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Repealed by Acts 1983, No. 609, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 315, §1, eff. June 17, 1992.

Returns

Confiscation and destruction of gambling devices

Antique slot machines

Disposition of money used as evidence in criminal cases

Confiscation and destruction of criminal instruments

Disposition of property seized in connection with criminal proceedings

News media, restrictions on search warrants

Attorneys; restrictions on search warrants

Bond for release for violation of municipal ordinances; parole or release of prisoners; penalty

Guaranteed arrest bond certificates as cash bail; forfeiture; sureties

Bail bond contracts

REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 834, §6, EFF. JUNE 22, 1993.

Failure to satisfy judgment of bond forfeiture

Posting of criminal bond; fee assessed

Posting of criminal bonds in parishes of Iberia, St. Mary, and St. Martin; fee assessed

Posting of criminal bonds; Denham Springs Marshal's Office; additional fee assessed

Posting of criminal bonds; Baton Rouge City Constable's Office; additional fee assessed

Forfeiture of cash, checks, or securities and discharge of the bail undertaking

Unclaimed bail bonds; disposition; return to owner

City Court of Thibodaux; unclaimed bail bonds; disposition; return to owner

City courts: unclaimed bail bonds; disposition; return to owner

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 914, §5.

Appearance bond defined

Prescription of forfeiture judgment; revival; prescription by limitation of prosecution

Parish of Orleans; salary of jury commissioners; vacancy; appointment of secretary

Parish of Orleans; process servers

Duty of Orleans registrar to furnish jury commission lists of voters added to or deleted from rolls

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 389, §2.

Service of jury commission process; general rule

Preparation of general venire list; assistance

Discharge of grand jury; review of discharge by supreme court

Authority to inspect prisons and hospitals; reports

Short title

Legislative findings

Definitions

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 307, §11.

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 307, §11.

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 307, §11.

Louisiana Public Defender Board

Powers, duties, responsibilities

Rulemaking; considerations in developing rules

Authority of supreme court not affected

Domicile of board; venue

Offices; meetings

Executive staff for board; general qualifications

Quorum; compensation; officers; records

State public defender; qualifications; powers and duties; salary

Deputy public defender-director of training; qualifications; duties

Deputy public defender-director of juvenile defender services; qualifications; duties

Budget officer; qualifications; duties

Information technology and management officer; qualifications; duties

Trial-level compliance officer

Juvenile justice compliance officer

Public defender service regions

Regional director for service regions; qualifications; duties; selection process

District public defender; powers; duties; accounting; audit reporting; existing chief indigent defenders continued; establishment of district office

Vacancies in position of district public defender; formation of district public defender selection committee; powers and duties of committee; process for filling vacancy for district public defender; interim district public defender

District public defender advisory boards

Regionalization of district public defender services by board

Regional defense service centers

Methods of delivery of public defender services; selection of methods; emergency circumstances

Disbursement of funds

Louisiana Public Defender Fund

Judicial district indigent defender fund

Representation of capital defendants

Disciplinary action; sanctions of regional directors and district public defenders; just cause; hearing

(Reserved).

(Reserved).

Right of action not created

Special reporting requirements; penalties

Proceedings to determine indigency

Partial reimbursement by indigents

(Reserved)

Appointment of appellate and post-conviction counsel in death penalty case

Appointment of counsel at parole revocation and prerevocation hearings

Special reporting requirements

Limited effect

Limited effect in capital cases

Effect of signing of pleadings

(Reserved)

Purpose

Definitions

Indigent Parents' Representation Program; duties of the board; subject to appropriation

Standards and guidelines for representation of indigent parents; rulemaking

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 612, §22, eff. July 1, 2020.

Special reporting requirements; indigent parent representation cases; penalties

Rights of action; interpretation of Part

Auditing; district reporting

Implementation of indigent parent representation program; timeline

Purpose

Definitions

Safe Return Representation Program; duties of the board; subject to appropriations

Standards and guidelines for representation of indigent children in custody; rulemaking

Safe Return Representation Program Fund

Implementation of Safe Return Representation Fund

Place of trial of criminal neglect of family cases

Procedures in handling defendants committed to mental institutions because of lack of capacity to stand trial

Appointment of substitute judge by supreme court

Medical, psychological, psychiatric examination of certain victims under age eighteen; polygraph examinations; prohibition

Pretrial diversion for driving while intoxicated; reporting

Buyer Beware Program; post-conviction program for offenders; pre-trial diversion program for defendants; individuals engaged in the purchase of sexual activity and solicitation of prostitutes

