{
 "citation": "14:40.1",
 "heading": "Terrorizing; menacing",
 "doc_id": "78514",
 "source_url": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=78514",
 "classification": "F",
 "enacted_year": "1985",
 "last_amended_year": "2022",
 "penalties": [
  {
   "subsection": "A(2)",
   "text": "(2) Whoever commits the offense of terrorizing shall be fined not more than fifteen thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than fifteen years, or both.",
   "los_min": "0",
   "los_max": "15Y",
   "hard_labor": "W/WO",
   "benefits": "",
   "death": false,
   "condition": ""
  },
  {
   "subsection": "B(2)",
   "text": "(2) Whoever commits the offense of menacing shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than two years, or both.",
   "los_min": "0",
   "los_max": "2Y",
   "hard_labor": "W/WO",
   "benefits": "",
   "death": false,
   "condition": ""
  }
 ],
 "referenced_statutes": [
  "14:2"
 ],
 "text": "RS 14:40.1\n\n\u00a740.1. Terrorizing; menacing\n\nA.(1) Terrorizing is the intentional communication of information that the\ncommission of a crime of violence is imminent or in progress or that a circumstance\ndangerous to human life exists or is about to exist, with the intent of causing members of the\ngeneral public to be in sustained fear for their safety; or causing evacuation of a building, a\npublic structure, or a facility of transportation; or causing other serious disruption to the\ngeneral public.\n\n(2) Whoever commits the offense of terrorizing shall be fined not more than fifteen\nthousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than fifteen years,\nor both.\n\nB.(1) Menacing is the intentional communication of information that the commission\nof a crime of violence, as defined in R.S. 14:2(B), is imminent or in progress or that a\ncircumstance dangerous to human life exists or is about to exist, when committed under any\nof the following circumstances:\n\n(a) The actions of the offender cause members of the general public to be in\nsustained fear for their safety, and a reasonable person would have known that such actions\ncould cause such sustained fear.\n\n(b) The actions of the offender cause the evacuation of a building, a public structure,\nor a facility of transportation, and a reasonable person would have known that such actions\ncould cause an evacuation.\n\n(c) The actions of the offender cause any other serious disruption to the general\npublic, and a reasonable person would have known that such actions could cause serious\ndisruption to the general public.\n\n(2) Whoever commits the offense of menacing shall be fined not more than one\nthousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than two years, or\nboth.\n\nC. It shall be an affirmative defense that the person communicating the information\nprovided for in Subsection A or B of this Section was not involved in the commission of a\ncrime of violence or creation of a circumstance dangerous to human life and reasonably\nbelieved his actions were necessary to protect the welfare of the public.\n\nActs 1985, No. 191, \u00a71; Acts 1997, No. 1318, \u00a72, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2001, No.\n1112, \u00a71; Acts 2008, No. 451, \u00a72, eff. June 25, 2008; Acts 2022, No. 493, \u00a71."
}