Section 234 - Booking photographsA. As used in this Article:(1) "Booking photograph" means a photograph or still, non-video image of an individual generated by a law enforcement agency for identification purposes after arrest or while in the agency's custody.(2) "Remove-for-pay publication or website" means a publication that requires the payment of a fee or other valuable consideration in order to remove or delete a booking photograph from the publication or which primarily utilizes the publication of booking photographs for profit or to obtain advertising revenue. B.(1) A remove-for-pay publication or website shall remove and destroy a booking photograph of an individual who submits a request for removal and destruction within seven calendar days from the day that the individual makes the request if both of the following conditions exist: (a) The individual in the booking photograph was acquitted of the criminal charge or not prosecuted, or the individual had the criminal charge expunged, vacated, or pardoned.(b) The individual submits, in relation to the request, evidence of a disposition described in Subsubparagraph (a) of this Subparagraph.(2)(a) A remove-for-pay publication or website shall not require payment for removal or destruction of the booking photograph.(b) Any remove-for-pay publication or website that seeks any fee or other valuable consideration for the removal or destruction of a booking photograph shall be subject to prosecution under R.S. 14:66.(3) If the remove-for-pay publication or website does not remove and destroy the booking photograph, the remove-for-pay publication or website shall be liable for all costs, including reasonable attorney fees, resulting from any legal action that the individual brings in relation to the failure of the remove-for-pay publication or remove-for-pay website to remove and destroy the booking photograph. _______________________________________
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
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Acts 2022, No. 494, §2, eff. June 16, 2022; Acts 2023, No. 303, §1.Amended by Acts 2024, No. 281,s. 1, eff. 8/1/2024.Amended by Acts 2023, No. 303,s. 1, eff. 8/1/2023.Added by Acts 2022, No. 494,s. 2, eff. 6/16/2022.