2013 Vermont Statutes
Title 13 Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 59 LEWDNESS AND PROSTITUTION
§ 2637 Appropriating or levying upon earnings of prostitute
2637. Appropriating or levying upon earnings of prostitute
(a) A person shall not:
(1) Hold, detain or restrain a person in a house of prostitution for the purpose of compelling such person, directly or indirectly, by the person's voluntary or involuntary service or labor, to pay, liquidate, or cancel a debt, dues or obligations incurred or claimed to have been incurred in such house of prostitution; or
(2) Accept, receive, levy or appropriate money or other valuable thing from the proceeds or earnings of a person engaged in prostitution.
(b) An acceptance, receipt, levy or appropriation of such money or valuable thing shall be presumptive evidence of lack of consideration.
(c) A person who violates a provision of this section shall be punished as provided in section 2635 of this title. (Amended 2001, No. 49, 17, eff. June 12, 2001.)
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