Louisiana

Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure + R.S. Title 15

1,828 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 15:542.1.6 — Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 205, §2.
• § 15:542.1.7 — Court records; disclosure
• § 15:543 — Duties of the courts, sheriffs, and the Department of Public Safety and Corrections; informing the offender of the registration and notification requirements
• § 15:543.1 — Written notification by the courts; form to be used
• § 15:543.2 — Sex offenders; emergency situations
• § 15:544 — Duration of registration and notification period
• § 15:544.1 — Petitions for injunctive relief or declaratory judgments
• § 15:544.2 — Registration and notification period end date; determination; procedures
• § 15:545 — Duty of law enforcement
• § 15:545.1 — Duty of interactive computer service
• § 15:546 — Release of information
• § 15:547 — Committee on Parole
• § 15:548 — Dissemination policy
• § 15:549 — Notification of release or escape of inmate
• § 15:550 — Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 2, §1.
• § 15:551 — Harboring or concealing a sexual offender, sexually violent predator, or child predator; penalties
• § 15:552 — Sexual Predator Apprehension Team
• § 15:553 — Prohibition of employment for certain sex offenders
• § 15:555 — Louisiana Sexual Assault Oversight Commission; creation; membership; meetings
• § 15:556 — Duties of the commission
• § 15:560 — Legislative findings
• § 15:560.1 — Definitions
• § 15:560.2 — Louisiana Sex Offender Assessment Panel
• § 15:560.3 — Effects of determination of status as a sexually violent predator or as a child sexual predator; lifetime registration; notification
• § 15:560.4 — Electronic monitoring of sexually violent predators or child sexual predators
• § 15:560.5 — Appeal of decision
• § 15:560.6 — Rights of action
• § 15:561 — Legislative findings
• § 15:561.1 — Applicability
• § 15:561.2 — Supervised release upon expiration of sentence
• § 15:561.3 — Supervised release; division of probation and parole
• § 15:561.4 — Duty to inform offender
• § 15:561.5 — Conditions of supervised release
• § 15:561.6 — Adoption of rules
• § 15:561.7 — Failure to comply with provisions of supervised release
• § 15:562 — Findings; purpose
• § 15:562.1 — Definitions
• § 15:562.2 — Powers and duties of state fire marshal
• § 15:562.3 — Registration of arson offenders
• § 15:562.4 — Duty of offenders to notify law enforcement of change of address, residence, or other registration information
• § 15:562.5 — Failure to register; penalties
• § 15:562.6 — Duration of registration and notification period
• § 15:563 — §563. Registration of persons convicted of child abuse or neglect
• § 15:563.1 — §563.1. Duties of the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information
• § 15:563.2 — §563.2. Duration of registration and notification period
• § 15:563.3 — Subject to appropriation
• § 15:563.4 — Short title
• § 15:565 — EXECUTION OF SENTENCE
• § 15:566 — Pendency of appeal, payments; delivery to penitentiary
• § 15:566.1 — Repealed by Acts 1966, No. 310, 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1967.
• § 15:566.2 — Commencing of sentence to state penitentiary
• § 15:567 — Conditions precedent to execution
• § 15:567.1 — Mental incompetence to proceed to execution
• § 15:568 — Execution of death sentence; prior confinement of offender
• § 15:569 — Place for execution of death sentence; manner of execution
• § 15:569.1 — Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 193, §2, eff. June 8, 2025.
• § 15:570 — Execution; officials and witnesses; minors excluded; time of execution; notice to victim's relatives
• § 15:571 — Proces verbal of execution; attesting and filing
• § 15:571.1 — Repealed by Acts 1966, No. 310, 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1967.
• § 15:571.10 — Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 138, 3.
• § 15:571.11 — Dispositions of fines and forfeitures
• § 15:571.12 — Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to receive fines
• § 15:571.13 — Supervised release of parish prisoners; rules of conduct; revocation
• § 15:571.14 — Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 138, 3.
• § 15:571.15 — Venue
• § 15:571.20 — Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 609, 1.
• § 15:571.21 — Deposit of fees and assessments
• § 15:571.22 — Limitation of liability; release of information
• § 15:571.3 — Diminution of sentence for good behavior
• § 15:571.3.1 — Eligibility and applicability of diminution of sentence for crimes committed on or after August 1, 2024
• § 15:571.31 — Alternatives to traditional imprisonment; findings; purposes
• § 15:571.32 — Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 2, §1.
