2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 14 — Criminal law
RS 14:214 — Fishing or hunting contest fraud


LA Rev Stat § 14:214 What's This?

§214. Fishing or hunting contest fraud

A. The crime of fishing or hunting contest fraud is the act of any person, who, with the intent to defraud, knowingly makes a false representation in an effort to win any prize awarded in any fishing or hunting contest.

B. When the most valuable prize offered in the contest amounts to a value of less than one hundred dollars, the offender shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

C. When the most valuable prize offered in the contest amounts to a value of one hundred dollars or more, the offender shall be fined not more than three thousand dollars, imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than one year, or both.

Acts 1985, No. 856, §1.

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