In Louisiana every person convicted of a sex offense must register as a Sex Offender!
The Louisiana State Police website has the List of Crimes that Require Registration as a Sex Offender which are reprinted here for your convenience.
The following list contains the specific sections of the Louisiana Criminal Code and the offenses for which registration as a Sex Offender is required.
A person convicted of any of the following offenses when the victim is an adult is classified as a sex offender.
A person convicted of any of the following offenses when the victim is under the age of 18 and the defendant is not the parent of the victim is classified as a sex offender and may also be classified as a child predator.
Sex Offenses Against Minors
Offenses against minors are defined as criminal offenses against a victim who is under the age of 18 and the offender is not the parent of the victim. A person convicted of one of the following offenses when the victim is a minor and not the child of the offender is classified as a Child Predator.
DEFINITIONS:
Tier I Sex Offender: A person convicted of committing or attempting to commit any of the following enumerated sex offenses or a comparable offense under the laws of another state.
All offenses requiring registration other than those defined in 15:541 as “aggravated offenses” or “sexual offenses against a victim who is a minor” will have a 15 year registration period. To be conducted annually.
Tier I Sex Offenses
|
Statute |
Description |
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14:43(A)(3) |
Simple Rape under subsection (3) |
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14:43.1 |
Sexual Battery of Victim 18 and over |
|
14:43.5 |
Intentional Exposure to Aids |
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14:45.1 |
Interference with child custody – other than by parent |
|
14:46 |
False Imprisonment of child under 18 – other than by parent |
|
14:46.1 |
False Imprisonment of child under 18 with weapon |
|
14:78 |
Incest |
|
14:80 |
Felony Carnal Knowledge |
|
14:81 |
Indecent Behavior with Juveniles |
|
14:81.4 |
Prohibited Sexual Conduct between educator and student |
|
14:89 |
Crime Against Nature |
|
14:92(A)(7) |
Contributing to the Delinquency of Juveniles |
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14:106(5) |
Obscenity through solicitation of a minor |
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14:283 |
Video Voyeurism |
|
14:283.1 |
Voyeurism |
|
23:251 |
Minors under 16: prohibited employments or occupations |
Tier II Child Predator: A person convicted of committing or attempting to commit any of the following enumerated offenses or a comparable offense under the laws of another state when the victim is a minor and the defendant is not the parent of the victim.
All offenses defined in 15:541( 9.1) as “sexual offenses against a victim who is a minor” will have a 25 year registration period. To be conducted semi-annually.
Tier II Sex Offenses
|
Statute |
Description |
|
14:43.1 |
Sexual Battery of Minor under 18 years of age |
|
14:43.3 |
Oral Sexual Battery |
|
14:46.2(B)(2) |
Human Trafficking |
|
14:78.1 |
Aggravated Incest under circumstances not in Tier III |
|
14:81.1 |
Possession, Production and/or Distribution of Child Porn |
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14:81.2 |
Molestation of a juvenile or a person with a physical or mental disability (R.S. 14:81.2), except when prosecuted under the provisions of R.S. 14:81.2(C)(1), (D)(1), or (D)(2) |
|
14:81.3 |
Computer Aided Solicitation |
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14:82.1 |
Prostitution: Persons Under Seventeen |
|
14:83 |
Soliciting for prostitutes when the persons being solicited for prostitution are under the age of 18 years |
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14:83.1 |
Inciting prostitution when the prostitution involves persons under the age of eighteen years. |
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14:83.2 |
Promoting prostitution when the prostitution being promoted involves persons under the age of eighteen years |
|
14:84 (1),(3),(5), and (6) |
Pandering when victim is under 18 years of age |
|
14:86 |
Enticing of minor into Prostitution |
|
14:282 |
Operation of places of prostitution when the prostitution involves persons under the age of eighteen years |
Tier III Aggravated Offense: A person convicted of committing or attempting to commit any of the following enumerated sex offenses or a comparable offense under the laws of another state.
All offenses defined in 15:541(1) as “aggravated offenses” will have a lifetime registration period. To be conducted quarterly.
Tier III Sex Offenses
Statute Description
14:42 Aggravated Rape
14:42.1 Forcible Rape
14:43 Simple Rape under subsection A(1) and (2)
14:43.1(c)(2) Sexual Battery of a child under the age of 13
14:43.2 Second Degree Sexual Battery
14:44 Aggravated Kidnapping of a minor
14:44.1 Second Degree Kidnapping of a minor under 18
14:44.2 Aggravated Kidnapping of a child
14:45 Simple Kidnapping of a minor under 18
14:46.3 Trafficking of children for sexual purposes
14:78.1 Aggravated Incest involving sexual intercourse, 2nd degree sexual battery, or oral sexual battery
14:81.2(E)(1) Molestation of a juvenile or a person with a physical or mental disability prosecuted under the provisions of R.S. 14:81.2(C)(1), (D)(1), or (D)(2)
14:89.1 Aggravated Crime Against Nature
14:93.5 Sexual Battery