Military pretrial diversion program

Blank

Witnesses' fees and mileage

Witnesses not residents of parish

Sheriffs, jurors and law enforcement officers not entitled to witness fees

Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; City Court of New Iberia

Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Lafayette Parish

Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; City Court of Lafayette

Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court, St. Landry Parish

Plans for witness fees to off-duty law enforcement officers; Ascension Parish

Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; mayor's court, town of Welsh

Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; City Court of East St. Tammany

Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; mayor's court, town of Vinton

Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; parish of Plaquemines

Witness fees to off-duty law enforcement officers

Witness fees to retired or former law enforcement officers

Fees where more than one case on same day

Placing material witness under bond; exception for victims

Exception for material witness warrants for victims of sex offenses and intimate partner violence; legislative intent

Taking deposition of witness imprisoned in default of bond

Admissibility of depositions taken in jail

Production of certain records of a victim; conditions

Disposition of witness or appearance fees for off-duty law enforcement officers

Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 263, §4.

Interpreters for deaf or severely hearing-impaired persons

Plea of not guilty; burden of proof

Order for substitution of certified copy of missing document

Right of accused to be confronted with witnesses

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Self-incrimination of witness

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Protected person; testimony taken outside courtroom

Facility dogs; use in court; procedure

Right of accused to have testimony taken down; provision for paying

Remittance of fine or imprisonment

Sentences without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence; correction

Sentences to prison districts; persons excluded

Maximum fine or imprisonment when not specified

Expenses to be paid by parishes; juror's fee in city of New Orleans

Probation in neglect of family cases

Operating a vehicle while intoxicated; additional conditions of probation; ignition interlock devices

Ignition interlock devices; installation and certification

Ameliorative penalty provisions; retroactivity; amendment of sentence; time limitations

Purpose; duties of the commission; conducting of evaluation of sentencing structure; report

Louisiana Sentencing Commission

Composition of commission

Officers; meetings; staff

Twenty-Second Judicial District Court; sentencing policy

Administration of presentence investigation assessment tool and evaluation report

Use of assessment tool and report

Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 942, §3.

Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 942, §3.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Proof of registration of physicians and surgeons

Statute law of other states

Recitals in report of lunacy commissions

Proof of signature of articles of vessels

Recitals in act of protest of commercial paper

Dishonored checks and drafts prima facie evidence of insufficient funds in bank

Corporate existence presumed unless affidavit of denial filed before trial

Proof of truth of recitals in copy of registry of birth, baptism or circumcision

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Theft by public officer

Effect of legal presumptions; rebutting evidence; illustrations

Conclusive presumption defined; illustration

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Photographs of objects of theft; affidavit of value and ownership; notice to defendant

Photographs of animals cruelly treated; affidavit of condition; notice to defendant

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Circumstantial evidence

Burden of proof

Relative weight of positive and negative testimony

Purpose

Authorization

Videotape; admissibility; exception to hearsay rule

Method of recording videotape; competency

Admissibility of videotaped statements; discovery by defendant

Confidentiality

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

DNA, blood, and saliva testing; relevance

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 60, §1.

Proof of intent unnecessary in statutory crimes; inadmissible evidence

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Applicability

Use of confession, admission or declaration in entirety

Condition precedent to use of confession; free and voluntary rule

Rights of arrested person as to confession

Confessions obtained by questions and answers

Inapplicability of free and voluntary rule to admissions not involving criminal intent

Effect of declarations and acts of coconspirators

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Use of records or documents of trial court as evidence

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 376, §6, eff. Jan 1, 1993.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Duty to testify as to bribery or corruptly influencing voters; immunity

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Receipt of testimony from victims of certain crimes who are fifteen years of age or younger; closed session of court or in chambers; procedure

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Grand jurors and district attorneys incompetent to testify as to grand jury proceedings; perjury cases

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 376, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.

Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 376, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.

Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 376, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.

Privileged communications to "crime stoppers" organizations

Privileged communications; public records exception for state governmental agencies; citizens hotline for alleged fraud, abuse, or wrongdoing

Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 376, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Certificates of analysis

Admissibility

Notice of opposing party and opportunity to cross-examine expert; certification of subpoena request

Testimony by simultaneous broadcast

Court reporters, retention and destruction of notes and recordings of criminal cases

Certificates of official driving records

Admissibility

Notice of opposing party and opportunity to cross-examine expert; certification of subpoena request

Sentences for second and subsequent offenses; certificate of warden or clerk of court in the state of Louisiana as evidence

Intensive parole supervision for certain habitual offenders

Blood and saliva testing; AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases; victim's testing and services

Definitions

Sentencing of sexual offenders; serial sexual offenders

Conditions of probation, parole, and suspension or diminution of sentence

Notification by school superintendents of allegations of the commission of a sex offense

