RS 14:351: Bail, sale, etc. of real estate securing, prohibited; penalty

A. No person shall, with intent to defraud, sell, transfer, donate, give, mortgage, hypothecate, or in any way encumber to the prejudice of the state any real estate offered as security to the state on any bail or appearance bond for the release of any person charged with crime.

B. Whoever violates this Section shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than six months nor more than twelve months.