§ 14:282 — Operation of places of prostitution prohibited; penalty

§282. Operation of places of prostitution prohibited; penalty
A. No person shall maintain, operate, or knowingly own any place or any conveyance
used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution, or shall rent or let any place
or conveyance to any person with knowledge of or good reason to believe that the lessee
intends to use the place or conveyance for the purpose of lewdness, assignation, or
prostitution, or reside in, enter, or remain in any place for the purpose of lewdness,
assignation, or prostitution.
B.(1) Whoever violates or aids, abets, or participates in the violation of this Section
shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars,
imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or both.
(2) Whoever violates any provision of this Section for the purpose of lewdness,
assignation, or prostitution of persons under the age of eighteen 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.
(3) Whoever violates any provision of this Section for the purpose of lewdness,
assignation, or prostitution of persons 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, with at least ten years being served without benefit
of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.
(4) Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 352, §2.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1980, No. 708, §1; Acts 2012, No. 446, §1; Acts 2013, No. 83, §1; Acts 2014, No. 564, §1; Acts 2017, No. 180, §1, eff. June 12, 2017; Acts 2020, No. 352, §2; Acts 2025, No. 230, §1.