Forfeited property related to certain sex crimes; exempt property; allocation of forfeited property

Exploited Children's Special Fund

Mandatory restitution

Fines related to solicitation of prostitutes and purchase of commercial sexual activity

Findings; purpose

Definitions

Posting of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline; content; languages; notice; civil penalty

Registration of sex offenders and child predators

Notification of sex offenders and child predators

Section
542.1.1

In-person periodic renewal of registration by offenders

Section
542.1.2

Duty of offenders to notify law enforcement of change of address, residence, or other registration information

Section
542.1.3

Procedures for offenders convicted or adjudicated under the laws of another state, or military, territorial, foreign, tribal, or federal law; procedures for Louisiana offenders with out-of-state activities

Section
542.1.4

Failure to register and notify as a sex offender or child predator; penalties

Section
542.1.5

State Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry; duties of the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information

Section
542.1.6

Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 205, §2.

Section
542.1.7

Court records; disclosure

Duties of the courts, sheriffs, and the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and the office of juvenile justice; informing the offender of the registration and notification requirements

Written notification by the courts; form to be used

Sex offenders; emergency situations

Duration of registration and notification period

Petitions for injunctive relief or declaratory judgments

Registration and notification period end date; determination; procedures

Duty of law enforcement

Duty of interactive computer service

Release of information

Committee on parole

Dissemination policy

Notification of release or escape of inmate

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 2, §1.

Harboring or concealing a sexual offender, sexually violent predator, or child predator; penalties

Sexual Predator Apprehension Team

Prohibition of employment for certain sex offenders

Louisiana Sexual Assault Oversight Commission; creation; membership; meetings

Duties of the commission

Legislative findings

Definitions

Louisiana Sex Offender Assessment Panel

Effects of determination of status as a sexually violent predator or as a child sexual predator; lifetime registration; notification

Electronic monitoring of sexually violent predators or child sexual predators

Appeal of decision

Rights of action

Legislative findings

Applicability

Supervised release upon expiration of sentence

Supervised release; division of probation and parole

Duty to inform offender

Conditions of supervised release

Adoption of rules

Failure to comply with provisions of supervised release

Findings; purpose

Definitions

Powers and duties of state fire marshal

Registration of arson offenders

Duty of offenders to notify law enforcement of change of address, residence, or other registration information

Failure to register; penalties

Duration of registration and notification period

Duty of sheriff

Pendency of appeal, payments; delivery to penitentiary

Repealed by Acts 1966, No. 310, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1967.

Commencing of sentence to state penitentiary

Conditions precedent to execution

Mental incompetence to proceed to execution

Execution of death sentence; prior confinement of offender

Place for execution of death sentence; manner of execution

Hours for execution of death sentence

Execution; officials and witnesses; minors excluded; time of execution; notice to victim's relatives

Proces verbal of execution; attesting and filing

§§571.1, 571.2 Repealed by Acts 1966, No. 310, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1967.

Diminution of sentence for good behavior

Forfeiture of diminution of sentence

Supervision upon release after diminution of sentence for good behavior; conditions of release; revocation

Repealed by Acts 2011, No. 186, §4.

Supervision upon release from parish prison after diminution of sentence for good behavior; conditions of release; revocation

Repealed by Acts 2011, No. 186, §4.

Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 138, §3.

Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 138, §3.

Dispositions of fines and forfeitures

Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to receive fines

Supervised release of parish prisoners; rules of conduct; revocation

Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 138, §3.

Venue

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 609, §1.

Deposit of fees and assessments

Limitation of liability; release of information

Alternatives to traditional imprisonment; findings; purposes

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 2, §1.

Extension or alteration of pilot; approval of the budget committee; statewide implementation

Alternative to traditional imprisonment; prisoners who are elderly or infirm

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 2, §1.

Section
571.35.1

Lafourche Parish Pretrial Home Incarceration Program; electronic monitoring

Electronic monitoring equipment

Purpose

Definitions

Job intervention programs

Stipulations; advice by court

Probation agreement

Probation

Employer participation; report

Successful completion: effects

Discharge and dismissal; effects

Written guidelines

Evaluation of program effectiveness

Record of participation

Post-Release Facilities pilot program; legislative findings; establishment; rules promulgation; reporting

Powers of governor to grant reprieves and pardons; automatic pardon for first offender; payment of court costs required

Board of Pardons; membership; domicile; session; quorum

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 714, §3.

