Compelling Prostitution

From the Law Office of Alison Grinter in Dallas, Texas

1 Degree
2 Statute(s)
3 Caselaw
4 Collateral Consequences
5 Notes

Degree

Compelling Prostitution is a Second Degree Felony

Statute(s)

§ 43.05. COMPELLING PROSTITUTION.

(a) A person commits an offense if he knowingly:
(1) causes another by force, threat, or fraud to commit prostitution; or
2) causes by any means a child younger than 18 years to commit prostitution, regardless of whether the actor knows the age of the child at the time the actor commits the offense.

(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1002, Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2009.