Louisiana False Imprisonment Law

LOUISIANA’S FALSE IMPRISONMENT LAW

LA R.S. 14:46

False imprisonment is the intentional confinement or detention of another, without his consent and without proper legal authority.

Whoever commits the crime of false imprisonment shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

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Updated June 2009