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Utah Code § 76-5d-207

Exploitation of prostitution

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session; Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 174, 2025 General Session

(1) Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5, 76-5d-101, and 76-5d-201 apply to this section.

(2) An actor commits exploitation of prostitution if the actor:

(a) procures an individual for a place of prostitution;

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

(c) transports an individual into or within this state with the purpose to promote the individual's engagement in prostitution;

(d) procures or pays for an individual's transportation with the purpose of promoting the individual's engagement in prostitution;

(e) not being a child or legal dependent of a prostituted individual, shares the proceeds of prostitution with a prostituted individual, or an individual the actor believes to be a prostituted individual, pursuant to the actor's and prostituted individual's understanding that the actor is to share in the proceeds of the prostitution; or

(f) owns, controls, manages, supervises, or otherwise keeps, alone or in association with another individual, a place of prostitution or a business where prostitution occurs or is arranged, encouraged, supported, or promoted.

(3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony.

(4) Upon a conviction for a violation of this section, the court shall order the maximum fine amount and may not waive or suspend the fine.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.