Cite as: 21 CNCA § 543

Every person who, having knowledge of the actual commission of a crime or violation of statute, takes any money or property of another, or any gratuity or reward, or any engagement or promise therefor, upon any agreement or understanding, express or implied, to compound or conceal such crime, or violation of statute, or to abstain from any prosecution therefor, or to withhold any evidence thereof, is guilty of a is punishable as follows:

1. By a fine of not more than Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($ 15,000), or by imprisonment not exceeding three (3) years if the crime or violation of statute compounded is a felony, or by both such fine and imprisonment; or

2. By a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, if the crime or violation of statute compounded is a misdemeanor, or violation of statute for which a pecuniary or other penalty or forfeiture is prescribed.

Historical Data

LA 10–90, eff. November 13, 1990. Amended LA 28-20, eff. December 14, 2020.