Alaska § 11.66.100 - Prostitution.

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§ 11.66.100. Prostitution.

 (a) A person commits the crime of prostitution if the person        (1) engages in or agrees or offers to engage in sexual conduct in return for a fee; or        (2) offers a fee in return for sexual conduct.   (b) [Repealed, § 62 ch 11 SLA 2024.]   (c) A person may not be prosecuted under (a)(1) of this section if the        (1) person witnessed or was a victim of, and reported to law enforcement in good faith, one or more of the following crimes:             (A) murder in the first degree under AS 11.41.100 ;             (B) murder in the second degree under AS 11.41.110 ;             (C) manslaughter under AS 11.41.120 ;             (D) criminally negligent homicide under AS 11.41.130 ;             (E) assault in the first degree under AS 11.41.200 ;             (F) assault in the second degree under AS 11.41.210 ;             (G) assault in the third degree under AS 11.41.220 ;             (H) assault in the fourth degree under AS 11.41.230 ;             (I) sexual assault in the first degree under AS 11.41.410 ;             (J) sexual assault in the second degree under AS 11.41.420 ;             (K) sexual assault in the third degree under AS 11.41.425 ;             (L) sexual assault in the fourth degree under AS 11.41.427 ;             (M) sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree under AS 11.41.434 ;             (N) sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree under AS 11.41.436 ;             (O) sexual abuse of a minor in the third degree under AS 11.41.438 ;             (P) sexual abuse of a minor in the fourth degree under AS 11.41.440 ;             (Q) robbery in the first degree under AS 11.41.500 ;             (R) robbery in the second degree under AS 11.41.510 ;             (S) extortion under AS 11.41.520 ;             (T) coercion under AS 11.41.530 ;             (U) distribution of child sexual abuse material under AS 11.61.125 ;             (V) possession of child sexual abuse material under AS 11.61.127 ;             (W) sex trafficking in the first degree under AS 11.66.110 ;             (X) sex trafficking in the second degree under AS 11.66.120 ;             (Y) sex trafficking in the third degree under AS 11.66.130 ; or             (Z) sex trafficking in the fourth degree under AS 11.66.135 ;        (2) evidence supporting the prosecution under (a)(1) of this section was obtained or discovered as a result of the person reporting the crime to law enforcement; and        (3) person cooperated with law enforcement personnel.   (d) Prostitution is a class B misdemeanor.   (e) [Repealed, § 62 ch 11 SLA 2024.].

 (a) A person commits the crime of sex trafficking in the first degree if the person        (1) induces or causes another person to engage in prostitution through the use of force;

 (2) as other than a patron of a prostitute, induces or causes another person who is under 20 years of age to engage in prostitution; or

 (3) induces or causes a person in that person's legal custody to engage in prostitution.

 (b) In a prosecution under (a)(2) of this section, it is not a defense that the defendant reasonably believed that the person induced or caused to engage in prostitution was 20 years of age or older.

 (c) Except as provided in (d) of this section, sex trafficking in the first degree is a class A felony.

 (d) A person convicted under (a)(2) of this section is guilty of an unclassified felony.

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