{
 "citation": "14:89.2",
 "heading": "Crime against nature by solicitation",
 "doc_id": "725245",
 "source_url": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=725245",
 "classification": "F",
 "enacted_year": "2010",
 "last_amended_year": "2025",
 "penalties": [
  {
   "subsection": "B(1)",
   "text": "B.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section, on a first conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.",
   "los_min": "0",
   "los_max": "6M",
   "hard_labor": "",
   "benefits": "",
   "death": false,
   "condition": ""
  },
  {
   "subsection": "B(2)",
   "text": "(2) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section, on a second or subsequent conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars and not more than two thousand dollars, imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or both.",
   "los_min": "0",
   "los_max": "2Y",
   "hard_labor": "W/WO",
   "benefits": "",
   "death": false,
   "condition": ""
  },
  {
   "subsection": "B(3)(a)",
   "text": "(3)(a) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section, when the person being solicited is 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.",
   "los_min": "15Y",
   "los_max": "50Y",
   "hard_labor": "AT",
   "benefits": "W/O BENEFITS (probation, parole, or suspension of sentence)",
   "death": false,
   "condition": ""
  },
  {
   "subsection": "B(3)(b)",
   "text": "(b) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section, when the person being solicited is 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.",
   "los_min": "25Y",
   "los_max": "50Y",
   "hard_labor": "AT",
   "benefits": "",
   "death": false,
   "condition": ""
  }
 ],
 "referenced_statutes": [
  "14:46.2",
  "14:46.3",
  "15:541"
 ],
 "text": "RS 14:89.2\n\n\u00a789.2. Crime against nature by solicitation\n\nA. Crime against nature by solicitation is the solicitation by a human being of\nanother with the intent to engage in any unnatural carnal copulation for compensation.\n\nB.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section, on a first conviction thereof,\nshall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months,\nor both.\n\n(2) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section, on a second or subsequent\nconviction thereof, shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars and not more than\ntwo thousand dollars, imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years,\nor both.\n\n(3)(a) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section, when the person being\nsolicited is under the age of eighteen years, shall be fined not more than fifty thousand\ndollars, imprisoned at hard labor for not less than fifteen years nor more than fifty years, or\nboth, with at least five years being served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension\nof sentence.\n\n(b) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section, when the person being solicited\nis under the age of fourteen years, shall be fined not more than seventy-five thousand dollars,\nimprisoned at hard labor for not less than twenty-five years nor more than fifty years, or both. \nTwenty-five years of the sentence imposed shall be without benefit of parole, probation, or\nsuspension of sentence.\n\nC. A violation of the provisions of Paragraph (B)(3) of this Section shall be\nconsidered a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 and the offender shall be required to\nregister as a sex offender as provided for in Chapter 3-B of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised\nStatutes of 1950.\n\nD.(1) It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution for a violation of this Section\nthat, during the time of the alleged commission of the offense, the defendant was a victim\nof trafficking of children for sexual purposes as provided in R.S. 14:46.3(E). Any child\ndetermined to be a victim pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph shall be eligible for\nspecialized services for sexually exploited children.\n\n(2) Lack of knowledge of the age of the person being solicited shall not be a defense.\n\n(3) It shall not be a defense to prosecution for a violation of Paragraph (B)(3) of this\nSection that the person being solicited consented to the activity prohibited by this Section.\n\n(4) It shall not be a defense to prosecution for a violation of Paragraph (B)(3) of this\nSection that the person being solicited is actually a law enforcement officer or peace officer\nacting within the official scope of his duties.\n\n(5) It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution for a violation of this Section\nthat, during the time of the alleged commission of the offense, the defendant is determined\nto be a victim of human trafficking pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 14:46.2(F). Any\nperson determined to be a victim pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph shall be\nnotified of any treatment or specialized services for sexually exploited persons to the extent\nthat such services are available.\n\nActs 2010, No. 882, \u00a71; Acts 2011, No. 223, \u00a71; Acts 2012, No. 446, \u00a71; Acts 2014,\nNo. 564, \u00a71; Acts 2025, No. 230, \u00a71."
}