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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:133.2

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10

A.  Misrepresentation during booking is the misrepresentation of, or refusal by a person being booked to provide his name, age, sex, residence, or social security number to any law enforcement officer or official who is booking him pursuant to a lawful arrest, or the refusal of such person to submit to fingerprinting or photographing.  

B.  Whoever commits the crime of misrepresentation during booking shall be imprisoned for not more than six months, provided that any such sentence shall be made to run concurrently with any other sentence.  

Acts 1988, No. 557, §1.