State Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry

The following list contains the specific section of the Louisiana Criminal Code and the literal offense 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 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 a sex offender and also a child predator.

 

Sex Offenses Against Minors

Offenses against minors are defined as criminal offenses against a victim who is a minor when the victim is under the age of 18 and the person 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 a Child Predator.

 

 

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.  These offenses carry a registration period of 15 years to be conducted annually.

 

 

Statute	Description
14:43(A)(3)	Simple Rape under subsection (3)
14:43.1	Sexual Battery of Victim 18 and over
14:43.5	Intentional Exposure to Aids
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 (except if waived by court pursuant to 15:542(F)(2)
14:81	Indecent Behavior with Juveniles
14:81.4	Prohibited Sexual Conduct between educator and student
14:89	Crime Against Nature  As of 6/2011 registration is not longer required.
14:92(A)(7)	Contributing to the Delinquency of Juveniles
14:106(5)	Obscenity through solicitation of a minor
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.  These offenses carry a 25 year registration period to be conducted bi-annually.

 

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
14:81.2	Molestation of a Juvenile
14:81.3	Computer Aided Solicitation
14:82.1	Prostitution: Persons Under Seventeen
14:84 (1),(3),(5), and (6)	Pandering when victim is under 18 years of age
14:86	Enticing of minor into Prostitution

 

 

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.  These offenses carry a registration period of Lifetime to be conducted quarterly.

 

 

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
14:78.1	Aggravated Incest involving sexual intercourse, 2nd degree sexual battery, or oral sexual battery
14:81.2(E)(1)	Molestation of a juvenile under the age of 13
14:89.1	Aggravated Crime Against Nature
14:93.5	Sexual Battery of the Infirmed

 

 

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