266a
Every person who, within this state, takes any person against his or her will and without his or her consent, or with his or her consent procured by fraudulent inducement or misrepresentation, for
the purpose of prostitution, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 647, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison, and a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000).
266b
Every person who takes any other person unlawfully, and
against his or her will, and by force, menace, or duress, compels him
or her to live with such person in an illicit relation, against his
or her consent, or to so live with any other person, is punishable by
imprisonment in the state prison.
266c
Every person who induces any other person to engage in sexual
intercourse, sexual penetration, oral copulation, or sodomy when his
or her consent is procured by false or fraudulent representation or
pretense that is made with the intent to create fear, and which does
induce fear, and that would cause a reasonable person in like
circumstances to act contrary to the person's free will, and does
cause the victim to so act, is punishable by imprisonment in a
county jail for not more than one year or in the state prison for
two, three, or four years.
As used in this section, "fear" means the fear of physical injury
or death to the person or to any relative of the person or member of
the person's family.
266d
Any person who receives any money or other valuable thing for
or on account of placing in custody any other person for the purpose
of causing the other person to cohabit with any person to whom the
other person is not married, is guilty of a felony.
266e
Every person who purchases, or pays any money or other
valuable thing for, any person for the purpose of prostitution as
defined in subdivision (b) of Section 647, or for the purpose of
placing such person, for immoral purposes, in any house or place
against his or her will, is guilty of a felony.
266f
Every person who sells any person or receives any money or
other valuable thing for or on account of his or her placing in
custody, for immoral purposes, any person, whether with or without
his or her consent, is guilty of a felony.
266g
Every man who, by force, intimidation, threats, persuasion,
promises, or any other means, places or leaves, or procures any other
person or persons to place or leave, his wife in a house of
prostitution, or connives at or consents to, or permits, the placing
or leaving of his wife in a house of prostitution, or allows or
permits her to remain therein, is guilty of a felony and punishable
by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three or four years; and
in all prosecutions under this section a wife is a competent witness
against her husband.
266h
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any person who,
knowing another person is a prostitute, lives or derives support or
maintenance in whole or in part from the earnings or proceeds of the
person's prostitution, or from money loaned or advanced to or charged
against that person by any keeper or manager or inmate of a house or
other place where prostitution is practiced or allowed, or who
solicits or receives compensation for soliciting for the person, is
guilty of pimping, a felony, and shall be punishable by imprisonment
in the state prison for three, four, or six years.
(b) Any person who, knowing another person is a prostitute, lives
or derives support or maintenance in whole or in part from the
earnings or proceeds of the person's prostitution, or from money
loaned or advanced to or charged against that person by any keeper or
manager or inmate of a house or other place where prostitution is
practiced or allowed, or who solicits or receives compensation for
soliciting for the person, when the prostitute is a minor, is guilty
of pimping a minor, a felony, and shall be punishable as follows:
(1) If the person engaged in prostitution is a minor over the age
of 16 years, the offense is punishable by imprisonment in the state
prison for three, four, or six years.
(2) If the person engaged in prostitution is under 16 years of
age, the offense is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison
for three, six, or eight years.
266i
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any person who
does any of the following is guilty of pandering, a felony, and shall
be punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for three, four,
or six years:
(1) Procures another person for the purpose of prostitution.
(2) By promises, threats, violence, or by any device or scheme,
causes, induces, persuades or encourages another person to become a
prostitute.
(3) Procures for another person a place as an inmate in a house of
prostitution or as an inmate of any place in which prostitution is
encouraged or allowed within this state.
(4) By promises, threats, violence or by any device or scheme,
causes, induces, persuades or encourages an inmate of a house of
prostitution, or any other place in which prostitution is encouraged
or allowed, to remain therein as an inmate.
(5) By fraud or artifice, or by duress of person or goods, or by
abuse of any position of confidence or authority, procures another
person for the purpose of prostitution, or to enter any place in
which prostitution is encouraged or allowed within this state, or to
come into this state or leave this state for the purpose of
prostitution.
(6) Receives or gives, or agrees to receive or give, any money or
thing of value for procuring, or attempting to procure, another
person for the purpose of prostitution, or to come into this state or
leave this state for the purpose of prostitution.
(b) Any person who does any of the acts described in subdivision
(a) with another person who is a minor is guilty of pandering, a
felony, and shall be punishable as follows:
(1) If the other person is a minor over the age of 16 years, the
offense is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for three,
four, or six years.
(2) If the other person is under 16 years of age, the offense is
punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for three, six, or
eight years.
266j
Any person who intentionally gives, transports, provides, or
makes available, or who offers to give, transport, provide, or make
available to another person, a child under the age of 16 for the
purpose of any lewd or lascivious act as defined in Section 288, or
who causes, induces, or persuades a child under the age of 16 to
engage in such an act with another person, is guilty of a felony and
shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of three, six, or
eight years, and by a fine not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars
($15,000).
266k
(a) Upon the conviction of any person for a violation of
Section 266h, 266i, or 266j, the court may, in addition to any other
penalty or fine imposed, order the defendant to pay an additional
fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000). In setting the
amount of the fine, the court shall consider any relevant factors
including, but not limited to, the seriousness and gravity of the
offense and the circumstances of its commission, whether the
defendant derived any economic gain as the result of the crime, and
the extent to which the victim suffered losses as a result of the
crime. Every fine imposed and collected under this section shall be
deposited in the Victim-Witness Assistance Fund to be available for
appropriation to fund child sexual exploitation and child sexual
abuse victim counseling centers and prevention programs under Section
13837.
(b) If the court orders a fine to be imposed pursuant to this
section, the actual administrative cost of collecting that fine, not
to exceed 2 percent of the total amount paid, may be paid into the
general fund of the county treasury for the use and benefit of the
county.