Powers of the board

Board of Pardons; rules, regulations, and procedures; notice; restrictions on applications; time periods for additional review

Information to be provided to Board of Pardons

Finality of clemency determinations

Representation of applicants before board; prohibitions

Compensation for wrongful conviction and imprisonment; petition process; compensation; proof; assignment of powers and duties

Avery C. Alexander Act; application process

Sessions of Board of Pardons open

Prohibited contact with Board of Pardons; penalties; public record

Teleconference communications by certain persons

Adoption of rules by Board of Pardons

Expenses of members of Board of Pardons; reimbursement

Committee on parole, Board of Pardons; membership; qualifications; vacancies; compensation; domicile; venue; meetings; quorum; panels; powers and duties; transfer of property to committee; representation of applicants before the committee; prohibitions

Section
574.2.1

Prohibited contact with committee on parole; penalties; public record

Personnel and reports to be furnished by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to the committee on parole; reports to be provided to the Board of Pardons; intensive incarceration and intensive parole supervision program data compilation; annual report

Parole; eligibility; juvenile offenders

Section
574.4.1

Parole consideration and hearings

Section
574.4.2

Decisions of committee on parole; nature, order, and conditions of parole; rules of conduct; infectious disease testing

Section
574.4.3

Parole requirements for certain sex offenders

Section
574.4.4

Intensive incarceration program; eligibility

Section
574.4.5

Probation and parole processing fee

Intensive incarceration and parole supervision of persons held by sheriff in Orleans Parish

Parole term; automatic discharge

Section
574.6.1

Compliance credits; parole

Custody and supervision of parolees; modification or suspension of supervision; violation of conditions of parole; sanctions; alternative conditions; administrative sanctions

Parole officers; powers of arrest; summary arrest and detention of parolees

Revocation of parole for violation of condition; committee panels; return to custody hearing; duration of reimprisonment and reparole after revocation; credit for time served; revocation for a technical violation

Conviction of a felony while on parole

Finality of committee determinations; venue; jurisdiction and procedure; peremptive period; service of process

Information as to offenders and ex-offenders; confidentiality

General applicability; juveniles in correctional institutions excepted

Required reporting of parolees; alternative to in-person meetings

Power of elected state, parochial, or municipal officials to parole persons arrested for violation of municipal ordinances

Refusal to parole; penalty

Kenner; power of elected municipal officials to parole or release persons in custody for violations of ordinances

Prohibition of city council members to parole or release persons

Medical parole program; medical treatment furlough; eligibility; revocation

Parole risk assessment pilot program; statistical system; agency cooperation; rules promulgation

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 123, §1.

Intent; purpose

Definitions

The Interstate Commission; membership; creation of the executive committee

State Council

Powers and duties of the Interstate Commission

Organization and operation of the Interstate Commission

Activities of the Interstate Commission

Rulemaking functions of the Interstate Commission

Oversight, enforcement, and dispute resolution by the Interstate Commission

Finance

Eligibility of compacting states, effective date, and amendment

Withdrawal, default, termination, and judicial enforcement

Severability and construction

Binding effect of compact and other laws

Interstate transfer or travel of parolees or probationers; fees

Short title

Substance abuse conditional release

Legislative findings and objectives

Definitions

Bureau of criminal identification and information; creation and organization

Functions, powers, and duties of the bureau; crime laboratory

Pretrial diversion program for driving while intoxicated; criminal history records

Rules and regulations

Forms; procedures; training; assistance

Authorized audits and investigations

Civil identification files

Transmission of information

Cooperation with federal and other state agencies

Admissibility of bureau records in evidence

Authority to purge records of the central repository

Duty to provide information; processing fees; Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information

Provision of information to protect children

Section
587.1.1

Portability of criminal history information for licensed child care facilities

Section
587.1.2

Provision of information to protect children who receive services at a therapeutic group home

Institutions of postsecondary education; criminal history information

Volunteers and employees in youth-serving institutions or organizations; other youth coaches; criminal background information

Authority of municipal or parish fire department, a fire protection district, or a volunteer fire department; criminal history information

Agencies with access to federal tax information; criminal history information

Division of administration, office of technology services; access to criminal history information or state-issued REAL ID Information

Volunteer and employee criminal history system

Access to criminal history system for victims of domestic abuse, victims of human trafficking, victims of dating violence, and victims of sexual assault.

Right of individual access

Duty to maintain security

Obtaining and filing fingerprint and identification data

Submission of information; statistics; data

Submission of fingerprints and identification data

Prohibition against destruction of records

Access to records

Duty to abide by regulations

Penalties

Disposition reporting

Criminal Identification and Information Fund

Short title

Legislative findings and objectives

Definitions

Powers and duties of state police

State DNA data base

State DNA data bank

State police recommendation of additional offenses

Procedural compatibility with FBI

Drawing or taking of DNA samples

Procedures for withdrawal, collection, and transmission of DNA samples

Procedures for conduct, disposition, and use of DNA analysis

DNA data base exchange

Cancellation of authority to access or exchange DNA records

Removal of records

Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 487, §3, eff. June 20, 2003.

