230.00 – Prostitution.
§ 230.00 Prostitution. A person is guilty of prostitution when such person engages or agrees or offers to engage in sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee. Prostitution is a class B Misdemeanor.
230.01 – Prostitution; Affirmative Defense.
§ 230.01 Prostitution; affirmative defense. In any prosecution under section 230.00, section 230.03, section 230.19, section 230.20, subdivision 2 of section 230.25, subdivision 2 of section 230.30 or section 230.34-a of this article, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant’s participation in the offense was a result of having been a victim of compelling […]
230.02 – Patronizing a Person for Prostitution; Definitions.
§ 230.02 Patronizing a person for prostitution; definitions. 1. A person patronizes a person for prostitution when: (a) Pursuant to a prior understanding, he or she pays a fee to another person as compensation for such person or a third person having engaged in sexual conduct with him or her; or (b) He or she […]
230.03 – Prostitution in a School Zone.
§ 230.03 Prostitution in a school zone. 1. A person is guilty of prostitution in a school zone when, being nineteen years of age or older, and acting during the hours that school is in session, he or she commits the crime of prostitution in violation of section 230.00 of this article at a place […]
230.04 – Patronizing a Person for Prostitution in the Third Degree.
§ 230.04 Patronizing a person for prostitution in the third degree. A person is guilty of patronizing a person for prostitution in the third degree when he or she patronizes a person for prostitution. Patronizing a person for prostitution in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.
230.05 – Patronizing a Person for Prostitution in the Second Degree.
§ 230.05 Patronizing a person for prostitution in the second degree. A person is guilty of patronizing a person for prostitution in the second degree when, being eighteen years old or more, he or she patronizes a person for prostitution and the person patronized is less than fifteen years old. Patronizing a person for prostitution […]
230.06 – Patronizing a Person for Prostitution in the First Degree.
§ 230.06 Patronizing a person for prostitution in the first degree. A person is guilty of patronizing a person for prostitution in the first degree when: 1. He or she patronizes a person for prostitution and the person patronized is less than eleven years old; or 2. Being eighteen years old or more, he or […]
230.07 – Patronizing a Person for Prostitution; Defense.
§ 230.07 Patronizing a person for prostitution; defense. In any prosecution for patronizing a person for prostitution in the first or second degrees or patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone, it is a defense that the defendant did not have reasonable grounds to believe that the person was less than the age […]
230.08 – Patronizing a Person for Prostitution in a School Zone.
§ 230.08 Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone. 1. A person is guilty of patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone when, being twenty-one years old or more, he or she patronizes a person for prostitution and the person patronized is less than eighteen years old at a place that […]
230.10 – Prostitution and Patronizing a Person for Prostitution; No Defense.
§ 230.10 Prostitution and patronizing a person for prostitution; no defense. In any prosecution for prostitution or patronizing a person for prostitution, the sex of the two parties or prospective parties to the sexual conduct engaged in, contemplated or solicited is immaterial, and it is no defense that: 1. Such persons were of the same […]
230.11 – Aggravated Patronizing a Minor for Prostitution in the Third Degree.
§ 230.11 Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the third degree. A person is guilty of aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the third degree when, being twenty-one years old or more, he or she patronizes a person for prostitution and the person patronized is less than seventeen years old and the person […]
230.12 – Aggravated Patronizing a Minor for Prostitution in the Second Degree.
§ 230.12 Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the second degree. A person is guilty of aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the second degree when, being eighteen years old or more, he or she patronizes a person for prostitution and the person patronized is less than fifteen years old and the person […]
230.13 – Aggravated Patronizing a Minor for Prostitution in the First Degree.
§ 230.13 Aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the first degree. A person is guilty of aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the first degree when he or she patronizes a person for prostitution and the person patronized is less than eleven years old, or being eighteen years old or more, he or […]
230.15 – Promoting Prostitution; Definitions of Terms.
§ 230.15 Promoting prostitution; definitions of terms. The following definitions are applicable to this article: 1. “Advance prostitution.” A person “advances prostitution” when, acting other than as a person in prostitution or as a patron thereof, he or she knowingly causes or aids a person to commit or engage in prostitution, procures or solicits patrons […]
230.19 – Promoting Prostitution in a School Zone.
§ 230.19 Promoting prostitution in a school zone. 1. A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in a school zone when, being nineteen years old or more, he or she knowingly advances or profits from prostitution that he or she knows or reasonably should know is or will be committed in violation of section 230.03 […]
230.20 – Promoting Prostitution in the Fourth Degree.
§ 230.20 Promoting prostitution in the fourth degree. A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the fourth degree when he or she knowingly: 1. Advances or profits from prostitution; or 2. With intent to advance or profit from prostitution, distributes or disseminates to ten or more people in a public place obscene material, as […]
230.25 – Promoting Prostitution in the Third Degree.
§ 230.25 Promoting prostitution in the third degree. A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the third degree when he or she knowingly: 1. Advances or profits from prostitution by managing, supervising, controlling or owning, either alone or in association with others, a house of prostitution or a prostitution business or enterprise involving prostitution […]
230.30 – Promoting Prostitution in the Second Degree.
§ 230.30 Promoting prostitution in the second degree. A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the second degree when he or she knowingly: 1. Advances prostitution by compelling a person by force or intimidation to engage in prostitution, or profits from such coercive conduct by another; or 2. Advances or profits from prostitution of […]
230.32 – Promoting Prostitution in the First Degree.
§ 230.32 Promoting prostitution in the first degree. A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the first degree when he or she: 1. knowingly advances or profits from prostitution of a person less than thirteen years old; or 2. being twenty-one years old or more, he or she knowingly advances or profits from prostitution […]
230.33 – Compelling Prostitution.
§ 230.33 Compelling prostitution. A person is guilty of compelling prostitution when, being eighteen years old or more, he or she knowingly advances prostitution by compelling a person less than eighteen years old, by force or intimidation, to engage in prostitution. Compelling prostitution is a class B felony.