• § 15:571.33 — Extension or alteration of pilot; approval of the budget committee; statewide implementation
• § 15:571.34 — Alternative to traditional imprisonment; prisoners who are elderly or infirm
• § 15:571.35 — §571.35. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 2, §1.
• § 15:571.35.1 — Pilot program; Lafourche Parish Pretrial Home Incarceration Program; electronic monitoring
• § 15:571.36 — Electronic monitoring equipment
• § 15:571.37 — Electronic monitoring programs
• § 15:571.38 — Violation of electronic monitoring conditions
• § 15:571.4 — Forfeiture of diminution of sentence
• § 15:571.41 — Purpose
• § 15:571.42 — Definitions
• § 15:571.43 — Job intervention programs
• § 15:571.44 — Stipulations; advice by court
• § 15:571.45 — Probation agreement
• § 15:571.46 — Probation
• § 15:571.47 — Employer participation; report
• § 15:571.48 — Successful completion: effects
• § 15:571.49 — Discharge and dismissal; effects
• § 15:571.5 — Supervision upon release after diminution of sentence for good behavior; conditions of release; revocation
• § 15:571.50 — Written guidelines
• § 15:571.51 — Evaluation of program effectiveness
• § 15:571.52 — Record of participation
• § 15:571.6 — Repealed by Acts 2011, No. 186, §4.
• § 15:571.61 — Post-Release Facilities pilot program; legislative findings; establishment; rules promulgation; reporting
• § 15:571.7 — Supervision upon release from parish prison after diminution of sentence for good behavior; conditions of release; revocation
• § 15:571.8 — Repealed by Acts 2011, No. 186, §4.
• § 15:571.9 — Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 138, 3.
• § 15:572 — Powers of governor to grant reprieves and pardons; automatic pardon for first offender; payment of court costs required
• § 15:572.1 — Board of Pardons; membership; domicile; session; quorum
• § 15:572.2 — Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 714, §3.
• § 15:572.3 — Powers of the board
• § 15:572.4 — Board of Pardons; rules, regulations, and procedures; notice; restrictions on applications; time periods for additional review
• § 15:572.5 — Information to be provided to Board of Pardons
• § 15:572.6 — Finality of clemency determinations
• § 15:572.7 — Representation of applicants before board; prohibitions
• § 15:572.8 — Compensation for wrongful conviction and imprisonment; petition process; compensation; proof; assignment of powers and duties
• § 15:572.9 — Avery C. Alexander Act; application process
• § 15:573 — Sessions of Board of Pardons open
• § 15:573.1 — Prohibited contact with Board of Pardons; penalties; public record
• § 15:573.2 — Teleconference communications by certain persons
• § 15:574 — Adoption of rules by Board of Pardons
• § 15:574.1 — Expenses of members of Board of Pardons; reimbursement
• § 15:574.10 — Conviction of a felony while on parole
• § 15:574.11 — Finality of committee determinations; venue; jurisdiction and procedure; peremptive period; service of process
• § 15:574.12 — Information as to offenders and ex-offenders; confidentiality
• § 15:574.12.1 — Testimony provided in executive session before the Board of Pardons and committee on parole; confidentiality
• § 15:574.13 — General applicability; juveniles in correctional institutions excepted
• § 15:574.14 — Required reporting of parolees; alternative to in-person meetings
• § 15:574.15 — Power of elected state, parochial, or municipal officials to parole persons arrested for violation of municipal ordinances
• § 15:574.16 — Refusal to parole; penalty
• § 15:574.17 — Kenner; power of elected municipal officials to parole or release persons in custody for violations of ordinances
• § 15:574.18 — Prohibition of city council members to parole or release persons
• § 15:574.2 — Committee on parole, Board of Pardons; membership; qualifications; vacancies; compensation; domicile; venue; meetings; quorum; panels; powers and duties; transfer of property to board; representation of applicants before the board; prohibitions
• § 15:574.2.1 — Prohibited contact with committee on parole; penalties; public record
• § 15:574.20 — Medical parole program; medical treatment furlough; eligibility; revocation
• § 15:574.21 — Parole risk assessment pilot program; statistical system; agency cooperation; rules promulgation
• § 15:574.22 — Parole ineligibility
• § 15:574.3 — 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
• § 15:574.31 — Intent; purpose
• § 15:574.32 — Definitions
• § 15:574.33 — The Interstate Commission; membership; creation of the executive committee
• § 15:574.34 — State Council
• § 15:574.35 — Powers and duties of the Interstate Commission
