Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1383 – Incarceration of persons arrested; penalty for failure to comply
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1383
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Division: means the division of state police in the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1372
- Employee: means any employee of the division of state police in the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1372
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
Any police employee of the division, in executing any warrant of arrest issued by any magistrate of the state or in making any other arrest, shall, immediately after the arrest, place the person arrested in the parish jail of the parish in which the arrest was made.
Whoever wilfully violates this Section shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both.