Section 725.6 – Victim confidentiality

May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Louisiana

In addition to the protections of Article 412, law enforcement officers, investigators, prosecutors, and service providers shall keep confidential all reports and records of sexual exploitation, including the existence of such records. The identity, pictures, and images of the child victim and his family shall be confidential except to the extent that disclosure is:

(1) Essential for the purposes of investigation or prosecution.
(2) Required by court order.
(3) Necessary to ensure services.

La. Ch.C. ยง 725.6

Added by Acts 2017, No. 376,s. 1, eff. 8/1/2017.