Louisiana Revised Statutes 21:22 – Prima facie evidence of intent to defraud
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 21:22
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
The failure of any person to pay the proper charges due for any food, lodging, beverages, or anything of value due to any hotel, inn, boarding house or restaurant before departing from the premises, without first personally appearing before the room clerk or other agent of the establishment before departing and protesting the amount alleged to be due, or without working out satisfactory credit arrangements for the payment thereof, is prima facie evidence of intent to defraud, within the meaning of La. Rev. Stat. 21:21; and the failure of the person drawing, endorsing, uttering or delivering any check, draft or order to any hotel, inn, boarding house or restaurant in payment of food, lodging, beverages or anything of value, to honor the same within five days after the receipt of written notice of its nonpayment upon presentation, is prima facie evidence of intent to defraud, within the meaning of La. Rev. Stat. 21:21.
Amended by Acts 1958, No. 420, §1; Acts 1968, No. 539, §1.