Confidentiality of records

Disclosure prohibited

Criminal penalties

Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 487, §3, eff. June 20, 2003.

Authority of law enforcement officers

Prohibition on destruction of evidence; certain cases

Sexual assault collection kits

Submission of sexual assault collection kits

Sexually-oriented criminal offense data; reporting

Material witness warrant data; reporting

Short title

Definitions

Registration of offenders who commit certain violent offenses

Transmission of information to the bureau

Central registry

Failure to register; penalties

Limitation of liability

Short title

Legislative findings and objectives

Definitions

Powers and duties of the F.A.C.E.S. Laboratory

Louisiana Repository for Unidentified and Missing Persons Information Program

F.A.C.E.S. Laboratory recommendations

Applicability of Chapter

Collection of forensic anthropology samples from unidentified human remains and missing persons

Procedures for conduct, disposition, and use of forensic anthropological analysis

Confidentiality of records

Disclosure prohibited

Criminal penalties

Cities to provide covered patrol wagons; use of uncovered vehicles prohibited; penalty

Maintenance of parish jails

Physician to be appointed for each parish; salary

Sheriff keeper of jail

Food and clothing provisions for prisoners; payment of incarceration expenses; payment of medical expenses; imposition of restitution on offenders

Transfer of prisoners to jail of another parish

United States prisoners to be kept in custody; compensation of sheriff

Labor by prisoners permitted; workday release program; indemnification

Prisoners convicted in other states and housed in Louisiana

Exchange of prisoners between parishes

Work release program

Jefferson Davis work-release program

Facilities providing housing or temporary residence to individuals participating in work release or workforce development work release programs administered by the sheriff

Medical expenses of prisoners in extraordinary circumstances

Letters of incarceration

Short title

Legislative findings and declaration

Prohibition of karate, judo, or other martial arts programs

Title

Minimum standard of living

Inmate blood and saliva testing

Short title

Definitions

Authority of private correctional facility employees

Title

Legislative findings

Restraint during second and third trimesters

Restraint during childbirth

Monitoring

Definitions

Notice

Recordkeeping and retention

Return to prison

Short title

Declaration of public policy

Offender Reentry Support Pilot Program; establishment; participating correctional institution; content; administration; implementation; reporting

Advisory council; establishment; duties; membership

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.

Sections
752. 752 to 759

Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 623, §1.

Hospital quarters

Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 623, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 623, §1

Procedure upon failure to comply with the provisions of this Part

Parish jail overcrowding; state of emergency

Purpose and policy

Definitions

Contracts

Procedures and rights

Receiving state review of sending state acts; extradition

Federal aid

Effectiveness

Withdrawal and termination

Other arrangements unaffected

Construction and severability

Creation of multiparish prisons

Title of multiparish prison

Organization and powers

Board of governors

Powers and duties of board of governors

Budget and revenues

Municipalities may send prisoners to multiparish prisons for confinement

Prisoners confined in multiparish prisons

Preexisting facilities

Preexisting facilities operated by parish governing authorities

Inmate contact with persons outside of parish or multiparish prison; temporary release or furlough

Louisiana Department of Corrections; created; transfer of functions; functions of department

Louisiana Department of Corrections; domicile

Repealed by Acts 1981, No. 873, §4, eff. Oct. 1, 1981

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.

Commitment of persons to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections

Deputy marshals, town of Jackson; Department of Corrections to provide funds

Programs to Reduce Recidivism Fund

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.

Appointment of ex-officio notaries at state correctional institutions; scope of powers

Special agents; appointment; carrying weapons

Criminal history review

Services performed by department

Duties of Department of Public Safety and Corrections

Reentry preparation program; establishment

Data collection and reporting requirements

Savings attributable to criminal justice reforms

Classification and treatment programs; qualified sex offender programs; reports; earned credits

Prison rehabilitation pilot program; establishment; participating correctional institutions; content; administration; implementation; reporting

Faith-based programs for inmates; development; monitoring

Pilot program; substance abuse counseling

Transitional Residential Pilot Program for female offenders; establishment

Discipline of inmates

Treatment of inmates with mental illness or intellectual disability

Refusal of treatment by inmates with mental illness or intellectual disability

Security for mental health patients

Medical care of inmates; testing

Work by inmates; allowance

Work by inmates; construction, renovation, custodial, maintenance, or repairs; exemptions

Inmate contact with persons outside institution; temporary release

Community resource centers; participation; conditions

Temporary release of inmate for limited purposes

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.

