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.
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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' | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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) | La. R.S. 14:80 ✓ |
Source wiki page: Louisiana · compare with others via the index. 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.