Okla. Stat. tit. 21 § 1029

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 1029 - Engaging in prostitution, etc. - Soliciting or procuring - Residing or being in place for prohibited purpose - Aiding, abetting or participating - Child prostitution - Presumption of coercion

A. It shall further be unlawful:

1. To engage in prostitution, lewdness, or assignation;

2. To solicit, induce, or entice another person to pay or provide money or any other item or service of value to engage in an act of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution, with himself or herself;

3. To reside in, enter, or remain in any house, place, building, or other structure, or to enter or remain in any vehicle, trailer, or other conveyance with the intent of committing an act of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation;

4. To knowingly offer money or any other item or service of value, or agree to provide or pay money or any other item or service of value to, or on behalf of, another person, for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct, as defined in subsection B of Section 1024.1 of this title, with that person or another; or

5. To aid, abet, or participate in the doing of any of the acts prohibited in paragraph 1, 2, 3, or 4 of this subsection.

B. Any prohibited act described in paragraph 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 of subsection A of this section committed with a person under eighteen (18) years of age shall be deemed child sex trafficking, as defined in Section 1030 of this title, and shall be punishable as provided in Section 1031 of this title.

C. No child who is a victim of human trafficking shall be subject to juvenile delinquency or criminal proceedings for the offenses described in subsection A of this section which occurred as a result of the child being a victim of human trafficking.

Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 1029

Amended by Laws 2024 , c. 151, s. 3, eff. 11/1/2024.

Amended by Laws 2023 , c. 265, s. 1, eff. 7/1/2023.

Amended by Laws 2022 , c. 20, s. 3, eff. 11/1/2022.

Amended by Laws 2016 , c. 184, s. 1, eff. 11/1/2016.

Amended by Laws 2013 , c. 59, s. 2, eff. 11/1/2013.

Laws 1943, HB 39, p. 83, § 2, emerg. eff. 2/26/1943; Amended by Laws 1992, HB 2178, c. 143, § 2, eff. 9/1/1992; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1148, c. 296, § 1, eff. 9/1/1993.