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2012 Utah Code
Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code
Article 10 - Offenses Against Public Health, Safety, Welfare, and Morals
Section 1305 - Exploiting prostitution.

Universal Citation:
UT Code ยง 76-10-1305 (2012)
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76-10-1305. Exploiting prostitution.

(1) A person is guilty of exploiting prostitution if he:

(a) procures an inmate for a house of prostitution or place in a house of prostitution for one who would be an inmate;

(b) encourages, induces, or otherwise purposely causes another to become or remain a prostitute;

(c) transports a person into or within this state with a purpose to promote that person's engaging in prostitution or procuring or paying for transportation with that purpose;

(d) not being a child or legal dependent of a prostitute, shares the proceeds of prostitution with a prostitute pursuant to their understanding that he is to share therein; or

(e) owns, controls, manages, supervises, or otherwise keeps, alone or in association with another, a house of prostitution or a prostitution business.

(2) Exploiting prostitution is a felony of the third degree.


Amended by Chapter 1, 2000 General Session

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