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Ex. DUT-LA-015 Standing duty Primary source read

La. R.S. 14:329.7 (violations; penalties)

Penalty for violating the emergency orders of R.S. 14:329.1 to 329.8: fine up to $500 or imprisonment up to six months, or both; hard labor up to five years where a willful violation causes serious bodily injury or property damage over $5,000; up to twenty-one years where it causes death

Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes, Title 14, Criminal Law) · Louisiana (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Louisiana
Level
State
Authority
La. Const. art. III; Acts 1969, No. 176, sec. 8
Effective
standing throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3
End
standing (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Standing (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Standing dutyOther
Addressees
  • persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises
Character
order penalty
Collection
Standing duties: Louisiana DUT-LA

Operative words

Whoever willfully is the offender or participates in a riot, or is guilty of inciting a riot, or who fails to comply with a lawful command to disperse, or who is guilty of wrongful use of public property, or violates any other provision hereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

Penalty

Fine up to $500 or imprisonment up to six months, or both (A); hard labor up to five years (B) or twenty-one years (C) for willful violations causing serious injury, major property damage or death

What it required

Every person must comply with the local emergency orders promulgated under R.S. 14:329.6 (closures of places of amusement and assembly, occupancy zones, curfews) on pain of criminal penalty.

Retrieval note

Official statute page rendered Sept. 28, 2026. The words 'or violates any other provision hereof' reach the orders promulgated under R.S. 14:329.6, which every COVID-19 proclamation from 74 JBE 2020 forward kept in force statewide (Ex. DUT-LA-009).