Free housing; employees living at correctional institutions

Plan for expansion of existing space or contracts for additional housing of individuals in the custody of the department; legislative approval

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.

Cooperation and agreements with other agencies; federal government; local government

Transfer of functions; records, money and equipment; employees

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.

Effect of R.S. 40:2001 through 40:2017.9

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.

Access to records; cooperation by other agencies; confidentiality; disclosure

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.

Establishment; purpose

Board of governors; membership, powers, duties; suits

Powers of board of governors

Suits; service of process

Municipalities, agreements with for use

Prisoners

Additional facilities

Establishment; purpose and title

Organization and powers

Lincoln Parish Detention Center Commission members

Powers and duties of commission

Funding for operation and maintenance of Lincoln Parish Detention Center

Use of other jail and prison facilities

Superintendent and corrections officers

Establishment; purpose and title

Organization and powers

Terrebonne Parish Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Commission; establishment; members

Powers and duties of commission

Commission's right to incur debt; funding for operation and maintenance of Terrebonne Parish Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; authority to levy ad valorem tax; tax election; approval by parish council

Use of other jail and prison facilities

Personnel

Establishment; purpose and title

Organization and powers

Union Parish Detention Center Commission members

Powers and duties of commission

Funding for operation and maintenance of Union Parish Detention Center

Use of other jail and prison facilities

Superintendent and corrections officers

Establishment; purpose and title

Organization and powers

Commission members

Powers and duties of commission

Funding for operation and maintenance of Jackson Parish Detention Center

Use of other jail and prison facilities

Superintendent and corrections officers

Repealed by Acts 1980, No. 496, §1, eff. July 22, 1980

Sections
852. 852 to 854

Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 134, §1

Road, street, highway, right of way maintenance and litter removal, weed cutting, drug free school zone sign posting, and solid waste recycling programs by convict labor; indemnification

§§855.1 to 855.4 Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 114, §2, eff. June 29, 1985.

Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 134, §1

Chaplains; access to inmates

Catholic priest for penitentiary; method of appointment; access to inmates

Inmate spiritual and guidance services; leasing of property

Right of inmate to decline medical treatment

Repealed by Acts 1976, No. 373, §3

Officials and employees not to be personally interested in contracts; penalty

Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 569, §2, eff. July 12, 1978

Trespass on state prison property prohibited; penalty; exceptions

Solitary confinement abolished

Payment to released prisoners

Transportation for released prisoners

Disposition of abandoned property of discharged inmates

Compensation for damage or injury occasioned by escape

Search teams; appointment and duties; training

Appointment of attorney to represent inmates; fees

Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 134, §1

Work assignments not to be refused; overtime

Inmates eligible for compensation

Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 312, §2

Rate of inmate compensation; source of funding

Compensation account

Imposition of restitution on offenders; procedures

Location of prison facilities

Women's correctional facility

Standards and requirements for the incarceration of women

Adult correctional institutions

Inmates who may not be assigned to J. Levy Dabadie Correctional Center

Diagnostic and treatment center

Geriatric correctional facilities; establishment as a pilot project; report

Juvenile reception and diagnostic center; establishment, commitment of juveniles, substance abuse inpatient program, order, report, fact of commitment

Juvenile substance abuse programs; locations

Juvenile institutions

Transfer of adjudicated juvenile delinquents

Closure of Swanson Correctional Center for Youth-Madison Parish Unit as a facility for juveniles

Juvenile placement review process

Conversion of Jetson Center for Youth-East Baton Rouge Parish Unit to a regional treatment facility for juveniles

Separate facilities for males and females

Superintendent; powers and duties

Rules and regulations; education; training and discipline, work opportunities, vocational training, contracts and agreements

Cecil J. Picard Educational and Recreational Center; rates and fees

Release from commitment

Return of juveniles to committing court for transfer

Student furlough program

Reporting of escapes from state juvenile institutions; records

Juvenile offenders; collection of parental support payments for cost of care

Administration of medication; definitions; conditions; restrictions

Youthful Offender Management Dedicated Fund Account; creation

Purpose and policy

Definitions

Office of juvenile justice; statistical data collection; reporting

Detention centers

Purpose and policy

Definitions

Program

Program funding

Program design

Legislative intent

Definitions

Functional Family Therapy Pilot Program; creation

Eligibility for participation

Sections
1011. 1011 to 1018

Repealed by Acts 1970, No. 353, §3

Establishment of parish schools for youths authorized

Commitment to parish school

Appointment of commissioners; compensation; term

Board of commissioners; domicile; powers; officers

Selection of site; construction

Duties of board of commissioners; appointment, term, and compensation of superintendent; report

Rules and regulations; classification of inmates; education, training, and discipline

Probation and parole; release of inmates

Return of inmates to committing court for transfer

Sections
1061. 1061 to 1071

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 379, §1.

