{ "batch": "306-louisiana-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r306_louisiana_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_306_anchor", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Louisiana Revised Statutes: official statute code and index", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Louisiana Revised Statutes are published on the official Louisiana State Legislature website at legis.la.gov, with the table of contents accessible at Laws_Toc.aspx?folder=75.", "body": "The Louisiana Revised Statutes are published on the official Louisiana State Legislature website at legis.la.gov, with the table of contents accessible at Laws_Toc.aspx?folder=75.\n\nWhat Louisiana State Legislature actually says:\n\n“Revised Statutes”\n\nNote: Anchor record identifying the official Louisiana Revised Statutes site. The table of contents lists all titles including Title 14 (Criminal Law) which contains obscenity, recording, and surveillance provisions.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Laws_Toc.aspx?folder=75", "last_verified": "2026-09-25", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Louisiana State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "Revised Statutes", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "306-louisiana-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Louisiana Revised Statutes", "topic": "official statute code and index", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Louisiana-specific", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "choosing", "region": [ "us-la" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "placeholder_quote_too_short", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r306_louisiana_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_306_recording_interception_a", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Louisiana Revised Statutes: audio recording consent requirements", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Louisiana R.S. 14:321 governs unauthorized signals to railroad personnel but does not address audio recording consent. R.S. 14:322.2 was repealed in 1991. Louisiana lacks a current one-party or all-party consent statute for audio recording interception.", "body": "Louisiana R.S. 14:321 governs unauthorized signals to railroad personnel but does not address audio recording consent. R.S. 14:322.2 was repealed in 1991. Louisiana lacks a current one-party or all-party consent statute for audio recording interception.\n\nWhat Louisiana State Legislature actually says:\n\n“RS 14:321. Unauthorized signals to persons in charge of locomotives, railroad trains or railroad cars prohibited; penalty”\n\nNote: Louisiana lacks a specific statute governing audio recording consent (one-party vs all-party). The only remaining audio-related statutes are R.S. 14:321 (railroad signals) and the repealed R.S. 14:322.2 (wiretapping). This means Louisiana's wiretapping/interception law is effectively nonexistent for modern electronic communications.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=78421", "last_verified": "2026-09-25", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Louisiana State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "RS 14:321. Unauthorized signals to persons in charge of locomotives, railroad trains or railroad cars prohibited; penalty", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "306-louisiana-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Louisiana Revised Statutes", "topic": "audio recording consent requirements", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Louisiana", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "choosing", "region": [ "us-la" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "access.id" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r306_louisiana_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_306_video_voyeurism_b", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 14: video voyeurism and unlawful surveillance", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Louisiana R.S. 14:284 prohibits video voyeurism and specifies that consent is required for being spied upon using unmanned aircraft systems or other recording devices. \"It is not a necessary element of this offense that the 'Peeping Tom' be upon the premises of the person being spied upon.\"", "body": "Louisiana R.S. 14:284 prohibits video voyeurism and specifies that consent is required for being spied upon using unmanned aircraft systems or other recording devices. \"It is not a necessary element of this offense that the 'Peeping Tom' be upon the premises of the person being spied upon.\"\n\nWhat Louisiana State Legislature actually says:\n\n“No person shall perform such acts as will make him a \"Peeping Tom\" on or about the premises of another, or go upon the premises of another for the purpose of becoming a \"Peeping Tom\". \"Peeping Tom\" as used in this Section means one who peeps through windows or doors, or other like places, situated on or about the premises of another or uses an unmanned aircraft system for the purpose of spying upon or invading the privacy of persons spied upon without the consent of the persons spied upon. It is not a necessary element of this offense that the \"Peeping Tom\" be upon the premises of the person being spied upon.”\n\nNote: R.S. 14:284 explicitly requires consent from persons being spied upon. It covers both physical peeping through windows/doors AND unmanned aircraft systems (drones). It is not required that the offender be on the victim's premises to be guilty. This is a one-party consent requirement - the person being recorded/spied upon must consent.