14:71.1 C.Bank fraud - definition of financial institution
As used in this Section, the term 'financial institution' has the same meaning as in R.S. 6:2(8).
Effective: 09/01/1992 - Present
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14:71.2 A.Failure to pay bridge or bridge-causeway toll - charging and definition
Failure to pay bridge or bridge-causeway toll is the intentional driving or towing of a motor vehicle through a toll collection facility without payment of a required toll, where appropriate signs have been erected to notify that it is subject to payment of the tolls beyond such sign.
Effective: 06/27/2003 - Present
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14:71.2 B.Failure to pay bridge or bridge-causeway toll - failure to contest a notice of liability shall be presumptive evidence of the intent to defraud
B. Failure by the registered owner of any vehicle to contest a notice of liability or pay the toll and administrative fees provided by R.S. 47:820.5.1, upon notice from the public entity which owns and administers the bridge-causeway, and to pay the demand for payment served by the public entity which owns and administers the bridge-causeway within thirty days after the demand for payment has been deposited, by certified mail, in the United States mail system addressed to the registered owner of the vehicle as shown by the records of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles, shall be presumptive evidence of the vehicle owner's intent to defraud.
Effective: 06/27/2003 - Present
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14:71.2 C.Failure to pay bridge or bridge-causeway toll - failure to pay tolls and administrative fees upon notice and late charces under 47:820.5.2(G)(1)(c) shall be presumptive evidence of the vehicle owner's intent to defraud
Failure by the registered owner of any vehicle to appeal a violation notice or pay the tolls and administrative fees provided by R.S. 47:820.5.2 upon notice from the public entity which owns and administers the bridge and to pay the tolls, administrative fees, and late charges after the notice given under R.S. 47:820.5.2(G)(1)(c) shall be presumptive evidence of the vehicle owner's intent to defraud.
Effective: 06/27/2003 - Present
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14:71.2 D.Failure to pay bridge or bridge-causeway toll - penalty
Whoever commits the crime of failing to pay bridge or bridge-causeway tolls shall be imprisoned for not more than six months or may be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each violation, or both.
Effective: 06/27/2003 - Present
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14:71.2 E.Failure to pay bridge or bridge-causeway toll - court shall order payment of the toll and administrative cost
n addition to any fine or penalty imposed under this Section, the court shall order payment of the toll and administrative cost provided by R.S. 47:820.5.1 et seq.
Effective: 06/27/2003 - Present
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14:71.3 A.(1)Mortgage fraud - unlawful to knowingly employ a scheme or device with intent to defraud in connection with residential mortgage
It is unlawful for a person, in connection with residential mortgage lending activity, to knowingly employ a device, scheme, or artifice with intent to defraud.
Effective: 06/30/2009 - Present
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14:71.3 A.(2)Mortgage fraud - unlawful to knowingly knowingly make untrue statment of material fact in connection with residential mortgage
It is unlawful for a person, in connection with residential mortgage lending activity, to knowingly make an untrue statement of material fact with intent to defraud..
Effective: 06/30/2009 - Present
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14:71.3 A.(3)Mortgage fraud - unlawful to knowingly knowingly receive proceeds paid as a result of a violation of this section
It is unlawful for a person, in connection with residential mortgage lending activity, to knowingly Rerceive any portion of the purchase, sale, or loan proceeds, or any other consideration paid or generated in connection with the closing of a residential mortgage loan when the recipient knows that the proceeds or other funds were paid as a result of a violation of this Section.
Effective: 06/30/2009 - Present
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14:71.3 B.(1)Mortgage fraud - penalty
A person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years, or may be fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars, or both.
Effective: 06/30/2009 - Present
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14:71.3 B.(2)Mortgage fraud - additionally person shall be ordered to make restitution
(2) In addition to the penalties provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a person convicted under the provisions of 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: 06/30/2009 - Present
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14:71.3 C.Mortgage fraud - Definitions of 'residential mortgage lending activity', 'residential mortgage loan' and 'person' for purposes of this Section
Definitions of 'residential mortgage lending activity', 'residential mortgage loan' and 'person' for purposes of this Section
Effective: 06/30/2009 - Present
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14:71.4 A.Homestead Exemption Fraud - charging and definition
It is unlawful for any person to intentionally claim more than one homestead exemption as provided for in Article VII, Section 20 of the Louisiana Constitution.
Effective: 08/01/2016 - Present
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14:71.4 B.Homestead Exemption Fraud - penalty
Any person who intentionally claims more than one homestead exemption shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Effective: 08/01/2016 - Present
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14:71.4 C.Homestead Exemption Fraud - restitution shall be ordered
In addition to the penalties provided in Subsection B of this Section, a person convicted of a violation of this Section shall be ordered to make full restitution to the state or local governmental subdivision which 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: 08/01/2016 - Present
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14:71.4 D.Homestead Exemption Fraud - definition of 'person' for purposes of this Section
For the purposes of this Section, 'person' means a natural or juridical person, including but not limited to a sole proprietorship, corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership, limited liability partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, or any other individual or entity.
Effective: 08/01/2016 - Present
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14:72Forgery
Forgery
Effective: 08/15/2001 - Present
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14:72 A.Forgery - unlawful to forge any signature with intent to defraud
It shall be unlawful to forge, with intent to defraud, any signature to, or any part of, any writing purporting to have legal efficacy.
Effective: 08/15/2001 - Present
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14:72 B.Forgery - issuing, transferring or possessing a forged writing with intent to defraud is forgery
B. Issuing, transferring, or possessing with intent to defraud, a forged writing, known by the offender to be a forged writing, shall also constitute a violation of the provisions of this Section.
Effective: 08/15/2001 - Present
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14:72 C.Forgery - definitions of 'forge' and 'writing' for purposes of this section
Definitions of 'forge' and 'writing' for purposes of this section
Effective: 08/15/2001 - Present
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14:72 D.Forgery - penalty
commits the crime of forgery shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years, or both
Effective: 08/15/2001 - Present
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14:72.1 A.Use of forged academic records - charging and definition
A 'forged academic record' shall mean a transcript, diploma, grade report, or similar document which is presented as being a bona fide record of an institution of secondary or higher education, but which is, in fact, false, forged, altered, or counterfeit.
Effective: 09/03/1989 - Present
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14:72.1 B.Use of forged academic records - definition of 'use of a forged academic record'
'Use of a forged academic record' shall mean the knowing and intentional offering, presentation, or other use of a forged academic record to a public or private institution of higher education in the state for the purpose of seeking admission to that institution, or one of its colleges or other academic branches, or for the purposes of securing a scholarship or other form of financial assistance from the institution itself or from other public or private sources of financial assistance for educational purposes including, without limitation, loans, grants, fellowships, assistantships, or other forms of financial aid.
Effective: 09/03/1989 - Present
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14:72.1 C.Use of forged academic records - penalty
Whoever commits the crime of the use of forged academic records may be fined not in excess of five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not in excess of six months, or both.
Effective: 09/03/1989 - Present
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14:72.1.1 A.(1)Forgery of a certificate of insurance: intentional production, manufacture or distribution of any fraudulent proof of insurance
Forgery of a certificate of insurance or insurance identification card is the knowing or intentional production, manufacture, or distribution of any fraudulent document intended as a certificate of insurance or as proof of insurance.
Effective: 08/15/2008 - Present
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