//**PROOF OF CONCEPT** — full quality-of-life profile for Louisiana, 16 dimensions of the sex-offense registry regime. Ratings are researcher judgments from the //registrant's// perspective; each links its statute. NOT legal advice.//

====== Louisiana — Registry Profile ======

**Weighted burden index 75.5/100** · rank **3 of 56** (1 = least burdensome) · 10/16 dimensions statute-verified.

Legend: 🟢 favorable (less burden) · 🟠 moderate · 🔴 restrictive · ℹ️ context · ⚪ unknown. ✓ = statute-verified.

^ Dimension ^ Rating ^ Detail ^ Statute ^
| **Registration length** | 🟠 moderate | Tiered — 15 yrs (baseline), 25 yrs (minor victim), or lifetime (aggravated/recidivist/certain juvenile), even after first-offender pardon — **lifetime** | [[https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=79164|La. R.S. 15:544(A),(B)]] ✓ |
| **Removal / petition off** | 🟠 moderate | Narrow, treatment-gated, discretionary — 15-yr term reducible to 10 on clear-and-convincing clean record; lifetime not reducible for adults (only juvenile-adjudicated life to 25) — ⚑ needs human review | [[https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=79164|La. R.S. 15:544(E); 15:542(F)]] ✓ |
| **Individualized risk assessment** | 🔴 restrictive | No risk assessment; three tiers by offense (15/25/life) | RS 15:544 |
| **In-person reporting frequency** | 🔴 restrictive | Varies from every 14 days to annually depending on status | RS 15:542.1.1 |
| **Registration fee** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — $60 annual fee, due at initial registration and each anniversary; nonpayment within 30 days is a failure to register | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-15-sect-542/|La. R.S. 15:542(D)]] ✓ |
| **Residency restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — 1000 ft from schools/early learning centers (victim under 13; extends to playgrounds/youth centers etc. for aggravated/CSAM offenses, victim under 15) — **1000 ft** · local: many parishes/municipalities add stricter zones | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-14-sect-91-2/|La. R.S. 14:91.2]] ✓ |
| **Employment restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Employment prohibition for certain sex offenders | R.S. 15:553 |
| **Presence / loitering restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Unlawful presence of a sex offender restrictions | R.S. 14:91.2 |
| **Visitor registration trigger** | 🔴 restrictive | Register after 7 days (visitors) | R.S. 15:542 C(1)(n)(i) |
| **Internet identifiers required** | 🔴 restrictive | Required — La. R.S. 15:542(C)(1)(m) requires 'every e-mail address, online screen name, or other online identifiers used by the offender to communicate on the internet' | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-15-sect-542/|La. R.S. 15:542(C)(1)(m)]] ✓ |
| **Civil commitment** | 🟢 favorable | No civil commitment solely for sexual offenders | n/a |
| **Public website exposure** | 🔴 restrictive | All adult registrants publicly listed and subject to community notification; only juveniles exempt — no non-public adult lowest tier | [[https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=79162|La. R.S. 15:542.1; 15:546; 15:548]] ✓ |
| **Halloween / holiday restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Unlawful for registrants to distribute candy/gifts to persons under 18 on Halloween, Mardi Gras, Easter, Christmas or any other recognized holiday | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-14-sect-313-1/|La. R.S. 14:313.1]] ✓ |
| **Marked driver's license / ID** | 🟢 favorable | 'SEX OFFENDER' license/ID branding struck down as unconstitutional compelled speech (State v. Hill, 2020, 6-1); IDs now issued without the designation | [[https://www.narsol.org/2020/10/surprise-ruling-from-louisiana-supreme-court-ends-scarlet-letter-id/|La. R.S. 40:1321(J) (invalidated by State v. Hill, 2020)]] ✓ |
| **Community notification (& who pays)** | 🔴 restrictive | Registrant must personally mail notice to all nearby residents and publish it in the newspaper 'without cost to the state' — the registrant bears the notification cost — **registrant pays** | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-15-sect-542-1/|La. R.S. 15:542.1]] ✓ |
| **Age of consent (context)** | ℹ️ context | 17 — with close-in-age exception (felony carnal knowledge requires a 4+ year age gap) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-14-sect-80/|La. R.S. 14:80]] ✓ |

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//Weighted index from the v1 model (weighted_score.py); weights encode NARSOL's judgment about everyday lived burden. Removal ratings and the weights need NARSOL/attorney sign-off before authoritative use.//