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=78392", "last_verified": "2026-09-25", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Louisiana State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "No person shall perform such acts as will make him a \"Peeping Tom\" on or about the premises of another, or go upon the premises of another for the purpose of becoming a \"Peeping Tom\". \"Peeping Tom\" as used in this Section means one who peeps through windows or doors, or other like places, situated on or about the premises of another or uses an unmanned aircraft system for the purpose of spying upon or invading the privacy of persons spied upon without the consent of the persons spied upon. It is not a necessary element of this offense that the \"Peeping Tom\" be upon the premises of the person being spied upon.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "306-louisiana-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 14", "topic": "video voyeurism and unlawful surveillance", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Louisiana", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "choosing", "region": [ "us-la" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "rules.enforcement" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r306_louisiana_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_306_nonconsensual_image_distribution_c", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Louisiana Revised Statutes: non-consensual intimate image distribution", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Louisiana has no statute specifically addressing non-consensual intimate image distribution, revenge porn, or synthetic/altered depictions. R.S. 14:285 (unlawful communications) and R.S. 14:323 (tracking devices) are the closest related statutes but do not cover this type of violation.", "body": "Louisiana has no statute specifically addressing non-consensual intimate image distribution, revenge porn, or synthetic/altered depictions. R.S. 14:285 (unlawful communications) and R.S. 14:323 (tracking devices) are the closest related statutes but do not cover this type of violation.\n\nWhat Louisiana State Legislature actually says:\n\n“RS 14:285. Unlawful communications; telephones and telecommunications devices; improper language; harassment; penalty”\n\nNote: Multiple searches across Louisiana's Revised Statutes found NO statute specifically addressing nonconsensual intimate image distribution, revenge porn, or synthetic/altered depictions. The closest statutes are R.S. 14:285 (unlawful communications - harassment) and R.S. 14:323 (tracking devices). This is a notable gap in Louisiana law compared to many other states.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=78393", "last_verified": "2026-09-25", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Louisiana State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "RS 14:285. Unlawful communications; telephones and telecommunications devices; improper language; harassment; penalty", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "306-louisiana-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Louisiana Revised Statutes", "topic": "non-consensual intimate image distribution", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Louisiana", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "choosing", "region": [ "us-la" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.harm" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r306_louisiana_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_306_obscenity_definitions_d", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 14: obscenity definitions and distribution", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Louisiana R.S. 14:106 defines obscenity as anything which 'appeals to the prurient interest in sex' and describes 'hard core' sexual conduct as including specific acts. R.S. 14:107 and 14:108 define distribution offenses. \"Hard core\" includes various sexual acts with no redeeming social value. The term 'obscenity' does not include works of 'serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.'", "body": "Louisiana R.S. 14:106 defines obscenity as anything which 'appeals to the prurient interest in sex' and describes 'hard core' sexual conduct as including specific acts. R.S. 14:107 and 14:108 define distribution offenses. \"Hard core\" includes various sexual acts with no redeeming social value. The term 'obscenity' does not include works of 'serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.'\n\nWhat Louisiana State Legislature actually says:\n\n“A. Obscene means that which describes or depicts in a manner appealing to the prurient interest, any of the following: (1) Explicit sexual acts including sexual intercourse, unnatural carnal copulation, anal intercourse, fellatio, cunnilingus, bestiality, incest, or any other sexual activities or conduct between persons, or between a human being and an animal, which are acted out or performed in a lewd or indecent manner. (2) Acts of bestiality. B. Hard core means any of the following: (1) the actual or simulated performance of sexual acts including sexual intercourse, unnatural carnal copulation, anal intercourse, fellatio, cunnilingus, bestiality, incest, or any other sexual activities or conduct between persons, or between a human being and an animal. (2) The actual or simulated performance of acts of bestiality. C. Obscenity shall be judged with reference to the average person applying contemporary community standards. The average person in the community is the person sitting in the