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Home » US Law » 2019 US Virgin Islands Code » Title 14 - Crimes » Chapter 81 - Prostitution and Related Offenses

§ 1621. Definitions

As used in this chapter— “assignation” includes the making of any appointment or engagement for prostitution or lewdness, or any act in furtherance of such appointment or engagement; “lewdness” includes any indecent or obscene act; and “prostitution” includes the offering or receiving of the body for sexual intercourse for hire and the offering or receiving […]

§ 1622. Prohibiting prostitution

Whoever— (1) engages in prostitution, lewdness or assignation; (2) procures or solicits, or offers to procure or solicit, for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness or assignation; (3) keeps, sets up or maintains any place, structure, building or conveyance for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness or assignation; (4) permits any place, structure, building or conveyance owned […]

§ 1623. Knowingly leasing property for purposes of prostitution

(a) Whoever leases, rents or contracts to lease or rent, any vehicle, conveyance, place, structure, building or any part thereof, knowing or with good reason to know, that it is to be used for purposes of prostitution, lewdness or assignation, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than 180 days, or […]

§ 1624. Keeping house of prostitution

Whoever keeps or has any interest in keeping— (1) a house of ill-fame or assignation of any description; (2) a house or place for persons to visit for unlawful sexual intercourse or for any sexual, obscene or indecent purpose; or (3) a disorderly house or any place of public resort by which the peace, comfort […]

§ 1625. Pandering

Whoever, by promises, threats, violence or by any device or scheme, causes, induces, persuades or encourages— (1) a person to become an inmate of a house of prostitution, or procures for a person a place as inmate in a house of prostitution or as an inmate of any place in which prostitution is encouraged or […]