Program Purpose

Louisiana Revised Statutes (R.S.) 15:540, et. seq. states:

The legislature finds that sex offenders, sexually violent predators, and child predators often pose a high risk of engaging in sex offenses and crimes against victims who are minors even after being released from incarceration or commitment and that protection of the public from sex offenders, sexually violent predators, and child predators is of paramount governmental interest. The legislature further finds that local law enforcement officers' efforts to protect their communities, conduct investigations, and quickly apprehend offenders who commit sex offenses and crimes against victims who are minors, are impaired by the lack of information available to law enforcement agencies about convicted sex offenders, sexually violent predators, and child predators who live within the agency's jurisdiction, and the penal and mental health components of our justice system are largely hidden from public view and that lack of information from either may result in failure of both systems to meet this paramount concern of public safety. Restrictive confidentiality and liability laws governing the release of information about sex offenders, sexually violent predators, and child predators have reduced willingness to release information that could be appropriately released under the public disclosure laws, and have increased risks to public safety. Persons found to have committed a sex offense or a crime against a victim who is a minor have a reduced expectation of privacy because of the public's interest in public safety and in the effective operation of government. Release of information about sex offenders, sexually violent predators, and child predators to public agencies, and under limited circumstances to the general public, will further the governmental interests of public safety and public scrutiny of the criminal and mental health systems so long as the information released is rationally related to the furtherance of those goals.

Therefore, this state's policy is to assist local law enforcement agencies' efforts to protect their communities by requiring sex offenders, sexually violent predators, and child predators to register with state and local law enforcement agencies and to require the exchange of relevant information about sex offenders, sexually violent predators, and child predators among state, local, and federal public agencies and officials and to authorize the release of necessary and relevant information about sex offenders, sexually violent predators, and child predators to members of the general public as provided in this Chapter.

Contact Us

You may contact the State Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry at 1-800-858-0551 between 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM CDT.

P.O. Box 66614, Box A-6
Baton Rouge, LA 70896

[email protected]

Sex Offender Links

Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW) - provides information on the whereabouts of registered sex offenders nationwide.
Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINELink) - allows crime victims to obtain information about criminal cases and the custody status of offenders.
Search Louisiana Laws
Louisiana Department of Corrections
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) - prevention, education, and support regarding sexual assault
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals - search for a sex offender treatment provider.

Before using this Website you must read and accept the conditions of use. Scroll down to accept.

This Website is provided as a public service by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Louisiana State Police, Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information, State Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry (the Registry). Using this Website, the public has access to public information regarding the reported physical whereabouts or location of convicted sex offenders, sexually violent predators, and child predators. Information provided in this Website is intended to increase public awareness about the presence of sex offenders in local communities, and thus, heighten public safety.

Information from the state Website is hosted by the Registry, and the Registry has neither sole responsibility for nor sole control over the information made available for public inspection or search. While it is the Registry that maintains the Website, the Registry strictly relies on the Department of Corrections, the court, and/or other state and local law enforcement agencies to transmit the registration information on sex offenders to the Registry. Although the Registry makes diligent efforts to timely update information on the Website, the information contained herein is compiled from submissions from those agencies required by law to submit information to the bureau on sex offenders, and hence, is only as timely as it is submitted. Therefore, the Registry does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the information contained in this Website regarding specific offenders or with respect to the omission of information about other offenders who may be residing, working, or attending school in the vicinity of any location that is the subject of any search using this Website. In this regard, the Department accepts no responsibility or liability for damages of any kind resulting from reliance on this information or lack thereof.

It is possible that information accessed or obtained through this Website may not reflect current residences, employment, school attendance, or other information regarding such individuals, and users are forewarned that it is incumbent upon them to verify information. Any user seeking more information or verification should communicate with the State Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry and/or the local law enforcement agency where the offender resides, works or attends school. Any individual who believes that information contained in this state Website is inaccurate should communicate with the State Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry, the agency responsible for compiling and updating the information with respect to the state Website.

Any person who uses information contained in or accessed through this Website to threaten, intimidate, or harass any individual, including registrants or family members, or who otherwise misuses this information, may be subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability.

By using this Website, the user (1) consents to, and agrees to abide by and be subject to, any and all policies/disclaimers/terms and conditions for access applicable to the state sex-offender Website, and (2) waives any and all rights that the user may or might have against the Department, or any of its officials, employees, or contractors, arising out of use of and/or reliance on this Website.

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