Purpose

Definitions

Participation

Establishment of rates for payment for care in nonstate operated agencies and facilities

Payment for care and treatment

Contribution to cost of care by parent, custodian

Non-state providers; contracts; performance-based contracts

Regional system of shelter care and detention facilities; alternative shelter care programs

Method of payment

Other laws applicable

Juvenile detention centers; special court costs

Immunity from civil liability

Auditing; regional district reporting; report to legislative auditor; misuse of funds

Commission president; secretary; treasurer

Required training for the commission

Florida Parishes Juvenile Justice District; creation; jurisdiction

Board of commissioners; appointment; terms

Purpose

Board of commissioners; officers; meetings

Board; general authority

Board; domicile; power to levy taxes, incur debt, issue bonds

Method of payment; facility situated in Tangipahoa Parish

Funding for the commission; criminal court costs

Tangipahoa Parish Juvenile Justice District; creation; jurisdiction

Board of commissioners; appointment; terms

Purpose

Board of commissioners; officers; meetings

Board; general authority

Board; domicile; power to levy taxes, incur debt, issue bonds

Tri-Parish Juvenile Justice District; creation; jurisdiction; definitions

Board of commissioners; appointment; terms

Purpose

Board of commissioners; officers; meetings

Board; general authority

Board; domicile; power to levy taxes, incur debt, and issue bonds

Use of facilities

Participation by parishes; appropriations

Ware Youth Center Authority; creation; jurisdiction

Board of commissioners; appointment; terms

Purpose

Board of commissioners; officers; meetings

Board; general authority

Board; domicile; power to levy taxes, incur debt, issue bonds

Funding for the authority; criminal court costs

Funding for the authority; juvenile court costs

Construction of Subpart; controlling law

Definitions

Purpose

General authority

Power to levy taxes, incur debt, issue bonds

Use of youth center

Participation by other parishes; appropriations

Construction of Subpart; controlling law

Definitions

Purpose

General authority

Power to levy taxes, incur debt, issue bonds

Use of youth center

Participation by other parishes; appropriations

St. Bernard Parish Juvenile Detention Center; fee for keeping juveniles

Central Louisiana Juvenile Detention Center Authority; creation; jurisdiction

Board of commissioners; appointment; terms

Purpose

Board of commissioners; officers; meetings

Board; general authority

Board; domicile; power to levy taxes, incur debt, issue bonds

Funding for the authority; criminal court costs

Funding for the authority; juvenile court costs

Bossier/Caddo Juvenile Detention Center Authority; creation; jurisdiction

Board of directors; appointment; terms

Purpose

Board of directors; officers; meetings

Board; general authority

Board; domicile; power to levy taxes, incur debt, issue bonds

Feliciana Juvenile Justice District; creation; jurisdiction

Board of commissioners; appointment; terms

Purpose

Board of commissioners; officers; meetings

Board; general authority

Board; domicile; power to levy taxes, incur debt, issue bonds

Court costs; Twentieth Judicial District; funding for drug and alcohol awareness programs

Multi-jurisdictional board; creation; jurisdiction

Purpose and reasons for detention; detention standards; licensing; fees

Operating without or in violation of license or regulations; penalties

Disclosure requirements; penalties

Work release program

Reports to law enforcement agencies

Facilities providing housing or temporary residence to individuals participating in work release or workforce development work release programs administered by the department

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 5, §1.

Pre-sentence investigations

Sentence to community rehabilitation centers

Staff and facilities of community rehabilitation centers

Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 266, §2.

Rules and regulations of Department of Corrections

Definitions

Prison enterprises

Purposes

Administration

Prison Enterprises Board

Rules

Sales of goods and services; contractual powers

Inmate labor

Proceeds of sales

Used agricultural equipment purchases

Sale of livestock breeding services; contractual powers

Authority

Administrative remedies; applicability; initiation

Publication of procedure

Definitions

REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 871, §3.

