Art. 815. Child taken into custody; place of detention
A. The peace officer or an appropriate representative of the arresting agency shall have the authority and responsibility to transport the child to the appropriate place of detention specified in Paragraphs B and C of this Article, unless the child has been released to the care of his parents pursuant to Article 814(B)(1).
B. Except as provided in Paragraph F of this Article, if the child has been taken into custody for the commission of a felony-grade delinquent act or of a misdemeanor-grade delinquent act based upon an offense against the person of another, the child shall be taken to a juvenile detention center.
C. Except as provided in Paragraph F of this Article, for the commission of any other misdemeanor-grade delinquent act, the child shall be taken to either a shelter care facility or a juvenile detention center.
D. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or other provision of law to the contrary, no judge shall order that a youth who is thirteen years of age or older and who is taken into custody for a felony-grade delinquent act or for a misdemeanor-grade delinquent act based upon an offense against the person of another be placed in a shelter care facility.
E. The governing authority of the parish or municipality requesting placement of a juvenile in either a regional detention center or a shelter care facility shall be responsible to the regional detention center or shelter care facility for the cost of confinement in accordance with a schedule which may be adopted by the regional detention center or shelter care facility.
F. No child under the age of thirteen shall be detained in a juvenile detention center after being taken into custody for the alleged commission of a misdemeanor-grade delinquent act.
Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 818, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1158, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1356, §1, eff. July 12, 1999; Acts 2004, No. 120, §1; Acts 2016, No. 499, §2.
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