2015 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 14 - Criminal Law
RS 14:68.7 - Receipts and universal product code labels; unlawful acts

§68.7. Receipts and universal product code labels; unlawful acts

A. Any person who, with intent to cheat or defraud a retailer, makes, alters, or counterfeits a retail sales receipt or a universal product code label, or possesses any such sales receipt or label, or possesses a device which has as its specific purpose the manufacture of fraudulent retail sales receipts or universal product code labels commits a violation of the provisions of this Section.

B.(1) Except as provided in Paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Subsection, whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be subject to the following penalties:

(a) When the fair market value of the goods which are the subject of the falsified retail sales receipts or universal product code labels, as described in Subsection A of this Section, equals one thousand five hundred dollars or more, imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years, or a fine not to exceed three thousand dollars, or both.

(b) When the fair market value of the goods which are the subject of the falsified retail sales receipts or universal product code labels, as described in Subsection A of this Section, equals five hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand five hundred dollars, imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years or a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, or both.

(c) When the fair market value of the goods which are the subject of the falsified retail sales receipts or universal product code labels, as described in Subsection A of this Section, is less than five hundred dollars, imprisonment for not more than six months, or a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars, or both. If a person is convicted of violating the provisions of this Section in a manner consistent with this Subparagraph two or more times previously, upon any subsequent conviction, he shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or may be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or both.

(2) When there has been a violation of this Section by a number of distinct acts of the offender, the aggregate amount of the goods taken shall determine the grade of the offense.

(3) Possessing more than one fraudulent retail sales receipt or universal product code label in violation of the provisions of this Section shall be punishable by imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for a period not to exceed ten years, or a fine not to exceed three thousand dollars, or both.

(4) Possessing a device which has as its specific purpose the manufacture of fraudulent retail sales receipts or universal product code labels in violation of the provisions of this Section shall be punishable by imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for a period not to exceed five years, or a fine not to exceed three thousand dollars, or both.

Acts 2001, No. 922, §1; Acts 2006, No. 143, §1; Acts 2010, No. 585, §1.