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R.S. 14:104

Keeping a disorderly place ACTIVE

A. Keeping a disorderly place is the intentional maintaining of a place to be used habitually for any illegal purpose.

B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of keeping a disorderly place shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(2) Whoever commits the crime of keeping a disorderly place for the purpose of prostitution of persons under the age of eighteen years shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, imprisoned at hard labor for not less than fifteen years nor more than fifty years, or both, with at least five years being served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.

(3) Whoever commits the crime of keeping a disorderly place for the purpose of prostitution of persons under the age of fourteen years shall be fined not more than seventy-five thousand dollars, imprisoned at hard labor for not less than twenty-five years nor more than fifty years, or both, with at least ten years being served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.

(4) Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 352, §2.

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History

  • enactment Acts 1970, No. 460, §1
  • amendment Acts 1979, No. 224, §1, eff. July 8, 1979
  • amendment Acts 2012, No. 446, §1
  • amendment Acts 2013, No. 83, §1
  • amendment Acts 2014, No. 564, §1
  • amendment Acts 2017, No. 180, §1, eff. June 12, 2017
  • amendment Acts 2020, No. 352, §2
  • amendment Acts 2025, No. 230, §1

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La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 14:104 (2026).
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@misc{larevstat-14-104,
  title        = {La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 14:104},
  howpublished = {Louisiana Revised Statutes},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://theusufruct.com/rs/title-14/section-104},
  note         = {Snapshot 2026-05-22}
}