Created by FindLaw's team of legal writers and editors Last updated June 20, Prostitution laws criminalize offering, agreeing to, or engaging in sexual acts for compensation. Each state individually defines which specific sexual acts qualify as acts of prostitution.
The following chart highlights Arkansas' prostitution law. Not only is it a crime to perform sexual acts in exchange for compensation, but it is also a crime to solicit prostitution.
In Arkansas it is a crime to pay or offer to pay someone to engage in sexual acts with you or with someone else. The table below outline's Arkansas' sexual solicitation law. Under Arkansas' prostitution laws it is also a crime to promote prostitution by forcing someone to engage in prostitution, operating a house of prostitution, or in some other way advancing prostitution.
State laws change frequently. For case specific information about Arkansas' prostitution and solicitation laws contact a local criminal defense attorney.
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Arkansas Prostitution and Solicitation Laws. Prostitution: An offender commits prostitution by engaging in or agreeing to engage in sexual activity with any other person in exchange or in expectation of a fee. Definition of "Sexual Activity" Sexual activity is any form of sexual intercourse, deviate sexual activity, or sexual contact.
Penalties First offense : Class B misdemeanor. Second or subsequent offense : Class A misdemeanor.
Defenses It is an affirmative defense that the person engaged in prostitution as a result of being a victim of human trafficking. Sexual Solicitation Not only is it a crime to perform sexual acts in exchange for compensation, but it is also a crime to solicit prostitution.
Offering or agreeing to pay a person to engage in sexual activity with you or with another person, or Soliciting or requesting a person to engage in sexual activity with you for a fee Definition of "Sexual Activity" Sexual activity is any form of sexual intercourse, deviate sexual activity, or sexual contact. Second offense : Class A misdemeanor.
Defenses It is an affirmative defense that the person engaged in an act of sexual solicitation as a result of being a victim of human trafficking. Promoting Prostitution Under Arkansas' prostitution laws it is also a crime to promote prostitution by forcing someone to engage in prostitution, operating a house of prostitution, or in some other way advancing prostitution.
First-degree promoting prostitution : Knowingly advancing prostitution by compelling a person by physical force or intimidation to engage in prostitution, or Advancing prostitution of a person who is less than 18 years old Second-degree promoting prostitution : Knowingly advancing prostitution by managing, supervising, controlling, or owning a house of prostitution involving two or more prostitutes Third-degree promoting prostitution : Having a possessory or propriety interest in a premises that you know is being used for prostitution and failing to make reasonable efforts to stop the prostitutionor Knowingly advancing prostitution Penalties First-degree : Class D felony.
Second-degree : Class A misdemeanor. Third-degree : Class B misdemeanor. Additional Resources State laws change frequently.
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Sexual activity is any form of sexual intercourse, deviate sexual activity, or sexual contact. First offense : Class B misdemeanor.
It is an affirmative defense that the person engaged in prostitution as a result of being a victim of human trafficking. Offering or agreeing to pay a person to engage in sexual activity with you or with another person, or Soliciting or requesting a person to engage in sexual activity with you for a fee.
It is an affirmative defense that the person engaged in an act of sexual solicitation as a result of being a victim of human trafficking. Arkansas Code section to Promoting Prostitution.
First-degree promoting prostitution : Knowingly advancing prostitution by compelling a person by physical force or intimidation to engage in prostitution, or Advancing prostitution of a person who is less than 18 years old Second-degree promoting prostitution : Knowingly advancing prostitution by managing, supervising, controlling, or owning a house of prostitution involving two or more prostitutes Third-degree promoting prostitution : Having a possessory or propriety interest in a premises that you know is being used for prostitution and failing to make reasonable efforts to stop the prostitutionor Knowingly advancing prostitution.
First-degree : Class D felony.
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