Oklahoma § 21-1088 - Child under 18 years of age — Inducing, keeping,

§ 21-1088. Child under 18 years of age — Inducing, keeping,

detaining or restraining for child sex trafficking — Penalties.

A. No person shall:

1. By promise, threats, violence, or by any device or scheme,

including but not limited to the use of any controlled dangerous

substance prohibited pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform

Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, cause, induce, persuade, or

encourage a child under eighteen (18) years of age to engage or

continue to engage in child sex trafficking or to become or remain

an inmate of a house of prostitution or other place where

prostitution is practiced;

2. Keep, hold, detain, restrain, or compel against his or her

will any child under eighteen (18) years of age to engage in the

practice of child sex trafficking or in a house of prostitution or

other place where child sex trafficking is practiced or allowed; or

3. Directly or indirectly keep, hold, detain, restrain, or

compel or attempt to keep, hold, detain, restrain, or compel a child

under eighteen (18) years of age to engage in the practice of child

sex trafficking or in a house of prostitution or any place where

prostitution is practiced or allowed for the purpose of compelling

such child to directly or indirectly pay, liquidate, or cancel any

debt, dues, or obligations incurred, or said to have been incurred,

by such child.

B. 1. Any person violating the provisions of this section

other than paragraph 2 of this subsection, upon conviction, shall be

guilty of a Class B1 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in

the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than one

(1) year nor more than twenty-five (25) years, and by a fine of not

less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) nor more than Twentyfive Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00).

2. Any owner, proprietor, keeper, manager, conductor, or other

person who knowingly permits a violation of this section in any

house, building, room, tent, lot or premises under his or her

control or of which he or she has possession, upon conviction for

the first offense, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by

imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than six

(6) months nor more than one (1) year, and by a fine of not more

than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). Upon conviction for a

subsequent offense pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph,

such person shall be guilty of a Class B1 felony offense punishable

by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for

a period of not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years,

and by a fine of not less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) nor

more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00).

C. Except for persons sentenced to life or life without parole,

any person sentenced to imprisonment for two (2) years or more for a

violation of this section shall be required to serve a term of post-

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imprisonment supervision pursuant to subparagraph f of paragraph 1

of subsection A of Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes

under conditions determined by the Department of Corrections. The

jury shall be advised that the mandatory post-imprisonment

supervision shall be in addition to the actual imprisonment.

Added by Laws 1985, c. 55, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1985. Amended by Laws

1997, c. 133, § 290, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c.

5, § 192, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2007, c. 261, § 16, eff. Nov. 1,

2007; Laws 2024, c. 151, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2024; Laws 2025, c. 486,

§ 54, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 290 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.