§ 13:69. Illegal possession of stolen things.

(a)

Illegal possession of stolen things is the intentional possessing, procuring, receiving or concealing of anything of value which has been the subject of any robbery or theft, under circumstances which indicate that the offender knew or had good reason to believe that the thing was the subject of one of these offenses.

(b)

When the value of the stolen things is less than three hundred dollars ($300.00), the offender shall be imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or may be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or both.

(c)

It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of this section committed by means of possessing, that the accused, within seventy-two (72) hours of his acquiring knowledge or good reason to believe that a thing was the subject of robbery or theft, reports that fact or belief in writing to the district attorney in the parish of his domicile.

(City Code 1951, Title 13, § 45.8; Ord. No. 11682, § 4, 3-8-00)

State law reference

Similar provisions, R.S. 14:69.