12.1-41-04. Sexual servitude

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12.1-41-04. Sexual servitude

1. A person commits the offense of sexual servitude if the person knowingly:

a. Maintains or makes available a minor for the purpose of engaging the minor in

commercial sexual activity; or

b. Uses coercion or deception to compel an adult to engage in commercial sexual

activity.

2. It is not a defense in a prosecution under subdivision a of subsection 1 that the minor

consented to engage in commercial sexual activity or that the defendant believed the

minor was an adult.

3. Sexual servitude under subdivision a of subsection 1 is a class AA felony.

4. Sexual servitude under subdivision b of subsection 1 is a class A felony.

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