Oklahoma § 21-1029 Engaging in prostitution, etc. - Soliciting or procuring

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 21-1029 — Engaging in prostitution, etc. - Soliciting or procuring

Oklahoma·Title 21 Crimes And Punishments

- 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

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- 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 is a Class B4 felony offense. 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 is a Class B1 felony offense and 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.

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Legislative History

Added by Laws 1943, p. 83, § 2, emerg. eff. Feb. 26, 1943. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 143, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 296, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2013, c. 59, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2016, c. 184, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016; Laws 2022, c. 20, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2022; Laws 2023, c. 265, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023; Laws 2024, c. 151, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2024; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 52, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.