Colorado § 18-7-405 - Pimping of a child.
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§ 18-7-405. Pimping of a child.
(1) A person who knowingly lives on or is supported or maintained in whole or in part by money or other thing of value earned, received, procured, or realized by a child through commercial sexual activity commits pimping of a child.
(2) Pimping of a child is a class 3 felony. The court shall sentence a person convicted of pimping of a child to the department of corrections for a term of at least the minimum of the presumptive range for a class 3 felony, as set forth in section 18-1.3-401.
Source: L. 79: Entire part RC&RE, p. 741, § 1, effective May 31. L. 2026: Entire section amended, (SB 26-015), ch. 335, p. 2033, § 7, effective July 1.
Editor's note: Section 26 of chapter 335 (SB 26-015), Session Laws of Colorado 2026, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after July 1, 2026.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 26-015, see section 1 of chapter 335, Session Laws of Colorado 2026.
ANNOTATION
Defendant's convictions for pimping of a child and patronizing a prostituted child did not violate defendant's state constitutional right to equal protection as applied to him. The pimping of a child statute does not penalize the same or more culpable conduct proscribed by the harsher patronizing a prostituted child statute. People v. Price, 2023 COA 96, 542 P.3d 268.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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