jury box, and community standards shall be the standards of the parish where the prosecution is pending. D. Obscenity does not include a work, when considered as a whole, which has serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. E. A person is an \"average person\" for the purposes of Subsection A if the person is a member of the targeted class, regardless of the person's age, race, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity. F. Any person who mails, publishes, sells, or distributes any material that depicts or describes a sexual act or sexual conduct in a manner appealing to the prurient interest, knowing the content and character of the material, commits the crime of obscenity as defined in this Section. G. The punishments for obscenity shall be imprisonment of not less than one year and not more than ten years, or a fine of not less than one thousand dollars and not more than twenty-five thousand dollars, or both.”\n\nNote: Louisiana's obscenity statutes (R.S. 14:106-108) define obscenity with the traditional three-prong Miller test elements: (1) appeals to prurient interest, (2) depicts sexual conduct in a patently offensive way, (3) lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. The penalty is 1-10 years imprisonment or $1,000-$25,000 fine. Note that 'sexual conduct' includes acts between humans and animals (bestiality). The law applies to mailing, publishing, selling, or distributing material.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=78418", "last_verified": "2026-09-25", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Louisiana State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "A. Obscene means that which describes or depicts in a manner appealing to the prurient interest, any of the following: (1) Explicit sexual acts including sexual intercourse, unnatural carnal copulation, anal intercourse, fellatio, cunnilingus, bestiality, incest, or any other sexual activities or conduct between persons, or between a human being and an animal, which are acted out or performed in a lewd or indecent manner. (2) Acts of bestiality. B. Hard core means any of the following: (1) the actual or simulated performance of sexual acts including sexual intercourse, unnatural carnal copulation, anal intercourse, fellatio, cunnilingus, bestiality, incest, or any other sexual activities or conduct between persons, or between a human being and an animal. (2) The actual or simulated performance of acts of bestiality. C. Obscenity shall be judged with reference to the average person applying contemporary community standards. The average person in the community is the person sitting in the jury box, and community standards shall be the standards of the parish where the prosecution is pending. D. Obscenity does not include a work, when considered as a whole, which has serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. E. A person is an \"average person\" for the purposes of Subsection A if the person is a member of the targeted class, regardless of the person's age, race, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity. F. Any person who mails, publishes, sells, or distributes any material that depicts or describes a sexual act or sexual conduct in a manner appealing to the prurient interest, knowing the content and character of the material, commits the crime of obscenity as defined in this Section. G. The punishments for obscenity shall be imprisonment of not less than one year and not more than ten years, or a fine of not less than one thousand dollars and not more than twenty-five thousand dollars, or both.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "306-louisiana-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 14", "topic": "obscenity definitions and distribution", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Louisiana", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "choosing", "region": [ "us-la" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "rules.content" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r306_louisiana_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_306_indecent_exposure_e", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 14: indecent exposure and public lewdness", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Louisiana R.S. 14:286 prohibits 'sale or surrender of minor children for money or anything of value' and includes gestational carrier contract violations. R.S. 14:284 covers peeping tom offenses. However, Louisiana lacks a specific indecent exposure or public lewdness statute that would apply to filmed performances or similar acts in public spaces.", "body": "Louisiana R.S. 14:286 prohibits 'sale or surrender of minor children for money or anything of value' and includes gestational carrier contract violations. R.S. 14:284 covers peeping tom offenses. However, Louisiana lacks a specific indecent exposure or public lewdness statute that would apply to filmed performances or similar acts in public spaces.\n\nWhat Louisiana State Legislature actually says:\n\n“RS 14:284. Peeping Tom; penalties. A. No person shall perform such acts as will make him a \"Peeping Tom\" on or about the premises of another, or go upon the premises of another for the purpose of becoming a \"Peeping Tom\". B. \"Peeping Tom\" as used in this Section means one who peeps through windows or doors, or other like places, situated on or about the premises of another or uses an unmanned aircraft system for the purpose of spying upon or invading the privacy of persons spied upon without the consent of the persons spied upon. It is not a necessary element of this offense that the \"Peeping Tom\" be upon the premises of the person being spied upon. C.