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Tracking device prohibition and vehicle remote-access suspension for abuse survivors

LA Location Tracking Protections

Location

Louisiana makes it a crime to use a tracking device to follow another person's location or movements without consent, with exceptions for vehicle owners, parents of minors, law enforcement with a court order, and others. A 2025 law removes the owner exception for abusers subject to protective orders and requires vehicle manufacturers to cut off an abuser's remote access to a survivor's vehicle within two business days of a complete request.

Where
Louisiana
Citation
La. R.S. 14:323; La. R.S. 46:2191 to 46:2196 (Acts 2025, No. 225, HB 74)
Status
In force
Last amended
2025-08-01
Enforced by
District attorneys (R.S. 14:323); Louisiana Attorney General (R.S. 46:2193)
People can sue
No
Penalties
Tracking without consent: fines of $500-$1,000 and up to six months for a first offense, rising for repeat offenses. Manufacturers that fail to suspend remote access: civil fine of $10,000 per violation, capped at $1 million, recovered by the AG.
Applies to
  • Any person using an electronic tracking device to determine another person's location or movement
  • Motor vehicle manufacturers offering remote access technology (e.g., connected-car apps and location services) on vehicles

What a privacy notice must say

  • Manufacturers must post a prominent website link titled 'How to Disconnect Remote Vehicle Access' describing the request process.La. R.S. 46:2192(C) · From 2025-08-01

Practices it requires

  • Do not use a tracking device to determine the location or movement of another person without consent, subject to listed exceptions; the vehicle-owner exceptions do not apply against a person protected by a protective or restraining order.La. R.S. 14:323(A), (C), (E)
  • Manufacturers must suspend a vehicle's remote access technology within two business days of a survivor's complete request (protective order or similar document plus ownership or exclusive-use judgment), for the duration of the order.La. R.S. 46:2192(A)-(B) · Only if: Unless the manufacturer technologically cannot disable remote access · From 2025-08-01
  • Manufacturers may not charge the survivor fees, require payment of the abuser's outstanding amounts, or require contact with the abuser as a condition of disabling access.La. R.S. 46:2195 · From 2025-08-01

Sources

Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.

Unverified: Effective date of the original tracking-device law (Acts 2010, No. 807) not stated in the history note. | R.S. 46:2195 cited from the résumé digest; the codified section was not fetched.

Research reference, not legal advice.