Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1028
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Setting up or operating place of prostitution - Ownership
Official statutory text
- Renting - Procuring - Receiving person for forbidden purpose -
Transportation - Receiving proceeds.
A. It shall be unlawful in the State of Oklahoma:
1. To keep, set up, maintain, or operate any house, place,
building, other structure, or part thereof, or vehicle, trailer, or
other conveyance with the intent of committing an act of
prostitution, lewdness, or assignation;
2. To knowingly own any house, place, building, other
structure, or part thereof, or vehicle, trailer, or other conveyance
used with the intent of committing an act of lewdness, assignation,
or prostitution, or to let, lease, or rent, or contract to let,
lease, or rent any such place, premises, or conveyance, or part
thereof, to another with knowledge or reasonable cause to believe
that the intention of the lessee or rentee is to use such place,
premises, or conveyance for prostitution, lewdness, or assignation;
3. To offer, or to offer to secure, another with the intent of
having such person commit an act of prostitution, or with the intent
of having such person commit any other lewd or indecent act;
4. To receive or to offer or agree to receive any person into
any house, place, building, other structure, vehicle, trailer, or
other conveyance with the intent of committing an act of
prostitution, lewdness, or assignation, or to permit any person to
remain there with such intent;
5. To direct, take, or transport, or to offer or agree to take
or transport, or aid or assist in transporting, any person to any
house, place, building, other structure, vehicle, trailer, or other
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conveyance, or to any other person with knowledge or having
reasonable cause to believe that the intent of such directing,
taking or transporting is prostitution, lewdness or assignation;
6. To knowingly accept, receive, levy, or appropriate any money
or other thing of value without consideration from a prostitute or
from the proceeds of any person engaged in prostitution; or
7. To knowingly abet the crime of prostitution by allowing a
house, place, building, or parking lot to be used or occupied by a
person who is soliciting, inducing, enticing, or procuring another
to commit an act of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution or who is
engaging in prostitution, lewdness, or assignation on the premises
of the house, place, building, or parking lot.
B. Any person who violates the provisions of this section
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B4 felony offense
punishable by imprisonment in the Department of Corrections for a
term of not more than five (5) years, and by a fine as follows:
1. Not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) upon the
first conviction;
2. Not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) upon the
second conviction; and
3. Not more than Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) upon the
third or subsequent conviction.
C. Any person who violates the provisions of this section where
the victim of the offense is under eighteen (18) years of age at the
time of the offense shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony
punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of
Corrections for a term of not more than fifteen (15) years, and by a
fine as follows:
1. Not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) upon the
first conviction;
2. Not more than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) upon the
second conviction; and
3. Not more than Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) upon the
third or subsequent conviction.
Transportation - Receiving proceeds.
A. It shall be unlawful in the State of Oklahoma:
1. To keep, set up, maintain, or operate any house, place,
building, other structure, or part thereof, or vehicle, trailer, or
other conveyance with the intent of committing an act of
prostitution, lewdness, or assignation;
2. To knowingly own any house, place, building, other
structure, or part thereof, or vehicle, trailer, or other conveyance
used with the intent of committing an act of lewdness, assignation,
or prostitution, or to let, lease, or rent, or contract to let,
lease, or rent any such place, premises, or conveyance, or part
thereof, to another with knowledge or reasonable cause to believe
that the intention of the lessee or rentee is to use such place,
premises, or conveyance for prostitution, lewdness, or assignation;
3. To offer, or to offer to secure, another with the intent of
having such person commit an act of prostitution, or with the intent
of having such person commit any other lewd or indecent act;
4. To receive or to offer or agree to receive any person into
any house, place, building, other structure, vehicle, trailer, or
other conveyance with the intent of committing an act of
prostitution, lewdness, or assignation, or to permit any person to
remain there with such intent;
5. To direct, take, or transport, or to offer or agree to take
or transport, or aid or assist in transporting, any person to any
house, place, building, other structure, vehicle, trailer, or other
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 430
conveyance, or to any other person with knowledge or having
reasonable cause to believe that the intent of such directing,
taking or transporting is prostitution, lewdness or assignation;
6. To knowingly accept, receive, levy, or appropriate any money
or other thing of value without consideration from a prostitute or
from the proceeds of any person engaged in prostitution; or
7. To knowingly abet the crime of prostitution by allowing a
house, place, building, or parking lot to be used or occupied by a
person who is soliciting, inducing, enticing, or procuring another
to commit an act of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution or who is
engaging in prostitution, lewdness, or assignation on the premises
of the house, place, building, or parking lot.
B. Any person who violates the provisions of this section
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B4 felony offense
punishable by imprisonment in the Department of Corrections for a
term of not more than five (5) years, and by a fine as follows:
1. Not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) upon the
first conviction;
2. Not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) upon the
second conviction; and
3. Not more than Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) upon the
third or subsequent conviction.
C. Any person who violates the provisions of this section where
the victim of the offense is under eighteen (18) years of age at the
time of the offense shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony
punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of
Corrections for a term of not more than fifteen (15) years, and by a
fine as follows:
1. Not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) upon the
first conviction;
2. Not more than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) upon the
second conviction; and
3. Not more than Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) upon the
third or subsequent conviction.
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