle upon any highway within this state unless and until he has been issued a license to so do as required by the laws of this state nor shall any person permit or allow any other person to drive or operate any vehicle owned or controlled by him upon highways of this state unless and until such other person has been issued a license to so do as required by the laws of this state.
Effective: 08/01/1962 - Present
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32:57.1Failure to honor written promise to appear; penalty; disposition of fines
Failure to honor written promise to appear; penalty; disposition of fines
Effective: 07/29/1978 - Present
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32:57.1 AFailure to honor written promise to appear
Whenever an arrested person who was released on his written promise to appear before a magistrate at the place and time specified in a summons described in R.S. 32:391(B) fails to honor his written promise to appear, the magistrate or judge of the court exercising jurisdiction may immediately forward to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections notice of the failure to appear, with information necessary for identification of the arrested person
Effective: 08/01/2018 - Present
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32:57.1 BFailure to honor written promise to appear - appearance in court
B. Whenever the arrested person makes an appearance as required by Subsection A hereof or pays an appropriate fine for the offense committed, as determined by the court, the prosecuting authority shall immediately notify the Department of Public Safety and Corrections thereof. Upon such notification and payment of an additional fifty dollars to the department, the operator's license of the arrested person shall be renewed or reissued for the purpose of this Section. Twelve dollars and fifty cents of the additional fine imposed by this Section shall be paid to the court exercising jurisdiction, to be deposited in that court's criminal court fund and to be used in the same manner as the other sums deposited in said fund.
Effective: 08/15/2003 - Present
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32:57.1 CFailure to honor written promise to appear - delinquent debt
C. If after sixty calendar days from the date of the notification issued by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections as required in Subsection A of this Section the arrested person has failed to comply, the fees provided for in this Section shall be considered final delinquent debt.
Effective: 08/01/2015 - Present
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32:57.ATraffic Penality - 1st Violation
The first violation of the provisions of this Chapter or any regulation of the department, secretary, and commissioner made pursuant thereto shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred seventy-five dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both, unless otherwise specifically provided
Effective: 07/01/2012 - Present
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32:57.BTraffic Penality - 1st Violation not an individual
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B. If the violator is other than an individual, there shall be no imprisonment but a double fine imposed.
Effective: 07/01/2012 - Present
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32:57.HTraffic Penality - 1st Speeding Violation in Construction or Repair Zone with workers onsite
If a person operating a motor vehicle exceeds the speed limit on the portion of a highway which is under active construction and construction workers are on site, or which is in the process of being repaired and construction workers are on site, the fine shall be twice the standard fine imposed.
Effective: 07/01/2012 - Present
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32:57ATraffic Penality - 2nd and subsequent Violation
A subsequent violation shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or both.
Effective: 07/01/2012 - Present
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32:57BTraffic Penality - 2nd and subsequent Violation - not an individual
A subsequent violation shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or both. B. If the violator is other than an individual, there shall be no imprisonment but a double fine imposed.
Effective: 07/01/2012 - Present
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