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State of Kentucky Prostitution Laws
Prostitution laws in the state of
Kentucky
| Prostitution | Customer | Pimping | Brothel |
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| Up to 90 days and/or $250(Class B misdemeanor) | Up to 90 days and/or $250(Class B misdemeanor) | 1-5 yrs and/or $1,000-$10,000(Class D felony) | 1-5 yrs and/or $1,000-$10,000(Class D felony) |
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529.010: Definitions
(1) A person is guilty of prostitution when he engages or agrees or offers to engage in sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee. (2) Prostitution is a Class B misdemeanor. 529.030: Promoting prostitution in the first degree
(2) Promoting prostitution in the first degree is a Class C felony:
(1) A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the second degree when he knowingly advances or profits from prostitution by managing, supervising, controlling or owning, either alone or in association with others, a house of prostitution or a prostitution business or enterprise involving prostitution activity by two (2) or more prostitutes. (2) Promoting prostitution in the second degree is a Class D felony. 529.050: Promoting prostitution in the third degree (2) Promoting prostitution in the third degree is a Class A misdemeanor. 529.060: Corroboration (2) No person shall be convicted of promoting prostitution solely on the uncorroborated testimony of a person whose prostitution activity he is alleged to have advanced or from whose prostitution activity he is alleged to have profited. 529.070: Permitting prostitution (2) Permitting prostitution is a Class B misdemeanor. 529.080: Loitering for prostitution purposes (2) Loitering for prostitution purposes is a:
529.090: Person convicted required to submit to screening for HIV infection -- Prostitution or procuring prostitution with knowledge of sexually transmitted disease or HIV (1) Any person convicted of prostitution or procuring another to commit prostitution under the provisions of KRS 529.020 shall be required to undergo screening for human immunodeficiency virus infection under direction of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and, if infected, shall submit to treatment and counseling as a condition of release from probation, community control, or incarceration. Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 214.420, the results of any test conducted pursuant to this subsection shall be made available by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to medical personnel, appropriate state agencies, or courts of appropriate jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this chapter. (2) Any person who commits prostitution and who, prior to the commission of the crime, had tested positive for a sexually transmitted disease and knew or had been informed that he had tested positive for a sexually transmitted disease pursuant to KRS 214.410 and that he could possibly communicate such disease to another person through sexual activity is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. A person may be convicted and sentenced separately for a violation of this subsection and for the underlying crime of prostitution. (3) Any person who commits, offers, or agrees to commit prostitution by engaging in sexual activity in a manner likely to transmit the human immunodeficiency virus and who, prior to the commission of the crime, had tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus and knew or had been informed that he had tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus and that he could possibly communicate the disease to another person through sexual activity is guilty of a Class D felony. A person may be convicted and sentenced separately for a violation of this subsection and for the underlying crime of prostitution. (4) Any person convicted of procuring another to commit prostitution in a manner likely to transmit the human immunodeficiency virus and who, prior to the commission of the crime, had tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus and knew or had been informed that he had tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus and that he could possibly communicate the disease to another person through sexual activity is guilty of a Class D felony.
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