653.20
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
apply:
(a) "Commit prostitution" means to engage in sexual conduct for
money or other consideration, but does not include sexual conduct
engaged in as a part of any stage performance, play, or other
entertainment open to the public.
(b) "Public place" means an area open to the public, or an alley,
plaza, park, driveway, or parking lot, or an automobile, whether
moving or not, or a building open to the general public, including
one which serves food or drink, or provides entertainment, or the
doorways and entrances to a building or dwelling, or the grounds
enclosing a building or dwelling.
(c) "Loiter" means to delay or linger without a lawful purpose for
being on the property and for the purpose of committing a crime as
opportunity may be discovered.
653.22
(a) It is unlawful for any person to loiter in any public
place with the intent to commit prostitution. This intent is
evidenced by acting in a manner and under circumstances which openly
demonstrate the purpose of inducing, enticing, or soliciting
prostitution, or procuring another to commit prostitution.
(b) Among the circumstances that may be considered in determining
whether a person loiters with the intent to commit prostitution are
that the person:
(1) Repeatedly beckons to, stops, engages in conversations with,
or attempts to stop or engage in conversations with passersby,
indicative of soliciting for prostitution.
(2) Repeatedly stops or attempts to stop motor vehicles by hailing
the drivers, waving arms, or making any other bodily gestures, or
engages or attempts to engage the drivers or passengers of the motor
vehicles in conversation, indicative of soliciting for prostitution.
(3) Has been convicted of violating this section, subdivision (a)
or (b) of Section 647, or any other offense relating to or involving
prostitution, within five years of the arrest under this section.
(4) Circles an area in a motor vehicle and repeatedly beckons to,
contacts, or attempts to contact or stop pedestrians or other
motorists, indicative of soliciting for prostitution.
(5) Has engaged, within six months prior to the arrest under this
section, in any behavior described in this subdivision, with the
exception of paragraph (3), or in any other behavior indicative of
prostitution activity.
(c) The list of circumstances set forth in subdivision (b) is not
exclusive. The circumstances set forth in subdivision (b) should be
considered particularly salient if they occur in an area that is
known for prostitution activity. Any other relevant circumstances
may be considered in determining whether a person has the requisite
intent. Moreover, no one circumstance or combination of
circumstances is in itself determinative of intent. Intent must be
determined based on an evaluation of the particular circumstances of
each case.
653.23
(a) It is unlawful for any person to do either of the
following:
(1) Direct, supervise, recruit, or otherwise aid another person in
the commission of a violation of subdivision (b) of Section 647 or
subdivision (a) of Section 653.22.
(2) Collect or receive all or part of the proceeds earned from an
act or acts of prostitution committed by another person in violation
of subdivision (b) of Section 647.
(b) Among the circumstances that may be considered in determining
whether a person is in violation of subdivision (a) are that the
person does the following:
(1) Repeatedly speaks or communicates with another person who is
acting in violation of subdivision (a) of Section 653.22.
(2) Repeatedly or continuously monitors or watches another person
who is acting in violation of subdivision (a) of Section 653.22.
(3) Repeatedly engages or attempts to engage in conversation with
pedestrians or motorists to solicit, arrange, or facilitate an act of
prostitution between the pedestrians or motorists and another person
who is acting in violation of subdivision (a) of Section 653.22.
(4) Repeatedly stops or attempts to stop pedestrians or motorists
to solicit, arrange, or facilitate an act of prostitution between
pedestrians or motorists and another person who is acting in
violation of subdivision (a) of Section 653.22.
(5) Circles an area in a motor vehicle and repeatedly beckons to,
contacts, or attempts to contact or stop pedestrians or other
motorists to solicit, arrange, or facilitate an act of prostitution
between the pedestrians or motorists and another person who is acting
in violation of subdivision (a) of Section 653.22.
(6) Receives or appears to receive money from another person who
is acting in violation of subdivision (a) of Section 653.22.
(7) Engages in any of the behavior described in paragraphs (1) to
(6), inclusive, in regard to or on behalf of two or more persons who
are in violation of subdivision (a) of Section 653.22.
(8) Has been convicted of violating this section, subdivision (a)
or (b) of Section 647, subdivision (a) of Section 653.22, Section
266h, or 266i, or any other offense relating to or involving
prostitution within five years of the arrest under this section.
(9) Has engaged, within six months prior to the arrest under
subdivision (a), in any behavior described in this subdivision, with
the exception of paragraph (8), or in any other behavior indicative
of prostitution activity.
(c) The list of circumstances set forth in subdivision (b) is not
exclusive. The circumstances set forth in subdivision (b) should be
considered particularly salient if they occur in an area that is
known for prostitution activity. Any other relevant circumstances
may be considered. Moreover, no one circumstance or combination of
circumstances is in itself determinative. A violation of subdivision
(a) shall be determined based on an evaluation of the particular
circumstances of each case.
(d) Nothing in this section shall preclude the prosecution of a
suspect for a violation of Section 266h or 266i or for any other
offense, or for a violation of this section in conjunction with a
violation of Section 266h or 266i or any other offense.
653.24
If any section, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or
portion of this chapter is for any reason held invalid or
unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, that portion
shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision, and
that holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion
of the chapter.
653.26
A violation of any provision of this chapter is a
misdemeanor.
653.28
Nothing in this chapter or Chapter 2 (commencing with
Section 639) shall prevent a local governing body from adopting and
enforcing laws consistent with these chapters relating to
prostitution or prostitution-related activity. Where local laws
duplicate or supplement this chapter or Chapter 2 (commencing with
Section 639), these chapters shall be construed as providing
alternative remedies and not to preempt the field.