N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-41-04

Current through the 2023 Legislative Sessions

Section 12.1-41-04 - Sexual servitude

1. A person commits the offense of sexual servitude if the person knowingly:

a. Maintains or makes available a minor for the purpose of engaging the minor in commercial sexual activity; or

b. Uses coercion or deception to compel an adult to engage in commercial sexual activity.

2. It is not a defense in a prosecution under subdivision a of subsection 1 that the minor consented to engage in commercial sexual activity or that the defendant believed the minor was an adult.

3. Sexual servitude under subdivision a of subsection 1 is a class AA felony.

4. Sexual servitude under subdivision b of subsection 1 is a class A felony.

N.D.C.C. § 12.1-41-04

Added by S.L. 2015, ch. 117 (SB 2107),§ 2, eff. 8/1/2015.