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	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.