TITLE XVII TIME LIMITATIONS

CHAPTER 1. LIMITATIONS UPON INSTITUTION OF PROSECUTION

Art. 571. Crimes for which there is no time limitation

            There is no time limitation upon the institution of prosecution for any crime for which the punishment may be death or life imprisonment or for the crime of forcible or second degree rape (R.S. 14:42.1) or molestation of a juvenile or a person with a physical or mental disability (R.S. 14:81.2).

            Amended by Acts 1984, No. 926, §1; Acts 2001, No. 207, §1; Acts 2015, No. 184, §6; Acts 2024, No. 698, §1.