Oklahoma § 21-1028 - Setting up or operating place of prostitution - Ownership

§ 21-1028. Setting up or operating place of prostitution - Ownership

- 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.

Added by Laws 1943, p. 83, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 26, 1943. Amended

by Laws 1992, c. 143, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 2002, c. 120, §

1, emerg. eff. April 19, 2002; Laws 2024, c. 267, § 1, eff. Nov. 1,

2024; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 110, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.