Records, confidentiality

Judicial review of administrative acts; exception

Judicial screening

Service of process

Definitions

Appropriate remedies with respect to prison conditions

Experts

Suits by prisoners

Attorney fees

Proceedings in forma pauperis

Successive claims

Judicial screening and service of process

Payment of damage award in satisfaction of pending restitution orders

Earned release credit or good time credit revocation

Claims arising under federal law

Project return post-release skills program

Short title

Legislative findings

Definitions

Reentry Advisory Council; creation; members; powers and duties

Administration of program; purposes

Adoption of regulations

Inmate eligibility for program; prohibitions

Eligible inmate selection and participation in program

Workforce development work release for participants and graduates of program administered by the department

Section
1199.10

Workforce development work release for participants and graduates of the program administered by the sheriff

Section
1199.11

Traditional work release programs not affected

Section
1199.12

Program duration; development; selection of craft

Section
1199.13

Removal from program

Section
1199.14

Substance abuse treatment and counseling

Section
1199.15

Authorized providers for intensive training

Section
1199.16

Drug testing

Section
1199.21

Short title

Section
1199.22

Purpose; authorization of Post-Conviction Veterans Mentor Program

Section
1199.23

Definitions

Section
1199.24

Post-Conviction Veterans Mentor Program for incarcerated veterans; eligibility criteria

Section
1199.25

Mentor program for Veterans Court probation program; job assistance

Section
1199.26

Transitional facilities

Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice

Composition of commission

Officers; meetings

Functions

Correctional coordination; duties of agency

Creation of system; functions; powers; duties

Report to the system; duties of persons and agencies

Studies; surveys; report

Penalties

State Law Enforcement Planning Agency

Composition of State Law Enforcement Planning Agency

Functions of the staff

Office of Peace Officer Standards and Training; program director

Law enforcement planning district agencies

Law enforcement planning district advisory councils; composition

Purpose and function of advisory councils

Creation of database; functions

Report to the system; duties of persons and agencies

Authorization

Information system's plan

Staffing; funding; powers; and duties of policy boards

Crime Victims Reparations Board

Drug Abuse Education and Treatment Dedicated Fund Account; creation; purpose

Juvenile Delinquency and Gang Prevention Act of 1993

Juvenile boot camp clearinghouse

Integrated Criminal Justice Information System Policy Board

Purposes

Actions of the policy board

Membership

Expenses

Officers; meetings

Component systems

Authorization

Cooperation; other agencies

Impaired Driver Tracking System; purpose; procedure

Automated victim notification system

Reports to the system; duties of persons and agencies

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2010.

Short title

Statement of purpose

Powers and duties of the commission

Grant funds; appropriation; distribution and allocation of grant funds

Applications for grants; eligibility; standards; procedures

Program review; reports; on-site inspections

Short title

Definitions

Interception and disclosure of wire, electronic, or oral communications

Manufacture, distribution, or possession of wire, electronic, or oral communication intercepting devices prohibited

Confiscation of wire or oral communication intercepting devices

Immunity of witnesses

Prohibition of use as evidence of intercepted wire or oral communications

Authorization for interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications

Authorization for disclosure and use of intercepted wire, electronic, or oral communications

Procedure for interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications

Reports concerning intercepted wire, electronic, or oral communications

Recovery of civil damages authorized

Assistance in installation and use of a wire, oral, or electronic intercepting device

Pen registers and trap and trace devices, use prohibited

Application for an order for a pen register or a trap and trace device

Issuance of an order for a pen register or a trap and trace device

Assistance in installation and use of a pen register, a trap and trace device, or a cellular tracking device

Application for an order for use of a cellular tracking device

Issuance of an order for a cellular tracking device

Short title

Definitions

Prohibited activities

Penalties

Arrest; warrant

Civil remedies

Citation

Legislative findings and declaration

Criminal street gangs and patterns of criminal street gang activity; prohibitions and criminal penalties

Solicitation of membership in a criminal street gang; penalty

Definitions

Premises used by criminal street gang; nuisances; actions for injunction, abatement, and damages; other remedies for unlawful use; exceptions

Civil cause of action by state and political subdivisions against criminal street gangs

Possession of firearms, ammunition, and dangerous weapons by criminal street gangs; forfeiture

Notification of the release of a member of a criminal street gang

Mutual aid activities; labor organizations

Local laws; no preemption

Short title

Legislative findings and declaration

Definitions

Juvenile delinquency and gang prevention advisory boards; membership

Purposes

Powers and duties

Establishment

Delinquency prevention plan; programs; grants

Grant application procedures

Restrictions

Short title

Louisiana Juvenile Jurisdiction Planning Implementation Committee; composition; authority; responsibilities

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 119, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 119, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 119, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 119, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.

Citation

Legislative findings and declaration

Definitions

Mandatory reports and immunity

Contents of report and agency to receive report

Receipt of reports

Investigation of reports, assessment, actions taken, and court orders

Petition for hearing, criminal proceedings, and subpoenas

Hearing

Implementation

Emergency protective services; ex parte order

Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.