Offenses
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.
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 |
| 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 |
| 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.
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 |
| 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.
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 |
| 14:78.1 | 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 |