• § 15:574.36 — Organization and operation of the Interstate Commission
• § 15:574.37 — Activities of the Interstate Commission
• § 15:574.38 — Rulemaking functions of the Interstate Commission
• § 15:574.39 — Oversight, enforcement, and dispute resolution by the Interstate Commission
• § 15:574.4 — Parole; eligibility; juvenile offenders
• § 15:574.4.1 — Parole consideration and hearings
• § 15:574.4.2 — Decisions of committee on parole; nature, order, and conditions of parole; rules of conduct; infectious disease testing
• § 15:574.4.3 — Parole requirements for certain sex offenders
• § 15:574.4.4 — Parole; intensive parole supervision; eligibility
• § 15:574.4.5 — Probation and parole processing fee
• § 15:574.40 — Finance
• § 15:574.41 — Eligibility of compacting states, effective date, and amendment
• § 15:574.42 — Withdrawal, default, termination, and judicial enforcement
• § 15:574.43 — Severability and construction
• § 15:574.44 — Binding effect of compact and other laws
• § 15:574.45 — Interstate transfer or travel of parolees or probationers; fees
• § 15:574.5 — Intensive incarceration and parole supervision of persons held by sheriffs in Orleans Parish
• § 15:574.6 — Parole term; automatic discharge
• § 15:574.6.1 — Repealed by Acts 2024, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 7, §2.
• § 15:574.6.2 — Supervised release; commuted sentences
• § 15:574.61 — Short title
• § 15:574.62 — Substance abuse conditional release
• § 15:574.7 — Custody and supervision of parolees; modification or suspension of supervision; violation of conditions of parole; sanctions; alternative conditions; administrative sanctions
• § 15:574.71 — Definitions
• § 15:574.72 — Alien removal process; deportation eligibility hearing
• § 15:574.8 — Parole officers; powers of arrest; summary arrest and detention of parolees
• § 15:574.9 — 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
• § 15:575 — LOUISIANA BUREAU OF CRIMINAL
• § 15:576 — Definitions
• § 15:577 — Bureau of criminal identification and information; creation and organization
• § 15:578 — Functions, powers, and duties of the bureau; crime laboratory
• § 15:578.1 — Pretrial diversion program for driving while intoxicated; criminal history records
• § 15:579 — Rules and regulations
• § 15:580 — Forms; procedures; training; assistance
• § 15:581 — Authorized audits and investigations
• § 15:582 — Civil identification files
• § 15:583 — Transmission of information
• § 15:584 — Cooperation with federal and other state agencies
• § 15:585 — Admissibility of bureau records in evidence
• § 15:586 — Authority to purge records of the central repository
• § 15:587 — Duty to provide information; processing fees; Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information
• § 15:587.1 — Provision of information to protect children
• § 15:587.1.1 — Portability of criminal history information for licensed child care facilities
• § 15:587.1.2 — Provision of information to protect children who receive services at a therapeutic group home
• § 15:587.2 — Institutions of postsecondary education; criminal history information
• § 15:587.3 — Volunteers and employees in youth-serving institutions or organizations; other youth coaches; criminal background information
• § 15:587.4 — Authority of municipal or parish fire department, a fire protection district, or a volunteer fire department; criminal history information
• § 15:587.5 — Agencies with access to federal tax information; criminal history information
• § 15:587.6 — Division of administration, office of technology services; access to criminal history information or state-issued REAL ID Information
• § 15:587.7 — Volunteer and employee criminal history system
• § 15:587.8 — Access to criminal history system for victims of domestic abuse, victims of human trafficking, victims of dating violence, and victims of sexual assault.
• § 15:588 — Right of individual access
• § 15:589 — Duty to maintain security
• § 15:589.1 — Handling of information; juvenile criminal conduct
• § 15:590 — Obtaining and filing fingerprint and identification data
• § 15:591 — Submission of information; statistics; data
• § 15:592 — Submission of fingerprints and identification data
• § 15:593 — Prohibition against destruction of records
• § 15:594 — Access to records
• § 15:595 — Duty to abide by regulations
• § 15:596 — Penalties
• § 15:597 — Disposition reporting
• § 15:598 — Criminal Identification and Information Dedicated Fund Account
• § 15:601 — Short title
• § 15:602 — Legislative findings and objectives
• § 15:603 — Definitions