Nevada § 201.300 - Pandering and sex trafficking: Definitions; penalties; exception

§ 201.300. Pandering and sex trafficking: Definitions; penalties; exception

1. A person who without physical force or the immediate threat of physical force,

induces an adult to unlawfully become a prostitute or to continue to engage in prostitution,

or to enter any place within this State in which prostitution is practiced, encouraged

or allowed for the purpose of sexual conduct or prostitution is guilty of pandering

which is a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 . This subsection does not apply to the customer of a prostitute. 2. A person: (a) Is guilty of sex trafficking if the person: (1) Induces, causes, recruits, harbors, transports, provides, obtains or maintains

a child to engage in prostitution, or to enter any place within this State in which

prostitution is practiced, encouraged or allowed for the purpose of sexual conduct

or prostitution; (2) Induces, recruits, harbors, transports, provides, obtains or maintains a person

by any means, knowing, or in reckless disregard of the fact, that threats, violence,

force, intimidation, fraud, duress or coercion will be used to cause the person to

engage in prostitution, or to enter any place within this State in which prostitution

is practiced, encouraged or allowed for the purpose of sexual conduct or prostitution; (3) By threats, violence, force, intimidation, fraud, duress, coercion, by any device

or scheme, or by abuse of any position of confidence or authority, or having legal

charge, takes, places, harbors, induces, causes, compels or procures a person to engage

in prostitution, or to enter any place within this State in which prostitution is

practiced, encouraged or allowed for the purpose of sexual conduct or prostitution; (4) Takes or detains a person with the intent to compel the person by force, violence,

threats or duress to marry him or her or any other person; or (5) Receives anything of value with the specific intent of facilitating a violation

of this paragraph. (b) Who is found guilty of sex trafficking: (1) An adult is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment

in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 3 years and a maximum term

of not more than 10 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than

$10,000. (2) A child: (I) If the child is less than 14 years of age when the offense is committed, is guilty

of a category A felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for

life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a

minimum of 15 years has been served, and may be further punished by a fine of not

more than $20,000. (II) If the child is at least 14 years of age but less than 16 years of age when the

offense is committed, is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished by imprisonment

in the state prison for life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for

parole beginning when a minimum of 10 years has been served, and may be further punished

by a fine of not more than $10,000. (III) If the child is at least 16 years of age but less than 18 years of age when

the offense is committed, is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished by

imprisonment in the state prison for life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility

for parole beginning when a minimum of 5 years has been served, and may be further

punished by a fine of not more than $10,000. 3. A court shall not grant probation to or suspend the sentence of a person convicted

of sex trafficking a child pursuant to subsection 2. 4. Consent of a victim of pandering or sex trafficking to an act of prostitution is

not a defense to a prosecution for any of the acts prohibited by this section. 5. In a prosecution for sex trafficking a child pursuant to subsection 2, it is not

a defense that the defendant did not have knowledge of the victim's age, nor is reasonable

mistake of age a valid defense to a prosecution conducted pursuant to subsection 2.