§ 14:83.1 — Inciting prostitution

Louisiana § 14:83.1

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 14: Criminal Law

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§83.1. Inciting prostitution
A. Inciting prostitution is the aiding, abetting, or assisting in an enterprise for profit
in which:
(1) Customers are charged a fee for services which include prostitution, regardless
of what portion of the fee is actually for the prostitution services,
(2) When the person knows or when a reasonable person in such a position should
know that such aiding, abetting, or assisting is for prostitution, and
(3) When the proceeds or profits are to be in any way divided by the prostitute and
the person aiding, abetting, or assisting the prostitute.
B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of inciting prostitution shall be fined not more
than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
(2) Whoever commits the crime of inciting prostitution of persons under the age of
eighteen years shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, imprisoned at hard labor
for not less than fifteen years nor more than fifty years, or both, with at least five years being
served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.
(3) Whoever commits the crime of inciting prostitution of persons under the age of
fourteen years shall be fined not more than seventy-five thousand dollars, imprisoned at hard
labor for not less than twenty-five years nor more than fifty years, or both, with at least ten
years being served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.
(4) Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 352, §2.

Legislative History

Acts 1984, No. 580, §1; Acts 2012, No. 446, §1; Acts 2013, No. 83, §1; Acts 2014, No. 564, §1; Acts 2017, No. 180, §1, eff. June 12, 2017; Acts 2020, No. 352, §2; Acts 2025, No. 230, §1.