Louisiana Statutes
§ 14:70 — False accounting
Louisiana § 14:70
JurisdictionLouisiana
Title 14Criminal Law
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Bluebook
La. Stat. Ann. § 14:70 (2026).
Text
A.False accounting is the intentional rendering of a financial statement of account which is known by the offender to be false, by anyone who is obliged to render an accounting by the law pertaining to civil matters.
B.Whoever commits the crime of false accounting shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
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Related
State v. Banta
589 So. 2d 1088 (Louisiana Court of Appeal, 1991)
Justin Richardson v. Axion Logistics, L.L.C.
(Fifth Circuit, 2015)
Legislative History
Amended by Acts 1968, No. 647, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
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Bluebook (online)
Louisiana § 14:70, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/la/14%3A70.