# ORS § 167.012: 167.012 Promoting prostitution

> Oregon · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T16_C167_S167.012

## Section

- **Citation:** ORS § 167.012
- **Heading:** 167.012 Promoting prostitution
- **Jurisdiction:** Oregon
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** OR Code / Title 16 / Chapter 167 / Section 167.012

## Text

(1) A person commits the crime of promoting prostitution if, with intent to promote prostitution, the person knowingly:

(a) Owns, controls, manages, supervises or otherwise maintains a place of prostitution or a prostitution enterprise;

(b) Induces or causes a person to engage in prostitution or to remain in a place of prostitution;

(c) Receives or agrees to receive money, goods, property, services or something else of value, other than as a prostitute being compensated for personally rendered prostitution services, pursuant to an agreement or understanding that the money, goods, property, services or something else of value is derived from a prostitution activity; or

(d) Engages in any conduct that institutes, aids or facilitates an act or enterprise of prostitution.

(2) Promoting prostitution is a Class C felony. [1971 c.743 §251; 2016 c.10 §1]

Source: Section 167.012 — Promoting prostitution , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors167.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).

## Nearby sections

- [ORS § 167.002 167.002 Definitions for ORS 167.002 to 167.027](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T16_C167_S167.002.md)
- [ORS § 167.007 167.007 Prostitution](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T16_C167_S167.007.md)
- [ORS § 167.008 167.008 Commercial sexual solicitation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T16_C167_S167.008.md)
- [ORS § 167.012 167.012 Promoting prostitution](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T16_C167_S167.012.md)
- [ORS § 167.017 167.017 Compelling prostitution](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T16_C167_S167.017.md)
- [ORS § 167.027 167.027 Evidence required to show place of prostitution](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T16_C167_S167.027.md)
- [ORS § 167.051 167.051 Definitions for ORS 167.057](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T16_C167_S167.051.md)
- [ORS § 167.057 167.057 Luring a minor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T16_C167_S167.057.md)
- [ORS § 167.060 167.060 Definitions for ORS 167.060 to 167.095](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T16_C167_S167.060.md)
- [ORS § 167.062 167.062 Sadomasochistic abuse or sexual conduct in live show](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T16_C167_S167.062.md)
- [ORS § 167.075 167.075 Exhibiting an obscene performance to a minor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T16_C167_S167.075.md)
- [ORS § 167.080 167.080 Displaying obscene materials to minors](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T16_C167_S167.080.md)
- [ORS § 167.085 167.085 Defenses in prosecutions under ORS 167.075 and 167.080](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T16_C167_S167.085.md)
- [ORS § 167.090 167.090 Publicly displaying nudity or sex for advertising purposes](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T16_C167_S167.090.md)

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