Louisiana Revised Statutes & Codes
La. Rev. Stat. § 14:46 (2026)
A. False imprisonment is the intentional confinement or detention of another, without his consent and without proper legal authority.
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§46. False imprisonment
A. False imprisonment is the intentional confinement or detention of another, without his consent and without proper legal authority.
B. Whoever commits the crime of false imprisonment shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Amended by Acts 2014, No. 791, §7, eff. August 1, 2014.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 35
cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1977–2025 · leading case: Wattigny v. Lambert, 408 So. 2d 1126 (La. Ct. App. 1981).
Wattigny v. Lambert, 408 So. 2d 1126 (La. Ct. App. 1981). “14:26 [2] and LSA-R.S. 14:46. [3] As noted above, our review of the evidence clearly shows that both allegations are false.”
United States v. Gonzalez-Ramirez, 477 F.3d 310 (5th Cir. 2007). “1 (West 2002) (defining unlawful restraint as aggravated if a deadly weapon is used); La.Rev.Stat. Ann. §§ 14:46,:46.1 (1997) (increasing the penalty for false imprisonment while "armed with a dangerous weapon”).”
State v. Quinn, 38 So. 3d 1102 (La. Ct. App. 2010). “R.S. 14:46. After the trial court sentenced the defendant to serve five years at hard labor on the possession conviction and six months in the parish jail on the false imprisonment conviction, the State of Louisiana (state) charged the defendant as a multiple felony offender…”
State v. C.S.D., 4 So. 3d 204 (La. Ct. App. 2009). “R.S. 14:46, and |2one count of obstructing justice, in *207 violation of La.”
State v. Jones, 132 So. 3d 505 (La. Ct. App. 2014). “R.S. 14:46; and, one felony, aggravated second degree battery, a violation of La.”
State v. Pamilton, 979 So. 2d 648 (La. Ct. App. 2008). “R.S. 14:46. Courts have found that the words "imprisoning" (as used in the second degree kidnapping statute) and "confinement" (as used in the false imprisonment statute) are synonymous.”
State of Louisiana v. David J. Koederitz, 166 So. 3d 981 (La. 2015). “R.S. 14:46, defendant filed a motion to exclude from trial portions of the medical records from Ochsner Hospital in New Orleans, documenting the victim’s treatment for a broken nose and black eye in the spring of 2013.”
State v. Hollins, 123 So. 3d 840 (La. Ct. App. 2013). “R.S. 14:46. The essential difference between kidnapping and false imprisonment is that kidnapping involves the additional element of asportation, i.”
State v. Enclard, 850 So. 2d 845 (La. Ct. App. 2003). “R.S. 14:46. That conviction is not before this Court in this appeal.”
State v. Booth, 347 So. 2d 241 (La. 1977). “14:45 (simple kidnapping); LSA-R.S. 14:46 (false imprisonment); LSA-R.”
State v. Longnon, 720 So. 2d 825 (La. Ct. App. 1998). “1), false imprisonment (R.S. 14:46), false imprisonment while armed with a dangerous weapon (R.”
State v. Morris, 209 So. 3d 420 (La. Ct. App. 2016). “R.S. 14:46. For the following reasons, we affirm defendant’s conviction.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:46(A) — 2 cases
State v. Morris, 209 So. 3d 420 (La. Ct. App. 2016). “R.S. 14:46. For the following reasons, we affirm defendant’s conviction.”
State of Louisiana v. Ronald Mark Leleaux, III (La. Ct. App. 2024).
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