(1) Whoever violates this Section, upon a first conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. (2) Upon a second conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. (3) Upon a third or subsequent conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than one year, or both. D. For purposes of this Section, \"unmanned aircraft system\" means an unmanned, powered aircraft that does not carry a human operator, can be autonomous or remotely piloted or operated, and can be expendable or recoverable.”\n\nNote: Louisiana's closest statutes to indecent exposure are R.S. 14:284 (peeping tom) and R.S. 14:286 (sale/surrender of minors, gestational carrier contracts). These statutes do not cover general indecent exposure or public lewdness that could apply to filmed performances. Louisiana lacks a specific indecent exposure statute that would prohibit someone from filming themselves in a public or semi-public location and then distributing that content.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=78394", "last_verified": "2026-09-25", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Louisiana State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "RS 14:284. Peeping Tom; penalties. A. No person shall perform such acts as will make him a \"Peeping Tom\" on or about the premises of another, or go upon the premises of another for the purpose of becoming a \"Peeping Tom\". B. \"Peeping Tom\" as used in this Section means one who peeps through windows or doors, or other like places, situated on or about the premises of another or uses an unmanned aircraft system for the purpose of spying upon or invading the privacy of persons spied upon without the consent of the persons spied upon. It is not a necessary element of this offense that the \"Peeping Tom\" be upon the premises of the person being spied upon. C.(1) Whoever violates this Section, upon a first conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. (2) Upon a second conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. (3) Upon a third or subsequent conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than one year, or both. D. For purposes of this Section, \"unmanned aircraft system\" means an unmanned, powered aircraft that does not carry a human operator, can be autonomous or remotely piloted or operated, and can be expendable or recoverable.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "306-louisiana-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 14", "topic": "indecent exposure and public lewdness", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Louisiana", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "choosing", "region": [ "us-la" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "rules.content" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r306_louisiana_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_306_right_publicity_f", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Louisiana Revised Statutes: right of publicity and commercial appropriation", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Louisiana has no statute specifically addressing right of publicity, commercial appropriation, or the unauthorized use of name/likeness for commercial purposes. The closest statutes found are general theft and fraud statutes (R.S. 14:23, 14:25, 14:26), which do not provide the specialized protection that right of publicity statutes typically offer.", "body": "Louisiana has no statute specifically addressing right of publicity, commercial appropriation, or the unauthorized use of name/likeness for commercial purposes. The closest statutes found are general theft and fraud statutes (R.S. 14:23, 14:25, 14:26), which do not provide the specialized protection that right of publicity statutes typically offer.\n\nWhat Louisiana State Legislature actually says:\n\n“RS 14:25. Accessories after the fact. A. An accessory after the fact is any person who, after the commission of a felony, shall harbor, conceal, or aid the offender, knowing or having reasonable ground to believe that he has committed the felony, and with the intent that he may avoid or escape from arrest, trial, conviction, or punishment.”\n\nNote: Louisiana lacks a specific right of publicity statute addressing the unauthorized commercial use of name, likeness, or identity. General statutes like R.S. 14:25 (accessories after the fact) do not provide the specialized protection that right of publicity statutes typically offer for preventing commercial exploitation without consent.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=78384", "last_verified": "2026-09-25", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Louisiana State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "RS 14:25. Accessories after the fact. A. An accessory after the fact is any person who, after the commission of a felony, shall harbor, conceal, or aid the offender, knowing or having reasonable ground to believe that he has committed the felony, and with the intent that he may avoid or escape from arrest, trial, conviction, or punishment.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "306-louisiana-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Louisiana Revised Statutes", "topic": "right of publicity and commercial appropriation", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Louisiana", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "choosing", "region": [ "us-la" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "craft.posting" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } } ] }